Allah Most High also says:

“Indeed, We sent Noah and Abraham and placed prophethood and Scripture among their descendants. Some of them are rightly guided, but many of them are defiantly disobedient.”

[Sūrat al-Hadīd: 26].

It is well known (1) that the Children of Israel are descended from Sarah (2), and none but Allah can count the disbelievers among them. Moreover, Safiyyah, the paternal aunt of the Messenger of Allah—peace and blessings be upon him—guarded her chastity, yet among her descendants (3) are those who do good and those who do wrong.

In short, none but Allah, Mighty and Majestic, can count the women who (4) guarded their chastity, yet among their descendants are the righteous and the wicked, the believers and the disbelievers.

Moreover, Fātimah’s virtue and distinction did not lie merely in guarding her chastity (5), for this is something that Fātimah shares with the majority (6) of believing women. Fātimah was not the foremost of all women because of this quality, but because of distinctions more particular to her. Indeed, this is characteristic of the arguments advanced by the Rāfidah: in their ignorance, they neither know how to formulate a sound argument (7), nor how to fabricate (8) a lie that will gain acceptance (9).

Moreover, not all of Fātimah’s descendants are forbidden to the Fire; rather, among them are the righteous