Men are traced to their fathers...

Men are traced to their fathers; Fatima was not but a vessel and her

father, the Prophet your maternal grandfather!"

The Imam (A) replied: "Had the Prophet been brought back to life and

asked you for your daughter's hand in marriage, would you fulfill his

The Imam then said: "But he would not ask to marry my daughter, nor

could I give her to him in marriage."

The Imam said: "For he has begotten me and has not begotten you. "

Rashid then said: "You are right, Musa;" and added: "but why do you

claim to be the Prophet's offspring while he did not beget sons? And

since offspring are sons not daughters and you are Fatima's children,

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she did not have offspring." Upon hearing this, the Imam apologized to

Rashid and asked to be excused; he did not want to answer him in

observance to the law of prudence (taqiya). Nevertheless, Rashid

insisted on hearing his arguments and said: "You are obligated to

bring me your arguments from the Quran, you children

of Ali, and since you are their Imam of the time and chief, as I was told,

I will not excuse you until you bring me proof from Allah's Book, from

which you know the interpretation of every letter, as has been written

in this verse: `Nothing have We left unattended from the Book.'

Furthermore, you dispensed with the opinions of other scholars and

The Imam then said: 'am I permitted to give you the answer?"

The Imam then said: "I seek refuge in Allah from the cursed devil. In

the name of Allah, the Beneficent the Merciful:

And among his progeny, David, Solomon, Job, Joseph, Moses, and

Aaron; Thus do We reward those who do good;

"And Zakariya and John, and Jesus (Isa). "

The Imam continued, "Who is Isa's Father?"

The Imam then said: "Therefore, he is considered among the

Prophet's offspring through Maryam; likewise, we are the offspring of

the Holy Prophet (S) through our Mother, Fatima (A)..."

These were some of the verses that Ahlul-Bayt (A) used as proof of

Ibn Abbas said: "I was in the company of my father, Al-Abbas Ibn

Abdul Muttalib, sitting in the presence of Allah's Messenger (S) when