Documents of the Right Word

and after attaining such a perfect level in knowledge and integrity
owing to his tutorship? Learning all the branches of knowledge so
much as to beat and rebut all the other religious scholars and
mujtahids is an indication of a profound mental and intellectual
capacity and skill. Therefore, to write that hadrat Imam could not
realize the value of such a dexterous jâriya and did not put an end
to her slavery but acquiesced to her being sold from one person to
another, would mean to accuse that exalted Imâm of atrocity. And
this, in its turn, would signify animosity, let alone love, towards the
Ahl-i-Bayt. This allegation of the Jewish author of the book
Husniyya is a stupid method no less ludicrous than the humorous
anecdote of a man who “kills his friend inadvertently while trying
to kill the fly on his forehead with a big stone,” which is related in
the Mesnevî of Celâl-ed-dîn Rûmî ‘qaddas-Allâhu sirrah-ul-’azîz’.
Furthermore, it is harâm for women to raise their voice so high as
to let men hear them. According to some scholars, they are
permitted to (talk to men) in case of strong necessity, but even in
this case they must be careful not to exceed the prescribed limits,
i.e. they must talk in a low and rough tone, and stop it as soon as the
necessity is over. This fact is explained in full detail in the book
Durr-ul-mukhtâr, and also in the two hundred and seventy-second
page of its explanatory commentary. In light of this fact, a woman’s
sitting on a raised platform in front of hundreds of men and talking
to them for hours, while it was possible for them to carry on this
debate in a written form, would raise doubts as to her concept of
chastity and decency. Not only that; this situation would also put
hundreds of religious scholars and mujtahids into a position of
sinfullness. No Muslim would believe such nonsense. It betrays the
fact, however, that the author of the book Husniyya is in the dark
about Islam.
2- “Husniyya quoted âyats from Qur’ân al-kerîm and explained
them by means of hadîth-i-sherîfs with such competence that the
scholars in her presence were unable to answer her and had to
remain silent. This state exasperated Hârûn-ur-Reshîd. Husniyya’s
silencing the scholars of Baghdad caused far-reaching repercussions
in the city for many days,” it says. While making this allegation, the
book does not say what the so-called questions that could not be
answered were, so that we might see for ourselves whether they
were really so profound and difficult that the so-called mujtahids
were unable to answer. On the other hand, the innumerable books
that still exist today reveal the fact as apparently as the sun that not
only the scholars of Ahl-i-sunnat themselves ‘rahmatullâhi ta’âlâ
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