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303 H) records: أخبرنا محمود بن غيلان قال حدثني أبو داود قال أنبأنا شعبة عن موسى بن أبي عائشة قال سمعت عبيد الله بن عبد الله يحدث عن عائشة رضي الله عنها أن رسول الله صلى الله عليه و سلم أمر أبا بكر أن يصلي بالناس قالت وكان النبي صلى الله عليه و سلم بين يدي أبي بكر فصلى قاعدا وأبو بكر يصلي بالناس والناس خلف أبي بكر Mahmud b. Ghilan – Abu Dawud – Shu’bah – Musa b. Abi ‘Aishah – ‘Ubayd Allah b.

‘Abd Allah – ‘Aishah, may Allah be pleased with her: “The Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, ordered Abu Bakr to lead the people in Salat .” She said: “ The Prophet, peace be upon him, was IN FRONT of Abu Bakr , and he performed the salat in a sitting posture while Abu Bakr led the people in salat and the people were behind Abu Bakr.[^13] ‘Allamah al-Albani declares about it: صحيح Sahih ^14 Where does this belong? Was it the ‘Isha prayer of the Messenger’s last Thursday?

Well, ‘Aishah herself had also narrated that he led that salat , sitting beside her father! Of course, Anas denied completely the Prophet’s participation in that Isha’ prayer or any other, from that period, till his death! ‘Aishah also claimed in another report that the Prophet did not join the ‘Isha prayer on that Thursday! But, what about the salat on the Monday of his death? Still, the problem adamantly persists. ‘Aishah had narrated that her blessed husband led that salat beside Abu Bakr!

He neither stayed in front of her father, nor behind him. Therefore, it is once more impossible to fix another riwayah of Umm al-Muminin ‘Aishah within the lifetime of her master and prophet, sallallahu ‘alaihi wa alihi . Understandably, the ‘ulama of the Ahl al-Sunnah are very disturbed by these grave, irreconcilable inconsistencies in ‘Aishah’s, and of course Anas’, reports. Al-Hafiz (d.

852 H) himself is unable to hide this fact: ورواه مسلم بن إبراهيم عن شعبة بلفظ أن النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم صلى خلف أبي بكر أخرجه بن المنذر وهذا عكس رواية أبي موسى وهو اختلاف شديد ووقع في رواية مسروق عنها أيضا اختلاف فأخرجه ابن حبان من رواية عاصم عن شقيق عنه بلفظ كان أبو بكر يصلي بصلاته والناس يصلون بصلاة أبي بكر Muslim b. Ibrahim narrated from Shu’bah with the wording, “The Prophet, peace be upon him, performed salat behind Abu Bakr”. Al-Mundhir recorded it.

This is in contrast to the narration of Abu Musa, AND IT IS A SEVERE CONTRADICTION. Moreover, there is A FURTHER CONTRADICTION in the report of Masruq . It is recorded by Ibn Hibban in the report of ‘Asim, from Shaqiq from him (i.e.