Narrators of traditions used to put questions about...

Narrators of traditions used to put questions about traditions and scholars would place their problems before him and seek solutions. It was evident that it was surely the successor of Imam Jafar Sadiq (AS) who, occupying the same seat of learning was providing guidance to the people. With regard to household affairs and matters relating to conjugal life, he kept Ummul Fazl confined within the bound within which his ancestors used to keep their wives.

He did not at all care for the fact that his wife was the daughter of the emperor of his time. Therefore, in the presence of Ummul Fazl he married an esteemed woman from amongst the progeny of Hazrat Ammar Yasir. The chain of Imamate should continue the divine will through this woman who became the mother of Imam Ali Naqi (AS). Ummul Fazl dispatched a written complaint to her father in his regard. For Mamun also this event must not have been any less painful.

However, he had now no option but to bear with what he had himself done. He wrote to Ummul Fazl in reply that his objective in marrying her with Abu Jafar (AS) was not to make unlawful for him that God has made lawful. He forbade her writing such letters to him in future. By writing this reply, he had only tried to wipe off his own humiliation.

There are instances before us where in the presence of a venerable lady, from religious point of view, the husband did not take a second wife during her lifetime. Hazrat Ali (AS) and Hazrat Fatima Zahra (AS) are examples in this respect. In their lifetime, neither the esteemed Prophet (SAW) nor Hazrat Ali Murtaza (AS) even thought of having a second wife.

However, to confer this distinction on the daughter of an emperor simply because she was the daughter of such a person, violated the Islamic spirit of which the progeny of Muhammad (SAW) was guardian. Therefore, Imam Muhammad Taqi (AS) considered it his duty to follow a path different from theirs (that is, having a second wife in the lifetime of the first one). To be continued! Leave a Comment Leave a Comment Leave a Reply Cancel reply Your email address will not be published.

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