The "relevant" part of the Hadith was quoted (and link to full text was provided)
The point is : Besides other sources, The most authentic Hadith Book (i.e.Sahih Bukhari) tells us that The rightly guided Caliphs used to burn people alive
Ibn e Abbas or other companions may have disagreed with this method of punishment, but the fact remains that the "Rightly Guided Caliphs" enjoy the highest status in Islam, after Muhammad (pbuh) ..
Now we have two options only
Either we reject these narrations/Ahadith as later concoctions/false stories fabricated by Umayyad/Abbasid Kings for "political reasons"
Or we accept that ISIS, TTP and other terrorist organizations follow "Real" Islam and they are "Better" Muslims as they follow "Sahih Hadith" and the true Sunnah of Muhammad and his companions ..
We cannot claim that these narrations/ahadith are authentic while simultaneously denouncing ISIS,TTP etc. (and calling their actions "un-Islamic") for following the very same narrations/ahadith that we ourselves consider authentic
Anyone claiming that is either ignorant or hypocrite
The fact is that Ibn AbbasRA was one of the people for whom Rasool Allah SAW prayed that Allah grant him ilm of deen.
Amongst the Aimmah the ruling was that if any of the commands of anyone of them was contrary to a genuine hadeeth of Rasool Allah SAW then it was automatically over ruled.
Ali RAmay be a khaleefa e Rashid and may my whole family be sacrificed at the dust of the feet of the shahba e karaam but it is possible that he was not aware of the Hadeeth of Rasool AllahSAW. Ibn Abbas RA is from Ahl Al Bayt and Ali RA first cousin therefore he has no reason to negate a ruling of the khaleefa of the muslimeen unless he has a stronger reasoning. Therefore in this case I would believe the ruling of Ibn Abbas.
In the case of Ali himself, if he ever heard a hadeeth from someone which he had not himself if it was a sahabi he would ask him to take an oath or if not he would ask the person to produce 2 witnesses in support of his assertion. However there was never a question of holding the word of Rasool Allah SAW above all. Therefore your assertion in this matter is incorrect. It also proves that due to ahadeeth not being written down as methodically as they were later there were times when Ali RA was not aware of ahadeeth of Rasool AllahSAW
Regarding the ibn Taymiyyah ruling he clearly mentions that:
A. This was the opinion held by Abu Bakr and Ali RA may Allah be pleased with them both, not that there was a punishment meted out for the crime of homosexuality.
B. The hadeeth you have related once completed, clearly forbids people from burning people with fire so I wonder why you have chosen to produce a hadeeth which is incomplete.
C. Amongst the shaba there was consensus that thehomosexuals should be killed but differences existed regarding the methodology.
D. The text provided by you does not any where suggest that imam Ibn Taimiyyah recommended that the punishment of burning by fire be carried out.
On all three counts you are incorrect and the one incidence you have related of burning by fire was negated by a faqeeh of the ummah who quoted the words of Rasool Allah SAW in support.
In order to negate my argument you need to now bring a hadeeth from Rasool Allah SAW to support your argument.
Unless you can do so it is imperative that you stop this discussion
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