Al-Shafi`i’s Indirect Reports In al-Suyuti’s al-Durr al-Manthur 2/298...

Al-Shafi`i’s Indirect Reports In al-Suyuti’s al-Durr al-Manthur 2/298, we read the following: It has been narrated on the authority of Abu’l-Shaykh on the authority of al-Hasan al-Basri that the Holy Prophet said: I felt annoyed when my Lord ordered me to convey His Message, because I knew that people would belie me, but He threatened if I decline, He would subdue. That is His saying: O Apostle!

Deliver… etc.”[^1] It has been also narrated on the authority of Ibn Jarir that Ibn Jurayj said that the Holy Prophet (S) feared people of Quraysh until the revelation of the Verse, ‘O Apostle… and Allah will protect you from the people.’ Only then, he was relieved.

He said frequently, “Let them disappoint.” It has been also narrated on the authority of `Abd ibn Humayd, Ibn Jarir, Ibn Abi-Hatam and Abu’l-Shaykh on the authority of Mujahid that when Almighty Allah revealed, ‘…Deliver what has been revealed to you from your Lord…,’ the Holy Prophet said, ‘O my Lord! I am alone.

How should I behave when people unite against me?’ Then, Almighty Allah revealed, ‘And if you do it not, then you have not delivered His message.’[^2] In al-Nisapuri: al-Wasit 2/208, we read the following: It has been narrated on the authority of al-Anbari that during his dwelling in Makkah, the Holy Prophet (S) used to declare only a part of the Qur’anic texts revealed to him because he anticipated that the polytheists would injure his companions and him… The previous reports lack documentation.

They are no more than sayings of al-Hasan al-Basri, Mujahid and their likes. Next, we will prove that al-Hasan al-Basri aimed at achieving something private through publicizing such wording and that he cited his saying from the Holy Prophet (S)’s sermon of Ghadir but he was too coward to report the truth.

Indirect Reports Turn into Reliable Opinions Exegetes have realized that the Verse was revealed in the Holy Prophet (S)’s last days and realized that the attribution of an incident that took place on the first days of his mission to the exegesis of the Verse was no more than words of false scholars of the Umayyad reign or reports of doubtful documentation. Notwithstanding, they flagrantly took the Verse twenty-three years back.

It is quite odd to see considerate names, such as al-Zamakhshari and al-Fakhr al-Razi, be among such exegetes. This is because they attempted to take the Verse away from the Ghadir declaration of loyalty.