Amirul Momineen (a.

Amirul

Momineen (a.s.) took up the sword and said: “May my parents be

sacrificed on you, O Allah’s Messenger, you are sending me on an errand;

shall I perform it immediately like a heated rod enters the camel fur or

I shall think on this for sometime so that the facts are known to me?”

The Holy Prophet (S) said: “Think upon it and don’t make haste in this

matter.” Amirul Momineen (a.s.) set out in Jarih’s direction. It is

mentioned in one report that Jarih was in an orchard. Amirul Momineen

(a.s.) knocked at the door. Jarih came to open the door but he saw from

the orchard. Jarih fled from there and Ali followed in pursuit. When he

saw that Ali was going to catch him, he climbed a date tree; but when

Imam Ali (a.s.) reached there, Jarih fell down from the tree in fear and

his genitals were exposed. Ali’s glance automatically fell there and he

saw that he was neither a male nor a female. According to another

tree. When Ali (a.s.) reached the tree, he said: “Come down, Jarih.”

Jarih said: “O Ali, fear God and don’t be suspicious about my fidelity,

because I am castrated.” Then he exposed himself and Ali (a.s.) saw that

he was in fact as he claimed. So Ali (a.s.) brought him to the Prophet

into their houses is castrated. And since Copts do not like non-Copts,

Mariya’s father sent me as her servant to remain with her as a

companion.” The Holy Prophet (S) said: “I thank the God, Who keeps away

all evils from us and Who exposes the lies of the liars.” At that

juncture, the following verse was revealed:

يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا إِنْ جَاءَكُمْ فَاسِقٌ بِنَبَإٍ

“O you who believe! if an evil-doer comes to you with a report, look

carefully into it, lest you harm a people in ignorance, then be sorry

Thus the Almighty Allah revealed the verses of Qazaf which Ahle Sunnat

say were revealed in praise of Ayesha. They were in fact revealed about