Ma’mun debates with a false prophetess and loses

Ahmad Ibn Abdi l-Wahhab An-Nuwairi writes:

ูˆูŽุงุฏู‘ูŽุนูŽู€ุชู ุงู…ู’ู€ุฑูŽุฃูŽุฉูŒ ุงู„ู€ู†ู‘ูู€ุจูู€ูˆู‘ูŽุฉูŽ ุนูŽู€ู„ูŽู€ู‰ ุนูŽู€ู‡ู’ู€ุฏู ุงู„ู’ู€ู…ูŽู€ุฃู’ู…ูู€ูˆู†ู ููŽู€ุฃูุญู’ู€ุถูู€ุฑูŽุชู’ ุฅูู„ูŽู€ูŠู’ู€ู‡ู ููŽู€ู‚ูŽู€ุงู„ูŽ ู„ูŽู€ู‡ูŽู€ุง:ย ู…ูŽู€ู†ู’ ุฃูŽู†ู’ู€ุชูุŸ ู‚ูŽู€ุงู„ูŽู€ุชู’:ย ุฃูŽู†ูŽู€ุง ููŽู€ุงุทูู€ู…ูŽู€ุฉู ุงู„ู€ู†ู‘ูŽู€ุจูู€ูŠู‘ูŽู€ุฉู ููŽู€ู‚ูŽู€ุงู„ูŽ ู„ูŽู€ู‡ูŽู€ุง ุงู„ู’ู€ู…ูŽู€ุฃู’ู…ูู€ูˆู†ู:ย ุฃูŽุชูู€ุคู’ู…ูู€ู†ูู€ูŠู€ู†ูŽ ุจูู€ู…ูŽู€ุง ุฌูŽู€ุงุกูŽ ุจูู€ู‡ู ู…ูู€ุญูŽู€ู…ู‘ูŽู€ุฏูŒ ุตูŽู€ู„ู‘ูŽู€ู‰ ุงู„ู€ู„ู‘ูŽู€ู‡ู ุนูŽู€ู„ูŽู€ูŠู’ู€ู‡ู ูˆูŽุณูŽู€ู„ู‘ูŽู€ู…ูŽุŸ ู‚ูŽู€ุงู„ูŽู€ุชู’:ย ู†ูŽู€ุนูŽู€ู…ู’ ูƒูู€ู„ู‘ู ู…ูŽู€ุง ุฌูŽู€ุงุกูŽ ุจูู€ู‡ู ููŽู€ู‡ูู€ูˆูŽ ุญูŽู€ู‚ู‘ูŒ ููŽู€ู‚ูŽู€ุงู„ูŽ ุงู„ู’ู€ู…ูŽู€ุฃู’ู…ูู€ูˆู†ู:ย ููŽู€ู‚ูŽู€ุฏู’ ู‚ูŽู€ุงู„ูŽ ู…ูู€ุญูŽู€ู…ู‘ูŽู€ุฏูŒ ุตูŽู€ู„ู‘ูŽู€ู‰ ุงู„ู€ู„ู‘ูŽู€ู‡ู ุนูŽู€ู„ูŽู€ูŠู’ู€ู‡ู ูˆูŽุณูŽู€ู„ู‘ูŽู€ู…ูŽ:ย ู„ูŽุง ู†ูŽู€ุจูู€ูŠู‘ูŽ ุจูŽู€ุนู’ู€ุฏููŠ ู‚ูŽู€ุงู„ูŽู€ุชู’:ย ุตูŽู€ุฏูŽู‚ูŽ ุนูŽู€ู„ูŽู€ูŠู’ู€ู‡ู ุงู„ู€ุตู‘ูŽู„ูŽุงุฉู ูˆุงู„ู€ุณู‘ูŽู€ู„ูŽุงู…ู ููŽู€ู‡ูŽู€ู„ู’ ู‚ูŽู€ุงู„ูŽ:ย ู„ูŽุง ู†ูŽู€ุจูู€ูŠู‘ูŽู€ุฉูŽ ุจูŽู€ุนู’ู€ุฏููŠุŸ ููŽู€ู‚ูŽู€ุงู„ูŽ ุงู„ู’ู€ู…ูŽู€ุฃู’ู…ูู€ูˆู†ู ู„ูู€ู…ูŽู€ู†ู’ ุญูŽู€ุถูŽู€ุฑูŽู‡ู:ย ุฃูŽู…ู‘ูŽู€ุง ุฃูŽู†ูŽู€ุง ููŽู€ู‚ูŽู€ุฏู ุงู†ู’ู€ู‚ูŽู€ุทูŽู€ุนู’ู€ุชู ููŽู€ู…ูŽู€ู†ู’ ูƒูŽู€ุงู†ูŽู€ุชู’ ุนูู€ู†ู’ู€ุฏูŽู‡ู ุญูู€ุฌู‘ูŽู€ุฉูŒ ููŽู€ู„ู’ู€ูŠูŽู€ุฃู’ุชู ุจูู€ู‡ูŽู€ุง ูˆูŽุถูŽู€ุญูู€ูƒูŽ ุญูŽู€ุชู‘ูŽู€ู‰ ุบูŽู€ุทู‘ูŽู€ู‰ ุนูŽู€ู„ูŽู€ู‰ ูˆูŽุฌู’ู€ู‡ูู€ู‡ู

,,In the time of Ma’mun, a woman claimed prophecy. So she was brought to him, whereupon he said to her: ๏ดพWho are you?๏ดฟ She said: ๏ดพI am Fatimah, the Prophetess.๏ดฟ Then Ma’mun said to her: ๏ดพDo you believe in what Muhammad (s.) brought?๏ดฟ She said: ๏ดพYes, everything he brought is true.๏ดฟ So Ma’mun said to her: ๏ดพMuhammad (s.) has said: ,,There is no prophet after me.”๏ดฟ She said: ๏ดพHe has spoken the truth. Blessings and peace be upon him. But did he say: ,,There is no prophetess after me?”๏ดฟ Then Ma’mun said to those, who were with him: ๏ดพAs for me, I am finished. Now whoever has an argument, let him bring it.๏ดฟ And he laughed until he covered his face.” [Nihayat-ul-Arab, Volume 4, page 17]

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An-Nuwairi is an Egyptian historian

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