Some other views and precepts about Hazrat Abu Bakr (r.a) and Hazrat Omar (r.a) Satan was the first to pledge fealty to Abu Bakr (r.a)

If it is accepted that while returning from the Farewell Haj, the Prophet (peace be upon him) had taken special pains to collect all the Companions and fellow travelers at Ghadir-i-Khum, and mounting on the pulpit he had raised up Hazrat Ali with both the hands (so that everyone could see him) and announced his Wilayat and Imamate after himself in compliance with the Command of God, and also had everyone avow and affirm it , and told Hazrat Abu Bakr and Hazrat Omar, particularly, to wish him as ‘Amirul Mominin’ which they had done, and as Ehtijaj-e-Tabrasi tells, the holy Prophet had taken the oath of fealty and allegiance from all those present in Hazrat Ali’s favour at his own hand, and the first to do so were Hazrat Abu Bakr, Hazrat Omar and Hazrat Usman, then it will, also, have to be agreed to and accepted, naturally and necessarily, that when only about eighty days after it, on the death of the holy Prophet. All of them left Hazrat Ali alone and made Hazrat Abu Bakr the Caliph and religious and temporal head of the Ummat, in succession to the Prophet, and took the bait at his hand, they all were guilty of treachery to God and the Apostle and ha turned apostates and infidels, specially the first three Caliphs who were the first to pledge fealty to Hazrat Ali.

Even if in the Shi’ite traditions and the sayings of the Imams they had not been denounced as apostates and infidels and accursed of God, and doomed to end up in Hell and imprecation had not been uttered on them, no other conclusion could be drawn from what is stated to have taken place at Ghadir-i-Khum in relation to the question of Imamate.

But such is not the case, and we have already seen the tradition and sayings of the Imams reproduced from Al-Jame-ul-Kafi etc., in which the holy Companions and the first three Caliphs have, on that very basis, been called apostate and infidels and dwellers in Hell, and conforming to the Quranic verses revealed in respect of the worst kind of infidels and unbelievers.

We, however, deem it proper to take note of a few more narratives and sayings in that context before proceeding ahead.

About Hazrat Abu Bakr and Hazrat Omar:

It is related in Kitabur Rauza by Kalini that (once) on being asked by a close disciple about Hazrat Abu Bakr and Hazrat Omar, Imam Baqar said:

"What do you want to know from me about the two men? Whoever of us, the Ahle-Bait, has gone from this world, he has gone full of anger against them. Among us, every elder person has bequeathed it to his successor. Both of them usurped our right, and they were the first to get over our necks. Whatever calamity befalls us, its foundation has been laid by these two men. May the curse of God, of the angels and of the whole of mankind be, therefore, on those two." (p. 115).

Another tradition given in the same book tells that the aforesaid disciple also (once) asked Imam Baqar about the sons of Hazrat Yaqub (Jacob), who had thrown their younger brother, Hazrat Yousuf (Joseph) into the well, and (yet) they are referred to in the Quran along with Apostles and called Asbat (sons of Hazrat Yaqub). What the questioner, perhaps, wanted to know was why were they spoken of in the Quran along with the Prophets when they had committed such a grave sin Imam Baqar, thereupon, replied: "Those sons of Hazrat Yaqub were not Prophets, but only the sons of a Prophet but everyone of them departed from the world cleansed and blessed because they had thought over the cruelty they had done to Hazrat Yusuf and repented. And those two Sheikhs (Abu Bakr and Omar) departed from the world in such a state that they neither thought of the injustice they had done to Hazrat Ali nor offered penitence. Therefore, the curse of God, the angels and the whole of mankind is on them." (p. 115).

Yet another narrative in a Shi’ite book appertaining to the tradition, called, Rijal-i-Kashshi, has it that (once) a disciple named Kumait Bin Zaid enquired about Hazrat Abu Bakr and Hazrat Omar from Imam Baqar, upon which he replied:

"In Islam, whoever’s blood is shed without a just cause, all wealth that is earned by illegal means, and every adultery that is or will be committed till the day of the appearance of our Imam Mehdi, the sin of all this will be on the necks of these two persons."1

Satan was the first to pledge fealty to Abu Bakr:

Abu Jafar Yaqub Kalini has reproduced a tradition in his book. Kitabur Rauza, which he maintains was related by Hazrat Salman Farsi. The narrative is a very long one, and, therefore, only a summary of it is given here, with a few relevant extracts from the text. It reads:

When on the death of the Prophet (peace be upon him and his dependents) people elected Abu Bakr as the successor in Saqifa Bani Sa’ida2 and he came to the Prophet’s mosque to sit on the pulpit and started taking the pledge from the people, Salman Farsi went to Hazrat Ali and told him about it, Hazrat Ali asked Salman Farsi. "Do you know who was the first to pledge is fealty to Abu Bakr". He replied "I do not know but I had seen an old and dignified man advancing with the help of his staff and with the mark of prostration on his forehead. He was the first to reach Abu Bakr. He was crying and saying. ‘All praise be to God who did not take me away from this world by causing my death till I had seen you at this place. Extend your hand’. Abu Bakr, then, extended his hand and the old man pledged his fealty on it.". Hazrat Ali, asked Salman Farsi, "Do you know who was that man?" Salman Farsi relied in the negative. Hazrat Ali, thereupon, said, "That person appearing as an old man and pledging his fealty on the hand of Abu Bakr, first of all, was Iblis,1the Cursed One"

The tradition goes on to say that the Prophet (peace be upon him) had foretold Hazart Ali everything that was to happen regarding the Caliphate. The holy Prophet had told him that after the announcement was made at Ghadir-i-Khum in regard to his Imamate and Wilayat. Satan and his hordes were seized with panic and they would conspire against, it, as a result of which, on the Prophet’s death, people will first gather in Saqifa Bani Sa’ida and, then, come to the mosque to pledge their fealty to Abu Bakr. The holy Prophet is reported to have concluded with these words:

"From Saqifa Bani Sa’ida people will come to the mosque. The first to pledge fealty to Abu Bakr sitting on the pulpit will be Iblis, the Cursed One. Who will appear in the form of a dignified old man and would say …. ". (We have seen it earlier in the reported narration of Salman Farsi).

Farooq the Great:

The narrative and sayings of the innocent Imams from the reliable Shi’ite books we have noted earlier are enough to show the views and beliefs the Shias hold about Hazrat Omar yet it may not be out of the place to reproduce another tradition which is particularly in respect of him and attributed to the eleventh Imam. Hasan Askari. This tradition, alone, is sufficient to signify the reality of Shiaism and the Shi’ite mentality.

Mulla Baqar Majlisi is regarded by the Shias as one of the highest authorities on the traditions and a renowned author and Mutahid of the 10th and 11th Centuries. A H., and the Shia Ulema refer to him as Khatim-ul-Muhaddisin (the last of the noteworthy scholars of the traditions). Ruhullah Khomeini, too, has highly praised his works and recommended them for study in his own Kashful Asrar (p. 121). Regretfully, one has to say that even a great Mujtahid and Muhaddis of Shias like him uses extremely filthy and abusive language, and when he mentions the name of Hazrat Omar Farooq in his books he seldom fails to add the words, Alaihil-Lanat wal Azab (on him be the curse of God and chastisement). One of his books is entitled, Zad-ul-Ma’ad. In detailing the uniqueness of the 9th of Rabiul-Awwal he has quoted a narrative saying that the Lord had told the holy Prophet (peace be upon him and his dependents) through a Revaluation that ""n this date your enemy and the enemy of Ahle Bait, Omar will be killed"" The Prophet, thereupon celebrated the 9th of Rabi-ul-Awwal like the I’d, and related extraordinary virtues in it as given in the report that follows.

Mullah Majlisi states that the eleventh Imam of the Shias. Hasan Askari (once) said:-

"My father, (the tenth Imam Ali Naqi) told me that it is related by Huzaifah bin Yaman (a famous Companion of the holy Prophet) that once as I went to the Apostle of God on the 9th of Rabi-ul-Awwal. I saw that Amir-ul-Mominin Hazrat Ali, Imam Hasan and Imam Husain, also, were there and they were all eating and the Prophet was very happy and smiling and he was saying to his grandsons, Hasan and Husain: ‘This is the day on which God will kill your enemy and the enemy of your maternal grand-father and grant the prayer of your mother (Fatima Zuhra). So, eat on for on this day God will accept the deeds of your Shias and dear ones. Eat my sons, eat, for, today, is the day on which the pomp and glory of your maternal grandfather’s enemy will crumble to dust. Eat on my sons, for today is the day when the Pharoah of my Ahle-e-Bait and their tormentor and oppressor, and the usurper of their rights will be destroyed’. O Apostle of God, will there be such a wretched person in your Ummat who will do such misdeeds?’ The Prophet replied: O Huzaifah! Among the double-dealers there will be an ‘idol’ who will be their leader. He will keep the whip of tyranny and oppression in his hand, and prevent people from following the straight path. He will tamper with the Book of God and change my Sunnat and my way and will be unjust to my Wasi, Ali bin Abi Talib, and deprive my daughter, Fatima, of her right. My daughter will utter imprecation and invoke evil on him by prayer. God will accept her prayer. Huzaifah says that he enquired from the Prophet why did he not pray to God that He may destroy that tyrant and Pharoah in his own life-time. The Prophet replied, I do not consider it desirable to interfere in the decision and decree of God and ask Him to change what has been decided in His wisdom. But I begged God that the day on which this tyrant and Pharoah is thrown into Hell may be given superiority and excellence over all the other days so that reverence of that day may become a confirmed practice among the supporters of my Ahle-e-Bait. God, then, sent down a Revelation to me that in his eternal wisdom it has already been decreed that me and my Ahle-e-Bait will suffer grievously and bear all sorts of hardships and adversities at the hands of the Hypocrites’. The Lord said:

‘O Mohammad ! Your rank and status has been conferred on Ali because of the usurpation of his right by the Pharoah of your Ummat ……. I have commended all the angels of the Seven Heavens that the day that person is killed should be observed as I’d for the Shias and lovers of Ahle-Bait. I have ordered the angels recording the deeds of men to hold their pens, in reverence of this day, for three days from writing down the sins of the people. This holiday from the recording of sins for three days has been given in your honour and that of your Wasi. I have declared this day as I’d for your Ahle-e-Bait their admirers and followers. I swear by My Majesty and Splendour that a person observing this day as I’d will be given the reward of angels circumambulating the Highest Heaven, and I will accept his intercession on behalf of his relations. If he will spend liberally on himself, his family and relations on this day, I shall grant an increase in his possessions. Every year, on this day, thousands and thousands of your Shias will be liberated from the fire of Hell, their good deeds will be accepted and their sins will be pardoned’.

Huzaifah goes on to add that having said all this the Prophet (peace be upon him and his descendants) got up and went to the house of Umm-i-Salma and, as for myself, I was fully convinced of the infidelity of Omar, after hearing those things from the sacred Prophet. Not a trace of doubt remained (in my heart), and after the death of the holy Prophet, I saw what trouble and mischief he created, and revealed the infidelity hidden within him. He strayed from the religion of Islam and for usurping the Imamate and Caliphate he acted most shamelessly, altered the Quran, and set fire to the house of the Prophet which had been the home of Revelation and Apostleship. He made the Jews, the Christians and the fire worshippers happy, and displeased Fatima Zuhra, the light of the Prophet’s eye and all the Ahle-Bait. He conspired to kill Amir-ul-Mominin (Hazrat Ali), declared unlawful what God had declared lawful, and lawful hat God had declared unlawful, and had the plank of a door fall on the face and belly of Fatima Zuhra". Having narrated all this, Huzaifah said that "God, then, granted imprecation of His Apostle and his daughter and got him killed through his killer, (Abu Lulu, the Persian). May God bless his assassin1.".

As repeatedly stated, this book is meant only to acquaint the Sunni educated classes who are not already aware of the Shi’ite beliefs and tenets, and the sayings of their Imams upon which all these are based. Scrutiny, discussion or criticism of these doctrines, ideas and narratives is beyond the scope of our study. It, however, seems, advisable to draw the attention of the readers to some of the points contained in the above narration about Hazrat Omar Farooq.

(1) The holy Prophet, according to this tradition, gave such a long discourse on the virtues and blessings of celebrating the 9th of Rabi-ul-Awwal as the day of I’d, but during the whole of it, he did not mention even once the name of the tyrant, the oppressor and the Pharoah of the Prophet’s own Ahle-Bait whose assassination was to be celebrated like the I’d day and preferred to talk about him only allusively and through indirect suggestions. But the statement of Allama Majlisi in the introductory part of the narration and the observation made in the end by the narrator, Hazrat Huzaifah, distinctly show that it all is about Omar bin Khattab. In keeping with the Shi’ite mentality and way of thinking, the only explanation can be that the Apostle of God was so frightened of Hazrat Omar that even while talking about him within the confines of his one house, he could not venture to mention his name. Or, was he mistrustful of Huzaifah and feared that he would go and inform Omar? However, it was on account of this fear that in spite of having been so closely associated with Hazrat Omar for about twenty years the sacred Prophet never told him, even indirectly, what he really thought of him, and continued to treat him as a trusted Companion. Such being the case, the Prophet, so to speak, himself practiced Taqaiyya in this respect from the beginning of the Apostleship till the time of his death, and kept the Ummat under deception during all that time.

(2) God, we are told, Himself directed the recording Angels not to record the misdeeds of the sinners for three days on the arrival of the 9th of Rabi-ul-Awwal. (Obviously, this license is only for the Shias). No religion in the world gives such a freedom to its followers to commit theft, robbery murder, adultery, rape and such other offences and misdeeds with impunity for a specific number of days. It is only the Shia religion that grants such a license, and that too, in celebration of the assassination of Hazrat Omar.

(3) For celebrating the I’d on 9th Rabi-ul-Awwal the Shias are to get the reward equal to that of the angels circumambulating the Highest Heaven, and the way to celebrate that festival with full enthusiasm and gaiety could only be by taking wholehearted advantage of the liberty granted for the occasion. As one would say there is a general call and invitation to the Shias from the Almighty and His Apostle to indulge in all sorts of sins and sensuality, crime and intemperance in commemoration of the murder of Omar bin Khattab and, there by, earn Divine reward as indicated earlier.

(4) It is, further reported that Hazrat Huzaifah used the term Rahemahullah (May God Bless him) while referring to Abu Lulu, the assassin of Hazrat Omar.

These preposterous narratives are a disparagement and vilification not only of the Almighty and the sacred Prophet and his trusted Companion, Hazrat Huzaifh, but, also, of Imam Hasan Askari, and his father. Imam Ali Naqi. These venerable descendants of the holy Prophet were without doubt wholly free and removed from such filthiness and defilement.

The marriage of Umm-e-Kalsoom:

Of the numerous proofs, both logical and historical to refute and rebut the above as well as all the other similar reports and narrations aimed at slandering Hazrat Omar, the most striking and incontrovertible is the marriage of Umm-e-Kalsoom, the daughter of Hazrat Ali, with him. Even according to Shi’ite chroniclers she was the eldest daughter of Hazrat Fatima Zuhra from Hazrat Ali1. Hazrat Ali had married her away to Hazrat Omar during the latter’s Caliphate and she lived with him as his wife and also gave birth to a son from Hazrat Omar named Zaid.

Two things clearly emerge from this marriage:

(1) Hazrat Ali was wholly satisfied that Hazrat Omar was a truthful Believer and worthy of being the husband of his and Hazrat Fatima Zuhra’s daughter and the grand-daughter of the Prophet of Islam. It can never be imagined about Hazrat Ali that he would have married his daughter to a person whom he did not consider a faithful Believer and a sincere Companion and trusted friend of the Prophet and a chosen bondsman of the Lord, but a Hypocrite and an enemy of God and His Apostle.

(2) Hazrat Ali and Hazrat Omar had such cordial relations and affection between them that it led to this marriage.

The marriage, alone is enough to show that the hundreds of narrations in Shia books which describe Hazrat Omar as a Hypocrite and an enemy of the holy Prophet and his Ahl-e-Bait and tell of extreme hostility and enmity between Hazrat Ali Murtuza and Hazrat Omar or assert that Hazrat Saiyada Fatima Zuhra was seriously wronged and injured by Hazrat Omar are pure concoctions and inventions of the diseased and crooked imagination of those owing their origin to the campaign launched by Ibn-i-Saba he sole aim of which was to destroy the solidarity and strength of Islam by promoting strife and dissension in its ranks. It is a miracle of the supreme wisdom of God, the all-powerful and the All-knowing that, by arranging this marriage, He exposed the absurdity and falsehood of the stories and narrations which fill the Shi’ite theological books and constitute the base and foundation of the entire structure of the Shi’ite faith.

Shia Ulema and authors on the marriage of Umm-e-Kalsoom:

The present writer is aware of what the Shia Ulema Mujtahids and authors have said or written about this marriage and what fantastic theories and explanations they have advanced. One of them is that when Hazrat Omar bin Khattab had exercised extreme pressure on Hazrat Ali and threatened him in various ways for the hand of his daughter, had Hazrat Ali, by his miraculous powers, had changed a female jinn into the form and figure of his daughter, Umm-e-Kulsum and making out that she was Umm-e-Kulsum, married her away to Hazrat Omar. It was she and not Umm-e-Kulsum who had lived with Hazrat Omar as his wife1. On the other hand, some Shia writers totally deny the marriage and hold all the reports regarding it to be false anduntrustworthy.2

This marriage has, in fact, become a big source eof predicament and anxiety for the Shias. It, alone, is sufficient to knock the bottom out of the whole edifice built by them. But since such controversies are not included in our study we will not go into it. Readers who may be interested in knowing more about it are referred to the first volume of Nawab Mohsin-ul-Mulk’s Aayat-e-Baiyyanat in which about 40 pages have been devoted to it. The Nawab who was a Shia originally and belonged to a distinguished Shia family has done full justice to critical study and investigation in those pages and left nothing for the Shias to say.

We will be reproducing only one report from Kalimi’s Al-Jame-ul-Kafi (which is the most authentic book according to the Shias). In it, a narrative relating to Imam Jafar Sadiq about this marriage is cited which at least establishes that the marriage had really taken place between Umm-e-Kulsum (the daughter of Hazrat Ali and Saiyyaida Fatima Zuhra) and Hazrat Omar but the explanation or defence offered in that connection is extremely deplorable and does not spare even the personalities of Hazrat Ali and his sons Hazrat Imam Hasan and Hazrat Imam Husain, as the readers will see in the succeeding lines.

Abu Jafar Yaqub Kalini the greatest Shi’ite authority on the Traditions has devoted a full chapter in his acclaimed book. Foru’-e-Kafi, to this marriage. The first narration that Abu Zararah attributes to Imam Jafar Sadiq is so dirty and obscene and disgraceful even for Hazrat Ali and puts him in such a poor light that deceny demands that its translation should be avoided, and only the meaning explained.

What it signifies is that the marriage between Hazrat Omar and Ummi-i-Kulsum had not taken place, as the Islamic jurisprudence requires with the consent of her father and legal guardian. Hazrat Ali, and her own consent, but during his Caliphate. Hazrat Omar had forcibly taken her away from Hazrat Ali and kept her in his house illegally and the conjugal relations that obtained between them were purely illegitimate.

The baretruth is that since the marriage of Hazrat Omar with Ummi-i-Kulsum gives a lie to all that has been said about him in the Shi’ite narratives and traditions and shows beyond doubt that cordial and brotherly relations prevailed between Hazrat Omar and Hazrat Ali, and, also, that Hazrat Omar was truthful Beliver, and, thus, knocks the bottom out of the whole edifice built up by the Shias, Zararah, who is a chief architect of the Shi’ite faith, and also knew fully well that the marriage did take place and Ummi-i-Kulsum lived in the house of Hazrat Omar as his wife till his martyrdom and also, gave birth to a child from him, concocted this tradition from Imam Jafar Sadiq, in a desperate bid to save the entire structure of the Shi’ite creed from collapsing like a house of cards without caring how it would rebound on the character and personality of one of the greatest heroes of Islam, Hazrat Ali. Would it not show that a person who, according to Shias, was an apostate and an infidel snatched away his daughter who was also the maternal grand-daughter of the sacred Prophet and kept her illegally in his house as his wife, and he offered no resistance to it though he was a man of proverbial courage and chivalry and was known as Asadullah (the Lion of God), and possessed the Prophet’s sword, Zulfiqar, and the Rod of Moses which could turn into a python, and, also, had two young sons, Imam Hasan and Imam Husain, and the whole tribe of Bani Hashim who would have, naturally, supported him in such an eventuality.

All this proves beyond doubt that the filthy phrase we had abstained from including in the translation, i.e., while commenting on the marriage of Ummi-i-Kulsum, Imam Jafar Sadiq had remarked that "it was the first vagina belonging to us that was outraged," had not and could not have been spoken by Hazrat Imam Jafar Sadiq, and the fact of the matter is that Hazrat Ali had solemnly and legally given away her daughter, Umm-i-Kulsum, in marriage away his daughters to Hazrat Ali and Hazrat Usman holding them to be truthful Believers and worthy of being his sons-in-law.

Another glaring example of perversion and malevolence:

In Haqqul Yaqin, while dwelling upon the Shi’ite doctrine of Rajat,1 Allama Majlisi has quoted a long narration by a noted disciple of Imam Jafar Sadiq, Mofassal Ibn Omar, about the appearance of the twelfth Imam. The form of the tradition is such that Mofassal puts questions to Imam Jafar Sadiq and the Imam gives replies to them. It is, indeed, an ordeal to reproduce it here, and we are doing it as a painful duty in order to shed further light one the Shi’ite creed and mentality.

It is related that Imam Jafar Sadiq said that when the Absent Imam will re-appear, he will first go to Mecca where the will do a number of extra-ordinary things. Thereupon, Mofassal is reported to have asked Imam Jafar Sadiq, "O my master, where will Imam Mehdi go from Mecca?" Imam Jafar replied, "He will, then, go to Medina, the city of my maternal grand-father. There he will cause a strange thing to happen which will be a source of delight to the Shias and shame and disgrace to hypocrites and infidels". On being asked what would that thing be, Imam Jafar Sadiq explained, "When Imam Mehdi will reach the grave of my maternal grand-father – the Apostle of God - , he will ask people whether it was the grave of my maternal grand father, and the people will reply in the affirmative. The Imam will, again, ask who were the person buried near his maternal grandfather. People will say that those were the graves of his Companions, Abu Bakr and Omar. Imam Mehdi, in pursuance of a well thought-out plan (and in site of knowing everything), will ask the people who Abu Bakr was and who was Omar and for what reason were they buried by the grave of his maternal grand-father. People will reply that they were the Caliphs and successors of the Prophet and fathers of his wives (Ayesha and Hafsa respectively). Then, Imam Mehdi will enquire whether there was any doubt about the two being buried there. People will say that no one had any doubt concerning it, and everyone was convinced that they had been buried near the grave of the Prophet.

After three days Imam Mehdi will order that the wall be demolished and both of them should be taken out of their graves. They will, then, be taken out of their graves. The bodies of both of them will be fresh and covered with the shroud of soof in which had been buried. He will, there after, order that shrouds be removed and the (naked) bodies of both of them should be hanged from a completely dried up tree. At that time, a unique event will take place as a trial for the people i.e., to test their faith. The dried up tree from which the bodies will be hanging will, suddenly, become green and leaves will come out and branches will grow from it and extend upward. Those who believe in the two and bear love for them i.e., Ahle-Sunnat will say, "This is the proof, by God, of the greatness of the two and their acceptability with God and because of our love for them we will attain salvation." As the story of the dried up tree getting verdant again will circulate those who possess even a little love and respect for them will come to Medina from all directions to see it. Then, a herald will announce on behalf of Imam Mehdi that those who bear love and respect for the two groups – one bearing love to them and the other of those who curse them. Then, Imam Mehdi will address the lovers of the two (the Sunnis), and direct them to express their anger and animosity against them otherwise the wrath of the Lord would visit them. They will reply, "Even when we did not fully know of their acceptableness with God we did not adopt an attitude of indignation towards them. Now that we have seen how close to and favoured of God they are how can we show disgust and displeasure ? We are, now, angry with you and with all those who believe in you and have, on your direction defiled the graves of these venerable men and disgraced them". On hearing it, Imam Mehdi will command the Black Wind to blow and kill all of them. At the order of Imam Mehdi, the dead bodies of the two will be brought down from the tree, and, by the authority of God, he will make them alive again.

So far it was a free translation in order to make it easy to understand. Now, we shall abide literally by the text.

"And he (Imam Mehdi) will order all the creatures (of the world) to collect in one place. The sin of all the wickedness and tyranny perpetrated from the beginning of the world till the end, and all the infidelity committed will be place don the shoulders of those two and they will be held responsible for all of it, particularly for assaulting Salman Farsi, setting fire to the door of the house of Hazrat Ali, Fatima Zuhra and Imam Hasan and Imam Husain with the object of burning them alive, poisoning Imam Hasan and assassinating Imam Husain, his children, cousins and helpers at Karbala imprisoning the descendants of the Apostle of God, and shedding the blood of the children of Mohammad in every age, and intentional and unlawful killing of every person and whatever rape and adultery that was committed with any woman, and taking of usury and making of illegal gains, and of all tyranny and oppressions committed till the appearance of the Absent Imam in any part of the world will be counted out one by one before those two persons and they will be asked. "Has not all this been caused by you and because of you?" They will confess their guilt for if they had not jointly usurped the right of the rightful person (Ali) (on the death of the Prophet of God), none of the sins and crimes would have been committed any where in the world. Imam Mehdi will then, direct the men present to take their revenge and punish them. Then, Imam Mehdi will order their hanging by the tree and order Fire to come out of the bowled of earth to burn down the two along with the tree to ashes. He will, thereafter command the wind to scatter their ashes in the rivers.

"Mofassal, after it, enquire. ‘O my master, will this be their last punishment?’.

"Imam Jafar Sadiq replied. ‘By no means. By God, Saiyyid-i-Akbar Mohammad, the Apostle of God, Siddiq-i-Akbar Amir-ul-Mominin (Ali) and, Saiyyida Fatima Zuhra and Hasan Mutaba and Husain, the martyr of Karbala, and all the Innocent Imams will come back to life and all the true believers and all the true infidels will be raised from the dead and the two will be punished to account for all the Imams and the Shias so much so that in the day and night they will be killed and brought back to life a thousand times. Thereafter, God will take them where He will like and continue to punish them."1

Concerning the wives of the Holy Prophet:

In the preceding pages, we have mentioned the views and convictions of the Shias about the trusted Companions of the Prophet, and the illustrious Caliphs. They were the people who had responded wholeheartedly to the Call of the Prophet (peace be upon him) and borne all manner of persecution with him and scarified everything in the cause of Islam. Let us now see what their beliefs are in respect of the sacred wives of the Prophet.

The Quran says:

ARABIC TRANSLATE

The Prophet is nearer to the Believers than they are to their ownselves, and his wives are thus, their mothers. (XXXIII: 6).

It signifies that the believers should have the same regard and respect for the wives of the Prophet as for their own mothers and should show reverence to them. Owing to the bond of faith which is stronger than the bond of blood the wives of the Prophet (peace be upon him) are their sacred mothers.

But to Hazrat Ayesha daughter of Hazrat Abu Bakr Siddiq, and Hazrat Hafsa, daughter of Hazrat Omar Farooq, both of whom were the wives of the Prophet, the Shias bear the same enmity and malice as they bear against their fathers. In their narratives and traditions they freely use the words hypocrites and infidels for them and resort to such false accusations, slander and calumny which demonstrates beyond doubt that their narrators and inventors were not only devoid of faith but, also, of ordinary decency and intellect.

Mulla Baqar Majlisi, the author of Zadul Ma’ad an Haqqul Yaqin ahs yet another book to his credit called. Hayat-ul-Quhub and running into three volumes. In volume II of it, there is a chapter1 entitled, Description of the Baseness and Degradation of Ayesha and Hafsa’.

In this chapter, as also, in several others, Majlisi has repeatedly described those pious ladies as hypocrites, and even held them responsible for the death of the holy Prophet. Says he:

"And Ayasha has related from Imam Jafar Sadiq, on reliable authority, that Ayesha and Hafsa had killed the Prophet by poisoning.1"

In the same volume, Majlisi has related from his ancestors, Ali Ibn Ibrahim and Ayasha, that he Prophet (peace be upon him) had told Hafsa in confidence that God had informed him in a Revelation that Abu Bakr will take over the Caliphate after him unjustly, and, then, her own father, Omar will be the next Caliph. He had commanded Hafsa not to divulge the secret to anyone, but Hafsa told it to Ayesha who communicated it to her father, Abu Bakr, and the latter informed Omar that Hafsa had related such-and-such a thing to Ayesha. Omar, thereupon, enquired from his daughter, Hafsa. She hesitated in the beginning, but, then, confirmed that it had been told to her by the Prophet. Majlisi concludes that, ‘Thus, the two hypocrites (Abu Bakr and Omar) and the two female hypocrites (Ayesha and Hafsa) conspired to kill the Prophet by poisoning."2

All but three of the holy Companions had turned into Apostates:

Readers would have seen from the foregoing what prominent Shi’ite theological leaders, Mutahids and authors have written about the first three Caliphs and their trusted friends and eminent Companions as well as about the holy wives of the sacred Prophet, and what filthy and absurd sayings and statements they have attributed to their Imams in that connection.

We shall be concluding the present chapter with one more tradition which tells that on the death of the holy Apostle all the Companions except three had turned into apostates. It is related in Kitabur-Rauza that Imam Baqar (once) said:

"After the death of the Prophet (peace be upon him and his dependents) all the people became apostates except three". The narrator, thereupon, enquired who were those three. Imam Baqar relied. "Miqdad bin Aswad, and Abu Zarr Ghifari, and Salman Farsi." My God bestow His blessings upon them".