A Precise Question

10:31 - 2016/03/10

 
Then Jahiz continues saying, that how can one say that Abu Bakr hurt Fatemah (s.a.) when even though Fatemah (s.a.) dealt with him hot-temperedly and spoke to him roughly, he replied to her with extreme politeness. For example when Fatemah (s.a.) told him that, "By Allah ! I shall imprecate upon you", Abu Bakr replied, "By Allah ! I shall pray for your well-being". Fatemah (s.a.) said, "By Allah ! I shall not speak with you from now on", and he replied, "By Allah ! I shall never be away from you". In this way Abu Bakr forebore patiently the rudeness of Fatemah (s.a.) in the court of Caliphate in front of the Quraish, while the awe and pomp of the Caliphate did not deter him from gentleness. The status of Caliphate is dependant upon glory and awe and it is likely that it is incumbent upon the Caliph to safeguard the great status of Caliphate from the decisiveness of limits  and prevent (anyone) from crossing these limits. But Abu Bakr did not even consider these limits so as not to hurt Fatemah (s.a.) but spoke to her with extreme politeness to safeguard her status andrespect. When he said to Fatemah (s.a.), "No one is dearer to me than you in the case of want and free of want. Then what should I do when I have heard from the Prophet (s.a.w.s.) that we the group of Prophets do not leave anything as inheritance, whatever we leave behind is charity".

House of Sorrows Translation of Baytul Ahzan