The Life & Character of the Seal of Prophets (sa) - Volume II — Page 269
VI - Rukhsatānah of Ḥaḍrat ‘Ā’ishah ra and an Exposition of Her Age at the Time, the Issue of Polygamy and Two Fabricated Incidents 269 early historians are also silent with regards to this issue, it is almost clearly established that these are fabricated tales which have somehow found way into various narrations, and thus become a part of history. Then, if one studies the details of these tales, their fabricated nature becomes even more evident. For example, in the tale of ‘Aṣmā’ the name of the assassin as related by Ibni Sa‘d and others is ‘Umair bin ‘Adiyy. However, in contrast, the name of the assassin as related by Ibni Duraid is not ‘Umair bin ‘Adiyy, rather, the name is Ghashmīr. 1 Suhailī declares both of these names as being incorrect and asserts that in actuality, ‘Aṣmā’ was killed by her own husband, 2 whose name has been related as Yazīd bin Zaid in various narrations. 3 Then in other narrations it is related that none of the above mentioned people killed ‘Aṣmā’, rather, the assassin was an anonymous person who belonged to her own people. 4 Ibni Sa‘d and others have named the victim as being ‘Aṣmā’ bint Marwān, but there is a statement of ‘Allāmah Abdul-Barr that she was not ‘Aṣmā’ bint Marwān, but in fact, ‘Umair killed his own sister whose name was Binti ‘Adiyy. 5 Ibni Sa‘d has written that the killing took place in the middle part of the night. However, the narration of Zarqānī establishes that the account took place during the day, or at most, in the early part of the night, because the narration mentions that at the time, the victim was selling dates. 6 The second incident is the execution of Abū ‘Afak. For this occurrence, Ibni Sa‘d, Wāqidī and others have written that the assassin’s name was Sālim bin ‘Umair. However, in some narrations, his name has 1 Sharḥul-‘Allāmatiz-Zarqānī ‘Alal-Mawāhibil-Ladunniyyah, By Allāmah Shihābuddīn Al-Qasṭalānī, Volume 2, p. 342, Qatlu ‘Umairin ‘Aṣmā’a, Dārul-Kutubil-‘Ilmiyyah, Beirut, Lebanon, First Edition (1996) 2 Ar-Rauḍul-Unufi Fī Tafsīris-Sīratin-Nabawiyyati libni Hishām, By Abul-Qāsim ‘Abdur-Raḥmān bin ‘Abdillah bin Aḥmad, Volume 4, p. 422, Ghazwatu ‘Alī ibni Ṭālib Ilal-Yaman, Dārul-Kutubil-‘Ilmiyyah, Beirut, Lebanon, First Edition 3 As-Sīratun-Nabawiyyah, By Abū Muḥammad ‘Abdul-Mālik bin Hishām, p. 887, Ghazwatu ‘Umair bin ‘Adiyy Al-Khaṭmiyyi Li-Qatli ‘Aṣmā’a binti Marwān, Dārul-Kutubil-‘Ilmiyyah, Beirut, Lebanon, First Edition (2001) 4 Sharḥul-‘Allāmatiz-Zarqānī ‘Alal-Mawāhibil-Ladunniyyah, By Allāmah Shihābuddīn Al-Qasṭalānī, Volume 2, p. 344, Qatlu ‘Umairin ‘Aṣmā’a, Dārul-Kutubil-‘Ilmiyyah, Beirut, Lebanon, First Edition (1996) 5 Al-Istī‘ābu Fī Ma‘rifatil-Aṣḥāb, By Abū ‘Umar Yūsuf bin ‘Abdillāh bin Muḥammad, Volume 3, p. 291, ‘Umairibni ‘Adiyyin Al-Khaṭmiyy , Dārul-Kutubil-‘Ilmiyyah, Beirut, Lebanon (2002) 6 Sharḥul-‘Allāmatiz-Zarqānī ‘Alal-Mawāhibil-Ladunniyyah, By Allāmah Shihābuddīn Al-Qasṭalānī, Volume 2, p. 344, Qatlu ‘Umairin ‘Aṣmā’a, Dārul-Kutubil-‘Ilmiyyah, Beirut, Lebanon, First Edition (1996)