There is likely many more, but here are some examples.
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Sahabah, despite their deep knowledge and proximity to the Prophet ﷺ, **sometimes had serious disagreements**—on legal rulings, hadith interpretation, or practice. These weren't hostile, but scholarly and sincere differences. Here are **notable examples** (including from the top 20 narrators):
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## 🧾 **Top Examples of Significant Companion Disagreements**
### 1. **Aisha vs. Ibn Umar** – *Wiping Over Khuff for Women*
- **Ibn Umar:** Women **can** wipe over their socks like men.
- **Aisha:** Strongly **disagreed**, saying:
> "Tell him to fear Allah! He knows the Messenger never allowed women to do this."
🔎 **Nature:** Disagreement on **legal ruling**, especially gender-specific.
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### 2. **Aisha vs. Abu Huraira** – *Combining of Prayers*
- **Abu Huraira:** Narrated that the Prophet ﷺ sometimes combined prayers **without travel or fear**.
- **Aisha:** Rejected this, saying:
> "He did not do that unless there was fear or travel."
🔎 **Nature:** Disagreement on **how to understand and apply a narration**.
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### 3. **Ali vs. Uthman** – *During Hajj*
- **Uthman** insisted on praying **full prayers** in Mina.
- **Ali** disagreed and prayed **qasr (shortened)** behind Uthman, out of unity.
> "Disagreement is worse than praying full."
🔎 **Nature:** Disagreement on **jurisprudence (fiqh)**; Ali yielded for community unity.
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### 4. **Ibn Abbas vs. Ibn Umar** – *Temporary Marriage (Mut'ah)*
- **Ibn Abbas:** Said **Mut'ah was never abrogated** and allowed in early Islam.
- **Ibn Umar (and most companions):** Said it was **prohibited permanently**.
🔎 **Nature:** Disagreement on **whether a ruling was abrogated or not**.
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### 5. **Umar vs. Abu Bakr** – *Fighting Apostates / Zakat Refusers*
- **Abu Bakr:** Insisted on fighting tribes that withheld zakat.
- **Umar:** Said they still profess Islam, and fighting them would be unjust.
🗣 Abu Bakr replied:
> "By Allah, I will fight anyone who differentiates between prayer and zakat."
🔎 **Nature:** Major early disagreement on **policy and faith boundaries**, resolved by Abu Bakr's stance.
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### 6. **Ibn Mas'ud vs. Zayd ibn Thabit** – *Qur'an Recitation*
- **Ibn Mas'ud:** Refused to accept Zayd's recension of the Qur'an under Uthman's compilation.
> "I took directly from the mouth of the Prophet, while Zayd was just a child playing with other children."
🔎 **Nature:** Disagreement over **textual transmission**, though Ibn Mas'ud's protest didn't stop the mushaf's standardization.
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### 7. **Abu Huraira vs. Aisha** – *Seeing Allah on the Day of Judgment*
- **Abu Huraira:** Held the belief that the Prophet ﷺ said, "You will see your Lord..."
- **Aisha:** Rejected this interpretation, referencing the verse:
> "No vision can grasp Him" (Qur'an 6:103)
🔎 **Nature:** Theological disagreement, possibly over **literal vs. metaphorical understanding**.
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### 8. **Abdullah ibn Amr vs. Other Companions** – *Writing Hadith*
- Ibn Amr wrote everything from the Prophet ﷺ.
- Others told him not to:
> "The Messenger is a human being—sometimes happy, sometimes angry."
- The Prophet ﷺ later told him:
> "Write! For nothing comes out of this mouth except truth."
🔎 **Nature:** Disagreement on **hadith recording policy** during the Prophet's lifetime.
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### 9. **Anas ibn Malik vs. Companions** – *Number of Rak'ahs in Taraweeh*
- **Anas:** Reported the Prophet prayed **13 rak'ahs** in Qiyam.
- Others (like Umar, in practice): Established **20 rak'ahs** during Ramadan.
🔎 **Nature:** Disagreement on **interpretation of the Prophet's practice vs. community implementation**.
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### 10. **Ali vs. Aisha / Talha / Zubayr** – *Battle of the Camel*
- Political disagreement turned military during the **first civil war (Fitnah)**.
- All parties claimed **ijtihad** and love of the truth, but chose different paths.
- **Aisha** later regretted her role, saying:
> "I wish I had stayed home like the women who didn't go."
🔎 **Nature:** Disagreement over **justice, leadership, and how to deal with Uthman's killers**.
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## 🧠 Key Takeaways
- Sahabah **did disagree**, sometimes sharply.
- Their disagreements were often based on:
- **Different understandings**
- **Memory of events**
- **Ijtihad (independent reasoning)**
- They still respected one another as believers and scholars.
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