Opinions of Umar Regarding the Ruling Matters

Ayub ibn Musa narrates that Prophet Mohammad once said, “Righteousness resides in the inward and sight of Umar and he is the one who distinguishes between right and wrong. Allah has kept a boundary between right and wrong through him.” This is proved by the fact that many Quranic verses were revealed according to Umar‟s opinion. For example, verses regarding the order of veil, orders at the incident of the Holy Prophet‟s abstinence from wives22 , order of making the station of Abraham as the prayer point, orders of prohibiting alcohol and various other orders were implemented according to the opinion of Umar. This can be verified from the following Hadith:

 Anas ibn Malik narrates that once Umar said, “My Lord agreed with me on three things:

1. I said, „O Prophet! I wish we take the station of Abraham as our praying place.‟ Hence came the revelation,

یلصممہرباماقمنماوذختاو ؕ انماوسانللۃباثمتیبلاانلعجذاو

125):(2

22 Prophet Mohammad announced abstinence from all wives temporarily. This continued for a month, thus some hypocrites spread the news that the Prophet had divorced his wives. When Umar asked the Prophet about it he said, “My wives are demanding to increase the amount of their personal expenses, which I cannot do.” The wives soon realized that they were at fault. The following verses were revealed in this regard: احارسنکحرساونکعتماسیلاعتفاہتنیزوایندلاۃویحلاندرتستـنکناکجاوزاللقیبنلااہیای

﴾﴿امیظع اارج نکنمتنسحمللدعاہللانافۃرخالارادلاوہلوسروہللاندرتستـنکناو

﴾﴿الیمج 33:) ,28

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Meaning: O (Esteemed) Prophet! Say to your wives, “If you long for the world and its glitter, then come! I shall make a provision for you and set you free in a handsome manner. But if you long for Allah and His Messenger (peace be upon him) and the abode of the hereafter, then surely Allah has prepared for the pious amongst you a tremendous

reward.” (33: 28,29)