Here is the article I extracted from ahlelbayt.com to try to counterattack the claim by Shiite:
Prophets Daughters are Ahlel Bayt
The Shia accept Fatima (
رضّى الله عنها) as part of the Ahlel Bayt, but we must analyze on what basis they do this. Do they honor Fatima (
رضّى الله عنها)
because she is the Prophets daughter, or rather because she is Alis
wife? The answer, we hope, shall be made obvious: it seems to us that
they do not honor the daughters of the Prophet (
صلّى الله عليه وآله وسلّم), but rather they only honor Alis wife.
The Prophet (صلّى الله عليه وآله وسلّم) had four daughters, not just one. The Prophet (صلّى الله عليه وآله وسلّم) and Khadijah had five children: Qasim (رضّى الله عنه), Zaynub (رضّى الله عنها), Ruqayyah (رضّى الله عنها), Umm Kulthoom (رضّى الله عنها), and Fatima (رضّى الله عنها). And yet, the Shia Ayatollahs will say that only Fatima (رضّى الله عنها)
is part of the Ahlel Bayt. Wed like to ask why the other three
daughters are left out? Unfortunately, it seems that in order to
maintain consistency, many Shia clerics go so far as to claim that the
Prophet (صلّى الله عليه وآله وسلّم) had only one
daughter! This is an easily proven historical inconsistency, but it is
trumpeted on many Shia websites, including the popular
Answering-Ansar website. The Ahlus Sunnah love all the Prophets
daughters equally and it pains us to see that the rights of three of
our noble Prophets daughters are neglected. We wonder how our Shia
brothers would feel if we said that Fatima (رضّى الله عنها) was not the daughter of the Prophet (صلّى الله عليه وآله وسلّم), or that Hussain (رضّى الله عنه) was not the son of Ali (رضّى الله عنه)?
Every authoritative historical account affirms that the Prophet (صلّى الله عليه وآله وسلّم)
had four daughters; even secular historians attest to this fact. We
could provide numerous references here that would prove beyond a shadow
of a doubt that the Prophet had four daughters. However, in such
discourses one will always find individuals who will quote from sources
which may be objectively declared dubious, but will be touted by one
party to be authoritatively factual. The argument will, in that case,
be reduced to a tedious dispute between our word against theirs.
Therefore we shall attempt to prove our claim from the Quran, something
which our Shia brothers will admit is an accurate source, as a matter
of creed.
The Quran Declares That the Prophet Has More Than One Daughter
Allah says in the Quran:
O Prophet! Say to your wives and your daughters
and the women of the believers that they let down upon them their
over-garments; this will be more proper, that they may be known, and
thus they will not be given trouble; and Allah is Forgiving, Merciful. (Quran, 33:59)
Here, Allah uses the plural word for daughters, not the singular
form. Allah uses the term banaatuka which means your daughters. If
it was one daughter only, it would be bintuka. This completely
negates the claim that the Prophet (صلّى الله عليه وآله وسلّم)
had only one daughter. Had this been the case, then surely Allah would
have not used the plural form, since Allah is above making grammatical
mistakes. (We hope that the noble Sahabah will not be accused of doing
Tahreef or tampering of the Quran!) We could provide more evidence to
prove this fact of history, but it will certainly be a pointless
endeavor if a Muslim cannot accept an evidence as ideologically
authoritative as the Quran.
Why The Ayatollahs Deny Three Daughters of the Prophet
Let us return to the idea that Shiism originates from Abdullah Ibn
Saba and his followers. Notive, how the Shia Ayatollahs do not care
about the Ahlel Bayt of Muhammad (صلّى الله عليه وآله وسلّم). They only care about the Ahlel Bayt of Ali (رضّى الله عنه).
Notice how the Shia Ayatollahs deny that the Prophets wives are part
of the Ahlel Bayt, but Alis wife is part of the Ahlel Bayt. Notice how
Alis childrenHasan (رضّى الله عنه) and Hussain (رضّى الله عنه)are
considered by them to be in the Ahlel Bayt, but the Prophets three
daughters are not. This again leads us to confirm the idea that Shiism
originates from the Sabaites. These Sabaites excessively praised Ali (رضّى الله عنه) and eventually even declared that Ali (رضّى الله عنه) was superior to the Prophet (صلّى الله عليه وآله وسلّم). Today, the Shia adamantly deny this and they say that the Prophet (صلّى الله عليه وآله وسلّم) is superior to Ali (رضّى الله عنه). However, we wonder why then they praise the Ahlel Bayt of Ali (رضّى الله عنه) and not the Ahlel Bayt of Muhammad (صلّى الله عليه وآله وسلّم)? Is this not a remnant of the Sabaite origin of Shiism?
Another reason why the Shia Ayatollahs must deny that the Prophet (صلّى الله عليه وآله وسلّم) had three daughters was because two of these daughtersnamely Ruqayyah (رضّى الله عنها) and Umm Kulthoom (رضّى الله عنها)married Uthman Bin Affan (رضّى الله عنه),
the third Caliph. The Shia Ayatollahs base their entire belief on the
repudiation of the first three caliphs; if the three caliphs were
really evil as the Shia say they are, then why did the Prophet (صلّى الله عليه وآله وسلّم)
marry two of his daughters to one of these three Caliphs? Again, this,
in our opinion, questions the ideological foundation of Shiism.
The Shia revere the Nahjul Balagha, which they claim are the sermons and letters of Ali (رضّى الله عنه).
It is one of the most sacred and authoratative of Shia books. The Ahlus
Sunnah wal Jamaah believes that many of the narrations in the Nahjul
Balagha are forgeries; however, the Shia accept all of it, and thus we
will quote straight from the Nahjul Balagha to prove that Uthman (رضّى الله عنه) married two of the daughters of the Prophet (صلّى الله عليه وآله وسلّم).
Nahjul Balagha, Sermon 163
Ali went to see Uthman and said to him:
You have seen as we have seen and you have
heard as we have heard. You sat in the company of the Prophet of Allah
as we did. (Abu Bakr) Ibn Abi Quhafah and (`Umar) ibn al-Khattab were
no more responsible for acting righteously than you, since you are
nearer than both of them to the Prophet of Allah through kinship, and you also hold relationship to him by marriage which they do not hold.
(Source: http://www.al-islam.org/nahjul/163.htm)
This proves that the Prophet (صلّى الله عليه وآله وسلّم) had two daughters who married Uthman (رضّى الله عنه). This revelation is troublesome the Shia Ayatollahs it would involve exalting the status of Uthmans family (رضّى الله عنه). And most importantly, it shows that Uthman (رضّى الله عنه) was such a pious person that the Prophet (صلّى الله عليه وآله وسلّم) gave him two daughters.
Al-Islam.org
The popular Shia website, Al-Islam.org, finally rescinded the Shia claim that the Prophet (صلّى الله عليه وآله وسلّم) had only one daughter. Let us see what Al-Islam.org has to say:
Al-Islam.org says
Most reports (like those of Ibn Ishaq,
al-Masudi) indicate that she [Khadaija] was the mother of all the
Prophets children apart from Ibrahim (who was the son of Mary the
Copt). She bore the following children to the Prophet: al-Qasim;
Zaynab, Ruqqayya, Umm Kulthum and Hazrat Fatima (A.S). Bibi Fatima was
the youngest daughter according to most reports. The daughters accepted
Islam and migrated with the Prophet to Medina.
And we also read the following:
Al-Islam.org says
Khadija, peace be upon her, was the first
woman who believed in the Prophets divine prophecy. She put all her
wealth at his disposal to propagate and promote Islam. [39] Six
children were born of his marriage: two sons named Qasim and Tahir who
passed away as infants in Makkah and four daughers named Ruqiyah,
Zaynab, Umm Kulsum, and Fatima, who was the most prominent and honoured
of them all. [40]
It is distressing that the Shia exalt Fatima (رضّى الله عنها)
by using the honorific (A.S.) as well as Hazrat but you will notice
no such respect for the other beloved daughters of the Prophet (صلّى الله عليه وآله وسلّم).
Nonetheless, we are pleased that they accept the Prophets daughters.
We kindly ask Shia-Chat and Answering-Ansar to follow suit and also
rescind their claims that the Prophet (صلّى الله عليه وآله وسلّم) had only one daughter. How distressing it was to see an entire thread on Shia-Chat discussing how the Prophet (صلّى الله عليه وآله وسلّم) had only one daughter. The Answering-Ansar moderator boldly declared: The Prophet (صلّى الله عليه وآله وسلّم) had only one daughter, Bibi Fatima [A.S.].
The Shia website Al-Islam.org has definitively refuted those who claimed that the Prophet (صلّى الله عليه وآله وسلّم) did not have four daughters. We read the following:
Al-Islam.org says
Khadija gave birth to several children of
whom only four daughters survived: Zainab, Umme Kulthum, Ruqiya, and
Fatima-Zahra who was the youngest and most exalted of them all.
There is a difference between historians regarding the first two
daughters, for some claim that they were the Prophets step-daughters;
but the fact is that they were his direct daughters. This fact will be
explained in the coming pages, if Allah wills. [1]
[1] The story of Khadijas marriage was summarized and carried on from Bihar al-Anwar: v.6.
It should be noted that Bihar al-Anwar is a very authoratative book to the Shia.
We are pleased that Al-Islam.org has accepted the truth on this matter, and has admitted that the Prophet (صلّى الله عليه وآله وسلّم) had four daughters. However, we must ask then: if Fatima (رضّى الله عنها) is to be included in the Ahlel Bayt, then why arent the other three daughters of the Prophet (صلّى الله عليه وآله وسلّم)? Is this not unfair? Is this not illogical?
Al-Shia.com
Another popular Shia website, www.al-shia.com,
contains the following Hadith compiled by Imam Kulayni in Al-Kafi, the
most reliable of the four Shia books of Hadith. All of the below Hadith
confirm that Umm Kulthoom, Ruqayyah, and Zaynub are direct daughters of
the Prophet (صلّى الله عليه وآله وسلّم):
Al-Shia.com says
- روى الصفار بسنده عن الامام الباقر (ع ) قال : ولد لرسول اللّه (ص )من خديجة : القاسم والطاهر , وام كلثوم , ورقية , وزينب وفاطمة ((642)) .
وروى الصدوق
بسنده عن الصادق (ع ) قال : ولد لرسول اللّه (ص )من خديجة : القاسم
والطاهر ـ وهو عبداللّه ـ وام كلثوم , ورقية , وزينب وفاطمة ((643)) .
وقـال الـكـليني :
ولد له منها قبل مبعثه : القاسم , ورقية , وزينب وام كلثوم , وولد له بعد
المبعث : الـطـيـب والـطـاهر وفاطمة وروى ايضا : ا ن ه لم يولد بعد المبعث
الا فاطمة (ع ) , وان الطيب والطاهر ولدا قبل مبعثه ((644)) .
وقـال الـشيخ الطبرسي :
فاول ما حملت ولدت عبد اللّه بن محمد وهوالطيب ((الطاهر)) والناس يغلطون
فيقولون : ولد له منها اربعة بنين القاسم وعبد اللّه والطيب والطاهر ,
وانما ولد له منها ابنان , الـثـانـي : الـقـاسـم , وقـيـل :ان القاسم
اكبر , وهو بكره , وبه كان يكنى واربع بنات : زينب ورقية وام كلثوم وفاطمة
((645)) .
وقال ابن شهر آشوب :
اولاده : وله من خديجة : القاسم وعبد اللّه ,وهما الطاهر والطيب , واربع
بنات : زينب ورقية وام كلثوم وفاطمة وفي (الانوار) , و(الكشف ) , و(اللمع
) , وكتاب البلاذري : ان زيـنب ورقية كانتاربيبتيه من جحش فاما القاسم
والطيب فماتا بمكة صغيرين , مكث القاسم سبع ليال ((646)) .
وروى المجلسي
عن الكازروني عن ابن عباس قال : اول من ولدلرسول اللّه بمكة قبل النبوة
القاسم وبه كان يكنى , ثم ولد له زينب , ثم رقية ,ثم فاطمة , ثم ام كلثوم
, ثم ولد له في الاسلام عبد اللّه فـسـمي الطيب والطاهر وامهم جميعا خديجة
بنت خويلد وكان اول من مات من ولده القـاسم ثم مات عـبداللّه بمكة , فقال
العاص بن وائل السهمي قد انقطع ولده فهو ابتر , فانزل اللّه تعالى ( ان
شانئك هو الابتر ) ((647)) .
As for our English-only readers, we have the following quote from
Imam Kulayni (which is actually a translation of one of the above
Hadith):
He [the Prophet] married Khadijah
when he was twenty and some years old. Before recieving the Divine
Commands, his children born to him from Khadijah were Qasim, Ruqayyah,
Zaynub, and Umm Kulthoom. Of the children born after he recieved Divine
Commands were al-Tayyib, al-Tahir, and Fatima (a.s.)
(source: al-shia.com, http://www.al-shia.com/html/eng/lib/)
Authority of Shia Historical Accounts
The classical Shia scholars never argued that the Prophet (صلّى الله عليه وآله وسلّم)
had only one daughter. This was only a recent phenomena when the
Ayatollahs realized that their position on the Ahlel Bayt did not make
logical sense if the Prophet (صلّى الله عليه وآله وسلّم)
really did have more than one daughter. It is unfortunate that this
policy of denial is a prevalent tactic of debate today. It is adopted
with many other topics as well, such as Abdullah Ibn Saba; they deny
his existence just like they deny the existence of the Prophets
daughters. We would like to ask how it is that Shia historical accounts
can be taken seriously when they deny such basic facts such as how many
daughters the Prophet (صلّى الله عليه وآله وسلّم) had and who Abdullah Ibn Saba was?
Such famous Shia scholars as Kulayni, Majlisi, Sadooq, Toosi, and Tabarsi have confirmed that the Prophet (صلّى الله عليه وآله وسلّم) had four daughters. Thus, when the modern day propagandists argue and say that the Prophet (صلّى الله عليه وآله وسلّم)
had only one daughter, then we remind them that they are not only
arguing with us, but also these classical scholars. This newfound Shia
opinion is in fact 100% at variance with what the very founding fathers
of Shia theology had to say, those who were the foundation pillar of
knowledge for the later generations of the Shia.
Conclusion
It is a prevalent opinion of the Shia followers to say that the
Sunnis dislike or are against the Ahlel Bayt. This is simply not true.
We have just shown how it is the Shia who, in fact, deny the very
existence of the Prophets daughters.
To us this denial is an insult and we kindly ask the Shia Ayatollahs to refrain from insulting the Ahlel Bayt of Muhammad (صلّى الله عليه وآله وسلّم)
by denying their very existence. We urge our Shia brothers to think
about the veracity of their beliefs and what reasons they have for
denying the rights of three of our Prophets lovely daughters. It is
clear that, contrary to much of what is disseminated, the Ahlus Sunnah
wal Jamaah indeed loves the entire family of the Prophet (صلّى الله عليه وآله وسلّم), including all his wives and all his daughters.
Edited by Killabee - 24-Jun-2007 at 14:00