Ask a Shia

[Muslimah]

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as salam alykom all


As I indicated above, that the objective of this thread is not merely to discuss with one person, but rather to compile as much relevant info as possible to help those who are in a quest to find proper answers, not only proper, but Insh a Allah well searched with the support of Allah.


As the previous post explained how Mutaa is not all what the Shia created thru linguist and primarily Quran sources.


Here I like to address an essential point in establishing the Shia belief. They lay much emphais on the Ahul Bayt issue and who are they.


According to Karbala in post # 145, he explained to me how they believe that Fatima may Allah be pleased with her was the only daughter of the Messenger salla Allah a`lyhee wa sallam. Well, here is what I found.


Sobhan Allah after one year, I was reading Quran and stopped at an Ayah that solves this issue. However, let me first clarify an important point, from my observation, Shia scholars designed the beliefs that are part and parcel of Shia sect in a way that serves a totally political purpose. In some ahadeeth, they interpreted them in a way just to discredit Aaesh and in turn of course discredit Abu Bakr making his Khilafa illegitimate. Any way, let me focus on this point, when Karbala explained in post #145, that according to Shia belief, the Messenger salla Allah a`lyhee wa sallam had only Fatima as a daughter and Ruqayyah, Umm Kulthoom and Zaynab are either Khajia's daughters from a previous marriage or her sister's. In all cases, such a status would have them carry an adjective of Rabaeb (wife's daughters whom a husband is raising) as in Quran 4:23:


"Forbidden to you (for marriage) are: your mothers, your daughters, your sisters, your father's sisters, your mother's sisters, your brother's daughters, your sister's daughters, your foster mother who gave you suck, your foster milk suckling sisters, your wives' mothers, your step daughters under your guardianship, born of your wives to whom you have gone in - but there is no sin on you if you have not gone in them (to marry their daughters), - the wives of your sons who (spring) from your own loins, and two sisters in wedlock at the same time, except for what has already passed; verily, Allah is Oft Forgiving, Most Merciful."


The underlined part is what is called in Arabic Rabaeb and the best translation to the succeeding sentence is born of your wives with whom you consummated the marriage (had a sexual intercourse). Now as Allah Is really precise, accurate and certainly All Knowing, Allah Knew that there will be a sect called Shia of whom scholars would invent this myth of the prophet's daughters just to serve the purpose of restricting Ahl Bayt to Fatima, Ali, Hassan and Hussain may Allah be pleased with all of them. In an effort to reply to Karbala, I was taking the hard method of research and tried to check the birth date of each of them. While Allah Made it very easy for me and others as it is clearly stated in Quran, and I only realized it last week Sobhan Allah, although I read it many many times. But this is the glory of Quran, each time you read, you discover new things. We always have to unearth Quran. To stay on topic, reading the same Surat.of Al Ahzab, Allah Say:


" O Prophet! Tell your wives and your daughters and the women of the believers to draw their cloaks (veils) all over their bodies (i.e.screen themselves completely except the eyes or one eye to see the way). That will be better, that they should be known (as free respectable women) so as not to be annoyed. And Allah is Ever Oft¬Forgiving, Most Merciful." (Quran 33:59).


As clearly stated, Allah specifically commanded the Messenger salla Allah a`lyhee wa sallam to instruct his wives, and daughters using plural form, this is not haphazard of course. In case what the Shia scholars assumed, that he only had Fatima and others were his wife's daughters, Allah would Say your daughter and Rabaebuka (step daughters) in order to make this clear. However, stating wives and daughters leaves no doubt that all of them were his daughters and not just Fatima. But again for creating a proper foundation to their belief, Shia scholars ignored this clear Ayah and interpreted Quran in a manner that serves their aim.