What is Attributed to Sayyidah Fatimah

The Narration of al Khusaybi

Al Khusaybi narrated that Fatimah said in her will:

لا يصلي عليَّ أمة نقضت عهد الله وعهد أبي رسول الله وأمير المؤمنين بعلي وظلموني وأخذوا وراثتي وحرقوا صحيفتي التي كتبها أبي بمِلك فدك والعوالي

A nation that broke the covenant of Allah and the covenant of my father, the Messenger of Allah, and Amir al Mu’minin, ‘Ali, should not pray upon me. They wronged me, took my inheritance, and burned the document that my father wrote regarding my share of Fadak and the surrounding areas.

Until she said:

فأخذ عمر السوط من قنفذ مولى أبي بكر فضرب به عضدي فالتوى السوط على يدي حتى صار كالدملج وركل الباب برجله فرده علي وأنا حامل فسقطت لوجهي والنار تسعر وصفق وجهي بيده حتى انتثر قرطي من أذني وجاءني المخاض فأسقطت بغير جرم فهذه أمة تصلي عليَّ وقد تبرأ الله ورسوله منها وتبرأت منها

Then ‘Umar took the whip from Qunfudh, the freed slave of Abu Bakr, and struck my arm with it, causing the whip to coil around my arm until it became like a bracelet. He kicked the door with his foot, and pushed it upon me while I was pregnant, causing me to fall on my face while the fire was burning, and he slapped my face with his hand until my earring fell from my ear. The labour pains came to me and I miscarried without any sin. Is this the nation that will pray upon me? Allah and His Messenger have disavowed it and I disavow it as well.^[1]

Study of the Isnad

This narration has been reported without a chain of narration in the book al Hidayah al Kubra, attributed to al Hussain ibn Hamdan al Khusaybi (who lived in the fourth century). The discussion regarding al Khusaybi and the book al Hidayah attributed to him has already been mentioned and the scholars of the Imamiyyah have criticised it.

The Opinion of Imamiyyah Scholars on the Isnad

Asif Muhsini ruled that the narration is not reliable in his book Mashra’at Bihar al Anwar.^[2]

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^[1] Al Khusaybi: Al Hidayah al Kubra, pg. 178-179; Irshad al Qulub attributed to al Daylami, vol. 2, pg. 362. Regarding the attribution of the second volume of Irshad al Qulub where this narration is mentioned, there is discussion on this matter—refer to Bihar al Anwar, vol. 30, pg. 349, quoting from Irshad al Qulub.

^[2] Mashra’at Bihar al Anwar, vol. 2, pg. 37.