Hadith Raziyat Yawm al-Khamis fi al-Sahihayn

Hadith Raziyat Yawm al-Khamis fi al-Sahihayn: Dirasah Naqdiyyah Tahliliyyah (The Hadith of the Calamity of Thursday in the Two Sahihs: A Critical and Analytical Study) is a single-volume hadith monograph by Abu Dharr Abd al-Qadir ibn Mustafa al-Muhammadi Hadith Raziyat Yawm al-Kh…. The work provides a critical examination of the narrations and theological polemics surrounding the event known as the Calamity of Thursday (Raziyat Yawm al-Khamis), recorded in the canonical hadith compilations of al-Bukhari and Muslim Hadith Raziyat Yawm al-Kh…+1.

Purpose and Scope

The book investigates the accounts of the Prophet's ﷺ final illness four days before his death, when he requested writing materials to record a document for his Companions, leading to a disagreement among those present Hadith Raziyat Yawm al-Kh…. Al-Muhammadi wrote the treatise to analyze the transmission paths of the text across Sunni collections—contrasting rigorous transmissions in the Sahih al-Bukhari and Sahih Muslim with anomalous and uncritical reports found in historical and biographical works like the Tabaqat of Ibn Sa'd and the Tarikh of al-Tabari—and to systematically answer polemical arguments raised by critics and sectarian groups against prominent Companions, particularly Umar ibn al-Khattab Hadith Raziyat Yawm al-Kh…+1.

Structure and Contents

The monograph opens with an introductory preface (tawti'ah) and is structured into two main chapters (mabhaths) comprising ten sub-sections (matlabs), followed by a conclusion Hadith Raziyat Yawm al-Kh…+1:

• Chapter One: The Wordings of the Hadith in the Two Sahihs (Alfaz Hadith Raziyat Yawm al-Khamis): Divided into three sub-sections, it presents the narration of Ibn Abbas, evaluates the differences between the transmission path of Sa'id ibn Jubayr and that of Ubayd Allah ibn Abd Allah ibn Utba, highlights the hadith methodology and editorial precision of al-Bukhari and Muslim, and summarizes the general context of the event Hadith Raziyat Yawm al-Kh….
• Chapter Two: Doubts Surrounding the Hadith (Shubuhat Hawl al-Hadith): Divided into seven sub-sections addressing polemical claims Hadith Raziyat Yawm al-Kh…:
  1. The nature and intended content of the document the Prophet ﷺ resolved to dictate Hadith Raziyat Yawm al-Kh…+1.
  2. Refuting the claim that Umar said the Prophet ﷺ was delirious, clarifying the authentic variant phrased as an interrogative inquiry: أهجر رسول الله ﷺ؟ ("Has the Messenger of Allah been overcome [by illness]? Seek clarification from him") Hadith Raziyat Yawm al-Kh…+1.
  3. Contextualizing Umar's remark: حسبكم كتاب الله ("Sufficient for you is the Book of Allah") Hadith Raziyat Yawm al-Kh….
  4. Answering the allegation that Umar deprived the community of guidance by opposing the writing Hadith Raziyat Yawm al-Kh….
  5. Explaining the Prophet's statement: قوموا عني فالذي أنا فيه خير مما تدعونني ("Leave me, for that in which I am engaged is better than what you call me to") Hadith Raziyat Yawm al-Kh….
  6. Analyzing the three final deathbed directives given by the Prophet ﷺ Hadith Raziyat Yawm al-Kh….
  7. Clarifying Ibn Abbas's phrase: الرزية كل الرزية ("The calamity, the entire calamity...") regarding the dispute that prevented the writing Hadith Raziyat Yawm al-Kh….

Method and Conclusions

Al-Muhammadi draws upon classical Sunni hadith commentators and scholars—including al-Nawawi, al-Bayhaqi, and Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani—to harmonize the narrations and establish their legal and creedal implications Hadith Raziyat Yawm al-Kh…+1.

The work concludes with several primary findings:

• The hadith is authentic (sahih) and firmly established in Sahih al-Bukhari and Sahih Muslim Hadith Raziyat Yawm al-Kh….
• The transmission path of Sa'id ibn Jubayr exhibits no internal textual discrepancies, leading al-Bukhari and Muslim to rely upon it as the primary text (asl), whereas the path of Ubayd Allah suffered from variations through Ibn Shihab al-Zuhri, the soundest of which is the transmission of Ma'mar ibn Rashid Hadith Raziyat Yawm al-Kh….
• No authentic chain supports the claim that Umar asserted that the Prophet ﷺ was delirious; rather, the authentic phrasing was an inquiry voiced by some later converts seeking clarification Hadith Raziyat Yawm al-Kh….
• Umar's reliance on the Quran was aimed at de-escalating discord and relieving the ailing Prophet ﷺ, rather than an abandonment of the prophetic Sunnah Hadith Raziyat Yawm al-Kh….