Does commenting on such false information contradict the...
Does commenting on such false
information contradict the so-called rules of translating? Among the fables mentioned in this book are:
"Fatima was gloomy, Ruqayya was prettier than her, and Zainab was
wittier. She (Fatima) did not even consider her Father's feelings when
he informed her, from behind the curtain, that ‘Ali Ibn Abu Talib had
mentioned her name. Fatima considered ‘Ali to be homely, despite his
great courage, so his desire to marry her was more than her wish to do
‘Ali's' face was not handsome, for he had two slack eyes, and a low
point of nose; in addition he had a large belly and baldhead. But with
all of this, ‘Ali was courageous, pious, honest, faithful, devout and
virtuous together with limpness and irresolution!! ‘Ali used to irrigate palm trees which belonged to a Jew, in return for
a handful of dates; when he returned home he would give them to his wife
and gloomily say: "eat and feed your children!"
He would become so furious after every argument that he would leave the
house to sleep in the mosque, where his father-in-law followed him, and
patting his shoulder advised him to temporarily reconcile with Fatima!! It even happened that once the Prophet saw Fatima crying with traces of
‘Ali's physical abuse on her face?!! Despite Muhammad's praise of ‘Ali for his early conversion to Islam, to
satisfy his daughter, the Prophet did not give much attention to him;
contrary to this, the two Umayyad sons-in-law of the Prophet, the
Generous Uthman and Abu Al-Asi, were more considerate of the Prophet
than ‘Ali, used to complain about the Prophet's carelessness to bring
happiness to his daughter's life and about the Prophet's reckoning ‘Ali
an executer of non-honorable jobs. Although he authorized him to cut off
necks, he avoided entrusting leadership positions to him ...Yet, worse
than this was when a quarrel occurred between ‘Ali and Fatima regarding
their enmity to the Prophet's wives, Fatima would sorrowfully blame her
Father for not siding with his daughters..."
The writer of the above mentioned book added many other such fables
which are nothing but crimes against history which, the writer marred
Sheikh Amini (may Allah be pleased with him) wrote in answer to this
"I do not blame the author (may Allah amputate his ears) despite the
fact that he fabricated many false stories; because he is from a people
who resent Islam, and good deeds are not expected from him; for both his
obvious and hidden shortcomings are revealed in his book.
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