Doesn’t Ali (A.S.) Defend the Trust of the Messenger of ALLAH (PBUH)?!

 

Someone asks thus: Since al-Zahra’ (A.S.) was the trust of the Messenger of Allah (A.S.) in Ali’s hands, why did he not defend her?! Shouldn’t the trust be protected?!

Here is the answer;

 

FIRST: The previous answer suffices here, too. Allah’s religion was a greater trust from Allah and His Messenger (A.S.) to Ali (A.S.). The trust had to be safeguarded, too, but this trust, namely al-Zahra’ (A.S.), never hesitated for one moment to defend, in person and with all what she had, the other trust, namely the religion of Allah, Glory and Exaltation are His.

 

SECOND: Ali (A.S.) did nothing to undermine his safeguarding of the trust, and al-Zahra’ (A.S.) carried out her obligation and acted upon her responsibility. The assailants were the ones who violated the commandments of Allah (A.S.), assaulting the trust of the Messenger of Allah (A.S.). So, the question regarding safeguarding the trust should be first and foremost be directed to them.

As regarding the claim that Ali (A.S.) let her face the challenge alone, and it was considered as delinquency from his part, is not accurate at all, it is a stupid statement. Rather, it is very silly to say so because her responsibility was to defend the Imamate, and she did just that. His own responsibility was not to give them legitimacy nor to carry out their scheme. He was to protect the people’s opportunity to distinguish justice from injustice, not to give them an opportunity to assault al-Zahra’ (A.S.), nor to polish their image, nor to sanitize the ugliness of what they committed then passed it to the public cunningly.