She said: her husband, ever since I met him he has been fasting and praying.

She said: her husband, ever since I

met him he has been fasting and praying." [^36]

Furthermore, how could it be true that Allah's Messenger preferred

others over ‘Ali, and paid more attention to them, while ‘Ali was the

first man chosen by Allah to follow his Messenger from among the

dwellers of Earth, as the Last Prophet (S) told Fatima in the following

"Surely Allah has examined the dwellers of Earth, and has chosen your

Father to be a prophet, He then examined (them), and chose your husband,

then He revealed to me that I give (you to him in) marriage, and

appointed him as my successor." [^37]

The Last Prophet (S) also said to Fatima:

"Surely Allah chose two men from the dwellers of Earth, one being your

Father and the other your husband." [^38]

There are many other authentic traditions that Sheikh Amini (may Allah

bless him) mentioned, refuting the false claims made by the misguided

writer. Nevertheless, the harsh assaults against the family of Allah's

Messenger are endless; as the situation requires, we will mention more

of these narrations, if Allah wills. It is worthy to make a brief

introduction before we embark on the core of the subject. Because this

book tackles the life story of a person higher than that which mankind

is accustomed to, it is incumbent upon us to speak of matters, which can

be considered "transcendental", for the character discussed here is an

excellent genius, and the truth of this will become clear to you as you

Maqtal al-Khawarazmi: v.1, p.54., Kefayat At-Talib: p.219., Kanz

[^16]: Sahih al-Bukhari, Muslim, Tirmadhi, Musnad Ahmad: v.4, p. 328.,