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Did AL-ZAHRA’ (A.S.) Cry Because of
Impatience?! Someone says that he cannot imagine al-Zahra’ (A.S.), the lady who receives Allah’s destiny with an open heart and mind, as being one from the intensity of whose weeping the people of Medina felt irritated,[1] as those who recite her commemorative mourning do, even if the deceased is on the level of the Messenger of Allah (A.S.). Our answer is as follows: We cannot imagine that mourning her father (A.S.) was the reason why the opponents were annoyed, nor was it the cause of their concern. What made them concerned and what annoyed them was the result of the presence of al-Zahra’ (A.S.) at the grave of her father (A.S.). Such a result is profound grief and dismay which remind people of the tragedy to which she (A.S.) was exposed immediately following the demise of her father (A.S.). This represented a state of continuous agitation in the hearts of good, believing and sincere Muslims, and it was an indictment of the line which never ceased doing anything at all to get what it wanted. Her weeping over the person of the Messenger of Allah (A.S.) was not the cause, although it personified the tragedy which engulfed Islam in its symbols as soon as he died, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him and his progeny.
Her weeping, then, was not on account of being
impatient while facing the calamity and for the magnanimity of the loss of
that great person, so one may say that all of this contradicts the acceptance
of whatever Allah decrees, as the claimant insinuates, except if the same
person considers surrendering to destiny and remaining silent about oppression
as acceptance of destiny! [1]Refer to the people of Medana feeling annoyed by al-Zahra’ (A.S.) weeping (over the demise of her father, the Messenger of Allah [a]) in the following references: Al-Khisal, Vol. 1, p. 272. Al-Saduq, Amali, p. 121. Al-`Awalim, Vol. 11, p. 449 where the previous references are cited in some of its footnotes in addition to the following: al-Majlisi, Bihar al-Anwar, Vol. 43, pp. 35, 155, 177 and Vol. 46, p. 35 and Vol. 11, pp. 204, 311 and Vol. 12, p. 264 and Vol. 82, p. 86. Irshad al-Qulab, p. 95. Al-`Ayyashi, Tafsir, Vol. 2, p. 188. Rawdat al-Wa`izan, p. 520. Makarim al-Akhlaq, p. 335. Manaqib al Aba Talib (printed at the `Ilmiyya Press), Vol. 3, p. 322. Kashf al-Ghumma, Vol. 2, p. 124. |