In the name of Allah most
gracious most merciful
Assalaamuaalikum wa
rahmatuallahi wa barakatuhu,
Three versions of the final
sermon? Or correct understanding required?
The farewell Pilgrimage of the
Prophet Muhammed is a corner stone in the Muslim history. The Final Sermon
given by the Prophet during this pilgrimage
was witnessed by thousands of
Muslims. There are however THREE versions of this sermon in the Hadiths books.
[A] 1- First version, " I
left for you what if you hold up to, you will never be misguided, the book of
God and my Family.
[B]2-Second version, "I
left for you what if you hold up to, you will never be misguided, the book of
God and my Sunnah" .
[C]3- Third version, "I
left for you what if you hold up to, you will never be misguided, the BOOK OF
GOD."
Refutations:Dealing with each
claim one by one.A,B.& C
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[A] 1- First version, " I
left for you what if you hold up to, you will never be misguided, the book of
God and my Family.
Al-Tirmidhi HadithHadith 6143
Narrated byJabir ibn Abdullah
Jabir saw Allah's Messenger
(peace be upon him) when performing the hajj seated on his she-camel al-Qaswa'
on the day of Arafah giving an address,
and he heard him saying,
"O people, I have left among you something of such a nature that if you
adhere to it you will not go astray: Allah's Book and
my close relatives who belong
to my household."
Tirmidhi transmitted it.
Following Allah's book and
close relatives as close relatives used to follow sunnah of rasool Allah.
[B]2-Second version, "I
left for you what if you hold up to, you will never be misguided, the book of
God and my Sunnah" .
Sunnah is in Hadith.
Muwatta Book 46, Number
46.1.3:
Yahya related to me from Malik
that he heard that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him
peace, said, "I have left two matters with
you. As long as you hold to
them, you will not go the wrong way. They are the Book of Allah and the Sunna
of His Prophet."
This is self explanatory.
[C]3- Third version, "I
left for you what if you hold up to, you will never be misguided, the BOOK OF
GOD."
Excerpt of last sermon,
Sahih Muslim HadithHadith 1885
Narrated byJabir ibn Abdullah
.................. I have left
among you the Book of Allah, and if you hold fast to it, you would never go
astray. And you would be asked about me (on
the Day of Resurrection), (now
tell me) what would you say? They (the audience) said: We will bear witness
that you have conveyed (the message),
discharged (the ministry of
Prophethood) and given wise (sincere) counsel. He (the narrator) said: He (the
Holy Prophet) then raised his forefinger
towards the sky and pointing
it at the people (said): "O Allah, be witness. O Allah be witness,"
saying it thrice ...............................
implementing Quran itself
requires Hadith as it carries to an extent laws and explanations of Quran.From
prayer to capital punishments.
there are three versions ,this
is where we require hadith exegesis,just like Quran explains some other parts
of Quran,Quran exegesis:EXAMPLE.
First version-2:34 And when We
said unto the angels: Prostrate yourselves before Adam, they fell prostrate,
all save Iblis. He demurred through pride,
and so became a disbeliever.
35 And We said: O Adam! Dwell
thou and thy wife in the Garden, and eat ye freely (of the fruits) thereof
where ye will; but come not nigh this tree
lest ye become wrongdoers.
Second version-7:11 And We
created you, then fashioned you, then told the angels: Fall ye prostrate before
Adam! And they fell prostrate, all save
Iblis, who was not of those
who make prostration.
12:He said: What hindered thee
that thou didst not fall prostrate when I bade thee? (Iblis) said: I am better
than him. Thou createdst me of fire
while him Thou didst create of
mud.
Third version:20:116 When We
said to the angels "Prostrate yourselves to Adam" they prostrated
themselves but not Iblis: he refused.
117 Then We said: "O
Adam! verily this is an enemy to thee and thy wife: so let him not get you both
out of the Garden so that thou art landed in
misery.
Common sense works very well
here,
To simply explain,Satan was
haughty,thinking he is better,thus he refused,but the point here is to note
that the way verses were revealed,each
has its own sequence hence we
require Quran exegesis.
The same law of exegesis[An
explanation or critical(Characterized by careful evaluation and judgment)
interpretation ]
Follow Quran,its details of
implementing are in sunnah[hadith] which was followed by prophets clse
relatives.Simple!!!
Allah says in Quran to pray
and the method in detail is in Hadith,hajj details are in hadith,even how many
times circumambulate around kaba is in
hadith as Quran mentions
circumambulate without giving any number.
Allah knows best.