Continued from part 2 .....
Now let’s pay attention to an argument mentioned in the book of Tabaqaat-e-IbnSa’ad.[1] It is written
قَالَ جَاءَتْ فَاطِمَةُ إِلٰى أَبِيْ بَكْرٍ تَطْلُبُ مِيْرَاثَهَا وَ جَاءَ عَبَّاسُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْمُطَّلِبٍ يَطْلُبُ مِيْرَاثُهٗ وَ جَاءَ مَعَهُمَا عَلِيٌّ ؑ فَقَالَ اَبُوْ بَكْرٍ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺلَا نُوْرِثُ، مَا تَرَكْنَا صَدَقَةً فَقَالَ عَلِيٌّ: وَ وَرِثَ سُلَيْمَانُ دَاؤُدَ وَ قَالَ زَكَرِيَّا يَرِثُنِيْ وَ يَرِثُ مِنْ آلِ يَعْقُوْبَ قَالَ اَبُوْ بَكْرٍ هُوَ هٰكَذَافَقَالَ عَلِيٌّ هٰذَا كِتَابُ اللهِ يَنْطِقُ...
“J. Zahra (s.a.), accompanied by Abbas bin Abdul Muttalib& H. Ali (a.s.) went to Abu Bakr to demand her inheritance. Abu Bakr said, ‘Holy Prophet (s.a.w.a.) has said, ‘We do not leave behind any inheritance. Whatever we leave behind is charity” Hearing this, H.Ali(a.s.) presented the following verses of the Holy Quran as his argument.
وَوَرِثَسُلَيْمَانُدَاوُودَ
“And H. Sulaiman(a.s.) was the inheritor of H. Dawood(a.s.)[2]
يَرِثُنِيوَيَرِثُمِنْآلِيَعْقُوبَ
When H. Zakariya prayed to his Lord for a son he said “O Lord! Grant me a son who will inherit from me and inherit from the progeny of H. Yaqub” [3]
Abu Bakr confessed that what H. Ali (a.s.) had said was the truth. H. Ali (a.s.) said, “The Book of Allah clearly states this fact (that prophets do leave behind inheritance). H. Ali (a.s.) wanted to leave no reservation in the minds of the people about the matter of inheritance. He wanted everyone to know that prophets (a.s.)– in the past - have left behind inheritance that is inherited by their lawful heirs.
No tradition of Holy Prophet (s.a.w.a.) can ever be contrary to the Holy Quran. It shows that the tradition put forward by Abu Bakr to deny J. Zahra (s.a.) her lawful right was fabricated and fake. Besides this, J. Zahra (s.a.) is the chief of all women of Paradise. A lady with such a lofty status would certainly not react angrily if Abu Bakr was the “lawful caliph” and successor of Holy Prophet (s.a.w.a.) - specially, when Abu Bakr put forth a tradition of Holy Prophet (s.a.w.a.) to deny her (s.a.) the share of inheritance. (i.e. if her (s.a.) father (s.a.w.a.) had really said such a tradition, then she (s.a.) would be the first one to accept it)
In the light of the tradition mentioned by Bukhari, anyone who displeases J. Zahra has in fact displeased Holy Prophet (s.a.w.a.). Then how can a person be called as the “successor” of Holy Prophet (s.a.w.a.) when in reality, he has offended and displeased Holy Prophet (s.a.w.a.) and Allah?
Every Muslim, prays at least 10 times a day to Allah
اِہۡدِ نَا الصِّرَاطَ الۡمُسۡتَقِیۡمَ ﴿۵﴾ۙ صِرَاطَ الَّذِیۡنَ اَنۡعَمۡتَ عَلَیۡہِمۡ ۬ۙ۬ غَیۡرِ الۡمَغۡضُوۡبِ عَلَیۡہِمْ وَ لَا الضَّالِّيْنَ
“ …Guide us on the straight path. The path of those upon whom You have bestowed Your favours and not the path of those upon whom Your wrath has descended and are deviated”[4]
So, if the wrath of J. Zahra (s.a.) is the wrath of Holy Prophet (s.a.w.a.) and Allah, then how can a person who is the object of Allah’s wrath stake a claim to Imamateand caliphate?Should we pray to Allah to tread the path of such a doomed person?
continued in part 4....
