Muhammad
Muhsin Ibrahim
@muhsin234
I wrote this rejoinder
to counter insults of Nana A'isha (R. A) by a coterie of apparently sponsored-Shiite
members on Nairaland Forum on 12th Dec., 2010. The recent spate of blasphemy
against the virtues of the Prophet behoved me to reproduce the article here with
a few changes.
Based on numerous accounts of
authentic hadeeths and undistorted historical scores, Sayyidat A’isha bint
Abubakar (R.A) was the favourite wife of the Prophet Muhammad (S.A.W). Some
Muslim sects do, nonetheless, attack and accuse her with enthusiasm, backing
their untoward actions on some free-emptied arguments and fabricated histories
of what transpired after the death of her husband, the Prophet, between her and
Sayyid Ali (RA). Besides, other Muslims – I am one of them – regard, revere and
respect her in their best possible way; and she remains a role model for their
women. The greatness of A’isha, to us, is nothing contestable and hence one
needs everything but persuasion to believe in its validity and cogency. It’s a
fact right below our noses.
Therefore, I always wonder at those
“others”, who choose to dent and defame her. The A’isha’s highness, at least
considering her being a widow of the noble Prophet, couldn’t and oughtn’t to have
been, right from the scratch, subjected to question, criticism let alone cursing
her in a crudest way you can think of! Something is really wrong. That, to say
the least, definitely typifies paucity in knowledge, immature and unreflective
thinking, shallow understanding and above all, recklessness. Unless they
desist and repent, Allah’s wrath awaits them in the hereafter.
Sometimes, as I came to discern,
they hide under the façade that she is, alas, not among the Ahl Al-Bayt (family
members) of the Prophet, whom they always pretend adoring. Could that have been
the case even if it were true? No! She still remains who she is: his wife. And,
I’ll make it clear in the following lines that A’isha is aptly a bona fide Ahl
Al-Bayt of the Prophet.
Though one might argue that she’s not
among the four families (family of Ali, of Ja’afar, of Abbas and that of
Aqeel) who are basically the Ahl Al-Bayt of the Prophet forbidden to receive
charity after his death, she and other wives of the Prophet remain as true
members. There are Qur’anic proofs which encapsulate that wife is a family
member of a man. For instance, I don’t know how in other languages but as in
mine (Hausa), if a married man (who only has a wife and no child) is asked: how
is the family (i.e. ya iyalin?) he replies: (lafiya ta/su ke [she’s fine]) and
he’s lexically, grammatically, syntactically, semantically, correct. So is also
the case in Qur’anic (Arabic) language.
See below:
Prophet Loot’s wife [family]
“So We saved him and his family
except his wife, who was of those who lagged behind.” Q7:83
Why the word except his
wife after mentioning his family? Simply it’s because she’s a member!
Prophet’s Ibrahim’s wife [family]
“They [angels] said: "Do you
wonder at Allah's decree? May Allah's mercy and His blessings be upon you, O
residents of the household; for He is indeed worthy of all praise, full of
all glory.” Q11:73
The expression in the verse for the
“O residents of the household” is Ahl Al-Bayt.
Likewise when the Almighty talks
about the Prophet Muhammad’s wives, he says:
“…O members of the household of
Rasool (Prophet), Allah only intends to remove uncleanliness from you and to
purify you completely.” Q33:33
“This is a clear
statement that the wives of the Prophet are included among the members of his
family (Ahl Al-Bayt) here, because they are the reason why this Ayah was
revealed, and the scholars are unanimously agreed that they were the reason for
revelation in this case, whether this was the only reason for revelation or
there was also another reason, which is the correct view.” – Ibn Kathir.
There are various instances such as
the King’s wife address to her husband in Suratul Yusuf (Q12), etc, etc, etc. Besides,
how do the Shi’ites even dare to muddy up the already beaming and glowing pictures
of those upon whom Allah, the Exalted, has this to say:
“The Prophet is closer to the
believers than their own selves and his
wives are as their mothers. Blood relatives have a greater claim on one
another than the other believers and the Muhajirin
(early Muslims who migrated from Makkah to Madinah) according to the Book of
Allah: although you are permitted to some good (through leaving bequests) for
your friends. This has been written in the Book of Allah.” Q33:6
I am certain for once that we don’t
have dispute that Allah knows of what had happened, is happening and will
happen, true? Who was A’isha when that verse was revealed? Prophet’s wife. And
Allah plainly says she’s our mother. BUT (a big but!) what reliable source told
you she did what you claim she did? Isn’t it just some mere (read: doctored)
history that reported that account? It’s now up to you to choose which is
which: Qur’anic verse or those histories.
Lastly, I intentionally avoid citing
a single hadith here, for I know they may claim the hadith is unsound or is a
record of some armchair narrators (as if you were alive during the actual
incidents, or you were cocksure your sources are not interpolated, which they
apparently are). And yes, I am not claiming any authority in this field, but
upholding the virtues of anything related to the Rasool is a duty upon every
true Muslim.
May Allah enable us see truth as
truth and falsehood as falsehood and guide us follow the truth and avoid the
falsehood, amin.
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