41. Al-Maqdisi al-Ardabili has said, “... `Omer in person hit her on her stomach, and his slave whipped her on her shoulder. That was the reason for her miscarriage.”42
42. In a letter from `Omer to Mu`awiyah, the first admits the following: “And her pain of childbirth intensified. I entered the house, so she miscarried a son whom Ali called Muhassan.”43
43. Al-Saduq has transmitted from some mentors the following explanation of the Prophet ‘s statement to Ali (A.S.) wherein he said, “There is a treasure for you in Paradise”: “This treasure is his son al-Muhassan, the one whom Fatima (A.S.) miscarried when she was squeezed between both doors.”44
44. In a narrative from Imam al-Sadiq (A.S.), he said, “... And she was beaten even while being pregnant... and she miscarried because of such beating... The first in whose regard a judgment will be issued shall be Muhassan son of Ali (A.S.) against his killer, then against Qunfath.”45
45. In another narrative from Imam al-Sadiq (A.S.), he says, “He kicked her in the stomach, hence the miscarriage of Muhassan.” The same narrative also says, “And he kicked the door with his foot till he hit her stomach, and she was six months pregnant with al-Muhassan, causing her to miscarry.” It also states: “... and she was beaten, and her fetus was killed inside her womb... Due to the kick, she suffered from childbirth, and when he slammed the door, she miscarried Muhassan... And Muhassan shall come [on the Day of Judgment] carried by [his grandmother] Khadija daughter of Khuwaylid and Fatima daughter of Asad... The one unjustly killed (referred to in 81:8 of the Holy Qur’an) is, by Allah, Muhassan...”46
46. In another tradition from Imam al-Sadiq (A.S.), he says, “And the killing of Muhassan with that kick is surely a greater [sin] and more bitter.”47
47. Abul-Sa`adat, namely As`ad ibn `Abd al-Qahir, has said, “... And they both squeezed Fatima (A.S.) behind her door till she miscarried al-Muhassan.”48
48. Imam Ali (A.S.) used to supplicate in his qunut saying, “... and a fetus which they caused to miscarry, and a rib which they crushed, and a property title which they tore to pieces...”49
49. In a narrative transmitted by al-Daylami about al-Zahra’ (A.S.), she is quoted as having said, “... And he kicked the door with his foot, slamming it on me, and I was pregnant, so I fell on my face... And childbirth overcame me, so I miscarried Muhassan who was killed without having committed any crime.”50
50. Imam al-Hasan (A.S.), addressing al-Mugharah, has said to the latter, “You are the one who hit Fatima (A.S.) daughter of the Messenger of Allah (A.S.) till you caused her to bleed and to miscarry what she had in her womb, thus humiliating the Messenger of Allah (A.S.)..., etc.”51
51. Imam al-Baqir (A.S.) has said, “And she was big with Muhassan. When the Messenger of Allah (A.S.) passed away, and when the folks forced their way into her house, taking her cousin, the Commander of the Faithful (A.S.), out by force, and when she was harmed by that man (`Omer ibn al-Khattab), she miscarried a boy..., etc.”52
52. Al-Majlisi I has said, “Due to the beating [of Fatima (A.S.)], a son named Muhassan was miscarried.”53
53. Al-Majlisi II has said, “They squeezed her behind the door, so she miscarried one whom the Messenger of Allah (A.S.) had named Muhassan.”54
He also said, “So, she miscarried a fetus whom the Messenger of Allah (A.S.) had named Muhassan.”55
He also said, “Our narratives have over-flown, so have their narratives as well, with the incident of how Fatima (A.S.) was scared till she miscarried what she had in her womb.”56
He has also said, “And they both squeezed Fatima (A.S.) behind her door till she miscarried Muhassan.”57
54. Al-Kashani has said, “That beating was the most serious cause of her miscarriage of a son whom the Messenger of Allah (A.S.) had named Muhassan.”58
55. Al-Turayhi has said, “When Khalid ibn al-Walid squeezed her, she miscarried Muhassan.”59
56. The author of the book Conference of the Scholars of Baghdad has said, “`Omer squeezed Fatima (A.S.) between the wall and the door very hard and with cruelty till she miscarried her fetus.”60
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TRAGEDY OF AL-ZAHRA’ (A.S.). DOUBTS CAST AND REBUTTALS
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42Al-Majlisi, Bihar al-Anwar, Vol. 30, pp. 294-95.
44Kamil al-Ziyarat, pp. 332-35. Bihar al-Anwar, Vol. 28, pp. 62-64. Refer also to Vol. 53, p. 23. `Awalim al-`Ulam, Vol. 11, p. 398. Al-Majlisi, Jala’ al-`Uyan, Vol. 1, pp. 184-86.
45Bihar al-Anwar, Vol. 53, pp. 14-23. Al-`Awalim, Vol. 11, pp. 441-443. Al-Hidaya al-Kubra, p. 392. Hilyat al-Abrar, Vol. 2, p. 652.
46Fatima al-Zahra’: Bahjat Qalb al-Mustafa, Vol. 2, p. 532, citing Nawa’ib al-Duhar, p. 194. Al-Hidaya al-Kubra, p. 417.
47Refer to the footnote on p. 553 of Shaikh al-Kaf`ami’s book Al-Misbah. Bihar al-Anwar, Vol. 82, p. 261.
48Al-Kaf`ami, Al-Misbah, p. 553. Al-Balad al-Aman, pp. 551-52. `Ilm al-Yaqan, p. 701. Bihar al-Anwar, Vol. 2, p. 261.
50Al-Tibrisi, Al-Ihtijaj, Vol. 1, p. 414. Bihar al-Anwar, Vol. 43, p. 197. Mir’at al-`Uqal, Vol. 5, p. 321. Diya’ al-alaman (manuscript), Vol. 2, p. 321.
58Al-Turayhi, Al-Muntakhab, p. 136.
