On the fourth time the Holy Prophet (S) said...
On
the fourth time the Holy Prophet (S) said: “That person should go away
or I will announce his and his father’s name and expose him among the
Uthman was afraid that the Holy Prophet (S) would expose his hypocrisy
and infidelity. So taking the support of a slave he caught his belly and
said to the Prophet: “O Prophet, please excuse me, as I am having a ache
in my belly. Please allow me to go home.” He said this in order to make
sure that he is not exposed. After that he went away. And Lady Fatima
Zahra (s.a.) and believer ladies recited the funeral prayer of the
oppressed and martyred daughter of the Prophet and returned. Ruqaiyyah is saved from the squeeze of the grave
Kulaini has through trustworthy chains of narrators, reported that a
person asked the Imam if it is possible for anyone to escape the squeeze
of the grave? Imam (a.s.) replied: “When Uthman martyred Ruqaiyyah and
she was buried, the Holy Prophet (S) stood by her grave and raised his
head to the sky and tears were falling from his eyes. Then he said to the people: “I remembered the atrocities that she had to
suffer, so I stood in the court of the Almighty in order to supplicate
that she be saved from the squeeze of the grave. Then the Messenger of
Allah (S) prayed: “O Allah, keep Ruqaiyyah safe from the squeeze of the
grave for my sake.” And the Almighty Allah forgave her for the sake of
Through reliable chains of narrators, it is narrated from the same Imam
that when Ruqaiyyah, the daughter of the Prophet passed away, the
Messenger of Allah (S) addressed her: “Join the righteous one of our
deceased. Uthman bin Mazun and his companions and Lady Fatima (s.a.) was
sitting besides the grave and tears were flowing from her eye and the
Messenger of Allah (S) was wiping the tears of his daughter and standing
on the side of the grave, he was praying. Then he said: “I knew her
weakness, so I prayed to the Almighty Allah to save her from the squeeze
Ibn Idris has narrated through correct chains of narrators from Imam
Muhammad Baqir (a.s.) that the Messenger of Allah (S) gave the hands of
his daughters to two hypocrites: one was Abul Aas bin Rabi and the other
was Uthman. But the Prophet did not mention their names due to
Ayyashi has narrated that people asked Imam Ja’far Sadiq (a.s.) if the
Prophet had given the hand of his daughter to Uthman. “Yes,” replied the
Imam (a.s.).
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