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hesitate. Kill him there, right away!” was the blessed Prophet’s
order. When people who were against the religion of Allâhu ta’âlâ
could not take asylum in the home of Allah, how could they take
shelter behind hadrat Fâtima’s wall? How could it be possible for
hadrat Fâtima not to feel worried about their sheltering there?
For that pure daughter of the Messenger of Allah ‘radiy-Allâhu
ta’âlâ anhâ’ had equipped herself with the beautiful moral values
exemplified by Allâhu ta’âlâ. Also, authentic reports show that
hadrat Fâtima, too, ordered them to leave the place.
When hadrat Alî became Khalîfa upon hadrat ’Uthmân’s
‘radiy-Allâhu anh’ martyrdom, a few people from Mekka went to
Medîna in order to cause tumult. Taking refuge in the home of
hadrat Âisha the mother of Believers, they demanded retaliation
against hadrat ’Uthmân’s murderers and stated that they were
ready for combat. There was not a single member of the As-hâbi-kirâm
among them. As soon as hadrat Alî was reported to about
this, he had these men killed there. He did not consider that doing
so would be an act of irreverence towards the blessed wife of the
Messenger of Allah. The statement which hadrat ’Umar made as
a mere threat would be quite insignificant when compared with
this behaviour against the sacred wife of the Messenger of Allah
were it considered as a sacrilege. Yes, hadrat Alî’s action was
quite appropriate. He could not be expected to observe such
insignificant subtleties while supressing a fitna and instigation
which would otherwise have infected all Muslims. If he had
observed these trivialities at the cost of not nipping the fitna in the
bud, all the religious and worldly states of affairs would have been
jumbled into a mess. Respect was due not only to hadrat Fâtima’s
house but also to the blessed wife of the Messenger of Allah. All
hadrat ’Umar did was to make a few dissuasive remarks. He did
not take action. Hadrat Alî, on the other hand, took the gravest
action. Since hadrat ’Umar’s remarks were far less momentous
than hadrat Alî’s action, censuring him on account of his remarks
could be nothing but sheer bigotry and obduracy. Scholars of Ahl
as-sunna say that hadrat Alî was the Khalîfa and therefore did not
observe the respect due to hadrat Âisha because the people’s
future was at stake. They do not justify criticizing him. According
to Hurûfîs’ lies, on the other hand, because hadrat Abû Bekr’s
caliphate was not rightful it was a very grave sin to defend him at
the sacrifice of the respect due towards hadrat Fâtima’s house.
This opinion of theirs is the expression of an extremely ignorant
and idiotic thought. For both caliphates were rightful according to
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