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Shiavault - a Vault of Shia Islamic Books Completion of Argument Mus’haf of Fatima Mus’haf of Fatima [^1] The famous religious book of Shias, Usul al-Kafi has the following tradition on page 146: Imam (as) said, “We have Mus’haf-e-Fatima. And do you know what Mus’haf-e-Fatima is?” He said, “It is a Quran, and By Allah! It does not have even a single letter in common with your Quran.” Now, this is a third Quran.

First a forged one, then a real one, which is with the Hidden Imam and a Mus’haf-e-Fatima also. But we don’t know in which cave it is and who is hiding with Mus’haf-e-Fatima. The greatest calamity for a man is to be involved with a fool. In all of the above statements the ignorance of Rizwan about Arabic grammar has become clear. Hence it is necessary to explain some points here. The Rizwan editor has translated the unit of measurement of the length of Quran as ‘yard’. O respected scholar!

My sincere advice to you is to get your translations checked by an elementary student of Arabic Grammar before publishing them. The Arabic word ‘Dharaa-a’ does not imply ‘yard’ but it means ‘a hand-span’. You have messed the translation of what should be: ‘Mus’haf-e-Fatima is three times your Quran and by Allah, it does not have a single letter of your Quran.’ While you simply state: ‘It is a Quran, and by Allah!

It does not have even a single letter in common with your Quran.’ Also Rizwan says: ‘and do YOU know what is Mus’haf-e-Fatima?’ While pronoun is ‘they’ and the translation should be: ‘and do THEY know what is Mus’haf-e-Fatima?’ That is the Imam (as) wanted to say: ‘What could the people who have left Ahlul Bayt (as) out of the love of others know what Mus’haf-e-Fatima is!’ Thus Ahlul Sunnat scholars like the Rizwan editor are also unaware of it.

At first, I was surprised how the Rizwan editor, Maulana Syed Mahmud Ahmad Rizvi could make such silly mistakes. But after a thorough study of Rizwan I surmise that the writer is perhaps a follower of Abu Hanifah. My surprise disappeared after this guess because the Imam of the Rizwan editor was also unaware of the rules of Arabic language and science of traditions. Imam Ghazzali writes in Mankhool: “As for Abu Hanifah, he was not even a jurist because he was ignorant of language (i.e. Arabic).

It was due to this ignorance that he said, “Lau ramaahu bi Abu Qubais” (while even a student will say, “Bi Abil Qubais”). Also, he had no knowledge about the recognition of traditions.