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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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The ruling on one who disparages 'Umar's position in the Treaty of al-Hudaybiyyah

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Question:
This questioner says: What is your opinion, our Shaykh, of one who says that the position of 'Umar ibn al-Khattab (may Allah be pleased with him) in the Treaty of al-Hudaybiyyah represents 'Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) as an unjust, ignorant human being?

Answer:
This is bad speech, and it does not come from one who has love for the Companions of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) in his heart. This person is looking for the mistakes of the Companions.
And this person is an enemy of the Companions. Either he is a hypocrite, or he is a Shi'ite who hates the Companions. What 'Umar did in the Treaty of al-Hudaybiyyah was only out of jealousy; it was due to the strength of his jealousy for the religion of Allah (Mighty and Majestic). He thought that there was a humiliation for the Muslims in it, because he does not know the unseen; he does not know the unseen. So he had intense jealousy and wanted to show strength for the Muslims, as an act of ijtihad (independent legal reasoning) from him (may Allah be pleased with him). But the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) was being revealed to by Allah (Exalted and Majestic is He). So what 'Umar did was only ijtihad and jealousy from him (may Allah be pleased with him). Yes. And he.
He knew that in the end. He knew that if he had delegated the matter as Abu Bakr did, if he had delegated the matter and remained silent, it would have been better for him. He realized afterwards that if he had remained silent and delegated the matter to the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) as Abu Bakr did, that would have been better for him and more good. But he (may Allah be pleased with him) only did this as an act of ijtihad and out of jealousy for Islam and the Muslims.
Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، ما رأيكم في من يقول أن موقف عمر بن الخطاب رضي الله عنه في صلح الحديبية يمثل العقل البشري الظلوم... — youtube.com

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