Citizen X
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Well recently it was claimed that this concept that Muslims following only the Quran is somewhat a very new concept brought around by the "enemies of Islam" to destroy it. Lets look at one of the most famous and well revered early Muslims, one of the best companions of the Prophet and the second Khalifa of the Muslims.
Umar Ibn Khattab.
Since he was one of the best companions of the prophet maybe second only to Abu Bakr then surely there must be a massive number of hadith transmitted from him. In the 1000s most probably. But in reality unique hadith graded as sahih between Bukhari and Muslim is only 50. Yes you read that right, not 500 but only 50. I wonder why?
Even the hadith suggests he wasn't in favour of anything other than the Quran.
(Sahih al-Bukhari, Book of Knowledge, Hadith 114)
Narrated by Ibn Abbas (RA):
When the illness of Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) became worse, he said: “Bring me a pen and paper so I may write something for you after which you will never go astray.” But Umar said, “The Prophet is seriously ill, and we have the Book of Allah with us; that should be sufficient for us.”
So Umar didn't even let the Prophet himself while he was alive write something other than the Quran itself!
Ibn Sa'd (d. 230 AH) is one of the earliest biographical historians of the companions and successors in his book al-Ṭabaqāt reports that: Initially Umar intended to compile the hadith of the Messenger ﷺ and consulted the companions. But then, after reflection, he abandoned the idea, fearing it would divert people from the Qur'an.
In the "Restriction Of Knowledge" by Al-Khateeb it said that Umar al Khattab heard that certain books circulated among the people, he asked people to see these books so they assumed he wanted to read them, so they bought them to him and he burnt them. Umar forbid narrators from spreading Hadith.
In “A Brief History Of Damascus” by Ibn Manzoor and “Beginning and End” by Ibn Katheer they mentioned that Umar Al Khattab told Abu Huraira “They must stop this talk of the prophet of God or I will stomp them into the ground” and he told Ka’b “They must stop this talk or I will send them to the land of the monkeys” and in “the memorial of the hadith masters” of Imam Al Dhahabi he chronicled how Umar imprisoned three people: Ibn Massoud, Abu Al Dardaa and Abu Massoud Al Ansari. He said “You have talked too much about the Prophet of God” and in the ‘the book of guidance” of Abu Yali Al Khalili it mentions how Omar Bin Al Khatab imprisoned a number of people among them Abu Huraira and said “They told stories from the prophet of God” and they stayed in his prisons until he died.
Ibn ʿAbd al-Barr (d. 463 AH), a Maliki scholar Umar expresses concern that written hadith might overshadow the Qur'an.
So taking all this into account we can safely say, Umar was against the hadith, its collection, even imprisoning people for narrating too much of it. And this was the case with all the Khulafa Rashidun, the early Muslims later most of the Ummayyad and Abbasid Khalifas. There was not official ban on hadith, but it was considered a very harmful taboo.
Umar Ibn Khattab.
Since he was one of the best companions of the prophet maybe second only to Abu Bakr then surely there must be a massive number of hadith transmitted from him. In the 1000s most probably. But in reality unique hadith graded as sahih between Bukhari and Muslim is only 50. Yes you read that right, not 500 but only 50. I wonder why?
Even the hadith suggests he wasn't in favour of anything other than the Quran.
(Sahih al-Bukhari, Book of Knowledge, Hadith 114)
Narrated by Ibn Abbas (RA):
When the illness of Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) became worse, he said: “Bring me a pen and paper so I may write something for you after which you will never go astray.” But Umar said, “The Prophet is seriously ill, and we have the Book of Allah with us; that should be sufficient for us.”
So Umar didn't even let the Prophet himself while he was alive write something other than the Quran itself!
Ibn Sa'd (d. 230 AH) is one of the earliest biographical historians of the companions and successors in his book al-Ṭabaqāt reports that: Initially Umar intended to compile the hadith of the Messenger ﷺ and consulted the companions. But then, after reflection, he abandoned the idea, fearing it would divert people from the Qur'an.
In the "Restriction Of Knowledge" by Al-Khateeb it said that Umar al Khattab heard that certain books circulated among the people, he asked people to see these books so they assumed he wanted to read them, so they bought them to him and he burnt them. Umar forbid narrators from spreading Hadith.
In “A Brief History Of Damascus” by Ibn Manzoor and “Beginning and End” by Ibn Katheer they mentioned that Umar Al Khattab told Abu Huraira “They must stop this talk of the prophet of God or I will stomp them into the ground” and he told Ka’b “They must stop this talk or I will send them to the land of the monkeys” and in “the memorial of the hadith masters” of Imam Al Dhahabi he chronicled how Umar imprisoned three people: Ibn Massoud, Abu Al Dardaa and Abu Massoud Al Ansari. He said “You have talked too much about the Prophet of God” and in the ‘the book of guidance” of Abu Yali Al Khalili it mentions how Omar Bin Al Khatab imprisoned a number of people among them Abu Huraira and said “They told stories from the prophet of God” and they stayed in his prisons until he died.
Ibn ʿAbd al-Barr (d. 463 AH), a Maliki scholar Umar expresses concern that written hadith might overshadow the Qur'an.
So taking all this into account we can safely say, Umar was against the hadith, its collection, even imprisoning people for narrating too much of it. And this was the case with all the Khulafa Rashidun, the early Muslims later most of the Ummayyad and Abbasid Khalifas. There was not official ban on hadith, but it was considered a very harmful taboo.
