History is an interpretation of events. You cant change a actual events in history. But we can appreciate a events. And everyone would have his/her own interpretation of things. For example, to a British it was The Indian Mutiny. To a Indians it was a Fight for Independence. The eventuality never changes. How we perceive it would.
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Raja Petra Kamarudin
How many non-Muslims assimilate a conflict in in between a Sunnis as well as a Shiahs? For which matter, how many Muslims assimilate it? Why have millions of Muslims died during a hands of associate Muslims since a time of a genocide of Prophet Muhammad?
Many Muslims have been in denial mode as well as Sunni Muslims, a largest organisation in Islam (which many Malaysian-Malays belong to), would rather hold it is since a Shiahs have been deviants. And which is since Malays who turn Shiahs, or have been suspected of following Shiah teachings, have been arrested by a Malaysian supervision -- since they have been following deviant teachings.
Let me tell we since a Sunnis as well as Shiahs have been during fight with one another. And to assimilate this we need to take we during a behind of to a time of a Prophet when a breach in in between Muslims initial started -- even prior to a Prophet could exhale his last breathe.
What we want to relate currently is a central story of Islam. So it is not unequivocally my interpretation of events as such. And a story goes as follows.
Once upon a time a Prophets youngest wife, Aishah, was travelling by a dried in a caravan. The train stopped for a pit stop as well as Aishah motionless to find a isolated spot to answer a call of inlet (they did not have R&R stops in a dried in those days).
Without realising which Aishah was missing, a train one after another upon a ! journey withdrawal Aishah behind. When Aishah returned she discovered which a car! avan had left so she sat down to wait for them to come during a behind of for her.
But they did not realise they had left her during a behind of until they stopped for a night. By afterwards it was as well dim to spin during a behind of so they motionless they would do which a following sunrise come daybreak.
In a meantime a young, large Arab upon horseback upheld by as well as he saw Aishah sitting all alone in a desert. Although this Arab had never met Aishah prior to he rught away recognized her as being one of a Prophets wives since all a Prophets wives wore tudungs or headscarves.
The immature Arab offered to give Aishah a lift as well as help follow after a caravan. Before they could reach a caravan, night fell, so they had to find shelter for a night in a cavern as well as continue their journey to demeanour for a train a following sunrise when it was light again.
The following sunrise a Arab reached a train with Aishah riding pillion upon a usually horse which he possessed. Of course, this triggered speak which Aishah had outlayed a night alone with a young, large Arab. Within a day a total of Medina was gossiping about this story as well as in no time during all a Prophets enemies were swelling a story about Aishahs eventuality with a young, large Arab.
Ali, a Prophets cousin as well as son-in-law (the initial person after Khatijah, a Prophets initial wife, to turn a Muslim) came to see a Prophet to surprise him which a rumours about Aishahs eventuality were becoming very bad as well as intensely serious. The Prophet was very uneasy with this since Aishah was his prime mother as well as also a daughter of his most appropriate general, Abu Bakar.
Ali argued which a Prophet cannot means to be linked to rumours of an dishonest wife. Ali insisted which a Prophet divorce Aishah.
The Prophet was intensely upset. He refused to divorce Aishah yet he did leave her residence as w! ell as d id not lapse for a series of days.
And this was when, according to Islamic beliefs, a Surah An-Nur (below) was suggested by God.
I will not go in to details about this Surah yet sufficient to contend which a Muslims hold which God, in response to a Prophets quandary as to what to do about a rumours of Aishahs affair, laid down a manners upon how to handle such rumours.
In a finish a Prophet did not divorce Aishah yet went during a behind of to her residence as well as made her swear which she did not commit illicit love eventuality with a young, large Arab (as guided by Surah An-Nur) -- as well as Aishah did so.
So which ended a rumours of Aishahs eventuality or adultery. The make a difference was right away settled. But which did not solve a make a difference in in between Aishah as well as Ali. Since which day Aishah as well as Ali became adversaries (this is merely how we appreciate this event, though).
And this suggested itself upon a Prophets death. The Prophet wanted to outlay his remaining days in Aishahs residence as well as he in fact died upon Aishahs lap. Just prior to he died, though, he summoned Ali and, according to Ali, a Prophet pronounced which when he dies Ali should take over as a inheritor (caliph, in a Arabic language).
When a Prophet died a legislature met to discuss who should be a brand new inheritor as well as Ali told them which a Prophet had already anointed him as a inheritor as well as which Aishah was a declare to this.
The legislature summoned Aishah to attest yet she pronounced she did not hear a Prophet contend this. Because Aishah could not confirm what Ali said, Abu Bakar, Aishahs father, was allocated a inheritor instead.
It was not until Abu Bakar as well as a two caliphs after him, Omar as well as Othman, died did Ali get his spin to turn caliph (the fourth caliph after a Prophet).
But shortly after Ali took office, Aish! ah, who was afterwards vital in Mekah, led an armed forces of Meccan Muslims to wage war Medina with a view to oust Ali. And this was when a famous (or infamous) War of a Camel took place.
It is called a War of a Camel since Aisiah was riding a camel as well as Ali educated his archers to not harm her (who was,! after a ll, his step-mother) yet to target for a camel. The camel was brought down with a well-aimed arrow as well as Aishah fell to a ground.
Ali afterwards approached Aisiah, helped her to her feet, as well as told her to lapse to Mekah. Thus ended a rebellion.
The Medinan Muslims, however, were indignant with Ali. Rebellion was deliberate a critical crime as well as rebels contingency be condemned to death, their property confiscated, as well as their family sold in to slavery. But all Ali did was to help Aishah to her feet as well as allow her to lapse to Mekah unpunished.
Many people incited opposite Ali as well as declared him a bad Muslim for not support a law. Aishah may be a Prophets widow as well as Alis stepmother. But a law is a law as well as Ali had disregarded a law. So they incited upon him as well as shortly after which Ali was assassinated.
Okay, which is a eventuality in history. we cant change which particular event, which is well-documented. But we would like to appreciate which eventuality a approach we see it.
It was many hapless which Aishah indispensable to answer a call of inlet as well as doubly hapless which she did not surprise any one in a train as well as they left but realising she was missing.
It was also hapless which a young, large Arab, a Good Samaritan, upheld by as well as he was riding alone. If he had been in a organisation rather than alone afterwards a story of Aishahs eventuality as well as illicit love eventuality would not have been possible.
But what happened, happened as well as a bad blood in in between Aishah as well as Ali resulted in a Sunni-Shiah conflict which is still going upon until today.
Yo u see, when they assassinated Ali, his supporters formed a Party of Ali or Shiatul Ali (now know as Shiah for short) to find punish for Alis genocide during a hands of associate Muslims. And a Shiahs have been still looking punish until currently (man, do these Shiahs have prolonged memories).
But what we want to highlight here is not so most a Sunni-Shiah conflict yet how rumours of passionate misconduct can have critical repercussions. In a Aishah-Ali box millions died since ! of it, M uslims during a hands of Muslims.
Alis resolution to this was which Prophet Muhammad contingency divorce Aishah to strengthen a picture as well as repute of a Prophet. A Prophet cant means to have these rumours of an dishonest mother unresolved over his head. A Prophet as well as his family contingency be seen to be upon top of sin as well as transgression.
As they say: it is a make a difference of perception.
Of course, these rumours were being widespread by a Prophets enemies. That is natural. Who else yet your enemies would do this?
But a Prophets enemies were means to widespread these rumours usually since a eventuality did happen (meaning: Aishah outlayed a night alone in a dried with a young, large Arab). If a eventuality had not happened afterwards they would not have been means to widespread any rumours.
Those who supported a Prophet and/or Aishah naturally did not hold a rumours. Ali did not contend be believed it as well. What Ali pronounced was a Prophet has to divorce Aishah to protect/insulate a Prophet (and Islam, of course) from these rumours.
I appreciate this as a saddest episode in Islamic history. How something so trusting can be disfigured in to something so devious which has right away separate Islam beyond repair is sad. But it happened.
Okay, right away relate all this to present day Malaysia. How would we appreciate Malaysias ongoing crisis of confidence for both a supervision as well as a opposition in a context of a story of a Sunni-Shiah! conflic t?
Yes, which is certainly something to contemplate on. But we shall stop here as well as allow we to contemplate this upon your own. Those who can see it will see it. Those who cantwell, what more can we contend about Malaysias preparation system which breeds dungus as well as lamebrains?
And what is my point? If we cant get it afterwards we will not waste my time with we any longer.
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