Ali Ibn Abi Talib - Volume 2 of 2

48 The Battles of the Camel and Siffeen, and the issue of arbitration
wise."119 Al-Abafibn Qays, the chief of Banu Tameem and one of
the most eloquent of the Arabs, used to say: "I heard the speeches of
Abu Bakr, 'Umar, 'Uthmh, 'Ali and the caliphs who came after
them, and I never heard words from the mouth of any person that
were more powerful and more beautiful than those of 'A'ishah
(I&,)." Mu'2wiyah used to say something similar.120 The Mothers of
the Believers bade farewell to 'A'ishah when she left for Basra, and
this is indicative of their support and encouragement for her in what
she was doing.121
1.3.4. 'pishah's passing by the oasis of al-~aw'ab"~
It is proven with sound chains of narration that 'i'ishah (I&)
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passed by the oasis of al-Haw'ab. It was narrated from Yahya ibn
Sa'eed al-Qanh, from Ism2'eel ibn Abi Khi!id, from Qays ibn
Hiizim that the Messenger of Allah (g) said to his wives: "How will
one of you be when the dogs of al-Haw'ab bark at her?"123 It was
also narrated via Shu'bah from Ism2'eel that when 'A'ishah came to
al-Haw'ab, she heard the barking of dogs, and she said: "I think I
should go back, because the Messenger of Allah (g) said: 'Which
one of yon will the dogs of al-Haw'ab bark at?"' Az-Znbayr said to
her: "Are you going back? Perhaps Allah (s) will put people's
affairs straight by means of you."124 This version was narrated by
Ya'la ibn 'Ubayd from Ismii'eel, and was recorded by al-~&im.'~~
Al-Alb2ni said: "Its chain of narration is very sound." He also said:
"It was classed as such by senior imams of hadith such as Ibn Hibbh,
adh-Dhahabi, Ibn Katheer and En ~ajar."'~~
These are sound reports in which there is nothing misleading
or false, because the Companions would not stoop to that level,
contray to what is claimed in false reports,'27 as we shall see below.
The one who studies these reports, which have been classified as
sound by the scholars, will not find anything in them to suggest that