<b>Did Bukhari disobey the Prophet?</b>
Salam all
In today’s Bukhari Sunnah lesson, we will look at another strange hadith alleged by Bukhari which should convict him and many others of the crime of, not obeying the prophet.
http://hadith.al-islam.com/Display/Display...m=126&doc=0
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The above hadith by Bukhari is listed under a sub-chapter that he named: <b> من خص بالعلم قوما دون قوم كراهية أن لا يفهموا </b>, i.e. <b> The one who exclusively transfer knowledge to some but not others, fearing that the others may not understand the knowledge)</b>, which is under a chapter that he named: <b> العلم </b>, i.e. <b> The Knowledge</b>
The message of the above hadith is non sensible though, it is alleged that Anas Ibn Malik said that it was mentioned to him the following:
<i>The prophet said to Maaz Ibn Jabal: Whoever meets Allah while not shirking anything with Him, he should enter paradise.</i>
So Maaz Ibn Jabal said to the prophet:
<i>Should I inform everyone so they the receive the good tidings?</i>
The prophet replied back:
<i>NO, as I fear that they may rely on that.</i>
End of hadith
Well, can you see that Anas Ibn Malik did not tell us who told him that? He only said that it was mentioned to him. How Bukhari then managed to authenticate such allegation? This is not really important, I actually careless about any Isnad or chain of narrators, all I care about is the logic behind the message in such allegation, that is if there is any.
The logic of the above allegation is obvious, Bukhari is telling us that some people may be informed with vital and crucial information in the religion, while others should never be informed likewise, the reason given by Bukhari is, those who will be excluded from knowing such information, have been excluded because of fear that they may rely on it totally by misunderstanding the information.
The vital information in the above allegation, is simply: Anyone who meets Allah while not shirking with Him anything, will go to paradise.
According to the allegation, the prophet said so to one person only, such person is named Maaz Ibn Jabal, obviously Maaz rejoiced when he heard such crucial information, so when he wanted to say it to everyone, the prophet clearly <b>PROHIBITED HIM</b> from doing so, by telling him <b>NO</b>, as well explaining his reason to why the information should be concealed from some people, which is the fear that those people misunderstand the message and totally rely on it without working hard on their deeds beside their Iman (belief).
Now I wonder, who should deserve to know such crucial information and who should not? I mean who can judge that? Certainly the prophet could have judged it and said it to Maaz Ibn Jabal, knowing that Maaz will not rely on that alone. Now, what do you think is the benefit of such message to the people like Maaz? Absolutely nothing, the danger of such message is certainly outweighing the 0 benefit it has.
Allah already told us at least a couple of times in the Quran that He may forgive all sins except Shirk, therefore there is nothing that is new in the above allegation, on the other hand, Maaz Ibn Jabal certainly did not conceal it from some people, he must have said it to a few, and from those few it spread to more people, until it reached Bukhari, so mister Bukhari in his total recklessness disobeyed the prophet and documented it in a book so every Muslim from his time onwards knows about it. HOW SILLY.
Let’s just assume that Maaz obeyed the prophet and only said such information to a few and concealed it from the rest, as he was commanded by the prophet. Now, those few started to spread it to other few(s), possibly all those people may be excused assuming that the people thought of those to whom they said it, will not rely on it. However mister Bukhari came and put the final nail in the coffin by informing every single Muslim in the world spanning over generations and generations for 1200 years with such allegation, IN CLEAR VIOLATION TO THE PROPHET COMMAND IN THE SAME AND VERY ALLEGATION IN BUKHARI”S SAHIH BOOK.
Simply, Bukhari convicted his own self, he proved how confused and disobedient to the prophet commands, he was, and certainly millions and millions of Muslims now totally rely on that, i.e. if they meet Allah without shirking anything with Him, they will go to paradise while totally ignoring the issue of their deeds.
See, it is not about the belief only, it is always about the belief and deeds, a fact that is mentioned in the Quran tens of times, yet mister Bukhari totally ignored such fact, in addition to his clear disobedience to the prophet's command of not saying it to everyone rather a few.
Salam
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