Saheeh Seerah Al Albaanee English

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