Ali Arrested

Ali arrested

HOWEVER, WHEN THE crowd shouted to Ali to come out, and even the door of his abode had fallen on the side of his wife the Holy Lady Faterna, throwing her down unconscious and seriously hurt, Ali came out. He was tied by a rope round his neck and the world witnessed the unbelievable sight of Ali the Lion of God, the Conqueror of Khaiber, the Victor against the giant warriors of Arabia, Omar ibne Abda'ood and Marhab, being dragged by the people to the court of the Kalifate. It is to this extent that Ali fulfilled his promise of patience, to the Holy Prophet.

The Holy Prophet had predicted to Ali saying:

Ali reads out Salman's mind

ALONG WITH ALI, was also arrested Salman the well known faithful companion of the Holy Prophet and the servant of Ali, on whom the Holy Prophet had conferred the exclusive and the unique honour of declaring him as:

Salman was also tied with a rope and was marched behind Ali. Salman was a very old gentleman, who, according to the historians, was more than two hundred years old, for he is reported to have

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died in 35 A.H. while he was 250 years of age and according to some historians his age at his death was 350. (EHI)

While marching under arrest, the oldest devotee of the House of the Holy Prophet could not keep pace with the men dragging him and at the same time he was sunk deep in wonder and surprise saying at heart:-

Lost in his wonder and the irreconcilable surprise at the absolute patience of Ali, poor old Salman could not keep pace with those who were dragging him violently. Suddenly a violent blow from some one in the crowd, fell on the neck of Salman with a shout to be quick. Ali, who was walking quietly under the rope, looking down, sounded to Salman behind him:-

The open enmity becomes settled hypocrisy

WITH THE ESTABLISHMENT Of Islam and the successful conclusion of the ministry of Muhammad, the Last Apostle of God, ended the need to fight any open enemy of the faith or of the Holy Prophet, for there did not remain any in the land who did not profess the faith who could defy it openly. As long as the faith was not firmly established and there were the open enemies strong enough to openly attack Islam and the muslims, there was the need of Ali, the Lion of God the 'Karraran ghaira fararran', who knew only to fight the enemy of God and of the Holy Prophet and he knew not even to turn his face away from his antagonist, far from runing away from him. Thus Ali was given to the Holy Prophet, with the godly strength, the matchless bravery and the wonderful

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prowess to play the role of the Ever-Triumphant Protector of the faith and the faithful. But with the extirpation of the open opposition and aggression against the faith, ended the duty of the Lion of God, of an open fight against any open enemy, and with the departure of the Holy Prophet from this world, started the problem of the preservance of the faith and the maintenance of the fellowship of its adherents, lest the tender plant of the just established faith which had not yet been sufficiently rooted in the minds and the hearts of the people, would perish for ever, and there was no other prophet to come to re-establish it.

wh9 Until the firm establishment of Islam, there were the disbelievers repeatedly attempted to regain the power and authority for their pagan cult, and with the firm establishment of Islam as an unshakable power, and the Holy Prophet departing from this world, started the struggle within the ranks of those who had embraced the faith half-heartedly, for power and authority which they rest lessly waited to own for themselves. The one impediment in the way of these opportunists, was the problem of the declared position of the the Ahlul-Bait', particularly of Ali who was the declared Vicegerent Holy Prophet, openly announced both at the very outset of the apostolic ministry (at the 'Daawate-Asheera' the Feast of the the Relatives) and finally at the conclusion of the apostleship, at 'Ghadeer-e-Khum'. Thus the pre-Islamic enmity against the Holy Prophet now changed its course against the Ahlul-Bait' particularly against Ali, for without subjugating Ali and neglecting the 'Ahlul-Bait' none could have his own way.

The three classes of the people-The believers, the disbelievers and the Hypocrites

WITH THE ADVENT of Islam, the people of Mecca and Madina got sorted into two main groups-the believers and the disbelievers, and among those who professed belief in Islam, there were the sincere ones the 'Momins' and those who had joined the ranks succumbing to the changed circumstances over which they could not gain any hold, they were called the Monafiqs' or the Hypo-- Qur' As regards the sincere believers and the hypocrites, Holy an clearly exposes the fact :-

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Even the declaration of the hypocrites, bearing witness to the apostleship of the Holy Prophet Muhammad has been flatly denied by God, as a false profession :-

Thus besides the evidence of history, there is the unchallengable verdict of the Word of God about the fact that those who professed Islam and called themselves as muslims, during the time of the Holy Prophet, all were not sincere. There were those in whose hearts the faith, far from getting rooted therein, had not even entered, they were only muslims (49:14) i.e., those submitted to the circumstances unavoidable for them. Verse 63:1 clearly gives out that the lip-profession of the faith in the apostleship of the Holy Prophet was not also the genuine conviction at the heart of the people and the people have been clearly termed by God himself, as the Hypocrites.

What happened to the Hypocrites

BESIDES HISTORY, THE Holy Quran is too eloquent and too aloud to declare the fact, about the hypocrites being in a definite group of their own and how busy were the hypocrites in their subversive plans. The importance and the significance of making known the presence of the hypocrites among the muslims and their inimical activities, is quite evident from a separate chapter altogether being assigned to describe their conduct and character and declare their evil intentions and devices.

The wonder is, what happened to the hypocrites, that as the Holy Prophet departs from this world, there is a sudden silence about them, and there is no mention of them at all in any of the writings of the muslims. The amazing questions arise:

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Otherwise where have they gone? What has happened to them that none speaks or makes mention of them at all ?

The Possible and the Acceptable Answer

THE ONE AND the only object of the hypocrites and their hidden subversive activities, was the regaining of the power and authority from the Holy Prophet, which they could not do until his stay in this world. They only waited for his departure, and the moment he left, they had their own way and had successfully established themselves in power and authority neglecting the House of the Holy Prophet, (i.e., the Holy Ahlul-Bait).

Thus the dirty body of hypocrisy went under the cloak of general Islam and whenever the evils of hypocricy became too obvious to be hidden or to be defended, they were termed as unintentional indiscretion of. a well-intended 'ljtehad.'

The Holy Qur'an and the history is there to vouch that as hypocrites, during the lifetime of the Holy Prophet, they tried the worst possible for them to displace the authority of the Holy Prophet by deserting him in the battles and ultimately even to kill him on his return from the battle of Hunain, and it is a historic fact that Hozaifa the faithful companion of the Holy Prophet, had the list of the plotters who were shown in their very person to the Holy Prophet, by heavens, through a timely lighting. And now as Muslims, having the power and authority which they lusted for so long, they easily bypassed the Holy Ahlul-Bait and established themselves over and above them, and planned to do away with them totally, by killing the godly ones one after another.

Thus, with the departure of the Holy Prophet, ended the peace and the safety for the Ahlul-Bait, and started the age of their godly patience and endurance against the atrocious murderous

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treachery of the people, and simultaneously began the persecution and the slaughter of their devotees.

The Life in the House of the Ahlul-Bait

FATEMA DURING HER lifetime, set the best examples of a righteous and a correct womanhood on earth.

Her marriage was so simple that if the muslims, particularly those who proudly claim to be the devotees of the Ahlul-Bait, only follow the example in their practical life, they will themselves be the happiest souls in their practical life.

Fatema's obedience to her husband was ideal and the contented life she led was a lesson to every muslim woman. Her godliness and godmindedness was a beacon light of guidance to womanhood.

Her treatment to her handmaid 'Pizza' is a practical example to every righteous woman. In her household life every alternate day Fatema herself minded the whole work of the household and Fizza was given rest.

It was Fatema who said that the best thing for a woman is neither to cast her glance on any Won-Mahram man nor to expose herself to his glance. It is worth imagining that if women follow this Fatemite Watchword for chaste Womanhood how pure and safe will be womanhood and how graceful, healthy, happy and holy would have been the human society today.

Fatema's Position

THE DISTINCTIVE AND the distinguishing titles of the Holy Lady Fatema, the only surviving issue and the most beloved one of the Holy Prophet have already been given above. The following are a few of the well-known declarations of the Holy Prophet about this Holy soul :-

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Before assessing the correct value of the above apostolic declarations, one should remember the position of the Holy Prophet under the following announcement of the Holy Qur'an :-

It is how for every believer in the Holy Qur'an as the revealed Word of God, to say that if what is declared by the Lord is true, whatever the Holy Prophet said about his Ahlul-Bait, including the above announcements of his about Fatema, was it not the will of the Lord that was communicated to mankind through His Apostle ?

About annoying the Holy Prophet, the Holy Qur'an declares:

The miserable plight of the Holy Lady

THIS HOLY LADY Fatema, the dearest of the Holy Prophet, the wife of the First Holy Imam Ali, the Holy Mother of the Eleven Holy Imams, about whom the Holy Prophet had taken the special care to repeatedly announce her divine heavenly position, was the first victim of the treachery of the people immediately after the departure of the Holy Prophet.

First of all, she was the most struck with sorrow and grief at the departure of the Holy Prophet from this world. When the Holy Prophet was about to breathe his last, he found Fatema standing before him shedding tears. He embraced her and said something in her ears. The Holy Lady who was sunk in sorrow and grief and restlessly shedding tears, on hearing what was told into her ears by her departing Holy Father, went into a smile and looked cheerful. When asked about what was it that suddenly turned her sorrow into cheer and made her smile, she said that the Holy Prophet consoled her saying:-

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It is already said that soon after the funeral of the Holy Prophet, only a day or two had passed, instead of offering condolences to the bereaved holy family, an insurgent crowd surrounded the abode of this Holy Lady, a kick at her door by a tyrant caused the door to fall on her side, wounding her, breaking her rib, the wound which proved fatal.

The Holy Lady wept so much for her father the Holy Prophet that even the people in the neighbourhood could not bear the laments.

Besides the grief and the sorrow for her father, was the treatment meted out to her husband Ali, the Vicegerent of the Holy Prophet.

To add to her grief, she was deprived of her rights over the garden of Fidak which was bequeathed to her by her father the Holy Prophet. To know the details as to how her claim was rejected by the Kalifate, the reader may refer to Saheeh Bokhari, which relates from Ayesha a detailed note about Fatema's claiming the 'Fidak' and how it was rejected and how Fatema got annoyed and to whom it was that she did not even talk, until she departed from this world.

Fatema martyred : succumbing to the Wound

THUS AFTER SEVENTY-FIVE or ninety days after the departure of the Holy Prophet, as prophesied, the Holy Lady passed away. But before breathing her last, she called Ali and desired that none of those particularly a few ones, who had turned hostile to the House of the Prophet and violated the will of the Apostle of God, should be informed of her departure from this world, and that she should be quietly buried in the darkness of the night.

Some reporters say that when the body was lowered into the grave, by Ali, in the grave appeared the two hands of the Holy Prophet, with a voice addressing Ali :-

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Thus the Holy Lady was the first of the martyrs among the Ahlul-Bait, after the departure of the Holy Prophet.

It is now left to the intelligent ones of the readers to judge the position of those who annoyed this holy one of God, (i.e., Lady Fatema) under the apostolic announcements of the Holy Prophet and the verse of the Holy Qur'an referred to above.

It is authentically reported that the Holy Lady once referring to her miserable plight and the sorrowful life she had to lead, addressing her father, the Holy Prophet, standing before his grave, said:-

The Holy Lady of Light left behind two sons and two daughters whose ages at the time of her departing from them, were: