`Abdullah ibn `Awn says that whatever claims anyone made, `Ali (a.

`Abdullah ibn `Awn says that whatever claims anyone made, `Ali (a.s) settled them This attitude of Amir al-Mu’minin (a.s) should have been a lesson for the persons who did not value the claim of the Prophet’s daughter and made the excuse that the requirements of the witness were not completely complied with.

They should have also thought that when the legacy of the Prophet (a.s) was the property of the State then, logically, the liabilities of the Prophet (a.s) too should have been the responsibility of the State as well. But they kept their silence on this matter! It does not stand to reason that the fixed assets of a person are attached by the Sate and the debts incurred by him, also in the discharge of his duty to the State, were left for others to discharge!

One has to recognize that one who took the responsibility of discharging the debts was the Prophet’s Deputy after him and the usurpation of the Prophet’s was not a legitimate act! Previous…