"And now you presume that we do not have any inheritance from the Prophet (s.a.w.s.) and do you follow the customs of the (age of) ignorance ? Is it (then that) the Judgement of (the times of pagan) ignorance they desire ? And who (else) can be better than Allah to judge for a people of assured faith.[201] And it is as bright as a sun that I am the daughter of the Prophet of Allah (s.a.w.s.). O Muslims ! Is it befitting that I am deprived of my inheritance ? O son of Abu Quhafah ! Is it contained in the Glorious Qur'an that you should inherit from your father while according to your opinion I should not inherit from my father ? Indeed you have come with an unsual thing[202] upon Allah (s.w.t.) and His Prophet (s.a.w.s.). Did you then intentionally forsake the Book of Allah (s.w.t.) and leave it behind your backs ? Allah (s.w.t.) says, And Sulayman inherited Dawood,[203] and in the episode of Zakariyyah (a.s.), He (s.w.t.) says, So grant me from Yourself an heir who shall inherit from me and inherit from the family of Ya'qoob,[204] and Allah (s.w.t.) also says, And the blood relations are nearer to each other in the Book of Allah.[205] And Allah (s.w.t.) says, Allah
[201]Holy Qur'an, Surah al Maedah : 50
[202] Holy Qur'an, Surah al Maryam : 27
[203]Holy Qur'an, Surah al Naml : 16
[204]Holy Qur'an, Surah al Maryam : 5-6
[205] Holy Qur'an, Surah al Anfal : 75
enjoins you about your issues, the male shall have the equal of the shares of two females,[206] and also says, If he leaves behind any goods that he makes a bequest for parents and (the nearest) kinsmen in goodness (this is) a duty upon the pious ones. [207] You presume that I do not have a share and allowance (in the inheritance) and that I should not inherit from my father and there is no relation between us ? Has Allah (s.w.t.) in His verses (of the Qur'an) not taken into consideration you all in general and are not all classes of men included in these verses ? And is my father discharged from the generality of this verse ? Or you say that two people of the same community do not inherit from one another ? Is not my father and myself a part and parcel of one community ? Then are you more cognizant of understanding the general and particular verses of the Qur'an than my father (s.a.w.s.) and my cousin (Imam Ali) ? Then take thou it (Fadak) until we meet you on the day of judgement, then Allah (s.w.t.) is the Best Judge, and Muhammad (s.a.w.s.) shall be the claimant on that day, and our destined time of meeting will be the Qiyamah. And on that promised day, the fallacious ones shall be ungulfed in deep loss and their regret (on that day) shall be of no use to them. For every prophesy is (prefixed) time, [208]
[206] Holy Qur'an, Surah al Nisa : 11
[207]Holy
Qur'an, Surah al Baqarah : 180
[208]Holy Qur'an, Surah al An’am : 67
Soon shall ye know who it is on whom decends a torment which will disgrace him, and on whom falls a lasting torment”. [209]
[209]Holy Qur'an, Surah al Hood : 39