I: "It is said that the followers of the Prophet have been insulted by
your countrymen, and according to the statutes of our religion he who
insults his superiors is an unbeliever."
IBRAHIM: "That is what Imam Aazam (Ebn Hanifa) says, but according to
Imam Shafi this belongs to the pardonable offenses."
I: "I understand that it is customary with you to accuse Ayesha, the
wife of the Prophet (may God have mercy upon her), of immorality,
and as this throws a stigma on the Prophet's name, it is synonymous
to blasphemy. The people who can do this are in a state of apostasy,
and their life is forfeited. Their goods can be confiscated and their
men put in prison. Any one persisting in this unbelief is subject to
imprisonment, but if they renounce they may, without their wives, with
or without marriage...."
IBRAHIM: "I must contradict this. In our eyes also, any one who
accuses Ayesha of immorality is an unbeliever and a blasphemer and
contradicts the Koran; because in the Sacred Book God Almighty
testifies to the virtue of Ayesha. But all the same we can not love
her because she set herself against Ali."
I: "How do you explain it that although the Hadis declares that the
Ulemas are on a level with the prophets of the people of Israel,
it nevertheless frequently happens that offensive language is used
against the former?"