Message #22319

[Heba E. Husseyn]

......  Btw what is that traditional story or is it bukhari hadith in sahih collection?

Yes of course, Insh'Allah.

The traditional story is not from Bukhari’s “sahih" but it has the same level of forgery and lack of logic as Bukhari’s “sahih.”

In this traditional tale, the issue of a baby born after 6 months supposedly arises from a misunderstanding by Caliph Usman about some couple committing zina when their first born baby came after 6 months of marriage instead of 9 months, so he condemned them guilty of zina.  Then supposedly again, Imam Ali  consulted with Caliph Usman, showing him V.46:15 telling him that pre-term babies can also be born after 6 months and consequently Caliph Usman agreed and changed his decision about zina regarding the married couple.  As mentioned, this traditional tale comes from the infamous Tabari and is later emphasized by Ibn Kathir, no less infamous for his Quranic misinterpretations.  This story has no evidence of confirmation nor authenticity whatsoever.

I quote the story as follows which I got from Maududi’s commenteries, a place quite rife with hadith and altered bible stories.  You can also get it from other Hadithist sources.

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During the caliphate of Hadrat `Usman, a person married a woman from the Juhainah tribe, and just six months after the marriage she gave birth to a healthy and sound child. The man took the case before Usman, who declared the woman to be an adultress and ordered that she be stoned to death. On hearing this Hadrat `Ali immediately came to Hadrat `Usman and asked: What sort of a decision have you given ? He replied: She has given birth to a sound child six months after marriage. Is it not a clear .proof of her being an adultress? Hadrat `Ali did not agree, and recited the three above mentioned verses in their sequence. In Surah Al-Baqarah Allah says: 'The mothers shall suckle their children for two whole in years, if the fathers desire the suckling to be completed." In Surah Luqman it is said: "And his weaning took two years," and in Surah AI-Ahqaf: "And his bearing and his weaning took thirty months." Now, if two years of suckling are taken away from 30 months, six months of bearing remain. This shows that the minimum period of pregnancy in which a sound child can be born is six months. Therefore, the woman who has given birth to a child six months after the marriage cannot be declared an adulteress . On hearing this reasoning of Hadrat 'Ali, Hadrat 'Usman admitted that he had not considered that thing at all. Then he recalled the woman and changed his decision. According to another tradition, Ibn 'Abbas also supported the reasoning of Hadrat 'Ali and then Hadrat 'Usman changed his decision. (Ibn Jarir, Ahkam al-Qur an by al-Jassas Ibn Kathir).

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