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10. Other Evidences and Proofs
The same Sayyid, Sharaf ad-Din, may Allah have mercy on him, has stated that they took Ali (A.S.) out by force. He also indicates exposing the house of Fatima (A.S.) to danger[1], how the house was assaulted, and that they were quite a few in number dispatched by Abu Bakr as enforcement to `Omer (ibn al-Khattab) and Khalid ibn al-Walid. He states how people gathered as onlookers and how Medina’s streets were full of men. When Fatima (A.S.) saw what `Omer did, she screamed and pleaded for help. Many women from Bana Hashim and others gathered around her. She went out and, at the door of her chamber, she called out saying, “O Abu Bakr! How quickly you assaulted the family living at the house of the Messenger of Allah (A.S.)..., etc.!”[2] He, may Allah have mercy on him, has also quoted Aba al-Aswad saying that `Omer and his folks entered Fatima’s house by force, and that Fatima (A.S.) kept calling for help and pleading to them.[3] He mentions all of this, stating the names of those who participated in the assault on the house of al-Zahra’ (A.S.), referring to fear of the sword, taking its authenticity for granted without any reservation. So, how can this individual say that Sayyid Sharaf ad-Din, may Allah have mercy on him, “did not mention in Al-Muraja`at or in Al-Nass wal Ijtihad anything like what is said, so refer to them”?! We have, indeed, referred to them and found the opposite of what he says! To sum up, all this proves that he, may Allah have mercy on him, says that they went beyond threatening to actually doing it to the extent that they assaulted the house, in addition to other details stated above. He, may Allah have mercy on him, may have said to this person who quoted him the same as he said in both his books, Al-Muraja`at and Al-Nass wal Ijtihad, that is, that the threat to burn the house is already confirmed through decisive consecutive reports. This statement is different from the one which says, “What is confirmed with us... that there was a threat to burn, etc.” All what we have stated confirms the first statement and underscores it, weakening the other. He mentions his references in the footnotes of each page. Some of such references point out to the entire subject, including hitting her and causing her to miscarry. All this points out to his desire that the reviewer may be acquainted with it.
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