Pelting Shaytaan in Salaat and ‘Umar (R.A) bleeding but keeping wudhu in prayer. 1)There is a sahi hadith along this line: ‘When in the atayyat position in salaat, tapping your finger continuously is as if one is pelting shaytaan. According to Hanafi fiqh, you raise then lower the finger once but it gives the same effect. However, wouldn’t it be preferable to ‘pelt’ shaytaan more than once? 2) According to Hanafi fiqh, bleeding a certain amount of blood (or a discharge) breaks the wudhu (in most cases). However, when ‘Umar (R.A) was Caliph, he was stabbed while offering salaat, and well aware of this, but continued to pray. Was his wudhu still valid, and why?
1. Kindly provide the source of this Saheeh Hadith that you question about.
2. According to the narrations recorded in Sahih Bukhari and Sahih Muslim,
there is no mention of Sayyiduna Umar (Radhiallaahu Anhu) continuing with
his Salaat after being stabbed. In fact, the narrator of this incident says,
‘Just after Umar (Radhiallaahu Anhu) said the first Takbeer, I heard him
say, ‘the dog has killed me.’ In fact, he further reports, ‘. Umar
(Radhiallaahu Anhu) took the hand of Sayyiduna Abdul-Rahmaan ibn Awf
(Radhiallaahu Anhu) and put him forward’ (to complete the Salaat) (Sahih
Bukhari Hadith3700). Hence, your analogy is incorrect.
and Allah Ta’ala Knows Best
Moulana Muhammad ibn Moulana Haroon Abbassommar
FACULTY OF SPECIALTY IN HADITH
CHECKED AND APPROVED: Mufti Ebrahim Desai