Mu岣mmad ibn 岣sayn 鈥楢bdus- 峁mad al-岣つ乺ith墨 (Sheikh Bah膩示i), was born in 593 AH in Lebanon, Baalbek. His ancestry goes back to Al-岣つ乺ith al-Hamd膩n墨, the great companion of His Majesty Al墨 (pbuh). He came to Iran with his father in his childhood.
He entered Isfah膩n during the period of Sh膩h Tahm膩sb the first and gained too much acceptance after a short time. He was from the nobles of Shiite in the tenth and eleventh Hijri century.
He lived for about 80 years and he was buried in the vicinity of the Holy Shrine of His Excellency Al墨 ibn M奴s膩 R墨岣峚 (pbuh).
He traveled a lot. Once on one of his trips, he met a Sh膩fi士墨 Sunni scholar. Shaykh Bah膩示i introduced himself as a Sh膩fi士墨. When that Sh膩fi士墨 Sunni scholar realized that he had come from the Shiite center (Iran), he asked him, 鈥楧oes the Shiite have any agreeable proof and witness for his claim?鈥
Shaykh Bah膩示i said, 鈥業 meet them sometimes. They have strong proofs鈥. The Sh膩fi士墨 scholar asked, 鈥楾ell me one of them as an example!鈥
[Shaykh Bah膩示i said], 鈥楩or example they say, 鈥業t has been mentioned in the book 峁岣ツ弗 al-Bukh膩r墨 that, the Holy Prophet (Pbuh&h) stated,
廿賽賳賾賻 賮賻丕胤賽賲賻丞賻 亘賻囟賿毓賻丞賹 賲賽賳賾賽蹖鈥徹 賲賻賳賿 丌匕賻丕賴賻丕 賮賻賯賻丿賿 丌匕賻丕賳賽蹖貙 賵賻 賲賻賳賿 睾賻丕馗賻賴賻丕 賮賻賯賻丿賿 睾賻丕馗賻賳賽蹖
Which means, 鈥淔膩tim膩 (Pbuh) is part of me; whoever hurts her, they have hurt me. And whoever delights her, they have delighted me鈥. 聽(峁岣ツ弗 al-Bukh膩r墨, publ. D膩r Al-Jal墨l, Beirut, V.7, P.47)
It also has been mentioned in four other pages that,
鈥溬堎 禺賻乇賻噩賻鬲賿 賮丕胤賽賲賻丞購 賲賽賳賻 丕賱丿購賾賳賿蹖丕 賵賻 賴賽蹖賻 睾丕囟賽亘賻丞賹 毓賻賱賻蹖賿賴賽賲丕鈥
Which means, F膩tim膩 (Pbuh) passed away, while she was angry with them: Ab奴 Bakr and ‘Umar ibn al-Khattab. 聽(峁岣ツ弗 al-Bukh膩r墨, V.9, P.185, And Fa岣嵞伿緄l Khamise men al-Sah膩h al-Sitta, V.3, P.190).
So, according to the principles of Sunnites, how can these two narrations fit together?
The Sh膩fi士墨 scholar was so deep in thought for a long time, then said, 鈥業t sometimes happens that Shiites lie, it may be a lie too. Let me check 峁岣ツ弗 al-Bukh膩r墨 to find out whether they lie or not.
Shaykh Bah膩示i said, 鈥業 met him the next day. I asked him, 鈥楬ow’s it going with your reading and studies? He said, 鈥楢s I said, Shiites lie. 鈥︹
鈥楾he Shiites lie, as I told! Well, I checked 峁岣ツ弗 al-Bukh膩r墨; there existed these two narrations there. But there is a gap of more than four pages between them.鈥 [How odd reaction!聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 What’s the difference between five pages and fifty pages?!!! (Rawdah ul-Jannah, the biography of Shaykh Baha鈥檌.)
It has been narrated about Shaykh Bah膩示i that, Once Shaykh Bah膩示i passed a graveyard and it was six months before his death. He heard a voice from the grave of Bab膩 Rokneddin, (one of the scholars in 8th century). He asked the people around him, 鈥楧id you hear what I just heard?鈥 They said, 鈥楴o!鈥
After that, Shaykh kept crying incessantly, resting in supplication and in the entreaty, and he paid attention to the hereafter. It continued till he passed away.
It has been quoted that, it was because of the voice he heard, 鈥極, our Shaykh! Worry about yourself.鈥
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