Scrutiny of the text
We have objections against the text of the report, which has prevented us
from accepting it.
Was Abdur Rahman bin Auf, to whom this report was attributed and he was
one of the ten who were given the glad tidings, himself believed in this report and
testify to it and in this conditions on the day Shura drew his sword on Ali and
said:
“Pay allegiance or you would be killed.”
After the fact the country turned against Uthman he said to Ali (a.s.): “If you
want, take up your sword and I will also take my sword. Indeed he has gone back
to the word he gave to me.”
He swore that he would not speak to Uthman as long as he lived and he
sought refuge of God for having given allegiance to Uthman. He made a bequest
that Uthman should not pray on him, and he died while he was infuriated on Uthman. Uthman accused him of being a hypocrite.1 Thus, whether all of them
believed in the authenticity of that report and the belief of these two individuals?
Were Abu Bakr and Umar, who are given glad tidings of Paradise not the
same with whom Lady Fatima Zahra (s.a.), beloved daughter of Messenger of
Allah (s.a.w.a.) was infuriated and she passed away in that condition?
Are these two not the same to whom Fatima said: “Indeed, I make God and
His angels witness that you two have angered me and have not pleased me and
when I meet the Prophet, I would complain to him about you!”
Are these two not the same regarding whom the mother of the two
grandsons of the Prophet complained, lamented aloud and said about them:
“O my father, O Messenger of Allah (s.a.w.a.), after you, what all I had to
bear at the hands of the son of Khattab and the son of Abi Qahafa.”?
Are these two not the same, who usurped the inheritance of the holy progeny
and regarding them the following statement of Ameerul Momineen (a.s.) is
proved:
“I remained patient while there was a thorn in my eye and a bone stuck in
my throat, and I saw my inheritance being plundered.”?
Is Abu Bakr not the same, regarding whom Lady Fatima Zahra (s.a.) made a
bequest that he should not pray over her? And that he should not attend her
funeral? And he and his friend did not attend the burial of Her Eminence.
Is he not the same that the beloved daughter of Holy Prophet (s.a.w.a.), the
pure and chaste lady said to him: “I will curse you in every Prayer.”?
Is he not the same, who removed the curtain from the house of Fatima and
distressed Messenger of Allah (s.a.w.a.) regarding her?
وَالَّذِينَ يُؤْذُونَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ لَهُمْ عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌ
“And (as for) those who molest the Apostle of Allah, they shall have a painful punishment.”2
And whether, and whether till the breath breaks.
If Umar testified to this report and believed it why in spite of that he adjured
Huzaifah Yamani, who knew the names of hypocrites, if he was among them?
And whether the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w.a.) had named him among them?3
Why he did not have certainty in this tradition when during his Caliphate, he
ordered people against using the agnomen of Abu Isa and Mughira said: “Indeed,
Messenger of Allah (s.a.w.a.) gave me this agnomen,” Umar said: “Indeed, the
Prophet is forgiven and we don’t know what our fate would be.”?
And why he dragged Ali (a.s.) like a wayward camel for allegiance to Abu
Bakr and said: “Pay allegiance, or you would be killed.”?
And why he on that day denied the brotherhood of Ali (a.s.) to Messenger of
Allah (s.a.w.a.) whereas this brotherhood is established through authentic
traditional reports and on which all have consensus? In the same way he denied
numerous issues, which are proved from Sunnah.
And why he made a bequest that whoever opposes the allegiance on the day
of Shura, should be killed? And he knew well that only Ali Ameerul Momineen
(a.s.) would oppose this fraudulent selection.
وَمَنْ يَقْتُلْ مُؤْمِنًا مُتَعَمِّدًا فَجَزَاؤُهُ جَهَنَّمُ خَلِدًا فِيهَا وَغَضِبَ اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَلَعَنَهُ وَأَعَدَّ لَهُ عَذَابًا عَظِيمًا
“And whoever kills a believer intentionally, his punishment is
hell; he shall abide in it, and Allah will send His wrath on him
and curse him and prepare for him a painful chastisement.”4
Did Uthman humble himself before the authenticity of this report and
believe in it, and in this conditions, when he was surrounded and Mughira bin
Shoba advised him to leave Medina for Mecca, he said: I heard the Messenger of
Allah (s.a.w.a.) say that a man from Quraish would apostatize in Mecca; who
would bear half the chastisement of the Ummah, and I will never be that fellow5
[and I will not go to Mecca]?
How did he not regard Ali (a.s.) to be more excellent than Marwan? Was
Marwan not cursed in the words of Messenger of Allah (s.a.w.a.) and Ali (a.s.)
given glad tidings of Paradise:
لَا يَسْتَوِى أَصْحَبُ النَّارِ وَاصْحَبُ الْجَنَّةِ أَصْحَبُ الْجَنَّةِ هُمُ الْفَابِرُونَ
“Not alike are the inmates of the fire and the dwellers of the
garden: the dwellers of the garden are they that are the
achievers.”6
And whether Talha and Zubair were the same two individuals, who killed
Uthman and were cruel to him and were such as Ameerul Momineen (a.s.) said: