therefore...
therefore, the Holy
Prophet (S) did not segregate them from Muslims in any matter and never
acted as if they were hypocrites. Thus it is narrated by Shia as well
Sunni scholars that in order to make them inclined to Islam, the Holy
Prophet (S) had prayed the funeral prayer of Abdullah bin Ubayy who was
a well known hypocrite. Thus if he gave a daughter to Uthman because he
was apparently a Muslim, it does not prove that he was not a disbeliever
from inside. And in his inclination and taking their daughter in
marriage and giving ones daughter in marriage to them, the custom of
Islam and exalting the word of truth had a great share. And there were
many exigencies in it which are not concealed from any intelligent
person who considers this matter. If the Messenger of Allah (S) had
behaved with them according to their hypocrisy and did not accept their
apparent Islam, except for a few weak persons no would have remained
with the Prophet, as only four persons remained with Amirul Momineen
(a.s.) after the passing away of the Holy Prophet (S). Its detail will
come in the following pages. Fatima was his fourth daughter, whose
details will be mentioned after this in the next volume. (The Urdu
translator says: If discounting the traditional report you think upon
this matter, logically, it is not likely that the Holy Prophet (S) had
any daughter other than Lady Fatima Zahra (s.a.) because he has not
mentioned any excellence of any of his daughters. If he had some other
biological daughter, she would also have had a status equal to Fatima,
because the education and training of the Prophet should have had equal
effect on all his children. As many achievements of Lady Fatima, like
her worship, charity and sacrifice etc. are found in books of
traditions, not even one percent is mentioned about any other daughter. And as many incidents illustrating the love of the Holy Prophet (S) for
Fatima, are not found with regard to any other daughter. There is not
even a single incident like it, which shows that except for Fatima he
had no other daughter, otherwise being the chief of the prophets it is
against his equality of kindness and affection etc. as he used to teach
these things to other people. Of the four daughters, how he could
express, love for others. Would it not have saddened the other
daughters? Such a course is very unlikely from the beloved of Allah.
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