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==Fatima’s Reaction== | ==Fatima’s Reaction== | ||
After the Event of the Saqifa, Fatima (a) severely opposed it and proclaimed that it was a transgression of the instructions of the Prophet (s). She articulated her opposition most clearly in her sayings when the supporters of Abu Bakr besieged her house and tried to force Ali (a) to pledge his allegiance to Abu Bakr and also in her well-known [[Fadakiyya Sermon]], which she delivered at the mosque of Medina. | After the Event of the Saqifa, Fatima (a) severely opposed it and proclaimed that it was a transgression of the instructions of the Prophet (s). She articulated her opposition most clearly in her sayings when the supporters of Abu Bakr besieged her house and tried to force Ali (a) to pledge his allegiance to Abu Bakr<ref>Ibn Qutayba, ''al-Imāma wa l-sīyāsaʾ'', vol. 1, p. 30-31.</ref> and also in her well-known [[Fadakiyya Sermon]], which she delivered at the mosque of Medina.<ref>Tījānī, ''Muʾtamir al-saqīfa'', vol. 1, p. 75.</ref> | ||
It is reported that Fatima (a) further referred to the Saqifa in the last days of her life, when the women of the Helpers came to visit her, as a violation of the Prophet's commands and warned about the consequences of this disobedience for the future of Islam. | It is reported that Fatima (a) further referred to the Saqifa in the last days of her life, when the women of the Helpers came to visit her, as a violation of the Prophet's commands and warned about the consequences of this disobedience for the future of Islam.<ref>Ibn Abī l-Ḥadīd, ''Sharḥ Nahj al-balagha'', vol. 16, p. 233-234; Irbilī, ''Kashf al-ghumma'', vol. 1, p. 492.</ref> | ||
==The Saqifa in the View of Western Islamicists== | ==The Saqifa in the View of Western Islamicists== | ||