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Historical Distortions Regarding Ali's Right

We have previously spoken of the unjustified slandering and distortion

of Ali (A) and his noble life with Fatima (A) We have also stated that

Imam Ali's marriage to Fatima caused many people to show their

hidden resentment and envy to them, by following every possible

had asked for Abu Jahl's (the chief of infidels) daughter's hand in

marriage. When this news reached Fatima (A), she rushed to her

undoubtedly authentic and wrote the following in her book, The

"Ali intended to marry a second wife besides Fatima... without bearing

in mind that such action would be resented by the daughter of the

The invalidity of this statement is obvious, for there is not a man in the

world who does not realize that his wife prefers to be the only woman

The writer adds: "It would have been better if Ali had been satisfied

with one wife," and filled up the pages of her book trying to show Abu

Jahl's bad deeds and his long- standing enmity to Islam. She then

made a comparison between the Prophet's daughter and Abu Jahl's

daughter with the intention of showing the disadvantages of the

Strangely enough, the writer also made clear her resentment and

disapproval of fanatic Christian Orientalists who distorted the history of

Islam, especially the famous Christian missionary-La Manze. Yet,

unfortunately, she herself was heedless of the need to verify such a

story, and instead considered it's revelation undisputed. So she used

her imagination and fictitious style of writing for this story, just as fable

Sayid Hassan al-Ameen in v.3 of his book, The Shiite Islamic

Encyclopedia, refuted such a story and wrote: "It has been written in

Dhakhaer al-Uqbithat Ali wanted to marry Abu Jahl's daughter, and

that the Prophet was angered by this act and ascended the minbar to

speak with resentment and rejection about this matter."

The book also elaborates on the story in such a manner, which not