The statement of 'Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) while on the pulpit regarding prostration in recitation: "Indeed, Allah (Mighty and Majestic) did not make it obligatory upon us except that we may do so if we wish." Does this have the ruling of being elevated to the Prophet, or is it...
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The questioner : Shaykh, the statement of 'Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) while on the pulpit regarding prostration in recitation does it have the ruling of being elevated to the Prophet, or is it stopped at him?
The Shaykh : No, it has the ruling of being elevated to the Prophet because he spoke it in the presence of the majority of the Companions and the great ones of the Tabi'un, so it became like scholarly consensus. This is the consensus known as silent consensus. It is sufficient that he was one of the Rightly Guided Caliphs. Even if such a statement were authentically reported from him alone, it would be a proof, provided it did not contradict the Sunnah. How much more so when he raised this issue before the witnesses and no one objected to him, as is narrated "that when he prohibited increasing the mahr beyond four hundred dirhams and threatened the violators that he would take the excess over four hundred from the mahr and add it to the treasury of the Muslims, a woman stood up and said, 'O Commander of the Faithful, you have no right to do that.' He said, 'Why?' She said, 'Because Allah says in the Noble Qur'an:[An-Nisa 4:20]' He said, 'The woman was right and the man was wrong.'" This woman stood in his way, and he admitted that he had no right to prohibit it, but he had the right to advise and guide them not to exaggerate, not to exaggerate in the mahr of women. And peace be upon you.
The questioner : This story is established from 'Umar.
The Shaykh : There is a man in it who is weak, named Majdal ibn Sa'id, and he is not strong, as the scholars say. And peace be upon you.
The questioner : Shaykh, one of the states...
The student: ...
The questioner : It is established, O Shaykh, and there is no weakness in it.
The Shaykh : How?
The questioner : Is it established or...
The Shaykh : No, it is not established.
The questioner : Is it established?
The Shaykh : Of course.
The questioner : Shaykh, one of the states...
Indeed, Allah (Mighty and Majestic) did not make it obligatory upon us except that we may do so if we wish.
إن الله عز وجل لم يفرضها علينا إلا أن نشاءThe Shaykh : No, it has the ruling of being elevated to the Prophet because he spoke it in the presence of the majority of the Companions and the great ones of the Tabi'un, so it became like scholarly consensus. This is the consensus known as silent consensus. It is sufficient that he was one of the Rightly Guided Caliphs. Even if such a statement were authentically reported from him alone, it would be a proof, provided it did not contradict the Sunnah. How much more so when he raised this issue before the witnesses and no one objected to him, as is narrated "that when he prohibited increasing the mahr beyond four hundred dirhams and threatened the violators that he would take the excess over four hundred from the mahr and add it to the treasury of the Muslims, a woman stood up and said, 'O Commander of the Faithful, you have no right to do that.' He said, 'Why?' She said, 'Because Allah says in the Noble Qur'an:
and you have given one of them a great amount [in gifts], do not take [back] from it anything. Would you take it in injustice and manifest sin?
وآتيتم إحداهن قنطارا فلا تأخذوا منه شيئا أتأخذونه بهتانا وإثماً مبيناThe questioner : This story is established from 'Umar.
The Shaykh : There is a man in it who is weak, named Majdal ibn Sa'id, and he is not strong, as the scholars say. And peace be upon you.
The questioner : Shaykh, one of the states...
The student: ...
The questioner : It is established, O Shaykh, and there is no weakness in it.
The Shaykh : How?
The questioner : Is it established or...
The Shaykh : No, it is not established.
The questioner : Is it established?
The Shaykh : Of course.
The questioner : Shaykh, one of the states...