TAHA KARAAN’S RED HERRING DEFENCE OF HIS KUFR ACTS

In a misleading article, captioned ‘IF ONLY SOMEONE ELSE SAID IT’, Karaan vainly attempted to draw an analogy between our strident criticism of all kufr of the munaafiq cartel and the manner in which Hadhrat Umar (Radhiyallahu anhu) had acquitted himself in response to Hadhrat Ubaidah (Radhiyallahu anhu) who was in disagreement with Hadhrat Umar (Radhiyallahu anhu) for not visiting the plague-stricken region.

When Hadhrat Umar (Radhiyallahu anhu) had decided to return to Madinah without going to Amawaas where a plague had broken out, the Commander of the Islamic army, Hadhrat Abu Ubaidah who is one of the Ashrah Mubash-sharah, objected. He said: “Are you fleeing from the Qadr of Allah?” Hadhrat Umar (Radhiyallahu anhu) responded: “Would that someone else had said so.”

With this episode, Karaan seeks to mislead Muslims. Karaan’s deception is twofold: (1) He implies that fleeing from a region ravished by a plague is justified by Hadhrat Umar’s action. (2) His response to Hadhrat Abu Ubaidah was extremely mild and shorn of acrimony.