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The History of the Battle of Jamal (the Camel) (2) - Al-Shia The Scientific and Cultural Website of Shia belief The History of the Battle of Jamal (the Camel) (2) 2024-11-09 1788 Views Imam Ali , Battle of Jamal In continuation of the discussion on the topic titled “The History of the Battle of Jamal (the Camel)”, we shall focus on other relevant points on the topic here.

Contents The behaviour of Imam Ali during the Battle Regret of Aisha, after the battle Disobedience of the Caliph The behaviour of Imam Ali during the Battle During the battle, Imam (PBUH) was behaving with his enemies graciously and magnanimously, to the extent that it would make the most tenacious enemies, admire him.

After the war, a group of enemies, among which was Marwān ibn Ḥakam, told each other: “we have oppressed Ali and broke our allegiance toward him for nothing; but when he won the battle, he behaved us in a way that we had not seen from anybody before, except the Prophet. Let’s go to him and apologize.” After the battle, Imam Ali ordered Muhammad ibn Abu Bakr to take her sister, Aisha, to the house of Bani-Khalaf, until they make a decision about her.

Muhammad ibn Abu Bakr said: “I took her, while she was swearing and cursing me and Ali and invoking God’s blessing on the Nakesin.” When Ali decided to move toward Kufa (the Center of the caliphate) after the battle, he ordered 40 women to wear men’s clothes and get armed and take Aisha to Medina. En route, she was swearing Ali continuously that Ali has not respected the Prophet and his wife and is sending her to Medina along with men.

When they reached Medina, one of the women, who could not keep patience, came close and told her: “Alas for you, Aisha! What you did was not enough. Now you are talking about Ali (PBUH) like this? Then other women came close and uncovered their faces.

Aisha was ashamed when realized the truth and whispered ‘Inna Lillahi wa Inna ilayhi raji’un (We indeed belong to Allah, and we indeed toward Him are returning)’ and asked God’s forgiveness for what she had done and said: ‘God grant him a good reward, for he kept the respect of the Prophet”. Imam Ali said about her: “Her thoughts and complexities toward me, made her do all this and annoy me in a way that she would not oppress anybody else. However, she will have her past respect in the future.