Following our previous discussion on the Incident between Ali ibn Abi Talib a.s, and Uthman bin Affan.
From Muwatta Malik: http://sunnah.com/urn/407560 Yahya related to me from Malik, from Jafar ibn Muhammad, from hisfather, that al-Miqdad ibn al-Aswad once went to see AIi ibn AbiTalibat as-Suqya, where he was feeding some young camels of his with amash of meal and leaves, and he said to him,
"This man Uthman ibnAffan is telling people that they cannot do hajj and umra together."Al-Miqdad said,
"Ali ibn Abi Talib went off with bits of mealand leaves on his forearms - and I shall never forget the sight of themeal and the leaves on his arms - and went to see Uthman ibn Affa
n andasked him, 'Are you saying then that people cannot do hajj and umratogether?' Uthman replied, 'That is my opinion.'
Whereupon AIi gotangry and went out saying, 'I am at your service, O Allah, I am atyour service for a hajj and an umra together.' "Points to make:1. Ali ibn Abi Talib a.s in every hadith narrated in this incident, either replies defiantly , or shows anger. In this paticular hadith, he is so angered by what he has heard, he leaves his work, with meal and leaves still on his arms (without even cleaning himself), directly questions Uthman, confirms he has indeed, changed the sunnah (according to the opinion of Ali ibn Abi Talib a.s), and leaves angrily, so much so, in defiance, he declares that "i am at your service, for a hajj and an umra together'.
I personally feel, when it comes to Muawiyah, Yazid, Uthman, and clashes between caliphs and ahlulbayt a.s, things are often played down, and watered down, to try to paint an idealistic picture that everyone got along, and people disagree and it was all fine.
But really , an open minded, realistic, and more truthful account of this incident is that this is more than an ijtihad disagreement. Indeed, you can just tell from the words and actions of Ali ibn Abi Talib a.s how furious he was.
I want to ask, how big of an error is it not to know that you can do umra and hajj together ? Surely anyone would know this? This is the ijma i believe of all sunni's and shia's. I don't even think there is even a shadow of doubt about it. Is it not a big error to begin to forbid people to do that? Furthermore, if Ali ibn Abi Talib a.s himself states this was halal, or that he did it during the time of Muhammed s.a.w, or saw the prophet s.a.w do it, or heard him allow it, surely, with regards to Hazarat Uthman on what basis is he making the halal harram, and going against the Sunnah ?
I am not disrespecting anyone here, i am merely asking an academic question. And to simplify that, my question is -
how big of an error is it to consider doing the umra/hajj together as forbidden ? Do you know of any sunni scholars today who would even take the view of Hazrarat Uthman, over that of Ali ? [genuinely interested].
You can even tell from the hadith that Ali was not just doing his Ijtihad. His words and actions are not of a man doing ijtihad, but a man pretty certian of what was of the sunnah, and almost shocked at someone claiming it was not.