وأثر في جسمها الشريف ، وكان ذلك الضرب أقوى ضرر في إسقاط جنينها ، وقد كان رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله سماه محسنا ، وجعلوا يقودون أمير المؤمنين عليه السلام إلى المسجد حتى أوقفوه بين يدي أبي بكر فلحقته فاطمة عليها السلام إلى المسجد لتخلصه فلم تتمكن من ذلك ، فعدلت إلى قبر أبيها ، فأشارت إليه بحرقة ونحيب وهي تقول : نفسي على زفراتها محبوسة * يا ليتها خرجت مع الزفرات لا خير بعدك في الحياة ، وإنما * أبكي ، مخافة أن تطول حياتي ثم قالت : وا أسفاه عليك يا أبتاه واثكل حبيبك أبو الحسن المؤتمن وأبو سبطيك الحسن والحسين ، ومن ربيته صغيرا وواخيته كبيرا ، وأجل أحبائك لديك ، وأحب أصحابك إليك أولهم سبقا إلى الإسلام ، ومهاجرة إليك يا خير الأنام ، فها هو يساق في الأسر كما يقاد البعير .

and left a mark upon her noble body; and that beating was the strongest cause in the casting of her unborn child — and the Messenger of God, may God bless him and his Family, had named him Muhsin. And they set to leading the Commander of the Faithful, peace be upon him, to the mosque, until they made him stand before Abu Bakr; and Fatima, peace be upon her, followed him to the mosque to free him, and was not able to do so. So she turned aside to her father's grave, and pointed towards it with burning grief and lamentation, saying: — My soul is held prisoner by its sighs; — would that it had gone out along with the sighs. — There is no good in life after you; and I weep — only for fear that my life should be long. Then she said: Alas for you, O my father! And bereaved is your beloved, Abu al-Hasan the trusted, and the father of your two grandsons al-Hasan and al-Husayn; he whom you raised while he was small and took as a brother when he was grown, and the greatest of those dear to you in your sight, and the most beloved of your companions to you, the first of them to hasten to Islam and to emigrate to you, O best of mankind. And here he is, driven along in captivity as a camel is led.

ثم أنها أنت أنة ، وقالت : وا محمداه ، واحبيباه ، واأباه ، واأبا القاسماه ، واأحمداه ، واقلة ناصراه ، وا غوثاه ، وأطول كربتاه ، واحزناه ، وامصيبتاه واسوء صباحاه ، وخرت مغشية عليها ، فضج الناس بالبكاء والنحيب ، وصار المسجد مأتما ، ثم إنهم أوقفوا أمير المؤمنين عليه السلام بين يدي أبي بكر وقالوا له : مد يدك فبايع ! ! !

Then she gave a moan, and said: Alas for Muhammad! Alas for the beloved! Alas for my father! Alas for Abu al-Qasim! Alas for Ahmad! Alas for the fewness of his helpers! Alas, for rescue! Alas for the length of my distress! Alas for my sorrow! Alas for my calamity! Alas for the evil of this morning! And she fell down in a swoon. So the people clamoured with weeping and lamentation, and the mosque became a house of mourning. Then they made the Commander of the Faithful, peace be upon him, stand before Abu Bakr and said to him: Stretch out your hand and pledge!!!

فقال : والله لا أبايع ، والبيعة لي في رقابكم .

So he said: By God, I shall not pledge; and the pledge to me is upon your own necks.

فروى عن عدي بن حاتم ، إنه قال : والله ما رحمت أحدا قط رحمتي على علي ابن أبي طالب عليه السلام حين أتي به ملببا بثوبه ، يقودونه إلى أبي بكر ، وقالوا : بايع ! ! قال : فإن لم أفعل ؟

And it is related from 'Adi b. Hatim that he said: By God, I never pitied anyone as I pitied 'Ali b. Abi Talib, peace be upon him, when he was brought seized by his garment at the throat, being led to Abu Bakr; and they said: Pledge!! He said: And if I do not?

قالوا : نضرب الذي فيه عيناك ، قال : فرفع رأسه إلى السماء ، وقال : " اللهم إني أشهدك إنهم أتوا أن يقتلوني ، فإني عبد الله وأخي رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله فقالوا له : مد يدك فبايع ! ! !

They said: We shall strike that in which your two eyes are. He said: So he raised his head to the sky and said: “O God, I call You to witness that they have come to kill me; and I am the servant of God and the brother of the Messenger of God, may God bless him and his Family.” So they said to him: Stretch out your hand and pledge!!!

فأبى عليهم فمدوا يده كرها فقبض عليه السلام على أنامله ، فراموا بأجمعها فتحها فلم يقدروا فمسح عليها أبو بكر وهي مضمومة ، وهو

And he refused them; so they stretched out his hand by force, and he closed his fingertips, peace be upon him; and they all strove to open it and were not able. So Abu Bakr wiped over it while it was closed, and he,