So, act and so will we, and wait, and we shall wait.

So, act and so will we, and wait, and we shall wait.'

(The end of Lady Fatima's speech.)

It appears from recorded historical events, that Lady Fatima (A) was

successful at the beginning in persuading Abu Bakr to hand back

Fadak to her; listen to part of a speech he (according to some

historians) delivered after hearing Fatima's speech. He said:

"O daughter of the Messenger of Allah... Surely the Prophet is your

father, not anyone else's, the brother of your husband, not any other

man's; he surely preferred him over all his friends and (Ali) supported

him in every important matter, no one loves you save the lucky and no

one hates you save the wretched. You are the blessed progeny of

Allah's Messenger, the chosen ones, our guides to goodness our path

to Paradise, and you-the best of women-and the daughter of the best

of prophets, truthful is your sayings, excelling in reason. You shall not

be driven back from your right...But I surely heard your father saying:

`We the, group of prophets do not inherit, nor are we inherited Yet, this

is my situation and property, it is yours (if you wish); it shall not be

concealed from you, nor will it be stored away from you. You are the

Mistress of your father's nation, and the blessed tree of your

descendants. Your property shall not be usurped against your

will nor can your name be defamed. Your judgment shall be executed

in all that which I possess. This, do you think that I violate your father's

Fatima then refuted Abu Bakr's claim that the Prophet had stated that

prophets cannot be inherited, and said: "Glory be to Allah!! Surely

Allah's Messenger did not abandon Allah's Book nor did he violate His

commands. Rather, he followed its decrees and adhered to its

chapters. So do you unite with treachery justifying your acts with

fabrications? Indeed this-after his departure-is similar to the disasters

which were plotted against him during his lifetime. But behold! This is

Allah's Book, a just judge and a decisive speaker, saying:

`One that will (truly) inherit Me, and inherit the posterity of Yaqoub,'

'And Sulaiman inherited Dawood.' (27: 16)

Thus, He (Glory be to Him) made clear that which He made share of

all heirs, decreed from the amounts of inheritance, allowed for males

and females, and eradicated all doubts and ambiguities (pertaining to