Analysis of the Fundamentals of Allamah Sanqari Ha'eri in the rejection of the theory of Removal of the Veils of the Womenfolk of Imam Husain (a.s.) after Ashura

This article is an analysis and critique on the theory of removal of the veils of the womenfolk of the Ahl-e- Bayt of Imam Hussain (a.s.) in the treatise al-Asemiyyah, which was completed by Allamah Sheikh Muhammad Ali Sanqari Ha'eri in 1327 A.H. In this treatise, Allameh Sanqari criticizes the narrations of Abi Makhnaf, Shaikh Saduq, Shaikh Mufid, Sayed Ibn Tawoos and Allamah Majlisi regarding the snatching of the veils of the women of Karbala. He considers the uncovering of the hair of the womenfolk of the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w.a.) as impossible and contrary to the modesty, wisdom, divine law, and infallibility of Hazrat Zainab (a.s.). He cites reasons such as: the readiness of the Ahl-e- Bayt of the Imam (a.s.) to be captives and to separate their clothing and ornaments from themselves, the power of Zainab Kubra (a.s.) in preventing this matter, and establishment of covering on the backs of the camels of the Ahle Bayt (a.s.), thereby preventing strangers from seeing the face and the hair of the womenfolk of infallibility and messengership. In this research, it has been tried, after examining the documentary evidence of the narrations about the uncovering of the heads of the Holy Prophet’s (s.a.w.a.) daughters, the rational and narrative proofs of this group of narrations, has been critically evaluated. Thereafter, the literal meaning of the reasons of the veils of the Ahle Bayt (a.s.) and the figurative and indicative meaning of the useful expressions of the face of the womenfolk of Imam Husain (a.s.) is described as wishful thinking. Consequently, Allameh Sanqari Ha'eri's theory based on the impossibility of showing the head is supported.