20. `Allama al-Majlisi (d. 1110 A.H.)

 

The very highly informed mentor of Islam, our master Shaikh Muhammed Baqir (al-Majlisi II), while dealing with the criticism against the caliphate of `Omer ibn al-Khattab, says, “... The 17^th criticism is that he intended to burn the house of Fatima (A.S.) although inside it was the Commander of the Faithful (A.S.), Fatima (A.S.), al-Hasan (A.S.) and al-Husain (A.S.). He threatened and harmed them.”^[1]

Al-Majlisi has also said, “It became clear from transmissions agreed upon by us and by them is that `Omer attempted to burn the house of Fatima (A.S.) as ordered by Abu Bakr, or with his acquiescence while in it were the Commander of the Faithful (A.S.), Fatima (A.S.), al-Hasan (A.S.) and al-Husain (A.S.), threatening and harming them despite their lofty status with Allah and with the Messenger of Allah (A.S.), something which nobody denies except those who renege from the Islamic faith.”^[2]