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Shiavault - a Vault of Shia Islamic Books Misbah-uz-Zulam, Roots of the Karbala’ Tragedy Unlawful Acts Of Umar No. 8: According to the report of Anas bin Malik[^1], the Holy Prophet (S) awarded 40 whips to the drunkard and the same punishment was given by Abu Bakr, but Umar whipped a drunkard 80 times on the advice of Abdur Rahman Ibn Auf. Such a good advisor, that he doubled the penalty for imbibing wine! It was only Abdur Rahman Auf who could have done this! And Umar was his special partner.

The Prophet had truly said: “I don’t know what innovations you will invent after my death?” This increase in punishment of alcoholism is one more example of innovations after the Prophet. No. 9: Nine innovations of Umar are mentioned in the first volume of Hayatul Haiwan[^2], but in the view of this writer, all were not bad, like making rounds of the town, as it was very beneficial for maintaining law and order in the city, but most of them are not without objection.

The writer states his personal opinion in three of such innovations: First: Prohibition of Mutah marriage. This order is against the statement of Quran and traditions and is not worth to be obeyed. Since the writer has discussed this topic in detail, there is no need to repeat it here again. Second: Tarawih Prayers during the month of Ramadhan, as prescribed by Umar.

The writer does not know what was the custom of Tarawih Prayers during the time of Umar, but it was very much disliked at that time. The usual manner of Tarawih Prayers is that people gather in the mosque and the leader starts the prayer. His recitation is like the speed of a motor car, railway, steamer, bicycle, or aeroplane etc. No one can understand whether he is reciting the Holy Quran or Sanskrit texts. Only the words of Ya’lamoon and Ta’lamoon are audible.

During this Ramadhan, the writer went to a mosque to listen to the Holy Quran. Even though the writer is more or less conversant with Quran, he could not understand, in the beginning, which part of the Holy Book the Imam was reciting and only recognized it much later. What type of a worship act is it, is beyond the comprehension of the writer, but all Tarawih reciters recite it as a habit and consider it to be a worship act. The fact is that Umar has designed this prayer to look like a joke.

Three: He killed a young innocent child mercilessly. This shows his bad temperament and cruelty. The fact is that thinking of his viciousness hurts ones feelings. No.