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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

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25. Ibn Aba Jumhar has said, “... and how she wa squeezed by the door till she miscarried her fetus.” He also said, “As regarding the incident of the burning, the beating, and the miscarriage of the fetus, some of it is narrated from you..., etc.”²⁶

 

26. Al-Karki, the researcher, has said the following protesting against them, “... And how he gathered firewood at the door, and how he caused Fatima (A.S.) to miscarry Muhassan...”²⁷

 

27. Al-Tasatturi, the judge, has stated some proofs about the miscarriage, so refer to what he has said.²⁸

28. Al-Husaini has said, “... So they rushed towards the door, pushing it in her direction, and she was pregnant, causing her to miscarry a son whom the Messenger of Allah (A.S.) had named Muhassan.”²⁹

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Mentioning The Miscarriage And The Reason For It

11. In a supplication by Imam al-Rida (A.S.) during the thanksgiving prostration (sajdat al-shukr), he says, “... and they both [Abu Bakr and `Omer ibn al-Khattab] killed the son of your Prophet,”¹²

12. Ibn Sa`d al-Jaza’iri has said, “... And they beat Fatima (A.S.), so she miscarried a fetus.”¹³

13. Al-Fattani al-`amili has said, “... According to narratives told by Ahl al-Bayt (A.S.), `Omer pushed the door in order to enter by force, and Fatima (A.S.) was behind the door. The door hit her stomach, so she miscarried her fetus named al-Muhassan.”¹⁴

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Mentioning The Miscarriage And The Reason For It

1. It has already been stated that al-Maqdisi attributes the miscarriage of al-Muhassan to the Shi`as who state that it was because `Omer beat al-Zahra’ (A.S.).

2. He has said, “And among them is what is narrated by al-Balathiri, whose statement is famous among the Shi`a, saying that `Omer squeezed Fatima (A.S.) behind the door till she miscarried Muhassan despite everyone’s knowledge of her father’s statement: ‘She is part of me; whoever hurts her hurts me.’”¹

3. `Imad ad-Din al-Tabari (one of the 7<sup>th</sup> century scholars) has said the following: “And they have said that Fatima (A.S.) miscarried Muhassan because `Omer beat her on her stomach.”²