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Shiavault - a Vault of Shia Islamic Books Al-Muraja'at Letter 78 More Reasons for Preferring Umm Salamah's Hadith Safar 22, 1330 Not only did Lady Umm Salamah believe wholeheartedly in the great Book of Allah, which distinguishes between right and wrong and enjoins repentance to Allah Almighty, as the Holy Qur'an testifies,[^1] she is not rebuked in the Qur'an for insubordination to the Prophet nor because of her supporting the enemies of his wasi,[^2] nor did Allah, Gabriel, the true believers, and the angels, all side by His Prophet against her, nor did Allah threaten to divorce her and compensate His Prophet with a better wife than her,[^3] nor did He bring the example of the wives of Nuhh and Lut as being in her own category,[^4] nor did she try to instigate the Prophet to make unlawful unto himself that which Allah has made lawful unto him,[^5] nor did the Prophet (pbuh) preach once and point to her residence saying: "Right there is the dissension, disunity, and discord...; from there will the devil's horn come out,"[^6] nor did her manners permit her to stretch her legs before the Prophet while performing the rite of prayers, thus showing disrespect to him and to the rite of prayers, without removing them from the place of his prostration till he beckoned her to do so, then when he beckoned her, she lifted her leg till he stood up, then she put it down again...![^7] This is how she was.

As if she did not scandalize and arouse people against ‘Uthman, calling him "Na’thal," saying, verbatim, "Uqtulu Na’thal faqad kafar! " ("Kill Na’thal, for he has turned kafir [disbeliever]."[^8] As if she did not go out of her house, after having been commanded by Allah Almighty to settle therein,[^9] ride her camel ‘Askar and lead an army,[^10] descending a hill or ascending a mountain.

Yet she did not yield to advice but insisted on leading the army which she had raised to fight the Imam.[^11] Her statement that the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) died on her chest, therefore, is as good as her statement claiming that the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) saw a few Sudanese men playing at their mosque with their shields and spears, and he supposedly asked her if she liked to have a look at them, to which invitation she responded in the affirmative.

‘Ayesha goes on to say: "He let me stand behind him, my cheek on his, and said: ‘O Sons of Arfada, keep on!'" supposedly encouraging them to play so that the lady mighty be entertained, till he asked her if she saw enough.