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Unsuccessful Devious Attempts What is really strange is that we find someone trying to dissociate himself from the fact that al-Zahra’ (A.S.) boycotted those who oppressed her till she died by saying the following: “The meaning of Fatima (A.S.) boycotting Abu Bakr and refusing to talk to him till her death is that she did not discuss this issue (the wealth) with him, that is, she did not ask him for anything, nor did she find herself obligated to meet him, nor did anyone transmit anything about their meeting together, so one would say that she neither greeted him nor spoke to him because she was busy with her sickness and with other things.”[1] Then they decide that al-Zahra’ (A.S.) was too pious to behave like that and more God-fearing.[2] We answer them as follows:
The same folks who say so have also said that she (A.S.) met both senior sahabis when they went to meet her and to appease her during her sickness. She spoke to them and was pleased by them, as they allege.[3] Al-Shashi has rebutted this claim by saying that her anger connotes that she (A.S.) abstained from saying anything to them which is clearly boycotting them.[4] [1]Sharh Bahjat al-Mahafil, Vol. 1, p. 131, quoting al-Thahbi. Fath al-Bari, Vol. 6, p. 139. Al-Sara al-Halabiyya, Vol. 3, p. 361. [2]Fath al-Bari, Vol. 6, p. 139. [3]Al-Thahbi, Tarikh al-Islam (the part discussing the righteous caliphs), p. 47. Fath al-Bari, Vol. 6, p. 139. [4]Fath al-Bari, Vol. 6, p. 139. |