Title: A Final Comment Question/Comments: Thank you very much again brother Moiz for a very detailed response to my letter and a very quick response as well. You have obviously considered all the facts. No doubt you are aware of this already but for the benefit of anyone who is not familiar with the view of Hadrat AbdAllah ibn Abbas (RA) on this matter, he did disagree with the view of Caliph Hadrat Umar (RA) regarding the doctrine of awl but he did not voice his opinion at the time when the decision was made. The interpretation of Hadrat AbdAllah ibn Abbas (RA) although logical is different from yours [1] and it has not been adopted by any of the four main Sunni schools of jurisprudence. In conclusion, I have found your answers very informative and I hope other Muslims brothers will learn about this important aspect of Islamic law, which affects us all. Wassalam , your brother in Islam, Abid Hussain 8 th June 2000 [1] Just to avoid any misunderstanding, I would like to add here that Hadhrat Abd Allah ibn Abbas' opinion has not been cited to give the impression that his opinion is the same as the one presented at 'Understanding Islam'. Had that been the case, the opinion would have been cited in my original article. On the contrary, the opinion has been cited in an absolutely different context, as should be clear from the paragraphs preceding as well as that succeeding the cited opinion. (Moiz Amjad, 8 th June 2000) Answer: .