The Prophet then said: 'Do not gather hunger and lying together.

The Prophet then said: 'Do not gather hunger and lying together.'

I said: `Messenger of Allah, is it considered lying if one of us says she

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The Prophet replied: `Surely lying is counted (against the person) up to

the point that even a small lie is recorded too."

As we said, this narration shows that Asma was present at Aisha's

Imam Hussain (A) was born in 4 or 5 A.H. All these events are known

to have taken place before conquering Khaibar and Ja'far Ibn Abu

In an attempt to clarify the issue, Muhammad Ibn Yusuf (as Sheikh

Majlisi also said in Bihar v. 10) wrote in Kefayat al-Talib, concerning

Asma's presence at Fatima's wedding:

"This is an authentic finding, exactly as Ibn Batta narrated. But

mentioning Asma Bint Umais's name is not accurate, for this Asma is

Ja'far Ibn Abu Talib's wife... Asma who attended Fatima's wedding, is

Asma Bint Yazid Ibn Sakan al Ansari. As for Asma Bint Umais, she

remained in the company of her husband in Habashah until he

returned to Medina, the day Khaibar was conquered in 7 A.H. While

Fatima's marriage took place several days after the battle of Badr."

Regardless of this, I say that the narrations clearly state Asma Bint

Umais's name; therefore, this justification cannot be taken into

account. Besides, Asma Bint Yazid was an Ansarian woman, hence

could not have been present at Khadijah’s death. Her presence in

Bint Umais had actually immigrated with her husband to Habashah,

but repeatedly returned to Mecca and Medina. This becomes clear

especially when we realize that the distance between Jeddah and

Habashah is limited to that of the width of the Red sea, which in not so

difficult for a journey. This historical confusion came about because

her repeated trips were not adequately recorded, just as Abu Dhar's

wrote in Bihar v.1, quoting Mawlid Fatima:

"Ibn Babawaih said: `The Prophet ordered Abdul Muttalib's