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IRSYAD AL-HADITH SIRI KE-308 : GEMPA BUMI DI ZAMAN SAIDINA UMAR
Did an earthquake really occur during the time of Umar, and is the report authentic?
Short answer
The report describes the earth shaking in Umar's era, with beds rattling while Abdullah bin Umar was praying.
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- Authority
- Federal Territories Mufti Office
- Date
- Status
- Opinion (irsyad)
- Series
- Irsyad al-Hadith
- Topic
- Quran & Hadith
No evidence of gazettement in the source — this is not a gazetted fatwa.
Summary
The report describes the earth shaking in Umar's era, with beds rattling while Abdullah bin Umar was praying. It is recorded by al-Baihaqi, Ibn Abi Shaybah, Ibn al-Mundhir and Nu'aym bin Hammad. All chains converge on Nafi' from Safiyyah bint Abu Ubayd, most famously through Ubaydullah bin Umar, and both Nafi' and Ubaydullah are described as reliable by scholars. The available text breaks off while examining the later narrators, before a final grading of the report is stated.
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How to cite
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Federal Territories Mufti Office. “IRSYAD AL-HADITH SIRI KE-308 : GEMPA BUMI DI ZAMAN SAIDINA UMAR”, 4 December 2018. https://muftiwp.gov.my/ms/artikel/irsyad-al-hadith/2830-irsyad-al-hadith-siri-ke-308-gempa-bumi-di-zaman-saidina-umar. Found via Rujuk Fatwa: https://rujukfatwa.com/en/fatwa/did-earthquake-occur-during-umar-era/