The Hadith of Hadhrat Aisha Siddiqua (May Allah be well pleased with her)

<meta content="text/html; charset=utf-8" http-equiv="Content-Type" /> <meta content="Word.Document" name="ProgId" /> <meta content="Microsoft Word 11" name="Generator" /> <meta content="Microsoft Word 11" name="Originator" /> <link href="file:///C:\DOCUME~1\ahirc\LOCALS~1\Temp\msohtml1\01\clip_filelist.xml" rel="File-List" /><o:smarttagtype name="State" namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags"></o:smarttagtype><o:smarttagtype name="City" namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags"></o:smarttagtype><o:smarttagtype name="place" namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags"></o:smarttagtype><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:WordDocument> <w:View>Normal</w:View> <w:Zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:PunctuationKerning /> <w:ValidateAgainstSchemas /> <w:SaveIfXMLInvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:IgnoreMixedContent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:Compatibility> <w:BreakWrappedTables /> <w:SnapToGridInCell /> <w:WrapTextWithPunct /> <w:UseAsianBreakRules /> <w:DontGrowAutofit /> </w:Compatibility> <w:BrowserLevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:LatentStyles DefLockedState="false" LatentStyleCount="156"> </w:LatentStyles> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if !mso]><object classid="clsid:38481807-CA0E-42D2-BF39-B33AF135CC4D" id=ieooui></object> <style> st1\:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) } </style> <![endif]--><style type="text/css"> <!-- /* Font Definitions */ @font-face {font-family:Mangal; panose-1:0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0; mso-font-charset:1; mso-generic-font-family:auto; mso-font-pitch:variable; mso-font-signature:32768 0 0 0 0 0;} /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; text-align:right; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; direction:rtl; unicode-bidi:embed; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";} @page Section1 {size:8.5in 11.0in; margin:1.0in 1.25in 1.0in 1.25in; mso-header-margin:.5in; mso-footer-margin:.5in; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} --> </style><!--[if gte mso 10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:#0400; mso-fareast-language:#0400; mso-bidi-language:#0400;} </style> <![endif]--> <p style="text-align: left; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed;" class="MsoNormal"><span style=""><br /> <br /> There is a Hadith in Sahih Bukhari:<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="text-align: left; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed;" class="MsoNormal"><span style=""><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p style="text-align: left; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="">Translation of Hadith: Masrooq says: Hadhrat Aisha (May Allah be well pleased with her) says: Whoever tells you that Hadhrat Muhammad (Sallallahu alaihi wa sallam) saw His Lord, as He is, lies.<span style="">&nbsp; </span>Allah Ta&rsquo;ala says: No sight can grasp His vision but He has encompassed all vision and eyesight. He is the All-Penetrating Viewer, All-Aware. Surah An&rsquo;aam (6:103)<span style="">&nbsp; </span>(Sahih Bukhari, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on">Kitab</st1:city> <st1:state w:st="on">Ut</st1:state></st1:place> Tauheed, Hadith No. 7380)<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="text-align: left; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed;" class="MsoNormal"><span style=""><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p style="text-align: left; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="">This Hadith does not negate &ldquo;seeing&rdquo; Allah Ta&rsquo;ala, but negates seeing Allah Ta&rsquo;ala, as He is, as Allah Ta&rsquo;ala and His attributes (qualities) are beyond all measure and boundless.<span style="">&nbsp; </span>Seeing Allah Ta&rsquo;ala, as the Lord is, is impossible.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="text-align: left; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed;" class="MsoNormal"><span style=""><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p style="text-align: left; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="">If the negation in this Hadith is taken to be the negation of comprehending Allah Ta&rsquo;ala, then there is no problem at all. <span style="">&nbsp;</span>However, if it is insisted that this Hadith negates vision of Allah Ta&rsquo;ala per se, then this Hadith is not acceptable when other </span><i style=""><span style="">Marfu&rsquo;</span></i><span style=""> Hadith, which establish the vision of Allah Ta&rsquo;ala are present<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="text-align: left; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed;" class="MsoNormal"><span style=""><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p style="text-align: left; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed;" class="MsoNormal"><b><i style=""><span style="">First reason</span></i></b><span style=""><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="text-align: left; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed;" class="MsoNormal"><span style=""><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p style="text-align: left; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="">Other Hadith, which are narrated on the authority of other Sahabah show that the Holy Prophet (Sallallahu alaihi wa sallam) saw Allah Ta&rsquo;ala.<span style="">&nbsp; </span>Those Hadith contain the actual words of the Holy Prophet (Sallallahu alaihi wa sallam) Himself like, &ldquo;I saw Allah Ta&rsquo;ala&rdquo; and so on.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="text-align: left; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed;" class="MsoNormal"><span style=""><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p style="text-align: left; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="">Of course, these Hadith are </span><i style=""><span style="">Marfu,&rsquo; </span></i><span style="">as this is not something, which cannot be deduced by any kind of logic.<span style="">&nbsp; </span>When the Sahabah narrate this, obviously they are doing so because the Holy Prophet (Sallallahu alaihi wa sallam) said so.<span style="">&nbsp; </span><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="text-align: left; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed;" class="MsoNormal"><span style=""><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p style="text-align: left; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="">There is a principle of the Imams of Hadith and Fiqh that whatever the Sahabah say about something, which cannot be deduced by logic, then with regard to its ruling, it is a Hadith </span><i style=""><span style="">Marfu&rsquo;</span></i><span style="">.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="text-align: left; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed;" class="MsoNormal"><span style=""><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p style="text-align: left; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="">Therefore, all the Hadith, which the Sahabah narrate about the vision of Allah Ta&rsquo;ala for the Holy Prophet (Sallallahu alaihi wa sallam) are all </span><i style=""><span style="">Marfu&rsquo;</span></i><span style="">.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="text-align: left; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed;" class="MsoNormal"><span style=""><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p style="text-align: left; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="">On the other hand, Hadhrat Aisha Siddiqua (May Allah be well pleased with her) didn&rsquo;t narrate any </span><i style=""><span style="">Marfu&rsquo;</span></i><span style=""> Hadith, but gave the reference of a verse of the Holy Quran, which is Hadith </span><i style=""><span style="">Mauquf</span></i><span style="">.<span style="">&nbsp; </span>Obviously, the actual words of the Holy Prophet (Sallallahu alaihi wa sallam) will be preferred over the deduction of a Sahabi.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="text-align: left; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed;" class="MsoNormal"><span style=""><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p style="text-align: left; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed;" class="MsoNormal"><b><i style=""><span style="">Second reason</span></i></b><span style=""><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="text-align: left; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed;" class="MsoNormal"><span style=""><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p style="text-align: left; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="">The Fuqaha (jurists) of the Ummah have given a principle:<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="text-align: left; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed;" class="MsoNormal"><span style=""><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p style="text-align: left; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="">Translation: A Hadith which affirms something is always preferred over a Hadith, which negates the same.<span style="">&nbsp; </span>(</span><i style=""><span style="">Sharh Muslim Lin Nawawi</span></i><span style="">)<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="text-align: left; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed;" class="MsoNormal"><span style=""><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p style="text-align: left; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="">We learn from the Hadith, which are narrated by the different Sahabah that the Holy Prophet (Sallallahu alaihi wa sallam) saw Allah Ta&rsquo;ala.<span style="">&nbsp; </span>With this principle, the narrations of the Sahabah that the Holy Prophet (Sallallahu alaihi wa sallam) saw Allah Ta&rsquo;ala will be preferred over the Hadith of Hadhrat Aisha (May Allah be well pleased with her).<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="text-align: left; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed;" class="MsoNormal"><span style=""><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p>