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Words of Fatimah ‘Alayha al-Salam when Ali ‘Alayha al-Salam was dragged out

alkafi-15074Vol. 8, p. 237-238

لَمَّا أُخْرِجَ‌ بِعَلِيٍّ ع‌[1] خَرَجَتْ فَاطِمَةُ ع وَاضِعَةً قَمِيصَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ص عَلَى رَأْسِهَا آخِذَةً بِيَدَيِ ابْنَيْهَا فَقَالَتْ مَا لِي وَ مَا لَكَ يَا أَبَا بَكْرٍ تُرِيدُ أَنْ تُؤْتِمَ ابْنَيَّ وَ تُرْمِلَنِي مِنْ زَوْجِي‌[2] وَ اللَّهِ لَوْ لَا أَنْ تَكُونَ سَيِّئَةٌ لَنَشَرْتُ شَعْرِي وَ لَصَرَخْتُ إِلَى رَبِّي فَقَالَ رَجُلٌ مِنَ الْقَوْمِ مَا تُرِيدُ إِلَى‌[3] هَذَا ثُمَّ أَخَذَتْ بِيَدِهِ فَانْ

When they came out with Ali (asws), Fatima (sa) also came out having placed the shirt of the Rasulallah (saww) upon her head, taking her two sons by the hand. So she (asws) said: ‘What is it between me and you, O Abu Bakr that you want to orphan my two sons and widow me from my husband? By Allah (azwj)! Had it not been