10 (j) Umrah reports from Aisha...

10 (j) Umrah reports from Aisha: " Among that which was revealed in the Qur’an, is the follow­ing verse : عشر رضعات معلومات يحرمن then it was abrogated to read خمس معلومات and they remained in the Qur’an till the Prophet (‘s) died. [^10] Tradition n. 11 (k) Miswar b. Makhramah reports: " Umar inquired from Abdul Rahman b.

Awf if he had found the following ayah in the Qur’an : ............أن جاهدوا كما جاهدتم اول مرة Abdul Rahman answered that the ayah had disappeared along with the lost parts of the Qur’an .[^11] Tradition n. 12 (l) Abu Sufyan al‑Kala'i says that Muslimah b. Mukhallad al‑Ansari told them one day: "Inform me about those two verses of the Qur’an which were never recorded". None would answer, not even Abul Kanood, Sa'ad b. Malik who was there.

Then Ibn Muslimah recited [^12]: ان الذين آمنوا وهاجروا و جاهدوا في سبيل الله باموالهم وانفسهم الا أبشروا انتم المفلحون والذين آووهم ونصروهم وجادلوا عنهم قوم الذين غضب الله عليهم اولئك لا تعلم نفس ما اخفي لهم من قرة اعين جزاء بما كانوا يعلمون And it has been narrated in various ways that the copies of Ibn Abbas and Ubayy b. Ka'ab contained two extra Surah s: Al‑Khala' and Al‑Hafd.

It reads[^13]: اللهم انا نستعينك ونستغفرك ونثني عليك ولا نكفرك ونخلع ونترك من يفجرك اللهم اياك نعبد ولك نصلى ونسجد واليك نسعى ونحفد نرجو رحمتك ونخشي عذابك ان عذابك بالكافرين ملحق It is now evident that to say that certain parts of the Qur’an have been excluded from recitation means to confirm interpola­tion and omission in the Qur’an. This can be further explained this way.

The abrogation of those recitations was either recommended by the Prophet (‘s) himself, or it was done by those who came to power after the Prophet's death. If one says that the Prophet (‘s) himself recommended it, then it is a claim which calls for substantiation. All Ulama’ are agreed upon the principle that the Qur’an cannot be superseded or abrogated by an isolate report ‑ i.e. a tradition which has been reported singly.

The jurists have made this abundantly clear in their works on the principles of jurispru­dence. In fact, Shafi’i and many other scholars go further to say that the Book of God, (i.e. the Qur’an) cannot be superseded or abrogated by even those traditions which have reached con­tinuity and acquired wide spread currency. This has been con­firmed by Ahmed b. Hanbal in one of the two traditions reported by him.