Fadak: Difference between revisions

History researcher and author, [[Sayyid Ja'far Shahidi]], believes al-Ma'mun's order on giving Fadak back to descendants of Ahl al-Bayt (a) was issued some days after the anniversary of Prophet Muhammad's demise, and it is regarded a political strategy of al-Ma'mun. Although al-Ma'mun did it in order to compensate the troubles of the descendants of Ali b. Abi Talib (a), more importantly it was to tempt the feelings of Shi'a Muslims. He writes that he should have done what Umar b. Abd al-Aziz has done and only give the income of Fadak to them, not rejecting previous rulers' command. He believes the disagreement between Lady Fatima (s) and Abu Bakr on Fadak took place only to prevent later [[Ijtihad]] (diligence) against what the Prophet (s) had explicitly stipulated (''[[Nass]]'') because it would prevent imminent changes in Sunna of Prophet Muhammad (s) in Islamic community.