And Ayesha kissed Fatima’s head and remarked: “Alas, if only I had been
the hair of your head.”1
And how people were pleased with such distressing statements of this man,
whereas Quran has declared affection of progeny of Prophet obligatory on all?
And among universally accepted principles of Islam, love and hatred for Ali (a.s.)
are signs of faith and hypocrisy; as a tradition would be mentioned regarding this.
On the basis of what is mentioned in tradition of Ghadeer, the Ummah has
consensus that Messenger of Allah (s.a.w.a.) said regarding Ali (a.s.):
“O God, love those, who love him and be inimical to those, who are inimical
to him.”
It is authentically narrated from the Prophet that: “One, who loves Ali, has
loved me and one, who is inimical to Ali, is inimical to me; and one, who has
distressed Ali, has distressed me, and one, who distressed me has distressed
God.”2
And His Eminence was informed by Jibraeel: “Fortunate is one, who is loyal
to Ali during my lifetime and after my passing away. Know that indeed,
unfortunate is one, who is inimical to Ali during my lifetime and after my passing
away.”3
How it remain concealed from this man that attributing enmity to chief of
holy progeny and wives of Prophet is an allegation and extremely bad abuse. If it
is presented for evaluation in light of Islamic justice, it can be reasoned through
statement of Messenger of Allah (s.a.w.a.) regarding his progeny that:
“None has affection for them, except the fortunate and legitimate born and
none is inimical to them, except the unfortunate and illegitimate by birth.”4
Or what is narrated through trustworthy narrators that no one would be
inimical to Ali, except whose conception is shared by Shaitan.5
Or what Hafiz Jazari Ubadah bin Samit has narrated that: “We test the
legitimacy of our children through their affection to Ali Ibne Abi Talib (a.s.); if
one of them does not show affection to him, we conclude that he is not our
issue.”
Then Hafiz Jazari writes that it is well known from ancient age that only those born of adultery are inimical to Ali (a.s.).6
These were some improper statements from the book of Hayat Muhammad.
How numerous are books of this kind about Quran and its distortion, and
unfounded allegations on Shias!
It is amazing that Adil Zaitar regards himself excused from publicizing these
deviating statements and writes in his preface:
“I would have written a gloss on this book, if I had not felt that this would
take me beyond the ambit of a translator.”
Is it justice to inject such fatal arrows into the spirit of the religious society
and hurt sentiments by such baseless statements?
إِنَّ الَّذِينَ يُحِبُّونَ أَنْ تَشِيعَ الْفَاحِشَةُ فِي الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا لَهُمْ عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌ فِي الدُّنْيَا وَالْآخِرَةِ
“Surely (as for) those who love that scandal should circulate
respecting those who believe, they shall have a grievous
chastisement in this world and the hereafter.”7