ويطهركم تطهيرا ) * 3 فينا نزلت أم في غيرنا ؟

and to purify you with a thorough purifying” [3] — was it sent down concerning us, or concerning other than us?

قال : بل فيكم ، قال : فلو أن شهودا شهدوا على فاطمة بنت رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله بفاحشة ، ما كنت صانعا بها ؟

He said: Rather, concerning you. He said: Then if witnesses testified against Fatima, the daughter of the Messenger of God, may God bless him and his Family, to an indecency, what would you do with her?

قال : كنت أقيم عليها الحد كما أقيم على سائر نساء المسلمين ، قال : إذا كنت عند الله من الكافرين قال : ولم ؟

He said: I would carry out the penalty upon her as I would carry it out upon the rest of the women of the Muslims. He said: Then you would be with God among the unbelievers. He said: And why?

قال : لأنك رددت شهادة الله لها بالطهارة وقبلت شهادة الناس عليها ، كما رددت حكم الله وحكم رسول الله إذ جعل لها فدك وقبضته ( 4 ) في حياته ، ثم قبلت شهادة أعرابي بائل على عقبيه عليها وأخذت منها فدك وزعمت أنه فئ للمسلمين .

He said: Because you rejected God's testimony to her purity and accepted the testimony of people against her — just as you rejected the judgement of God and the judgement of His Messenger when he assigned Fadak to her and she took possession of it (4) in his lifetime; then you accepted the testimony of a bedouin who urinates upon his own heels against her, and took Fadak from her, and claimed that it is spoil for the Muslims.

وقد قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله : البينة على المدعي واليمين على المدعى عليه ، فرددت قول رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله : البينة على من ادعى واليمين على من ادعي عليه قال : فدمدم الناس وأنكر بعضهم 5 وقالوا : صدق والله علي ، ورجع علي عليه السلام إلى منزله ، قال : ودخلت فاطمة عليها السلام المسجد فطافت على قبر أبيها وهي تقول : قد كان بعدك أنباء وهنبثة * لو كنت شاهدها لم تكثر الخطب - الأبيات [ التوطئة لقتل علي عليه السلام ] قال : فرجع أبو بكر وعمر إلى منزلهما ، وبعث أبو بكر إلى عمر فدعاه ، ثم قال له : أما رأيت مجلس علي منا في هذا اليوم ، لئن قعد مقعدا مثله ليفسدن أمرنا فما الرأي ؟

And the Messenger of God, may God bless him and his Family, said: The proof is upon the claimant, and the oath upon the one against whom the claim is made. So you rejected the words of the Messenger of God, may God bless him and his Family: the proof is upon him who claims, and the oath upon him against whom the claim is made. He said: So the people murmured, and some of them denied it, [5] and said: By God, 'Ali has spoken truly. And 'Ali, peace be upon him, returned to his dwelling. He said: And Fatima, peace be upon her, entered the mosque and went round her father's grave, saying: — There have been after you tidings and a turmoil; — had you been present at them, the troubles would not have grown great — the verses. [The preparing for the killing of 'Ali, peace be upon him] He said: So Abu Bakr and 'Umar returned to their dwellings; and Abu Bakr sent for 'Umar and called him, and then said to him: Did you not see 'Ali's stand against us this day? If he takes such a stand again he will ruin our affair. So what is the right course?

قال عمر : الرأي أن تأمر بقتله ، قال فمن يقتله ؟ قال : خالد بن الوليد . 3 الأحزاب 33 .

'Umar said: The right course is that you order his killing. He said: Then who shall kill him? He said: Khalid b. al-Walid. [3] Al-Ahzab: 33.