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               52  International Multi. J. of PURE LIFE. 9 (31): 27-67, Summer 2022
                  have (of set purpose) gone             Bukhari, in opposition to
                  astray”. (Quran, 3: 90)             the Second Caliph, said:
                                                         When  Abdullah  Abi  ibn
                  Among  the  companions'                Salul died, his son begged
               opposition  to  the  Prophet              the  Prophet  to  pray  on

               throughout  his  life,  and               the  body  of  his  father.
               even  after  his  death,  and             The  Prophet  accepted
               despite the emphasis of the               and when he stood up for

               verses  of  the  Quran,  he               prayer, the second caliph
               opposed  the  boycott  of                 grabbed the Prophet cloak
               drinking  wine.  Ibn  Hajar               and  said,  Why  do  you

               Asqalani writes in his book:              pray  for  him  while  God
                  Abu-Talha Zayd ibn Sahl                forbids you to do so? The
                  had organized a friendly               Prophet  became  angry

                  assembly  at  his  house               and  said:  “God  has  let
                  and invited ten people to              me choose this”. (Bukhari,
                  that  party,  all  of  whom            1980, Vol. 5: 248; Al-Nuhhas,
                                              1
                  were  drinking  wine.                  1987: 521; Isfahani, 1984,
                  (Asqalani, 2003, Vol. 10: 4)
                                                         Vol. 1: 43)

                                                         Or in the story of asking
               1. These include: Abu-‘Ubadah
               Jarah,  Abu-Talha,  Zaid  ibn          the  pen  and  paper  by
               Sahl, Suheil ibn Beizah, Abi ibn       Prophet  in  the  last  days  of
               Kaaba,  Abu-Dejana,  Abu-Yubi
               Ansari,  Mu'az  ibn  Jebel,  Anas
               ibn  Malik  and  first  and  second    Vol. 44: 430; Ibn Abi-Shibah, 1988,
               caliphs.  (Ref:  Ibn  Sa'd,  1989,     Vol. 5: 488; Ibn Abd al-Barr, 1991,
               Vol.  3:  270;  Ibn  Asakir,  1995,    Vol. 3: 1154)
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