Saheeh Seerah Al Albaanee English

al-Kubraa” (3/237, 242) from the narrations of `Uthmaan Ibn al-Arqam, Sa`eed Ibn al-
Musayyib, and al-Ḥasan al-Basree, (from all three of them) in a “Mursal” form.
And Ibn `Abbaas رضيُاهللُعنه said: “The first one to openly declare his Islaam is `Umar Ibn
al-Khaṭṭaab.”
This was reported by al-Ṭabaraanee in “al-Kabeer” (10890) and its chain is “Ḥasan”, as
mentioned by al-Haithamee in “al-Majma`” (9/63).
This is another infamous oft-quoted fabricated narration: Narrated `Umar Ibn al-Khaṭṭaab: “There were two
things in Jaahiliyyah, one of them makes me cry and the other one makes me laugh. The one that makes me cry
is: I had taken a daughter of mine to bury her alive and I was digging the hole for her while she was dusting my
beard off without knowing what I am planning for her, then when I remember that I cry. And the other one is that
I used to make a “god” out of dates that I put over my head to guard me during the night, then when I woke up in
a good state I would eat it, and whenever I remember that I laugh at myself [and some narrate: During the days of
Jaahiliyyah, we used to make idols out of dates which we would worship and when we would get hungry we
would eat them! Remembering this made me laugh.].”
[The following are the flaws in the narration:
1) This fabricated narration is from the works of the enemies of Allaah, the Rawaafhiḍh (from what it seems).
2) There is no chain, not even a fabricated one, for this narration.
3) No books of Ḥadeeth, biographies, history, or other reliable sources have recorded this.
4) His tribe, Banoo `Adee, were not know for this practice. He had a sister, Faatimah Bint al-Khaṭṭaab who was
married to Sa`eed Ibn Zaid.
5) His firstborn child was Ḥafṣah, who was born around five years before Islaam. `Umar’s Kunyah was Abu Hafṣ.
6) Why would he kill his second daughter and let his eldest daughter live?
رضيُ‏ 7) It is mentioned in “al-Mu`jam al-Kabeer” of al-Ṭabaraanee (863) and “Musnad” al-Bazzaar (238) that `Umar
Qur’aan: was asked regarding the Aayah of the اهللُ‏ عنه
‏﴿وَإِذَاُال مَو ء ودَةُُس ئِلَت ُ﴾
{And when the female (infant) buried alive (as the pagan Arabs used to do) shall be questioned.} [Surah al-
Takweer (81): 8]
`Umar replied: “Qays Ibn `Aaṣim هللا ُ عنه ُ came to the Messenger of Allaah ﷺ and said: “During the Jaahiliyyah,
رضي
I buried eight of my daughters alive.” The Messenger of Allaah ﷺ told him: ❝Free one slave on behalf of every
daughter.❞ Qays Ibn `Aaṣim said: “I possess many camels.” The Messenger of Allaah ﷺ said: ❝If you wish,
sacrifice one camel on behalf of each daughter.❞
[Shaikh al-Albaanee said: “All the narrators of al-Bazzaar are from the narrators of Muslim except for al-Hussain,
the Shaikh of al-Bazzaar – and he is reliable.” See “al-Ṣaḥeeḥah” (3298)]
If the incident relating to `Umar was true, `Umar would have replied to the questioner by mentioning his own
personal experience instead of narrating the incident of Qays Ibn `Aaṣim.
In view of the above explanation, the incident in reference is questionable and should not be mentioned]]
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