A Reply of Fatemah (s.a.) upon the Enquiry of Umm Salma (a.s.)

 
It is related in Biharul Anwar from Tafseer of Ayyashi, that Umm Salma (a.s.) came to visit Sayyedah Zahra (s.a.) and said, "O daughter of the Prophet of Allah ! How did you dawn with this illness of yours"? Fatemah (s.a.) replied, "I have dawned beholding myself in between two sorrows, my heart has turned into a cloth of blood due to the sorrow of separation of my father (s.a.w.s.). And my heart is ablazed after witnessing the oppression meted out to the Vicegerent of the Prophet of Allah (s.a.w.s.). By Allah ! They disrespected the holy presence of Amirul Mo’meneen Ali (a.s.), and he dawned in a manner that the position of Caliphate and Imamat was snatched away from him. They opposed the book of Allah (s.w.t.) and the traditions of the Prophet (s.a.w.s.). The motive of their deviation is that their hearts were full of envy and enmity towards Ali (a.s.), for he had killed their men in the battles of Badr and Uhud. Thus they quelled the flames of rancour and envy by taking revenge from Ali (a.s.) by usurping his rights. After the passing away of the Prophet (s.a.w.s.), the arrows hit the target. The hidden and suppressed rancour came to light and they arose to oppose us by aiding the seditious and slanderers. They made us the target of their revenge and at once they cut the rope of faith, and they severed the bow of faith with the arrow offaith. They stumbled over the Prophethood of the Master of theMessengers (s.a.w.s.) and the Guardianship of Amirul Mo’meneen (a.s.). After they had secured the interests of the charms of their worlds for themselves, they did not pay attention to the call for help of Ali (a.s.), for he had killed their fathers in the battlefields".