The narrator asked...

The narrator asked: “When he killed the Prophet’s daughter,

he gave the hand of his second daughter also?” “Yes,” replied Imam

(a.s.), “and the Almighty Allah has revealed the following verse in

“And let not those who disbelieve think that Our granting them

respite is better for their souls; We grant them respite only that they

may add to their sins; and they shall have a disgraceful

There is agreement between Shia and Sunni scholars that Mariya, the Copt

was the mother of Ibrahim. And it is famous that Ibrahim was born in 8

A.H. in Medina. And when he died he was one year, two months and eight

days old. According to another report, he was one year, six months and

some days. It is more famous that Mariya was sent by Maquqas, King of

Alexandria, as a gift for the Holy Prophet (S) and some that she was

Ibn Babawayh has narrated through authentic chains of narrators that

people asked Imam Ja’far Sadiq (a.s.) why any male issue of the Prophet

did not survive? The Imam said: “Since the Almighty Allah had made him

as a prophet and created Imam Ali (a.s.) for his successorship, if any

male issue of the Prophet had survived, in the view of the people he

would have been more deserving than Ali (a.s.) to be the successor of

the Prophet. Therefore the successorship of Amirul Momineen (a.s.) would

Ibn Shahr Ashob has narrated from Ibn Abbas that one day the Messenger

of Allah (S) had placed his son, Ibrahim on his left knee and Imam

Husain (a.s.) on his right. He kissed each of them in turn. In the

meantime, revelation descended upon him. When the condition returned to

normal, he said: “Jibraeel had just came from the Almighty Allah and

brought the message and said: “The Almighty Allah sends His greetings

and says that He will not allow you to keep both of them with you and

you must sacrifice one of them on the other.”

Then the Holy Prophet (S) looked at Ibrahim and then at Imam Husain

(a.s.) and then he wept and said: “Ibrahim is my son, if he dies, no

will be aggrieved except me. But Fatima and Ali are the parents of

Husain, who is my beloved daughter and my cousin respectively. If Husain

passes away, my daughter Fatima and my cousin Ali, both will be