O 'A'ishah! To combat
with the Prophet's household, one day you ride a mule
and the next day a camel!
We have already seen to what extent
Mu'awiyah went in his hostility to Imam 'Ali so that
during the rule of the Imam be fought him in every
possible way. After the Imam was martyred in the mosque
of Kufah Mu'awiyah's combat took the form of cold
war and he never ceased in his propagation against
the Imam and his abuse and curse to him. We saw also
that 'A'ishah, fought the Imam with her utmost ability
during her life, and when he was killed by Ibn Muljam
and departed this world, on being informed of his
death, she was so overjoyed that she prostrated herself
in thankfulness to God,(239) and began singing the
following lines:
"Alt has died and there is no return for him.
With his death lain as overjoyed as the family Of
a dear traveler returning from his journey! 'Ali's
death illuminated my eyes!"
'A'ishah's flame of enmity with the Alawite house
was so strong, that she even veiled herself from his
two sons who were her husband's grandsons, and abstained
from meeting them.(240) When we read what al-Ya'qubi
and Abu al-Faraj al-Isfahani have narrated about the
events of those days, we will see that her intense
hostility continued so long that it could be regarded
as a reason for the attachment between her and the
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