What is the answer to the misconception regarding ‘Umar ibn al-Khaṭṭāb’s rejection, may Allah be pleased with him, of Abū Mūsā al-Ash‘arī’s hadith, may Allah be pleased with him: "If one of you asks permission to enter three times and is not granted permission, then he should return," and ‘Ā’ishah’s rejection, may Allah be pleased with her, of the hadith: "The deceased is tortured by the weeping of his family over him," knowing that these hadiths are authentic? And is acting upon Ahad (single-chained) hadiths agreed upon by the Sunnis, or is it a matter of dispute?
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The story of Umar with Abu Musa Al-Ash'ari is not a proof for rejecting khabar al-wahid (a solitary narration), for Umar only sought to verify the narration. He accepted the narration after Abu Sa'id testified to it, and the narration of two people is still considered ahad (solitary). As for Aisha, she did not reject khabar al-wahid; rather, she believed that Ibn Umar did not narrate the hadith with its exact wording. She based her argument on the Quran and what she had memorized from the hadith.
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