Another
Month of Safar departs while thought-provokingwordsregarding
MARTYRDOM of the Prophet Mohammad (PBUH&HP)
remain …
Qur'an
3:144 And Muhammad is but a messenger; surely before
him, messengers have passed away; if then he DIES OR IS KILLED will
you turn back upon your heels? And whoever turns back upon his heels,
he will by no means do harm to Allah in the least and Allah will
reward the grateful.
Once when Lady Zaynab,
daughter of Ali and Fatimah (PBUT), was about five years old, had a
horrible dream; she then ran crying to her grandfather's loving arms.
The Prophet (PBUH&HP) seated her on his lap, kissed her
repeatedly, and asked her to tell her dream. She said that she had
seen a violent wind which had made every body and every thing look
black and dark, and thus she ran towards a huge tree and held tight
to it, so that the violent wind would not take her away. But the wind
was so violent that it uprooted that tree. Then she caught
hold of a branch but that same wind broke it off. So she held
to another, but the wind broke that too. She then grabbed two
twigs from that same tree, but the stormy wind also broke them.
Then she woke up terrified. As he heard the dream, the Prophet
Mohammad (PBUH&HP) burst into tears and wept bitterly and told
her that the tree was he, her grandfather and the first branch was
her mother Fatemah, and the other was her father Ali. The Prophet
(PBUH&HP) continued and said that the two twigs were her
brothers, Hasan and Hosain. He (PBUH&HP) then told her that the
violent storm around them would take them away and the world would be
blackened when they'd leave it, and that she would suffer and put on
mourning clothes. (Sunni al-Sahih of
al-Termedhi, vol. 2, p. 308)
Let us pay attention
that the Lady Zaynab's (PBUH) dream, which was confirmed as truthful
by the Prophet Mohammad (PBUH&HP), was depicting a dark and
satanic Fitnah which was all around them and had started while the
Prophet (PBUH&HP) was still alive and it was going to UPROOT
THE TREE, then that same Fitnah WAS GOING TO BREAK THE
BRANCHES AND THE TWIGS. I.e. the Prophet as well as Ali, Fatimah,
Hasan and Hosain (PBUT) were going to be violently removed from this
world … .
The Sunni Beyhaqqi said
that Abdullah Ebn Mas'ood had said that if he swore nine times that
the Prophet was killed, that would be more pleasing to him than
swearing once that he was not killed, because Allah had made him to
be the martyred Prophet. (Sunni Sirat-O-Nnabawi
of Ebn Kathir Dameshqi, vol. 4, p. 449)
The Sunni Haakem
Neyshaaboori has confirmed in the al-Mostadrak, vol. 3, p. 60, that
the Rasool of Allah was killed; he said that Sho'abi swore by Allah
that the Rasool of Allah was killed by poison, … .
Abdullah Ebn Mas'ood
confirmed the killing of the Prophet in year 11 A.H. (Sunni
al-Badaaya Wa-Nnahaayah, vol. 6, p. 319 & 322)
Here as a sample, from
highly accepted Sunni documents, a few of Sunni-trusted narrations
have been quoted which are verifying that the Prophet Muhammad
(PBUH&HP) was killed by poison.
But the question is: who
poisoned the Prophet Mohammad (PBUH&HP)? Those Sunni who have not
been able to deny the fact that the Rasool of Allah was killed due to
the many narrations in their own documents, insist that the only
poison given to the Prophet (PBUH&HP) was at Khaybar in the year
7 AH which killed the Prophet (PBUH&HP) some four years later
in the year 11 AH.
So firstly, let us look
at what the Sunni themselves say regarding the poison given to the
Prophet (PBUH&HP) at Khaybar, year 7 AH:
Anas reported that a
Jewess came to Allah's Messenger with poisoned mutton and he took of
that what had been brought to him he called for her and asked her
about that, whereupon she said: I had determined to kill you.
Thereupon he said: "ALLAH WILL NEVER GIVE YOU THE POWER TO DO
IT." … (Sunni al-Sahih al-Muslim, Book 026, Number 5430)
Let us pay attention
that the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH&HP) regarding whether that
Jewess' poison was going to kill him, has been narrated to have said:
" ALLAH WILL NEVER GIVE YOU THE POWER TO DO IT" This
is the Prophet of Allah (PBUH&HP) speaking, he whom Allah SWT in
regard to his statements has said:
Qur'an
53:3 And he (the Prophet) does not speak of
(his own) desire;
Qur'an
53:4 It is naught but revelation that is revealed.
Let's look at another
Sunni narration:
Muhammad ibn Amr said
that a Jewess presented him (the Prophet) at Khaybar with a roasted
sheep which she had poisoned. The Apostle of Allah ate of it and the
people also ate. He (the Prophet) then said: TAKE AWAY YOUR HANDS
(from the food), FOR IT HAS INFORMED ME THAT IT IS POISONED.
Bishr ibn al-Bara' ibn Ma'rur al-Ansari died … (the
Sunni Sunan Abu Dawud, Book 39, number 4498)
Here let us firstly pay
attention to the point that miraculously the food spoke to the
Prophet of Allah: " IT HAS INFORMED ME THAT IT IS POISONED";
secondly while the poison was strong enough to kill the other
person right away, but even though the Prophet ate of it, it did not
kill the Prophet (PBUH&HP); as indicated in the previous
narration, Allah SWT did not allow it, and history confirms that the
Prophet Mohammad (PBUH&HP) was alive some four years after the
Khaybar poisoning incident.
It is noteworthy to
mention that there are some Sunni researchers themselves who do not
accept that the Khaybar poison killed the Prophet Mohammad (PBUH&HP);
for instance:
"Yet the
biographies of Muhammad are clear that he lived for many years after
consuming the poison. The Prophet displayed tremendous energy after
eating the poison, showing that the poison had no effect on him. The
Prophet detected the poison whereas the companions failed to detect
it." (Abdullah Smith)
History has indicated
that the Prophet (PBUH&HP) was strong in the last years of his
life in this world. As an example, it has not only been reported that
he (PBUH&HP) fasted all the months of Ramadan in the last years
of his blessed life, but also additional fasting, he observed; here
as a sample, a Sunni such narration is presented in which it is
stated that when the Prophet (PBUH&HP) conquered Mecca -an event
which was after Khaybar- he was fasting. AbuBakr ibn AbdurRahman
reported on the authority of a Companion of the Prophet: I saw the
Prophet commanding the people while he was travelling on the occasion
of the conquest of Mecca not to observe fast. He said: Be strong for
your enemy. The Apostle of Allah (pbuh) fasted himself. (Sunni Sunan
Abu-Dawud, Book 13, Number 2358)
Before the Prophet
Mohammad's (PBUH&HP) "Farewell Hajj"
(Hajjat-Ol-Wedaa'), the angel Jebraa'eel (Gabriel) informed him that
the end of his life in this world was drawing near; thus he (PBUH&HP)
-according to the Sunnah of all previous Prophets (PBUT)- was
commanded by Allah SWT to officially and publicly install Imam Ali
(PBUH) as his Caliph and Successor after him (Qur'an 5:3 & 67,
…) in an unforgettable and undeniable event called "Ghadir".
(Ehtejaaj of Shaikh Tabresi; …)
Did the effects of the
Khaybar poison play any role in the last days of the Prophet's
(PBUH&HP) life and ultimately in his martyrdom? What factors were
involved? What did really happen? May Allah hasten Imam Mahdi's
(PBUH) Appearance so that every one may know the whole truth, AAMEEN.
But for now, the following Sunni narration and similar ones, are
certainly thought-provoking:
Aayeshah daughter of
AbuBakr said that they had inserted a certain drug in the Prophet's
mouth while the Prophet was waving them and telling them not to
insert the drug; Aayeshah apparently told others in the house not to
pay attention to what the Prophet was requesting. Then the Prophet
said: did I not forbid you from inserting drugs in my mouth? Then
the Prophet ordered everyone there, except his uncle Abbaas who was
not there when the women were giving him the drug, to take the
drug themselves in front of him. (Sunni
al-Sahih of al-Bukhari, vol. 7, book 71, p. 17 & vol. 8, p. 40;
al-Sahih of al-Moslem, vol. 7, p. 24 & 194; Taarikh Tabari, vol.
2, p. 438)
Surely the Prophet
(PBUH&HP) knew some thing that he had ordered them not to give
him the so called drug, and that he (PBUH&HP) then commanded them
to take it themselves in front of him while excluding his uncle; a
Prophetic command which has not been reported that they obeyed. This
was not the first time that Aayeshah and Hafzah were disobeying the
Prophet of Allah (Qur'an
66:3-5, …); they repeatedly disobeyed the
commands of he whose obedience has been ordained by Allah, and his
disobedience is tantamount to disbelieving (Qur'an
3:31 & 32, 4:59, …). We invite you to read
the articles: "Wives
of the Prophets" and "Noah
Ark 3" in this site kindfather.com
Now let us look at a few
Shi'ah Hadithes:
The Prophet Mohammad
(PBUH&HP) has said that there has been no Prophet or his Wasi
(Successor) but they have been martyred. (Basaa'er-O-Ddarajaat,
p. 148; Behaar-Ol-Anwaar, vol. 17, p. 405 & vol. 40, p. 139; …)
Hadrat Ali (PBUH) said
that while he was crying he had asked Hadrat Muhammad (PBUH&HP)
whether he (PBUH&HP) would be killed, and that Hadrat (PBUH&HP)
stated that he would be poisoned and martyred … . (Book of
Solaym Ebn Qays; …)
Imam Hasan (PBUH) said
that indeed his beloved grandfather, the Prophet Mohammad (PBUH&HP),
had stated that there would be none of them unless would either be
killed or poisoned … . (al-Ensaaf; …)
Imam Reda (PBUH) said
that there has been none of them unless killed. (Oyoon
Akhbaar Reda of Shaikh Sadooq; …)
Allaamah Helli
has confirmed that the Prophet Mohammad (PBUH&HP) was martyred.
(Montahal-Matlab, vol. 2, p. 887; …)
Shaikh Toosy in the
renowned Tahdhib-Ol-Ahkaam, vol. 6, p. 1, has stated that the
Prophet Mohammad (PBUH&HP) died of poisoning two nights before
the end of the month of Safar, ten years after Hijra. (Also
in Behaar-Ol-Anwaar, vol. 22, p. 514; …)
In the book Jaame'
Rowaat, vol. 2, p. 463, by M. A. Ardebili, is stated that the
Prophet (PBUH&HP) died in Medina poisoned.
The Prophet said that
there would be none of them AhlulBayt unless killed or poisoned.
(Kefaayot-Ol-Athar of Kharraazi Qomi, p.
162; Wasaa'el-Shshi'ah, vol. 14, p. 2; Behaar-Ol-Anwaar, vol. 45, p.
1; Man Laa YahzoroholFaqih of Shaikh Sadooq, vol. 4, p. 17; …)
Imam Saadeq (PBUH) has
said: Do you know whether the Prophet (PBUH&HP) died or was he
killed? Surely Allah has said: "if then he dies or is killed
will you turn back upon your heels?"And he (PBUH&HP) was
poisoned before death, surely those two fed him poison before death.
And the narrators then said that, certainly those two (Aayeshah and
Hafzah) and their fathers (AbuBakr and 'Omar) were the worst of all
creations of Allah. (Tafsir Borhaan
of Sayyed Haashem Bahraani, vol. 1, p. 320, h. 10; Tafsir Ayyaashi,
vol. 1, p. 200, h. 152; Behaar-Ol-Anwaar, vol. 28, p. 21, h. 28; …)
Imam Saadeq (PBUH) said
that surely those two fed him poison before death. Meaning those two
women; la'n be upon those two and their fathers.
(Tafsir Saafi, vol. 1, p. 390; Behaar-Ol-Anwaar, vol. 22, p. 516; …)
We also invite you to
read the article: " 'Eed
of Zahra" in this site kindfather.com .
Ah!!! O' our beloved
Imam Mahdi (Salaam be upon you)! How can we even begin to talk about
how you feel, let alone comprehend how you feel in your celestial
loving heart; all we can do is to cry and implore Allah from the
bottom of our sinful hearts to hasten your Ever-Promised Emergence …
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