7. `Ala’ ad-Din al-Hilli (killed in 786 A.H.)
The virtuous scholar and the accomplished man of letters `Ala’ ad-Din son of Shaikh Ali ibn al-Husain al-Hilli al-Shafhani, a contemporary to the First Martyr, who, may Allah have mercy on him, explained some of his poets, said,
They unanimously agreed upon it, with their whims,
Ignorance and hope, to burn the house of al-Zahra’
Fatima! What an awful momentous thing to do!
A house wherein five whose sixth is Gabriel
Without a reason set ablaze,
And the Murtada from his home forcibly taken...[5]
8. Mughamis al-Hilli (d. in the late 900s A.H.)
Shaikh Mughamis al-Hilli said the following in one of his poems:
And the Purified One, Fatima (A.S.), her inheritance seized
By the worst of people as her tears are shed
After having miscarried because of a blow,
So she passed away, what was hers confiscated.[6]
9. Muflih al-Saymari (d. 900 A.H.)
The famous `allama, the great Faqih and the respected man of letters, Shaikh Muflih al-Saymari, said the following in one of his poems:
Shackled in the straps of his own sword they took Ali (A.S.)
And `Ammar before his rib crushed and was assaulted,
And they raided the home of the daughter of the Chosen One
And of their own Imam as one kept calling:
In her house burn a fire!
Of the inheritance of Prophet Muhammed (A.S.) was she deprived
And she was whipped and slapped.[7]
10. Al-Hurr al-`Amili (d. 1104 A.H.)
The public speaker and the `allama Faqih Shaikh al-Hurr al-`amili, author of the modern encyclopedia known as Wasa’il al-Shi`a, wrote a poem wherein he says,
Her children are five: Hasan and Husain (A.S.)
And Zainab, older than Umm Kultham
And Muhassan was miscarried when
`Omer forcibly opened their door
As it became known to all.
So she died after the Prophet (A.S.)
Willingly went to her Lord satisfied
With what He for her had been decreed.
Such brings pain to the heart
And every other calamity is surely less in pain
What grief, humiliation, persecution and oppression
And savagery became clear to all.
Then he explains how she died, saying,
Its cause, it was said, natural death but
It was also said that it was caused of the pain
Inflicted from a blow dealt to her by that man
When she instantly miscarried her fetus
For whom she kept weeping and wailing.[8]
11. Al-Salih al-Fattani al-`Amili
Shaikh Muhammed Mehdi al-Fattani al-Nabati al-`amili, a scholar, poet, an imam of fiqh, hadith and Tafsir, has said,
O Master! O Messenger of Allah! Stand and see
What happened to your very family:
More that what you did tell:
They took away caliphate from Ali,
And what you said many did deny.
They led him to so-and-so to swear fealty,
Against his wish, oppressors taking him forcefully.
For that, he was with the sword his Shabir became
A martyr, and by poison his Shubbar died.
As if he was not the like of the Prophet
Nor was he, by his Lord, purified.
And Fatima is there, her sanctity did they violate,
By one who caused her rib at the door to break.
Your Husain, without a cause, slain,
Her body cut to parts, with blood stained
Dusted, lying on the ground is your Husain.[9]
12. Sayyid Hayder al-Hilli (d. 1304 A.H.)
The great poet and man of letters and one of the most prominent poets of Iraq of his time, namely Sayyid Hayder al-Hilli, has said the following in one of his poems:
No, by your pardon, the folks did no pardon implement,
Nor, by your clemency, were the folks at all clement:
What your mother carried they did cause to miscarry,
And your grandfather’s son with arrow to death did they carry.[10]This is an article taken from the book -
TRAGEDY OF AL-ZAHRA’ (A.S.). DOUBTS CAST AND REBUTTALS
By: Ayatullah `Allama Sayyid Ja’far Murtada al-`Amili
Translated from the Arabic By: Yasin T. al-Jibouri
Published By: Imam Hussain Foundation
READ THIS BOOK ONLINE HERE
[5]Al-Amani, Al-Ghdar, Vol. 6, p. 391.
[6]Al-Turayhi, Al-Muntakhab, p. 293.
[8]Urjaja fa Tawarakh al-Nabi wal ‘A’imma, pp. 13-14 (a manuscript a the library of the Center of Islamic Studies). Refer to the biographies of renown women on pp. 316-17, Vol. 2.
[9]Adab al-Taff, Vol. 5, pp. 329-30 from p. 323, Vol. 2, of Al-Majma` al-Ra’iq (manuscript at the Library of Imam al-Sadiq [a], Kazimiyya, Iraq).
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