Waqia-e-Ifk: Aik Mahine ki Tohmat, Ali ka Mashwara, aur Baad ki Tareekh

Woh Raat Jab Qafla Use Sahra Mein Chhor Gaya

Hijrat ka panchwan ya chhata saal hai — muarrikheen ki tareekh-gozari mukhtalif hai. Musalmanon ka lashkar Ghazwa-e-Banu Mustaliq se wapas aa raha hai. Raat ke waqt kooch ka elaan hota hai. Nabi ki aik nau-umar biwi qaza-e-hajat ke liye parao se door jati hain, wapsi par mehsoos karti hain ke Zafar ke Yemeni aqeeq ka haar gale se toot kar kahin gir gaya hai, aur use dhoondne palat jati hain. Woh khud bayan karti hain ke us zamane mein auratein halki-phulki hoti theen — chunanche hodaj utha kar oont par rakhne walon ko khabar hi na hui ke hodaj khali hai. Qafla andhere mein aage barh jata hai. Woh usi jagah baith jati hain ke log mujhe na pa kar wapas aayenge — aur aankh lag jati hai. Lashkar ke peechhe reh jane wala saman samet-ne par mamoor sipahi Safwan bin Muattal subah unhein pata hai, apni oontni bithata hai, aur din ki roshni mein, sab ki nazron ke samne, unhein Madina le aata hai. Woh Abu Bakr ki beti hain. Unka naam Aisha hai. Aur agle aik mahine tak shehr batein banata rehta hai.

Us mahine mein kya kaha gaya, kis ne kaha, Nabi ke qareeb-tareen chachazad ne unki zauja ke bare mein unhein kya mashwara diya, aur baad ki dahaiyon mein inhi do shakhsiyaat ke darmiyan kitabein kya darj karti hain — yeh sab Islam ke mustanad-tareen masadir mein likha hua maujood hai.