Wives of the Prophet (s): Difference between revisions

All Muslims believe that the Prophet’s wives were chaste. However, some [[Wahhabis]] have claimed that the [[Shia]]s accuse some of the Prophet’s wives of unchastity. While Shia scholars as well as some [[Sunni]] scholars criticize the practice of some of the Prophet’s wives in events following the Prophet’s demise, including Aisha’s role in waging the Battle of Jamal and her enmity towards [[Imam 'Ali (a)]],<ref>Ḥusaynī Fīrūz Ābādī, ''Sabʿat min al-salaf'', p. 258-269.</ref> they never accused them of unchastity, and indeed, they believe that it is impermissible to insult them.<ref>Mīlān Nūrī, [https://www.noormags.ir/view/fa/articlepage/1709203 Analysing the views of Shiite scholars about the Prophet's  wives (persian)], p. 56-58.</ref> For instance, [[al-Sayyid al-Murtada]], a Shia [[Theology|theologian]] of the fifth/eleventh century, believes that the unchastity of the Prophet’s wives would not square with the Prophet’s [[infallibility]], since according to the [[Imamiyya]], the prophets are immune from anything that would lead to people’s aversion to them.

Furthermore, [[Ayatollah Khamenei]], the Supreme Leader of the [[Islamic Republic of Iran]], has issued a [[Fatwa on the prohibition of insulting the sanctities of the Sunnis|fatwa]] whereby it is forbidden to insult what is deemed sacred by Sunni Muslims, including their symbols and the Prophet’s wives. On this [[fatwa]], it is [[forbidden]] to throw accusations against the Prophet’s wives.

*ʿĀbidīnī, Aḥmad. [https://www.noormags.ir/view/fa/articlepage/208573/%d8%b4%db%8c%d9%88%d9%87-%d9%87%d9%85%d8%b3%d8%b1%d8%af%d8%a7%d8%b1%db%8c-%d9%be%db%8c%d8%a7%d9%85%d8%a8%d8%b1-%d8%b5-%d8%a8%d9%87-%da%af%d8%b2%d8%a7%d8%b1%d8%b4-%d9%82%d8%b1%d8%a7%d9%86 Shīwa-yi Hamsardārī-i payāmbar bi Quzārish-i Qurān]. (The method of Prophet dealing with his wives (persian)). Bayyināt 52 (winter 1385 sh). Accessed: 2022/05/19.