“O Umar, if I were not sent as a prophet, definitely you would have been sent for it.”1
“If there had been a prophet after me, without any doubt, it would have been
Umar bin Khattab.”2
“In the previous nations, there were Muhaddath persons;3
if there is
someone like this in my Ummah, it is definitely Umar.”4
“Almighty Allah placed truth on the tongue and heart of Umar.”5
“Almighty Allah struck truth on tongue and heart of Umar.6
Also, among these falsehoods are what all they narrate from Ameerul
Momineen (a.s.), like:
His statement that: “We said to ourselves, an angel speaks from the tongue
of Umar.”7
And his statement: “I don’t regard it as unlikely that tranquility8 speaks from the tongue of Umar.”9
And from those falsehoods are traditional reports, which senior companions
have narrated, like:
This report attributed to Ibne Masud: “If the knowledge of Umar is placed in
one pan of the balance and knowledge of rest of the inhabitants of earth in the
other, indeed knowledge of Umar would emerge heavier.”
And other falsehoods of this kind; because one, who holds such a position
and is about to be raised as a prophet, he definitely cannot lack awareness of
simple issues in case people would need to refer to him, and to such an extent
that for twelve years, he cannot learn one Surah of Quran!10
Where were truth, angel and tranquility, on the day when he could not solve
the most basic issues; was unable to reply and truth had not settled in his heart?
How a person having this specialty regards all people, even ladies behind
veils to be more knowledgeable than him?
How he can learn the knowledge of Quran and Sunnah from women and
common people in the streets and markets; what to say about elders of
community?
And how does he regard as undue trouble knowing the terms, which Quran
has already mentioned and says: “By God, this is undue trouble, O son of Umar’s
mother, no problem if you don’t know what ‘abb’ is.”11
How can he obtain his knowledge from those numerous companions and
seek their opinion about Islamic laws?
How can he apologize for his lack of awareness about the clearest traditional
reports, saying: “My involvement in the market place hindered me from this.”12
How helpless he was in giving verdict on ‘Kalala’, its application and
inheritance of grandfather and Holy Prophet (s.a.w.a.) said regarding this:
“I don’t think he would ever learn this issue.”
Or: “I don’t think he would enforce it.”
He also said: “I think he would die, before he learns this.”13
How can someone like Ubayy bin Kaab be harsh on him and trading in yarn, ropes and salam leaves (used for tanning)14 prevented him from learning Quran?
How does Ameerul Momineen (a.s.) regard him ignorant about
interpretation of Quran?15 How can? How can… and hundreds of how can’s?
فَٱحْكُم بَيْنَ ٱلنَّاسِ بِٱلْحَقِّ وَلَا تَتَّبِعِ ٱلْهَوَىٰ فَيُضِلَّكَ عَن سَبِيلِ ٱللَّهِ ۚ إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ يَضِلُّونَ عَن سَبِيلِ ٱللَّهِ لَهُمْ عَذَابٌۭ شَدِيدٌۢ بِمَا نَسُوا۟ يَوْمَ ٱلْحِسَابِ (٢٦)
“So judge between men with justice and do not follow desire,
lest it should lead you astray from the path of Allah; (as for)
those who go astray from the path of Allah, they shall surely
have a severe punishment because they forgot the day of
reckoning.”16