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If you are sincere to understand the topic than you should be able to spend 10 minutes to read my reply. Anyway, I am replying you after making my response little more brief.
What Was Meant By Delirious?
It is the phrase he is delirious that the Shia propagandist will use against the Ahlus Sunnah. Before we decide who said those words, let us be clear what was meant by the words is he delirious? Some of the Shia get overly emotional over the word delirious; in actuality, the meaning of the word delirium is simply disturbance of consciousness.
If we look at the definition of the word used in the Hadith, we find:
hajara; yahjuru; hajran; hijranan; ahjara :- To desert, forsake, leave, renounce, abandon
tahajara; ihtajara :- To depart from one another, separate, or forsake one another; become alienated
(source: Wortabets Arabic - English Dictionary)
In the context of the Hadith, the word was used in the sense of someone who leaves or departs from his original state of mind; more specifically, it referred to a person who is separating from the people and this world, as in losing consciousness. In other words, the man who asked is the Prophet delirious did not mean that the Prophet was talking nonsense or that he had gone crazy. Instead, the man was simply asking if the Prophet was conscious or not, and we know from Shaykh Mufids description of the event that the Prophet was unconscious.
The words is he delirious appear in Sahih Bukhari, as follows:
The ailment of Allahs Apostle became worse (on Thursday) and he said, Fetch me something so that I may write to you something after which you will never go astray. The people (present there) differed in this matter, and it was not right to differ before a prophet. Some said, What is wrong with him? (Do you think) he is delirious (seriously ill)? Ask him (to understand his state).
(Sahih Bukhari, Volume 5, Book 59, Number 716)
In the above narration, someone asked is he delirious? By this, he meant is he in a state of altered consciousness? In Sahih Muslim, we read:
The illness of Allahs Messenger (may peace be upon him) took a serious turn (on Thursday), and he said: Come to me, so that I should write for you a document that you may not go astray after me. They (the Companions around him) disputed, and it is not right to dispute in the presence of the Apostle. They said: How is (Allahs Apostle)? Has he lost his consciousness?Try to learn from him (this point).
(Sahih Muslim, Book 013, Number 4014)
And once again:
He (the narrator) said that Allahs Messenger (may peace be upon him) said: Bring me a shoulder blade and ink-pot (or tablet and ink pot), so that I write for you a document (by following which) you would never go astray. They said: Allahs Messenger (may peace upon him) is in the state of unconsciousness.
(Sahih Muslim, Book 013, Number 4015)
The man who asked this question was simply wondering if the Prophet was conscious or not. He did not mean to imply any disrespect. And that is why the man said ask him (to understand his state of consciousness) and try to learn from him (this point). This is a clear proof that the man did not mean that the Prophet was talking nonsense, because if that were the case, then there would be no point in asking the Prophet that. Medical practitioners and psychiatrists say that those who suffer from psychosis (i.e. a break from reality, hallucinations, etc.) do not have insight into their illness: they themselves will not admit that they are crazy. This is common sense: one does not ask a person who is talking nonsense if they are talking nonsense.
The man said ask him and try to learn from him which means that he wished for them to see if the Prophet was conscious.
To conclude the matter, the Shia should not get overly emotional over the word delirious, because all that was meant by this is consciousness or lack thereof. And it was Shaykh Mufid (an eminent Twelver Shi'a theologian) himself who said that the Prophet was unconscious during this time. He wrote in his book (emphasis is ours):
He (the Prophet) fainted from the fatigue which had come upon him and the sorrow which possessed him. He remained unconscious for a short timeThe Apostle of Allah recovered consciousness and looked at them. Then he said: Bring me ink and parchment so that I may write for you, after which you will never go astray.
Again he fainted and one of those present rose to look for ink and parchment.
Go back, Umar ordered him. He is delirious.
The man went back. Those present regretted the dilatoriness (they had shown) in bringing ink and parchment and rebuked each other. They used to say: We belong to God and to Him we will return, but we have become anxious about disobedience to the Apostle of Allah, may Allah bless him and his family.
When he (the Prophet), peace be on him, recovered consciousness
(Kitab Al-Irshad, by Shaykh Mufid, p.130)
This narration found in one of the Shias most reliable books is the end of the debate altogether. Based on this narration above, we find that the order of events was:
1) The Prophet asked for a pen and paper.
2) Next, the Prophet fainted.
3) After that, a man got up to get the pen and paper.
4) Umar ordered him not to. (This Shia book attributes the word delirious to Umar but we know this part to be incorrect, as it was someone else who said that.)
5) The statement he is delirious is said.
6) The people bickered.
7) Only then did the Prophet recover consciousness.
From this account it becomes clear that the words is he delirious were said when the Prophet was unconscious (i.e. beforehe recovered consciousness)! Does an unconscious person talk? Surely not! This is the coup de grce to the Shia argument, and so whenever a Shia creates a ruckus about the words is he delirious, then we direct him here. If the words is he delirious were said while the Prophet was unconscious, then there is no issue of nonsense talk as an unconscious person cannot talk let alone talk nonsense. On the other hand, understanding the word delirium to be be a disorder in consciousness makes total sense; a man who is slipping into unconsciousness is said to be departing (hajara) from the people and this world.
To conclude the matter, the man who asked the question is he delirious meant to ask about the Prophets level of consciousness, and nothing more. He did not say it in a sarcastic or demeaning tone, but rather he was asking a sincere question. This man cannot be blamed for that any more than the Shias own Shaykh Mufid can be, for both of them were indicating that the Prophet had slipped into a state of unconsciousness.
اتنی انگریزی پڑھنے کا تو ابھی میرے پاس وقت نہیں ہے ..بعد میں کوشش کروں گی ..ویسے سچ ہے اتنی انگریزی آتی تو میں اباما نہ ہوتی ...بات یہ ہے کہ مجھے صرف سادہ آسان الفاظ ہی سمجھ آتے ہیں ورنہ تو کتابیں ہمارے گھر میں بھی بہت ...