Is it he or you?

Is it he or you?’ Abu-Bakr answered, ‘He is, if he wants!’[^10] During his reign, `Umar’s injudicious decisions increased; he once exiled Nasr ibn Hajjaj because his wife raised her voice in his face,[^11] legalized a divorce that was said three times on the same occasion,[^12] and decided to strip the gold of the Holy Masjid, but the Sahabah rejected,[^13]… etc.

From the previous, we conclude that `Umar ibn al-Khattab’s conduct does not support the claim that he had prohibited the reporting and recordation of the Hadith for his care for the religion, since rashness and baseless decision are completely the opposite of precaution and concentration. Another question must also be cited: What about the other Sahabah who objected to the decision of the prohibition and did report and record the Hadith? Did they not care for the religion?

Or did they understand that the carefulness for the religion lied in the opposition of `Umar’s viewpoints? How is it acceptable to claim that `Umar cared for the religion and, thus, issued the decision of the prohibition, while the Sahabah advised him to record the Holy Sunnah? Neglecting the Sahabah’s opinions, `Umar followed his own view, set fire to the…