Furthermore...

Furthermore, the adopters of the second belief of the rejection of a Hadith that is violated by a Sahabiy’s act and the acceptance of that Sahabiy’s act as true have disagreed about the point whether such a violated Hadith should be considered repealed or should be interpreted that to wash a vessel seven times is only recommended. In this regard, they have had three different opinions: The first opinion has decided that such a Hadith must have been repealed.

This opinion has been firstly said by al-Kamal ibn al-Humam in his book of al-Tahrir and then adopted by Amir Badshah in his book of Taysir al-Tahrir and Ibn Amir al-Hajj in his book of al-Taqrir wa’l-Tahbir . The second opinion has decided that such a Hadith was not repealed; rather its connotation must be regarded as recommendation rather than obligation.

In plain words, the washing of a vessel that is licked by a dog should be washed three times obligatorily, but it is recommended to wash it seven times. This opinion has been first adopted by al-Samarqandiy, in Badhl al-Nadhar and al-Samarqandiy, in al-Mizan . The third opinion has decided that it is probable that such a Hadith was repealed and it is probable that it meant recommendation, not obligation.

This opinion has been first adopted by al-Sarakhsiy, in al-Usul and al-Nasfiy, in Kashf al-Asrar . At any rate, the most acceptable opinion, Dr. al-Namlah goes on, is the first one, which entails that the Hadith, not the act of the Sahabiy who reported that Hadith, must be accepted. This argument can be proven by the following discussions: First Discussion: The aforesaid Hadith that is reported by Abu-Hurayrah has been proven as authentic. Moreover, nothing else can stand against it.

Second Discussion: The obligation of washing a vessel in which a dog licks seven times has been proven to be said by the Holy Prophet from another way of narration.

Muslim, in al-Sahih ; Abu-Dawud, in al-Sunan ; al-Nassa'iy, in al-Sunan ; Ibn Majah, in al-Sunan ; al-Darimiy, in al-Sunan ; Ahmad ibn Hanbal, in al-Musnad —all these have recorded on the authority of `Abdullah ibn Mughaffal that the Messenger of Allah said, “If a dog licks a vessel, you must wash that vessel seven times and then smear it with dust.”[^8] Even if we polemically accept that an act of a Sahabiy affects the Hadith that he himself has reported from the Prophet, such an act will not affect the Hadith that is reported by another one.