Chapter 6 The state of affairs in Saqifah after the death of Prophet Muhammad (s.a.w.s.)

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Shaikh Toosi in Talkhees al Shafee, Allamah Tabarsi in Al Ehtijaj, and Ibn Abil Hadeed in Sharh Nahjul Balaghah relate regarding the
 
Fatemah (s.a.)". But the Prophet (s.a.w.s.) turned his face away from him too. (Muhibuddin Tabari, “Riyazun Nazarah”; Imam Nisai, “Al Khasais”; Muttaqi al Hindi, “Kanzal Ummal”). The strangest case was the proposal of Abdul Rahman bin Awf. He came to the Prophet (s.a.w.s.) saying, "If you give Fatemah (s.a.) to me in marriage, I will make her a dower of one hundred Camels with loads of precious material from Eygpt alongwith ten thousand dinars". Hearing this the Prophet (s.a.w.s.) was enraged and threw a handful of gravel at him saying, "You thought I was a servant of wealth that you express pride in it"? (Sibt Ibn Jazwi, “Tazkiratul Khawas al Ummah”) Such a person is considered one of the “Asharah Mubasharah” (one of the ten men promised Paradise by the Prophet) by the Ahlus Sunnah ! The Prophet (s.a.w.s.) truly said, "If Ali was nor born, Fatemah had none of her set (to marry with)". (Al Manawi, “Kunuzul Haqaeq”).
 
events of Saqifah from the book Al Saqifah of Ahmad bin Abdul Aziz Jawhari,[87] the summary of which is as follows :

 

 
[87] He is
Abu Bakr Ahmad bin Abdul Aziz al Jawhari, one of the eminent scholars of the Ahlus Sunnah who authored the book "Saqifah wal Fadak". 

House of Sorrows Translation of Baytul Ahzan