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﴿وَمَاُأَر سَل نَاُمِنُقَب لِكَ ُمِنُرَّس ول ُوَّلَ ُنَِبِ ٍُّإِّلَّ ُإِذَاَُتََنَّىُأَل قَىُالشَّي طَان ُفِ ُأ م نِيَّتِهُِفَُيَنسَخ ُاللَّه ُمَاُي ل قِيُ<br />
الشَّي طَان ُث َُُّي كِمُاللَّه ُآيَاتِهُُِۖوَاللَّه ُعَلِيم ُحَكِيم ﴾<br />
{Never did We send a Messenger or a Prophet before you, but; when he did recite the<br />
revelation or narrated or spoke, Shaiṭaan threw (some falsehood) in it. But <strong>Al</strong>laah<br />
abolishes that which Shaiṭaan throws in. Then <strong>Al</strong>laah establishes His Revelations. And<br />
<strong>Al</strong>laah is <strong>Al</strong>l-Knower, <strong>Al</strong>l-Wise.} [Surah al-Ḥajj (22): 52]<br />
Then they (some of the Mufassiroon) would refer to the story of al-Gharaaneeq.<br />
We (Ibn Katheer) preferred to refrain from mentioning it openly here lest it comes to<br />
the attention of those who are unable to understand it within context. 288 The origins of<br />
the story are, however, present in the books of “Ṣaḥeeḥ” (Aḥaadeeth).<br />
<strong>Al</strong>-Bukhaaree reported from Ibn `Abbaas ُاهلل ُعنهما :رضي “The Prophet ﷺ performed a<br />
prostration when he finished reciting Surah al-Najm, and all the Muslims and pagans –<br />
(from) the Jinn and human beings prostrated along with him.”<br />
<strong>Al</strong>-Bukhaaree was alone in narrating it, whereas Muslim did not report it. 289<br />
288 I (al-<strong>Al</strong>baanee say): The explanation of the author (Ibn Katheer) in his “Tafseer” of the Aayah of Surah al-Ḥajj is<br />
more detailed and clear in refuting the story of al-Gharaaneeq. He (Ibn Katheer) said: “At this point, many of the<br />
Mufassireen mentioned the story of the al- Gharaaneeq, and how many of those who had migrated to Abyssinia<br />
came back when they thought that the idolaters of the Quraish had become Muslims. But these reports have<br />
come through chains of narrations which are all “Mursal” (incomplete), and I do not think that any of them have<br />
been reported with a complete chain that may be regarded as authentic. And <strong>Al</strong>lah knows best.” – end of quote<br />
from Ibn Katheer.<br />
I (al-<strong>Al</strong>baanee say): I have (verified and) affirmed that statement (of Ibn Katheer), through narrations and<br />
نصبُاجملانيقُلنسفُ“ book: reasoning, in a way no one has preceded me – and to the best of my knowledge – in my<br />
and it has been published (in `Arabic), it is essential that you read it. <strong>Al</strong>so, it is necessary here to warn ,”قصةُالغرانيق<br />
about the severe mistake made by Shaikh (Abu Zahrah – the person in whose refutation the Shaikh al-<strong>Al</strong>baanee<br />
wrote this book, see the introduction), for he has mentioned in two places in his book that Imaam al-Bukhaaree<br />
has reported this story of al-Gharaaneeq in his “Ṣaḥeeḥ”, and this is falsehood. Rather Imaam al-Bukhaaree – as<br />
will be quoted shortly – mentioned narrations but which have no connection with this (false) story.<br />
289 (Shaikh al-<strong>Al</strong>baanee said) reported by al-Bukhaaree in his “Ṣaḥeeḥ” (1071, 4862). <strong>Al</strong>-Ḥaakim (3745) also<br />
reported it and said: “It is “Ṣaḥeeḥ” as per the condition of al-Bukhaaree, but he did not report it”. This is a<br />
mistake on his (al-Ḥaakim’s) part (as al-Bukhaaree did report it). <strong>Al</strong>-Tirmidhee also reported it in his “Sunan”<br />
(575).<br />
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