Fatema's
house attacked
In compliance with God's
command Baligh maa onzila ilaik-' (5:67) the Holy Prophet had
inaugurated the serial of Irnamate' (Divine guidance in succession to
the Final apostleship) and had placed Au as the First in charge of it,
and had declared it at the historic ceremonial event at Ghadeer-e-Khum,
before the multitude of the thousands of the Hajies, on x8. 12.10 A.H.
at the conclusion of which event was revealed 5:6... declaring the
religion to be perfect and Islam to be the religion for man, accepted by
God. In pursuance of the expressed divine will of the Lord, Au could not
recognize or yield to the man-made authority set up at the Saqeefa' and
hence had not paid fealty to it.
Ali to exercise
patience
The holy Prophet who knew
through the divine gift of knowledge, as to what would happen after him
till the Day of Judgment, had advised Ali to exercise the maximum
possible patience against every atrocious move that might confront him.
In compliance with the apostolic will, without the least interference
into, or any concern with the affairs that proceeded at the Saqeefa',
Ali had retired with a determination not to get out until he collects
together all the notes on the Holy Qur'an which he had from the Holy
Prophet about the external as well as the internal meanings of the Final
Word of God.
Without Ali being
subjugated, the authority set up at the Saqeefa' could not have the seal
of the recognition of it, by the Holy Ahul-Bait and Ali was now the
Chief of the Ahlul-Bait, the House of the Holy Prophet, and he would not
yield. The retirement of Ali was exploited and a charge of conspiracy
was coined and the people of the newly set up rule, headed by Omar,
collected at the door of Fatema, demanded Au to come out of the house.
The reply from inside was that it was a vow Au had made not to come out
until the collection of the important notes on the Holy Qur'an is not
completed. But the insurgent crowd would not agree and a big row was set
into action.
Fatema's house
threatened with fire
The Holy Lady Fatema,
bereaved only a day or two before, deeply sunk in grief; standing behind
the door of her abode remonstrated saying:
"O' people! it is
only yesterday that my father, the holy Prophet, departed from you and
today you have the audacity to attack his house in which his daughter is
mourning for him, which door he did not enter but with a salutation on
its inmates".
Some historians say that
fire and firewood was already- collected at the door of the holy house
with the threat to set the abode on fire and some say fire was already
kindled. However, Shibli No'mani in his well-known Alfarooq' says: - "Some
say that fire was already set, but with the short temperedness of Omar
this act was not improbable".
(AF)
Fatema wounded
A violent kick at the door
from one among the crowd pushed it down on the side of the Holy Lady
Fatema standing behind it, breaking her rib and the Khatoone Jannat'
the Queen of Paradise, fell unconscious and ultimately the hit and the
wound killed the Holy Mother along with the baby son in her womb.
According to the tradition of the Ahlul-Bait, the Baby was already
named Mohsin.
Source - Husain The
Saviour of Islam, by S.V. Mir Ahmad Ali. |