Question 276, from the book Al-Jawab Al-Moneer Vol. 3, section of the answers by the Ansar of Imam Al-Mahdi (a.s) A Sunni woman wrote a message to which the Ansari Sheikh Nathim Al-Uqeily, may Allah (swt) safeguard him, responded with proofs just from Sunni sources. Basically her questions and his answers tackled the following points (which are points often raised by our Sunni brothers and sisters): 1) How dare you accuse A’isha of adultery while she was the wife of the Prophet? Why do you not sanctify her like you sanctify Khadijah and Umm Salamah for example? And let’s assume that A’isha made a mistake against Imam Ali by going to war against him, does this take her out from Islam?(Here Sheikh Nathim will state very clearly that we never accused A’isha of adultery. And he will mention that we only sanctify the wives who have held tight to the will and commands of the Prophet (sawas), so he will prove from Sunni sources a lot of Hadiths in which the Prophet (sawas) clearly and repeatedly stated that if Ali goes on a certain path and other people go to another path then you must stick with Ali because he will always take you to guidance and will never mislead you, and he will also mention other Hadiths from Sunni sources which say that whoever separates from Ali has separated from the Prophet and whoever separates from the Prophet has separated from Allah (swt). And it is confirmed with Sunni and Shia that A’isha went out against Ali in a lot of incidents, and the most popular of them is the battle of the camel, so according to the Sunni Hadiths, A’isha separated from Ali (a.s), therefore she has separated from the Prophet (sawas), therefore, she has separated from Allah (swt) – according to Sunni sources. He will also mention Hadiths that show that the Prophet (sawas) himself was the one who commanded us to love Ali and he (sawas) (not the Shia!) was the one who made the love of Ali a measure of faith – again just from Sunni sources) 2) If you say that A’isha was misguided and not upon the truth, then how could the Prophet (sawas) make a “mistake” and marry her while he is infallible? (Here Sheikh Nathim will prove from the Qur’an that Prophets do not necessarily marry righteous women) 3) Isn’t there a verse in Qur’an that says “The evil ones are for the evil ones and the good ones are for the good ones”? So how do you say that A’isha is evil? (Here Sheikh Nathim will show that according to the Sunni scholars and sunni interpretations, this verse does not mean what she understood, rather it means: “the evil speech is for the evil people and the good speech is for the good people”, according to the Sunni interpretations) 4) A’isha is from Ahlul Bayt since she is the wife of the Prophet, so she is purified from every impurity because the verse in the Holy Qur’an says: {Verily Allah desires to keep off from you every kind of impurity O’ People of the House (Ahlul Bayt), and purify you with a perfect purification} (Here Sheikh Nathim will prove from Sunni sources that the wives of the Prophet are not included in “Ahlul Bayt” and not included in this verse and that “Ahlul Bayt” is restricted to only Ali, Fatima and their Progeny, peace be upon all of them – all from Sunni sources) So if any of those question are questions that you faced before, then please take the time to read the response of Sheikh Nathim, perhaps you may take it insha’Allah as a base then further research on your own if you need to. And may Allah (swt) guide the sincere truth seeker. The following is the question as it came in the book:______________________________Question 276: a) I have sent you a message two months ago but you have not responded to it. I believe you did not like it. I will give you noble verses to prove to you that Ahlul Bayt include the wife: In the Name of Allah The Merciful The Intensely Merciful {And when Job (Ayoub) called to his Lord, “Indeed, adversity has touched me, and you are the Most Merciful of the merciful” * So We responded to him and removed what afflicted him of adversity. And We gave him [back] his family….} [Surat Al-Anbiyaa’ 21:83-84] In the Name of Allah The Merciful The Intensely Merciful {They said, “Are you amazed at the decree of Allah ? May the mercy of Allah and His blessings be upon you, Ahlul Bayt (people of the house). Indeed, He is Praiseworthy and Honorable”} [Surat Hud 11:73] In the Name of Allah The Merciful The Intensely Merciful {And when Moses had completed the term and was traveling with his family…..} [Surat Al-Qasas 28:29] As for the purification, In the Name of Allah The Merciful The Intensely Merciful {….Allah does not intend to make difficulty for you….} [Surat Al Ma’ida 5:6] b) Peace, Mercy, and Blessings of Allah be upon you. May Allah send His Peace and Blessings upon Muhammad and the Family of Muhammad and the companions of Muhammad, all of them. You say the truth a lot of times, rather you are the best Shia group. However, you agree with them in insulting and cursing and you did not even make The mother of the Believers (A’isha) be rescued from that. Rather, you made the measure of faith to be the love for Ali and his sons, and not believing in Allah and His Angels and Messenger and the Final Day. The infallible does not make mistakes, so how could the Prophet make a mistake and marry A’isha? He is far away from that! Did not Allah (swt) say that evil ones is for evil ones and good ones are for good ones? Contemplate over the verse and seek Allah’s forgiveness! And let’s assume that