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Uthman, while she was continually calling for his death and saying, ‘Kill Na‘thal (1)! May Allah kill Na‘thal!’ When (2) news of his death reached her, she rejoiced. She then asked, ‘Who has assumed the caliphate?’ They replied, ‘Ali.’ She therefore set out to fight him (3), demanding vengeance for Uthman’s blood. What guilt did Ali bear for that? How (4) could Talha, al-Zubayr, and others deem it permissible to follow her in this? How will they face the Messenger of Allah—peace and blessings be upon him? If one of us were to speak with (5) another man’s wife, bring her out of her home, or travel with her (6), that man would harbor the fiercest hostility toward him. How, then, did tens of thousands (7) of Muslims obey her in this and assist her in waging war against the Commander of the Faithful (8), while not one of them supported the daughter of the Messenger of Allah—peace and blessings be upon him—when she sought her right from Abu Bakr, nor did a single person [address him] (9) with even one word?”

The response is as follows: Ahl al-Sunnah, in this matter and others, uphold justice as witnesses for Allah. Their position is true, just, and free of contradiction. As for the Rāfidīs and others

(1) In the margin of K: “Na‘thal was the name of a Jewish man in Medina with a large beard. Uthman was likened to him and called by his name.” (2) K reads: “Then when.” (3) K reads: “to fight him.” (4) K reads: “Ali—peace be upon him—and how.” (5) N, M, S, W, and R read: “about.” (6) A and B read: “or brought her out of her home, or traveled with her.” (7) A and B read: “ten thousand”; N, M, S, H, and W read: “tens of thousands.” The adopted reading is from R and K. (8) K reads: “the Commander of the Faithful—peace and blessings be upon him.” (9) “Addressed him” is added in A and B.

عُثْمَانَ، وَكَانَتْ هِيَ فِي كُلِّ وَقْتٍ تَأْمُرُ بِقَتْلِهِ، وَتَقُولُ: اقْتُلُوا نَعْثَلًا (١) . ، قَتَلَ اللَّهُ نَعْثَلًا ; لَمَّا (٢) بَلَغَهَا قَتْلُهُ فَرِحَتْ بِذَلِكَ، ثُمَّ سَأَلَتْ: مَنْ تَوَلَّى الْخِلَافَةَ؟ فَقَالُوا: عَلِيٌّ فَخَرَجَتْ لِقِتَالِهِ (٣) عَلَى دَمِ عُثْمَانَ، فَأَيُّ ذَنْبٍ كَانَ لِعَلِيٍّ عَلَى ذَلِكَ؟ وَكَيْفَ (٤) . اسْتَجَازَ طَلْحَةُ وَالزُّبَيْرُ وَغَيْرُهُمَا مُطَاوَعَتَهَا عَلَى ذَلِكَ؟ وَبِأَيِّ وَجْهٍ يَلْقَوْنَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ؟ مَعَ أَنَّ الْوَاحِدَ مِنَّا لَوْ تَحَدَّثَ مَعَ (٥) امْرَأَةِ غَيْرِهِ وَأَخْرَجَهَا مِنْ مَنْزِلِهَا أَوْ سَافَرَ بِهَا (٦) كَانَ أَشَدَّ النَّاسِ عَدَاوَةً لَهُ، وَكَيْفَ أَطَاعَهَا عَلَى ذَلِكَ عَشَرَاتُ أُلُوفٍ (٧) مِنَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ، وَسَاعَدُوهَا عَلَى حَرْبِ أَمِيرِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ (٨) وَلَمْ يَنْصُرْ أَحَدٌ مِنْهُمْ بِنْتَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - لَمَّا طَلَبَتْ حَقَّهَا مِنْ أَبِي بَكْرٍ، وَلَا شَخْصٌ وَاحِدٌ [كَلَّمَهُ] (٩) بِكَلِمَةٍ وَاحِدَةٍ؟ ". وَالْجَوَابُ: أَنْ يُقَالَ: أَمَّا أَهْلُ السُّنَّةِ فَإِنَّهُمْ فِي هَذَا الْبَابِ وَغَيْرِهِ قَائِمُونَ بِالْقِسْطِ شُهَدَاءُ لِلَّهِ، وَقَوْلُهُمْ حَقٌّ وَعَدْلٌ لَا يَتَنَاقَضُ. وَأَمَّا الرَّافِضَةُ وَغَيْرُهُمْ

(١) فِي هَامِشِ (ك) : " نَعْثَلَ: اسْمُ يَهُودِيٍّ عَظِيمِ اللِّحْيَةِ فِي الْمَدِينَةِ فَشُبِّهَ عُثْمَانُ بِهِ وَسُمِّيَ بِهِ " (٢) ك: فَلَمَّا. (٣) ك: تُقَاتِلُهُ. (٤) ك: لِعَلِيٍّ - عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ - وَكَيْفَ. (٥) ن، م، ص، و، ر: عَلَى. (٦) أ، ب: أَوْ أَخْرَجَهَا مِنْ بَيْتِهَا أَوْ سَافَرَ بِهَا. (٧) أ، ب: عَشَرَةُ آلَافٍ ; ن، م، ص، هـ، وَ: عَشَرَاتُ أَلْفٍ. وَالْمُثْبَتُ مِنْ (ر) ، (ك) . (٨) ك: أَمِيرِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ - عَلَيْهِ الصَّلَاةُ وَالسَّلَامُ -. (٩) كَلَّمَهُ: زِيَادَةٌ فِي (أ) ، (ب) .