In Defence of The Sahabi al-Jalil
The Faqeeh, The Mujtahid, The Muhaddith
Abu Hurairah
(Radhiallaahu Anhu)
Part 2
By
By The Mujtahid, The Muhaddith, The Faqeeh, The Imaam, Ameer al-Mu’mineen Fil-Hadeeth
Muhammad bin Ismaa’eel al-Bukhaari (d.256H)
Series compilers, Translated and Annotated
Abu Hibbaan & Abu Khuzaimah Ansaari
From Juzz al-Qir’ah
Imaam Bukhaari after bringing numerous hadeeth and athar from Abu Hurairah and Anas bin Maalik for reciting Soorah al-Faatihah loudly and mentioning Abu Hurairah held if one catches the Ruku he has not caught the raka’h answers the allegation by the hanafee’s that both companions were not jurists.
Imam Muhammad bin Ismaa’eel al-Bukhaari said,
“no.178. If someone says the people who held if they caught the Ruku without the recitation (of Soorah Faatihah) were not from amongst the people of Ahlun-Nadhar (ie non-faqeeh’s. Then it will be said to them that some claimants of Ijmaa (consensus) have agreed the period for breast feeding a child is two and half years but this opposes the speech of Allaah as Allaah said, “the period for suckling is a total of 2 years”and they also hold there is no harm in using a wild pig, and they hold it permissible to use the sword on the Ummah of Muhammad, and they consider the command of Allaah before and after to be created, and they agree upon such things (thinking themselves to be jurists)…. So these people have the most Nadhar (ie jurisprudence) who recite Soorah Faatihah