Fadak; the Property of Fatima Al-Zahra [As]
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Fadak; The property of Fatima al-Zahra [as] Work file: fadak_of_al_zahra.pdf Project: Answering-Ansar.org Articles Revisions: No. Date Author Description Review Info 2.0.0 01.12.2004 Answering-Ansar.org Many more sub chapters 2nd Edition. and scans included. 1.0.1 20.02.2004 Answering-Ansar.org Spelling mistake and other aesthetic fixes done. 1.0.0 01.02.2004 Answering-Ansar.org Created Copyright © 2002-2004 Answering-Ansar.org. • All Rights Reserved Page 2 of 237 Contents 1. FADAK; THE PROPERTY OF FATIMA AL-ZAHRA [AS] 15 1.1 PREFACE 15 1.2 SPECIAL APPEAL 16 2. GENERAL FACTS ON FADAK 17 2.1 WHAT IS FADAK? 17 2.2 OBJECTION RAISED BY SUNNI SCHOLORS 17 FADAK WAS ONLY A VILLAGE, IN WHICH THERE WERE SOME DATE TREES. HOW DID IT BECOME A CITY? 17 WHY WAS IT NAMED FADAK? 18 WHAT WAS THE VALUE OF PROPERTY OF FADAK? 18 THE INCOME FROM FADAK 18 THE LAND OF FADAK AND INCOME FROM ITS DATES 18 BLESSINGS THAT CAME FROM THE DATES OF FADAK 18 DID IMAM RIDHA (AS) EXAGGERATE OVER THE SIZE OF FADAK? 19 REPLY 19 THE INCOME OF FADAK WAS USED FOR MILITARY PURPOSES 19 2.3 THE STATUS OF FADAK UNDER THE SHARI'AH 20 2.4 WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN GHANIMAH AND FAY? 20 2.5 FADAK WAS THE FAY PROPERTY 20 2.6 COMMENTARIES OF THE QUR'AN CONFIRM THAT FADAK WAS FAY PROPERTY 20 COMMENT 21 2.7 HOW DID THE PROPHET ATTAIN FADAK? 21 COMMENT 21 2.8 THE PROPHET (S) OWNED ALL OF FADAK 22 COMMENT 22 2.9 UMAR ALSO DEEMED FADAK TO BE THE EXCLUSIVE PROPERTY OF RASULULLAH (S) 22 2.10 WAS ABU BAKR MERELY IMPLEMENTING THE WILL OF RASULULLAH (S) 23 REPLY 23 2.11 THE MEANS VIA WHICH SAYYIDA FATIMA (AS) ACQUIRED FADAK 23 NOTE: 24 2.12 COMMON OBJECTION RAISED BY ABU BAKR'S DEFENDERS 24 REPLY ONE 24 REPLY TWO - SOME VERSES WERE REVEALED IN MAKKA AS WELL AS IN MADINA 24 COMMENT 25 REPLY THREE - THE QUR'AN CONTAINS MADANI VERSES IN MAKKAN SURAH'S 25 REPLY FOUR - THE MERITS OF AYESHA 25 COMMENT 25 REPLY FIVE 26 2.13 THE PROPHET (S) ALSO GAVE FATIMA ZAHRA (AS) A WRITTEN INSTRUCTION ABOUT FADAK 26 2.14 THE CONTENTS OF THE WRITTEN PAPER 26 COMMENT 27 3. THE CLAIM OF SAYYIDA FATIMA (AS) 28 Copyright © 2002-2004 Answering-Ansar.org. • All Rights Reserved Page 3 of 237 3.1 ABU BAKR USURPED THE LAND OF FADAK AND FATIMA ZAHRA (AS) ASKED HIM FOR HER RIGHT 28 3.2 SAYYIDA FATIMA (AS) DEEMED FADAK TO HAVE BEEN GIFTED TO HER 29 REPLY 30 PROOF ONE 30 PROOF TWO - ABU BAKR ACCEPTED SAYYIDA FATIMA'S EXISTING POSSESSION OF FADAK 31 PROOF THREE - IF SAYYIDA FATIMA (AS) HAD NO CONTROL OF FADAK WHY DID ABU BAKR GIVE WRITTEN INSTRUCTION THAT IT BE RESTORED TO HER? 31 COMMENT 31 PROOF FOUR - MAULA 'ALI CONFIRMED THAT SAYYIDA FATIMA ALREADY HAD CONTROL OF FADAK 31 COMMENT 32 PROOF FIVE - RASULULLAH (S) GAVE FADAK TO SAYYIDA FATIMA (AS) DURING HIS LIFETIME 32 PROOF SIX - MAULA 'ALI (AS) TOLD ABU BAKR THAT THE PROPHET (S) HAD GIVEN FADAK TO HER DURING HER LIFETIME 32 COMMENT 32 PROOF SEVEN - IF SAYYIDA FATIMA (AS) HAD NO CONTROL OVER FADAK THEN UMAR IBN ABDUL AZIZ WOULD NOT HAVE RETURNED IT TO THE DESCENDANTS OF SAYYIDA FATIMA (AS) 33 COMMENT 33 PROOF EIGHT - IF SAYYIDA FATIMA (AS) HAD NO CONTROL OF FADAK THEN THE JUST KHALEEFA AND HAFIDH OF THE QUR'AN MAMUN WOULD NOT HAVE RESTORED THE LAND TO THE DESCENDANTS OF SAYYIDA FATIMA (AS) 33 COMMENT 34 PROOF NINE - THE VERSE 'DHUL QURBA' PROVES THAT FADAK HAD BEEN GIFTED TO SAYYIDA FATIMA (AS) 34 AN APPEAL TO JUSTICE 34 3.3 AL KHIDER'S ATTEMPTS TO USE LOGIC TO REFUTE THE CLAIM OF SAYYIDA FATIMA (AS) 35 REPLY ONE - THIS IS THE GREATEST PROOF THAT NO OTHER DAUGHTERS EXISTED 35 REPLY TWO - MAULA 'ALI (AS) WAS THE ONLY SON IN LAW OF THE PROPHET (S) 36 COMMENT 36 REPLY THREE - THE TITLE DHUL NURAYN [POSSESSOR OF TWO LIGHTS] CANNOT BE LOCATED IN THE AUTHENTIC SUNNI WORKS 36 REPLY FOUR - THE NASIBI DON'T EVEN BELIEVE THE PROPHET (S) WAS CREATED FROM NUR 36 REPLY FIVE - THE AHL'UL SUNNAH BELIEVE THAT THE PROPHET (S) WAS UNJUST! 37 COMMENT 37 3.4 ABU BAKR HAD NO RIGHT TO SEIZE LAND UNDER SAYYIDA FATIMA (AS)'S POSSESSION 38 4. ABU BAKR'S REJECTION OF WITNESSES' TESTIMONY 39 COMMENT 41 4.1 ABU BAKR'S DEMANDING WITNESSES IS PROOF THAT HE DID NOT DENY HER CONTROL OF THE LAND 41 4.2 HEIRS HAVE THE RIGHT TO DEMAND WITNESSES ON MATTERS OF INHERITANCE, NOT A JUDGE 41 4.3 AN EXECUTOR ADMINISTERING THE DECEASED'S ESTATE HAS THE RIGHT TO INITIATE INQUIRY NOT A JUDGE 42 COMMENT 42 4.4 ABU BAKR AS JUDGE HAD NO RIGHT TO DEMAND WITNESS CORROBORATION 43 4.5 THE ONUS WAS ON ABU BAKR TO PRODUCE WITNESSES NOT SAYYIDA FATIMA (AS) 45 Copyright © 2002-2004 Answering-Ansar.org. • All Rights Reserved Page 4 of 237 4.6 RATHER THAN DEMAND WITNESSES WHY DIDN'T ABU BAKR ALLOW THE MUSLIMS TO RULE ON THE MATTER? 46 4.7 SAYYIDA FATIMA WAS 'SIDDIQAH' HENCE IT WAS ABU BAKR'S DUTY TO ACCEPT HER CLAIM WITHOUT DEMANDING WITNESSES 47 COMMENT 48 4.8 SAYYIDA FATIMA (AS) IS THE EXAMPLE OF MARYAM (AS) 48 COMMENT 49 4.9 THE TRUTHFULNESS OF SAYYIDA FATIMA (AS) AND HADHRAT MARYAM (AS) IS PROVEN FROM THE QUR'AN 49 COMMENT 49 4.10 THE TESTIMONY OF HADHRAT AYESHA THAT SAYYIDA FATIMA (AS) WAS SIDDIQAH 49 COMMENT 49 4.11 SAYYIDA FATIMA SIDDIQAH (AS) IS MASUM (INFALLIBLE) 50 4.12 COMMENTARY OF THE WORDS "FATIMA IS A PART OF ME" 50 4.13 COMMENTARY OF THE WORDS "PART OF MY BODY" 51 4.14 THE HADEETH PROVES THE INFALLIBILITY OF SAYYIDA FATIMA AL SIDDIQAH 51 4.15 SAYYIDA FATIMA (AS)'S INFALLIBILITY IS PROVEN FROM THE VERSE OF PURITY 51 THE VERSE REFERS TO A 'SPECIFIC' HOUSEHOLD 52 ONLY FIVE PEOPLE WERE INCLUDED IN THE CLOAK 52 THE PROPHET(S) WOULD RECITE THIS VERSE OUTSIDE THE HOME OF SAYYIDA FATIMA (AS) FOR THE NEXT SIX - NINE MONTHS (FOLLOWING REVELATION) 53 4.16 THE WIVES OF THE PROPHET ARE NOT INCLUDED IN THE AHLULBAYT 54 POINTS TO CONSIDER 54 4.17 THE FINAL ATTEMPT OF THE AHL'UL SUNNAH TO COUNT WIVES AS AHL'UL BAYT (AS) 55 OBJECTION: 55 REPLY ONE: 55 REPLY TWO - THE WIFE OF NABI IBRAHEEM (AS) WAS INCLUDED DUE TO HER BLOOD LINEAGE WITH FUTURE PROPHETS 55 COMMENT 56 4.18 THE AHL'UL BAYT (AS) ARE EXEMPT FROM ALL FORMS OF RIJS 56 4.19 QUESTION - WAS A MASUM'S SOLE TESTIMONY ACCEPTABLE DURING THE LIFETIME OF RASULULLAH (S) 58 COMMENT 58 4.20 LOGICAL PROOF THAT AN INFALLIBLE TESTIMONY IS ACCEPTABLE WITHOUT THE NEED FOR WITNESSES 58 4.21 WHEN IT SUITED HIM ABU BAKR WOULD OPPOSE A QUR'ANIC VERSE 59 COMMENT 59 COMMENT 60 4.22 WHEN ABU BAKR FELT LIKE IT, HE WOULD ACCEPT A CLAIM WITHOUT THE NEED FOR WITNESSES 60 COMMENT 61 4.23 THE AHL'UL SUNNAH BELIEVE THAT THE TESTIMONY OF THE SAHABA WITHOUT WITNESSES IS ACCEPTABLE 61 COMMENT 61 COMMENT 62 4.24 RASULULLAH (S) DEEMED HIS AND 'ALI (AS)'S HAND TO BE EQUAL IN DISPENSING JUSTICE 62 COMMENT 62 4.25 AHL'UL SUNNAH BELIEVE THAT THE TESTIMONY OF A SINGLE PERSON PROVIDED HE IS JUST SHALL SUFFICE 63 COMMENT 63 COMMENT 63 Copyright © 2002-2004 Answering-Ansar.org. • All Rights Reserved Page 5 of 237 4.26 THE TESTIMONY OF ANY JUST PERSON IS ACCEPTABLE 64 4.27 ABU BAKR, UMAR AND UTHMAN WOULD ISSUE RULINGS BASED ON THE TESTIMONY OF ONE PERSON SWEARING ON OATH 64 4.28 THE PILLAR OF THE SHARI'AH RASULULLAH (S) ALSO RULED ON THE TESTIMONY AND OATH OF ONE PERSON 64 COMMENT 65 4.29 THE SUNNI ULEMA HAVE GRADED THE TESTIMONY OF THE KILLERS OF HUSAYN (AS) TO BE SUPERIOR TO SAYYIDA FATIMA (AS) 66 4.30 BY REJECTING THE TESTIMONY OF IMAM 'ALI (AS), ABU BAKR OPPOSED THE QUR'AN BY FAILING TO SIDE WITH THE TRUTHFUL 67 COMMENT 67 4.31 BY REJECTING THE TESTIMONY OF IMAM 'ALI (AS), ABU BAKR ABANDONED 'THE ROPE OF ALLAH' 68 COMMENT 68 4.32 BY REJECTING THE TESTIMONY OF IMAM 'ALI (AS), ABU BAKR OPPOSED THE 'PEOPLE WHO KNOW' 68 COMMENT 69 4.33 BY REJECTING THE TESTIMONY OF IMAM 'ALI (AS), ABU BAKR REJECTED ONE WHO TESTIFIED TO THE PROPHETHOOD 69 COMMENT 69 4.34 BY REJECTING THE TESTIMONY OF IMAM 'ALI (AS), ABU BAKR REJECTED ONE WHO POSSESSED KNOWLEDGE OF THE BOOK 70 COMMENT 70 4.35 BY REJECTING THE TESTIMONY OF IMAM 'ALI (AS), ABU BAKR REJECTED ONE WHO WAS 'SUFFICIENT FOR ALLAH' 71 COMMENT 71 4.36 BY REJECTING THE TESTIMONY OF IMAM 'ALI (AS), ABU BAKR REJECTED THE 'ONE WITH THE TRUTHFUL TONGUE' 71 COMMENT 71 4.37 BY REJECTING THE TESTIMONY OF IMAM 'ALI (AS), ABU BAKR REJECTED THE VERSE OF PURIFITY 72 COMMENT 72 4.38 BY REJECTING THE TESTIMONY OF IMAM 'ALI (AS), ABU BAKR REJECTED THE HADEETH OF THE 'TWO WEIGHTY THINGS' 72 4.39 ONE WHO OPPOSES AHL'UL BAYT (AS) IS FROM THE PARTY OF SHAYTAN AND HENCE OUTSIDE THE DEEN 74 COMMENT 74 4.40 BY REJECTING THE TESTIMONY OF IMAM 'ALI (AS), ABU BAKR REJECTED HADEETH-SAFINA 74 COMMENT 76 4.41 BY REJECTING THE TESTIMONY OF IMAM 'ALI (AS), ABU BAKR REJECTED THE HADEETH 'ALI IS WITH THE TRUTH AND THE TRUTH IS WITH ALI' 76 COMMENT 76 4.42 BY REJECTING THE TESTIMONY OF IMAM 'ALI (AS), ABU BAKR REJECTED THE HADEETH 'ALI IS WITH THE QUR'AN AND THE QUR'AN IS WITH 'ALI' 77 COMMENT 77 COMMENT 78 4.43 BY REJECTING THE TESTIMONY OF IMAM 'ALI (AS), ABU BAKR REJECTED THE CLAIM OF HADHRAT 'ALI (AS) 'I AM THE GREAT TRUTHFUL ONE' 78 COMMENT 79 4.44 BY REJECTING THE TESTIMONY OF IMAM 'ALI (AS), ABU BAKR REJECTED THE HADEETH 'I AM THE CITY OF KNOWLEDGE AND 'ALI IS ITS GATE' 79 COMMENT 81 COMMENT 81 Copyright © 2002-2004 Answering-Ansar.org.