The second narration is weak according to dirayah because...

The second narration is weak according to dirayah because Abū-Bakr’s house was not on the periphery of the mosque since after migration he first lived with Banū-Abd `Awf and then he built his house outside al-Madinah in a village, Sakh, about a mile from the mosque. He used to visit the Prophet (a.s) during his illness from there only.

Therefore, the historian al-tabari has written that on the day of the death of the Prophet, Abū-Bakr came to al-Madinah and inquired about his condition: “When he was assured that There was some diminution in the pain suffered by the Prophet (a.s), He (Abū-Bakr) went satisfied to his home in Sakh.”[1] It is surprising that Abū-Bakr used to live in Sakh and was not in al-Madinah at the time of the demise of the Prophet (a.s), nor did he have any house adjacent to the mosque, then from where and how that ‘window’ was installed to remain installed and all other windows were ordered shut!

📌Remember, these were the last days of the Prophet (a.s) and in his extreme illness, according to Al-Tirmidhi, three days before his death he orders all windows opening towards al-Masjid al-Nabawi sealed and Abū-Bakr’s window to remain in its place! If we analyze this narration, the order was issued on Friday or Saturday and the Prophet (a.s) demised on Monday.

This means that this event happened after the Event of Qirtas, that took place on the Friday before the Prophet’s demise when the COMPANIONS raised hue and cry that he was seriously ill and pen and paper must not be brought to him that he was not in full control of his senses! But the later, ostensible, order about the WINDOW they sheepishly accept, if ever it was issued, and implemented!

This narrative, being against all norms of dirayah, is constructively wrong that in one version it talks about khawkhah (window) and in others as bab (door). The meaning of the narrative becomes different with the use of these [1] Vol 2, Page 420 two different words and thus the narrative is unreliable. If instead of window, we accept the word door, the two events cannot be coordinated.

Because in the earlier event all the doors opening towards the mosque were ordered closed excepting that of the house of `Ali (a.s) that continued to remain open. In the second, ostensible, event, when there was no other door opening towards the mosque, then how could they be sealed and the door of Abū-Bakr’s (nonexistent) house to continue to have the door opening towards the Mosque!

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