3. People Accepting the Hitting of AL-ZAHRA’ (A.S.)

 

One who draws his proof from others says that people would not have agreed to expose al-Zahra’ (A.S.) to any harm or anything bad. We say the following:

 

FIRST: Had it been true that people would have confronted the assailants if the latter intended to harm al-Zahra’ (A.S.), how do you then explain their attempt to burn her door, how they collected firewood for that purpose, all as people saw with their own eyes what was going on and the streets of Medina were filled with people, according to some texts? Why did nobody at all interfere to stop them?!

 

SECOND: When so-and-so [`Omer] said to the Prophet (A.S.) when he asked for an ink-pot and a writing material to write them something that would safeguard them from straying after his demise, “The Prophet is hallucinating,” why did nobody at all object to such a rude remark, nor did anyone reprimand him, or confront him, or even frown at him?! Was not the Prophet (A.S.) greater and more holy in the heart of people than al-Zahra’ (A.S.) and than Ali (A.S.) and anyone else?!

 

THIRD: If we accept that people did not agree with them, were people capable of confronting the new rulers who started their political career with violence and erected their government with the power of the sword?! Was not the public over-powered, helpless?!