20. Twentieth objection
He says: It is narrated from the Holy Prophet (s.a.w.a.) that: “O Fatima,
Allah is infuriated due to your anger and is pleased with your pleasure.” This is
false. Narrators have narrated this tradition from Holy Prophet (s.a.w.a.) and it is
not possible to find it in famous books of traditions; and it does not have correct
or acceptable chains of narrators going back to the Prophet.1
Reply to the twentieth objection
If I only knew what impelled him to follow this path of destruction? Is it
baseless ignorance and lack of awareness about books of traditions, that he is
compelled to deny every tradition, which he has not seen? Or it is his extreme
malice to the family of revelation, which has caused him to deny their
excellence? In my view, both are true about this author.
As for the captioned tradition, in view of tradition scholars, it is one of the
famous and well known traditions; some regard it authentic and some consider it
good; and they have narrated it from Holy Prophet (s.a.w.a.) through chains of
narrators, like:
1. Imam Abul Hasan, Ali bin Moosa Reza (a.s.) in his Musnad, as is mentioned in Zakhair.2
2. Hafiz Abdullah Hakeem Nishapuri (d. 405 A.H.) in his Mustadrak,3 along with supporting its authenticity.
3. Hafiz Abul Qasim Ibne Asakir (d. 571 A.H.) in his Tarikh Sham.4
4. Hafiz Abul Abbas Mohibuddin Tabari (d. 694 A.H.) in Zakhair.5
5. Hafiz Abul Fazl Ibne Hajar Asqalani (d. 852 A.H.) in Isabah.6
21. Twenty-first objection
He says: Report of Prophet regarding Ali: “Ali is the criterion of distinction
for my Ummah and he separates followers of truth from followers of falsehood”;
and the statement of Ibne Umar that he said: “During lifetime of Prophet the
criterion of distinguishing hypocrites from non-hypocrites was their enmity to Ali
(a.s.)”; both these traditions are fabricated and they are wrongly attributed to
Prophet; and none of them has a proper chains of authorities and they are not
mentioned in reliable books.7
Reply to the twenty-first objection
The most comprehensive statement, which befits this ignorant man is one
which was mentioned about someone else of his kind. It is: “He was given power
of speech, but not given intelligence.”
Therefore, we see that in his book, he issues statements without pondering
and replies without any proper context. For example, Allamah Hilli narrates a
statement from Ibne Umar, but Ibne Taymiyyah says: “This tradition is false and
it is wrongly attributed to Prophet.” In fact this man cannot understand that this
statement is not attributed to Prophet. In addition to Ibne Umar, other
companions have also made such statements, like:
1. Abu Zar Ghiffari says: During the lifetime of Messenger of Allah
(s.a.w.a.), we recognized the hypocrites through three qualities: 1. Denial of God
and Prophet 2. Avoidance of Prayer 3. Enmity to Ali Ibne Abi Talib (a.s.).
Khatib has mentioned this in Muttafiq and Mohibuddin Tabari in Riyaz8, and
Jazari in Asniul Matalib,9 says: The correction of this traditional report is narrated
from Hakeem – and Suyuti in Jamiul Kabeer has narrated its sequence.10
2. Jabir Abdullah Ansari; he says: “We recognized the hypocrites only
through their enmity to Ali Ibne Abi Talib (a.s.).”
This report is quoted by Ahmad in Manaqib11 and Ibne Abde Barr in Istiab12
and on the margins of Isabah; and Hafiz Mohibuddin in Riyaz13 and Hafiz
Haithami in Majmauz Zawaid14 have all mentioned it.
3. Abu Darda says: “We (Ansar) recognized hypocrites through their enmity
to Ali Ibne Abi Talib.”
As it is mentioned in Tadhkira15 of Ibne Jauzi, Tirmizi has narrated this
traditional report.
And these baseless statements are not proofs, on the contrary, the basis of
these statements are words of Holy Prophet (s.a.w.a.) regarding Ali (a.s.), some
of which, we would mention here:
1. It is narrated from Ameerul Momineen (a.s.) that: “I swear by the God,
who split the grain, and created man, indeed the unlettered Prophet swore to me
that none, but the believer would be devoted to me and none, but the hypocrite
would be inimical to me.”