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Shiavault - a Vault of Shia Islamic Books Al-Nass Wal-Ijtihad, Text and Interpretation Chapter 2: Interpretation of Umar and his followers The calamity of Thursday It was in the eleventh year of hijra during the Prophet’s illness which had led to his death. [^1] The true fact of this calamity The authors of Sihah (books of Hadith) and the historians had detailed this event in their books and considered it as one of the true facts.

Al-Bukhari mentioned [^2] a tradition narrated by Ubaydillah bin Abdullah bin Mas’ood that Ibn Abbas had said: “When the Prophet (S) was about to die, there were some men in his house among whom was Umar. The Prophet (S) said: “Come on! Let me write you a book that you will never go astray after it.” Umar said: “The Prophet (S) has been overcome by pain. We have the Qur'an. The Book of Allah suffices us.” The men in the house disagreed. Some of them said: “Approach the Prophet!

Let him write you a book after which you will never go astray.” Some of them repeated what Umar had said. When they did much noise and disagreement, the Prophet (S) said to them: “Get out!” Abdullah bin Mas’ood said: “Ibn Abbas often said: “It was the great calamity when their clamor and disagreement had prevented the Prophet (S) from writing that book.” Muslim has mentioned this tradition in his Sahih , vol.2.

Ahmad also has mentioned it in his Musnad [^3] and so have all the historians but they have changed the wording somehow. The actual word of Umar was “…the Prophet (S) is raving” but they used “the Prophet (S) has been overcome by pain” in order to soften the horrible statement of Umar.

Abu Bakr Ahmad bin Abdul Aziz al-Jawhari mentioned in Kitab as-Saqeefa [^4] that Ibn Abbas had said: “When the Prophet (S) was about to die, he said, while there were some men in the house among them was Umar: “Bring me an inkpot and a piece of paper to write you a book after which you will never go astray.” Umar said a word which meant that the Prophet (S) had been overcome by pain and then he added: “We have the Qur'an.

The Book of Allah suffices us.” The men in the house disagreed and disputed among them. Some of them said: “Approach! Let the Prophet (S) write a book to you.” Some others said as Umar had said. When they did much clamor and disagreement, the Prophet (S) became angry and said to them: “Get out!” It is clear, out of this tradition, that the historians have quoted the meaning of Umar’s words and not the exact words he has said.