Hadrat Fatima Zahra (A.S.) the Leader of the Women of the Worlds, the only Daughter of the Holy Prophet (S.A.W.) and the Mother of the Leaders of Youth of Paradise: Imam Hasan (A.S.) and Imam Husain (A.S.)
Hadrat Fatima Zahra (A.S.) completely resembled the Holy Prophet (S.A.W.) and the Holy Prophet (S.A.W.) considered her the part and parcel of his life, and used to say repeatedly, "Fatima (A.S.) is a piece of me, whosoever troubles her has troubled me, and whoever pleases her has pleased me."
Hadrat Fatima Zahra (A.S.) was martyred at the age of 18 years on 13th Jamadi al-Awwal or 3rd Jamadi al-Thani in the 11th year of Hijrah only 75 or 95 days after the heavenly departure of the Holy Prophet (S.A.W.).
On this deeply grieved and sorrowful mourning occasion, we extend our heartfelt deepest grief and condolences to all the followers and lovers of the Holy Ahlul Bayt (A.S.) in the world.
Hadrat Fatimah Zahra (A.S.) the Link between Prophethood and Imamat
Fatimah (A.S.) was the only woman connecting Prophethood and Imamate and was the link between the two. She was the daughter of the Holy Prophet (S.A.W.), the wife of the first Imam (A.S.) and the mother of the rest of the Imams (A.S.) who descended from her and her husband Ali (A.S.). Allah singled her out with this virtue and peculiarity because she was the most perfect and highest example in purity, sanctity, worship, asceticism and morals.
Al-Kawthar
According to some Qur'an commentaries (tafsir), when the Quraysh (tribe) said that the Prophet (S.A.W.) had no offspring, the chapter of al-Kawthar was revealed: 'Verily We have given thee the Kawthar (Abundance). So pray thou unto thy Lord! And offer sacrifice. Verily, thy enemy shall be the one cut off (in his progeny).' (Qur'an 108:1-3)
'We have given you al-Kawthar' means we have given you the abundant good, which shall last throughout your life and after it; therefore, turn your face unto your Lord in prayer, as mention of your name shall never end and your offspring shall never perish; it is those standing against you who are more deserving of this description.
This revelation was given against the backdrop of the pronouncements by some of the Quraysh's most scurrilous men - such as al-'As bin Wa'il, Abu Jahl, 'Uqbah bin Abi Mu'ayt and Ka'b bin al-Ashraf - that the Prophet (S.A.W.) was cut off from male children, after the death of his son al-Qasim. Hence, it is clear that the abundant good - al-Kawthar - was pointing to the abundant offspring which the Prophet (S.A.W.) would have through his daughter Fatimah (A.S.), and that this was a reply to those people and their effort to weaken the Prophet's spirits.
Supporting our interpretation, al-Tabataba'i, in al-Mizan commentary, said: 'Without that, the words 'Verily, thy enemy shall be the one cut off' would be useless.'
Her Childhood
In Fatimah's childhood, there was no place for playing, leisure and purposelessness. Nor were her energies those of a child living a childhood of innocence and simplicity. Rather, hers was the energy of a child who stored within herself a feeling for the role which she should play in the Messenger's life and the suffering and pain which he was facing. It was a childhood with the characteristics of a motherhood, living its spirit and fulfilling its role.
There she was, and having opened her eyes to life, she saw her father (S.A.W.) coming every now and then, weighed down by the pressures, burdens and harm inflicted by the atheists; so she would embrace her father and relieve his pain and take care of him with all kindness.
One day, she saw her father (S.A.W.) in the Holy Mosque of Makkah after the atheists had dumped dirt and rubbish over his back while he was praying to his Lord. She promptly went forward and removed the rubbish with her small hands, expressing her sadness and condolences to him (S.A.W.) with her tears.
This is what made her open up to her responsibilities in her early childhood to stand by her father, to take care of him and empathize with him; and he was the one who had lost his mother, and his sympathetic wife. She stood by him when he was challenged with the Message: some called him names, others accused him of being insane, others threw dirt and stones on him; his uncle Abu Lahab crying out: 'No doubt, Muhammad (S.A.W.) has bewitched you!'
But when he returned home, he would be greeted by Fatimah (A.S.), with her sympathy and care, which was not that of a child weeping without awareness..... She was sensing that his pain was also hers and so amassed during her childhood the pain of the Message and pain of the Messenger... And whosoever amasses in their early childhood the awareness of the pain of the Messenger and the Message cannot find time for leisure or playing or purposelessness; playing and purposelessness occur in our lives because of an emptiness, which we are trying to fill.
This was how Fatimah (A.S.) grew up, not like other children, but as a person with mission in her feelings, emotions, opinions and her whole dynamic attitude.
Her Relationship with the Holy Prophet (S.A.W.)
Ibn 'Abdul Barr, in al-Istee'ab, narrated - and we would like very much to use it, as it was a Sunni source which represents a neutral source, so that the Shi'ah could not be accused of talking out of emotion - that 'Ayshah said: 'I had not seen any one who was more resembling the Messenger of Allah in his speech, conduct and manners as Fatimah; when she used to enter (his house) he would stand up for her, take her hand and kiss it and make her sit in his sitting place; and when he used to enter (her house) she would stand up for him, take his hand and kiss it and make him sit in her sitting place'.
When we study this text, we can conclude two things: first, the unity and complete merging between Fatimah's personality and her father's, as the person most closely resembling him. This is reflected even in his walking, as seen in many narrations, such as 'Fatimah came and her walk did not fail the walking of the Messenger of Allah (S.A.W.)'; second, the depth of the spiritual relationship between the Prophet (S.A.W.) and Fatimah (A.S.), a relationship which the Prophet (S.A.W.) had with Fatimah (A.S.) alone.
Another narration by al-Hakim in al-Mustadrak states: 'The Messenger of Allah used, when he came back from a battle or journey, to come to the mosque and pray two rak'as to thank Allah..... then would enter to (the house of) Fatimah, then he would come to his wives'.
This meant that Fatimah (A.S.) held the prime place in the relationships between the Prophet (S.A.W.) and other people, including his wives.
In the same book, al-Mustadrak, al-Hakim also narrated: 'The Prophet (S.A.W.), when he used to travel, the last person he would see was Fatimah.'
Thus her image would stay in his mind, and the kindness and emotion, with which she used to embrace him, would stay with him in his travel and his memory, to comfort him.
Al-Hakim added: 'And when he returned from a journey, the first person he would see would be Fatimah.'
Historians have said that the Prophet (S.A.W.) did not accept that Fatimah (A.S.) became separated from him even after her marriage and, therefore, did not accept that she lived in a house far away from him, so she lived in the house next to his so that he could enter into her house directly from his.
In al-Isti'ab we read: ''Ayshah was asked: who was the most beloved person to the Messenger of Allah? She replied: Fatimah. I asked: and amongst men? She said: her husband...'
This is an important witness by 'Ayshah for Fatimah and Ali (A.S.).
There are many stories from her life which tell how she used to study her father's thoughts to know what he liked and disliked, what opened up his heart and what closed it. An example of this was when he (S.A.W.) came back from a journey and entered her house, looked around a little, then left. Quickly she knew that something bothered the Messenger of Allah (S.A.W.). She thought about it and realized that on the door of her house was a curtain and that she had two bracelets in her hands; she took the curtain down and took off the bracelets and sent them with her sons and said: 'Say greetings to my father and say to him: we have not introduced anything after you except this, it is for you to do with them what you like.'
When the Prophet (S.A.W.) heard this, his expression relaxed. He was moved by this generous, wonderful, spiritual gesture by his daughter, and this thoughtful response, and gave these things to the poor, saying: 'She did this! May her father be sacrificed for her! May her father be sacrificed for her! May her father be sacrificed for her! What have the family of Muhammad (S.A.W.) to do with life: they have been created for the hereafter!'
This is what every girl with a mission should learn, when her father is a man of missionary affiliations and responsibilities; as too should every woman with someone who has a missionary dimension in his life: she should learn not to get too engrossed with her own affairs, but to open herself up to the responsibilities of her father, husband, brother or son so as to join with him in the dynamic movement of responsibility, and not to add to the burdens to his responsibility. For we see many great men, past and present, become burdened by the people who are around them: while when they think in a missionary manner, those around them think only of themselves.
We also learn from Fatimah (A.S.), in her advanced missionary awareness and position, that she was someone who rebelled against her personal needs, however simple, for the sake of her missionary ambitions; she was someone who prioritized in favour of principles over the self. This is what we need to learn, for many of us - men and women alike - fall down when it comes to a choice between the needs of the principle and the needs of the self; we too often choose the self, and may even make a principle of service to the self.
Fatimah al-Zahra (A.S.) was unique in all her behaviour and deeds, even in her sorrow for her beloved, especially during her separation from the Messenger of Allah (S.A.W.).
Historians tell us that, when she went to him as he was dying, she embraced him and he whispered something in her ear which made her weep. Then, when he whispered something that made her laugh, she was asked:
'How quickly (your) laughing after weeping?!' She said: 'I shall not reveal the Messenger of Allah's secret in his life.' So, when she was asked about this after his death, she said: 'He whispered in my ear first that he was going to meet his Lord and that his soul was announced to him (his death), so I wept; then he whispered in my ear again that I was going to be the first of his family to go after him, so I laughed!'
Where else would you find a young woman, whatever her love for her father, become happy when he tells her that she is going to be the first to die after him?
What relationship deeper could be than this, and what unity of spirit could be stronger?
What the Holy Prophet of Islam (S.A.W.) Said About About Fatima Zahra (A.S.)?
1) The Prophet (s) said, "On the Day of Judgment, a caller will call out, 'lower your gaze until Fatima has passed." Kenz Al-Omal, v. 13, p. 91 & 93, Muntakhab Kenz Al-Omal quoted in the margin of Al-Musnad, v. 5, p. 96; Al-Sawaiq Al-Muhariqa, p. 190; Asad Al-Ghaba, v. 5, p. 523; Tadhkirat Al-Khawas, p. 279; Dhaka'ir Al-Uqubi, p. 48; Manaqib Al-Imam Ali of Ibn Al-Maghazali, p. 356; Nur Al-Absar, p. 51-52, Yanabi^ Al-Muwadda, v. 2, ch. 56, p. 136
2) The Prophet (s) said, "When I long for the fragrance of Paradise I smell the neck of Fatima."Muntakhab Kenz Al-Omal, v. 5, p. 97; Nur Al-Absar, p. 51; Manaqib Al-Imam Ali of Ibn Al-Maghazali, p. 360.
3) The Prophet (s) said, "Of all the women in the Universe, four would suffice: Mary, Asiya, Khadija, and Fatima."Al-Sahihain, v. 3, the Chapter on the Virtues of Fatima, p. 171; Seir Alam Al-Nabala', v. 2, p. 126; Al-Bidaya wa Al-Nihaya, v. 2, p. 59; The Virtues of Al-Imam Ali of Ibn Al-Maghazali, p. 363.
4) The Prophet (s) said, "Oh, Ali, Jibreel has informed me that God has married you to Fatima." Manaqib Al-Imam Ali from Al-Riyadh Al-Nudhra, p. 141.
5) The Prophet (s) said, "I am not pleased unless Fatima is pleased."Manaqib Al-Imam Ali of Ibn Al-Maghazali, p. 342.
6) The Prophet (s) said, "Oh, Ali, God has commanded me to marry you to Fatima."Al-Sawaiq Al-Muhariqa,. ch. 4, p. 142; Dakha'ir Al-Uqubi, p. 30 & 31; Tadhkirat Al-Khawas, p. 276; Manaqib Al-Imam Ali from Al-Riyadh Al-Nudhra, p. 141; Nur Al-Absar, p. 53.
7) The Prophet (s) said, "Verily, God married Ali to Fatima."Al-Sawaiq Al-Muhariqa, p. 173.
8) The Prophet (s) said, "All the children of a mother are attributed to their fatherly relation except the sons of Fatima."Al-Sawaiq Al-Muhariqa, p. 156 & 187; related in similar words in Mustadrak Al-Sahihain, v. 3, p. 179; Kenz All-Omal, v. 13, p. 101; Is^af Al-Raghibeen quoted in the appendix of Nur Al-Absar, p. 144.
9) The Prophet (s) said, "All the children of a woman are attributed to their father, but not the sons of Fatima."Kenz Al-Omal, v. 13, p. 101; Al-Sawaiq Al-Muhariqa, p. 187 & 188; Is^af Al-Raghibeen quoted in the margin of Nur Al-Absar, p. 144.
10) The Prophet (s) said, "The most beloved of my family to me is Fatima."Al-Jami^ al-Sagheer, v. 1, #203, p. 37; Al-Sawaiq Al-Muhariqa, p. 191; Yanabi^ Al-Mawadda, v. 2, ch. 59, p. 479; Kenz Al-Omal, v. 13, p. 93.
11) The Prophet (s) said, "The four greatest women in the Universe are Mary, Asiya, Khadija, and Fatima."Al-Jami^ Al-Sagheer, v. 1, #4112, p. 469; Al-Isaba fi Tamayyuz Al-Sahaba, v. 4, p. 378; Al-Bidaya wa Al-Nihaya, v. 2, p. 60; Dakha'ir Al-Uqubi, p. 44.
12) The Prophet (s) said, "The head of the women of Paradise is Fatima."Kenz Al-Omal, v. 13, p. 94; Sahih Al-Bukhari, Kitab Al-Fadha'il, Chapter on the Virtues of Fatima; Al-Bidaya wa Al-Nihaya, v. 2, p. 61.
13) The Prophet (s) said, "If I were separated from the fruits of Paradise I would kiss Fatima."Nur Al-Absar, p. 51.
14) The Prophet (s) said, "Many men have reached completion, but no women have reached completion except four: Mary, Asiya, Khadija, and Fatima."Nur Al-Absar, p. 51.
15) The Prophet (s) said, "The first people to enter Paradise will be Ali and Fatima."Nur Al-Absar, p. 52; related by similar wording in Kenz Al-Omal, v. 13, p. 95.
16) The Prophet (s) said, "The verse of purification was revealed concerning five people: myself, Ali, Hassan, Hussein, and Fatima."Is^af Al-Raghibeen, p. 116; Sahih Muslim, Kitab Fadha'il Al-Sahaba.
17) The Prophet (s) said, "The best women in Paradise will be Mary, Asiya, Khadija, and Fatima."Seir Alam Al-Nubala', v.2, p. 126; Dakha'ir Al-Uqubi, p. 44.
18) The Prophet (s) said, "The first one to enter Paradise will be Fatima."Yanabi^ Al-Mawadda, v. 2, p. 322, ch. 56.
19) The Prophet (s) said, "The Mehdi is from my family, from the sons of Fatima."Al-Sawaiq Al-Muhariqa, p. 237.
20) The Prophet (s) said, "Verily, God has weaned (fatama in Arabic) my daughter Fatima and her children and those who love them from the Hellfire, and that is why she is named Fatima." Kenz Al-Omal, v. 6, p. 219.
21) The Prophet (s) said, "Fatima, you will be the first amongst my Ahlul-Bayt to follow after me." Haliyat Al-Awliya, v. 2, p. 40; Sahih Al-Bukhari, Kitab Al-Fadha'il; Kenz Al-Omal, v. 13, p. 93; Muntakhab Kenz Al-Omal, v. 5, p. 97.
22) The Prophet (s) said, "Fatima is part of me. Whatever upsets her upsets me, and whatever harms her harms me." Sahih Muslim, v. 5, p. 54; Khasa'is Al-Imam Ali of Nisa'i, p. 121-122; Masabih Al-Sunnah, v. 4, p. 185; Al-Isabah, v. 4, p. 378; Seir Alam Al-Nubala', v. 2, p. 119; Kenz Al-Omal, v. 13, p. 97; similar wording is related in Al-Tirmidhi, v. 3, Chapter on the Virtues of Fatima, p. 241; Haliyat Al-Awliya', v.2, p. 40; Muntakhab Kenz Al-Omal, in the margins of Al-Musnad, v. 5, p. 96; Maarifat Ma Yajib Li Aal Al-Bait Al-Nabawi Min Al-Haqq Alaa Men Adahum, p. 58; Dhakha'ir Al-Uqubi, p. 38; Tadhkirat Al-Khawass, p. 279; Yanabi^ Al-Mawadda, v.2, ch. 59, p. 478.
23) The Prophet (s) said, "Fatima is part of me, and whoever pleases her, pleases me." Al-Sawaiq Al-Muhariqa, p. 180 & 132; Mustadrak Al-Hakim; Maarifat Ma Yajib Li Aal Al-Bait Al-Nabawi Min Al-Haqq Alaa Men Adahum, p. 73; Yanabi^ Al-Mawadda, v. 2, ch. 59, p. 468.
24) The Prophet (s) said, "Fatima is the head of the women of Paradise."Sahih Al-Bukhari, v. 3, Kitab Al-Fadha'il, Chapter on the Virtues of Fatima, p. 1374; Mustadrak Al-Sahihain, v. 3, Chapter on the Virtues of Fatima, p. 164; Sunan Al-Tirmidhi, v. 3, p. 266; Kenz Al-Omal, v. 13, p. 193; Muntakhab Kenz Al-Omal, v. 5, p. 97; Al-Jami^ Al-Sagheer, v. 2, no. 564, p. 5760; Seir Alam Al-Nubala', v. 2, p. 123; Al-Sawaiq Al-Muhariqa, p. 187 & 191; Khasai's Al-Imam Ali of Nisa'i, p. 118; Yanabi^ Al-Mawadda, v. 2, p. 79; Al-Jawhera Fi Nasab Ali Wa Aalihi, p. 17; Al-Bidaya wa Al-Nihaya, v. 2, p. 60.
25) The Prophet (s) said, "Fatima is part of me, so whoever makes her angry makes me angry." Sahih Al-Bukhari, v. 3, Kitab Al-Fadha'il, Chapter on the Virtues of Fatima, p. 1374; Khasa'is Al-Imam Ali of Al-Nisa'i, p. 122; Al-Jami^ Al-Sagheer, v. 2, p. 653, n. 5858; Kenz Al-Omal, v. 3, pp. 93-97; Muntakhab in the margin of Al-Musnad, v. 5, p. 96; Masabih Al-Sunnah, v. 4, p. 185; Is^af Al-Raghibeen, p. 188; Dakha'ir Al-Uqubi, p. 37; Yanabi^ Al-Mawadda, v. 2, pp. 52-79.
26) The Prophet (s) said, "Fatima is a maiden of Paradise created in human form." Manaqib Al-Imam Ali of Ibn Al-Maghazali, p. 296.
27) The Prophet (s) said, "Fatima is a maiden of Paradise in human form, she does not receive any kind of menses." Al-Sawaiq Al-Muhariqa, p. 160; Is^af Al-Raghibeen, p. 188; Kenz Al-Omal, v. 13, p. 94; Muntakhab Kenz Al-Omal, v. 5, p. 97.
28) The Prophet (s) said, "Fatima is part of me, whatever harms her harms me, and whatever is against her is against me."Mustadrak Al-Sahihain, v. 3, p. 173; Sunan Al-Tirmidhi, v. 3, Chapter on the Virtues of Fatima, p. 240; Kenz Al-Omal, v. 13, p. 94; Muntakhab Kenz Al-Omal, in the margin of Al-Musnad, v. 5, p. 96; Al-Sawaiq Al-Muhariqa, ch. 3, p. 190.
29) The Prophet (s) said, "Fatima is part of me - whatever makes her angry makes me angry, and whatever pleases her pleases me." Al-Sawaiq Al-Muhariqa, p. 188; similar wording is narrated in Mustadrak Al-Sahihain, v. 3, p. 172; Al-Jami^ Al-Sagheer, v. 2, p. 653, n. 5859.
30) The Prophet (s) said, "Fatima is more beloved to me than you, oh Ali, and you are dearer to me than her."Majma^ Al-Zawa'id, v. 9, p. 202; Al-Jami^ Al-Sagheer, v. 2, p. 654, n. 5761; Muntakhab Kenz Al-Omal, v. 5, 97; Asad Al-Ghaba, v. 5, p. 522; Yanabi^ Al-Mawadda, v. 2, ch. 56, p. 79; Al-Sawaiq Al-Muhariqa, ch. 3, p. 191.
31) The Prophet (s) said, "Fatima is part of me and she is my heart and the soul which is between my two sides." Nur Al-Absar, p. 52.
32) The Prophet (s) said, "Fatima is the head of the women of my nation." Seir Alam Al-Nubala', v. 2, p. 127; Sahih Muslim, Kitab Fadha'il Al-Sahaba, Chapter on the Virtues of Fatima; Majma^ Al-Zawa'id, v. 2, p. 201; Is^af Al-Raghibeen, p. 187.
33) The Prophet (s) said, "Fatima is a branch of me, what pleases her pleases me, and what saddens her, saddens me."Mustadrak Al-Sahihain, v. 3, Chapter on the Virtues of Fatima, p. 168; Kenz Al-Omal, v. 13, p. 96; Muntakhab Kenz Al-Omal, v. 5, p. 97; Seir Alaam Al-Nubala', v. 2, p. 132.
34) The Prophet (s) said, "Fatima is part of me - whatever causes her pain causes me pain, and whatever makes her happy makes me happy." Manaqib Al-Khawarizmi, p. 353.
35) The Prophet (s) said, "Fatima is part of me, whoever harms her has harmed me." Al-Sunan Al-Kubra, v. 10, chapter regarding the one who denies the testimony of the father for his child, p. 201; Kenz Al-Omal, v. 13, p. 96; Nur Al-Absar, p. 52; Yanabi^ Al-Mawadda, v. 2, p. 322.
36) The Prophet (s) said, "Fatima is the joy of my heart, and her sons are the fruit of my soul." Yanabi^ Al-Mawadda, v. 1, ch. 15, p. 243.
37) The Prophet (s) said, "Fatima is not like the women of the children of Adam." Majma^ Al-Zawa'id, v. 9, p. 202.
38) The Prophet (s) said, "Fatima is part of me - what saddens her saddens me, and what pleases her pleases me."Al-Sunan Al-Kubra, v. 7, p. 64, the chapter on what will transpire on the Day of Judgement; Muntakhab Kenz Al-Omal, in the margins of Al-Musnad, v. 5, p. 96.
39) The Prophet (s) said, "Oh Fatima, verily God is angry when you are angry." Al-Sawaiq Al-Muhariqa, p. 175; Mustadrak Al-Hakim, Chapter on the Virtues of Fatima; Manaqib Al-Imam Ali of Ibn Al-Maghazali, p. 351.
40) The Prophet (s) said, "Fatima, God will not torture you or any of your children." Kenz Al-Omal, v. 13, p. 96; Muntakhab Kenz Al-Omal, in the margin of Musnad Ahmad, v. 5, p. 97; Is^af Al-Raghibeen, in the margin of Nur Al-Absar, p. 118.
Leader of the Women of Paradise
Name: Fatima
Title: Az-Zahra
Kunyat: Umm-ul-Aimma
Born: Friday 20th of Jamadi-ul-Akhar in Mecca
Father's Name: Holy Prophet Muhammad Ibn-e-Abdulla (PBUH)
Mother's Name: Khadija bint-e-Khuwailid
Died: 3rd Jamadi-al-Thani at Medina at the age of 18 years (due to injury inflicted upon her through force of a falling door by a hypocrite).
Buried: The cemetery of Jannatul Baqi at Medina
Hazrat Fatima (A.S.) in the Holy Quran
Allah is the light of the heavens and the earth; a likeness of His light is as a niche in which is a lamp, the lamp is in a glass ....
[ 25 : 35 ]Ibn al Maghazli al Shafi'i has related that the niche means Hazrat Fatima ( A.S.), the lamp means Hasan ( A.S.) and Hussain ( A.S.) .....
Give the kinsman his due .... [ 17 : 26 ]
Commentators have written that when this verse was revealed the Holy Prophet ( S.A.W. ) asked the Angel Gibrael : Who are the kinsmen and what is their due ? The Angel replied : Give Fidak to Fatima(A.S.) for it is her due, and whatever is due to Allah and the Prophet out of Fadak, that also belongs to her, so entrust it to her also. Thereupon the Holy Prophet called Fatima ( A.S. ) and wrote the deed of gift, giving Fadak to her.
Tafseer Durre Mansoor ( Volume 4 page 177 )
It is Allah's wish to remove all blemish from you, O Ahl al Bayt, and purify you with a perfect purification. [ 33 : 33 ]
Al Tirmizi, Ibn Manthoor, Al Hakim, Ibn Mardawaih and Al Bayhaqi in his Sunan, all recorded the report of Umme Salemah, wife of the Prophet ( S.A.W. ) in which she said :
Im my own house the Quranic verse : Certainly God wants to keep away all abominitions from you .... Ali Fatima, Al Hassan and Al Hussein were at my house. The messenger of God covered them with a garment and then said : These are the members of my House. God keep away abomination from them and make them pure and spotless.
Sahih al Tirmizi, Volume 5 page 328 Hadith no. 3875
And whoever disputes with thee concerning him after the inspired knowledge which has been given untoo thee, tell him :
' Come, let us call our sons and your sons; our women and your women; and ourselves and yourselves; then let us pray and invoke Allah's curse upon those who lie. [ 3 : 61 ]
When the above verse came down ( at the time of debate between the Messenger and the Christians from Najran ), the Messenger of God called upon Ali, Fatima, Hasan and Hussein and said : God, these are the members of my family.
Sahih Muslim Volume 15 page 176
The Marriage
One day when the Prophet ( S.A.W. ) came out and joined his companions his face was beaming with joy. Abd al Rahman ibn Awf inquired as to the cause of his ( S.A.W. ) joy and the Prophet
( S.A.W. ) said :
I have received good tidings from my Lord about my brother and the son of my uncle, that Allah has given my daughter Fatima, Peace be Upon Her and her progeny, in marriage to Ali.
Sawaiq Al Muhriqah page 103
The Prophet ( saw ) said :
O Fatima ! Are you not pleased with this, that Allah, the Mighty and Glorious, cast a glance on the dwellers of the earth and selected from them two men, one of them your father and the other your husband ?
Mustadrak Al Hakim Volume 3 page 129
Kanz al Ummal Volume 6 page 153
Musnad of Imam Ahmed Volume 5 page 39
Sharh al Nahj al Balagah Volume 2 page 451
Ibn Abu Hatam has recorded a report from Anas, who says that Umar and Abu Bakr came to the Prophet ( S.A.W.) and each of them requested to give him the hand of Fatima ( A.S. ). But the Prophet ( S.A.W. ) kept silent and gave no answer. Then both of them went to Ali ( A.S. ) and told him that they had asked for the hand of Fatima ( A.S. ), but the Prophet ( S.A.W. ) gave no answer. They requested Ali ( A.S. ) to ask for the hand of Fatima ( A.S. ).
Many eminent traditionists have copied this report from Ibn Hatam. Ibn Hajar Asqalani has recorded in the opening part of Chapter 11 of Sawaiq al Muhriqah.
Kanz al Ummal Volume 6 page 153
Musnad of Imam Ahmed Volume 5 page 31
The Prophet ( S.A.W. ) gave Abu Bakr some money and asked him to accompany Salman and Bilal to buy some house hold necessities for Fatimas house. The Prophet said to Abu Bakr :
Buy some appropriate household necessities for my daughter with this money.
Abu Bakr said :
He ( saw ) gave me sixty three ( 63 ) dirhams, so we went to the market and bought the following
a leather mat
a Khaibairion cloak
jugs and jars for water
a thin curtain made of wool
a veil costing 4 ( foour ) dirhams
a bed embellished with ribbon
a mat from Hajar
a special copper container used for dye stuff
a water skin
Salutations to Hazrat Fatima Zahra (A.S.)
Peace be upon you, Oh daughter of the Messenger of Allah !
Peace be upon you, Oh daughter of the possessor of outstanding merit
above all Prophets and messengers and angels !
Peace be upon you, Oh Leader of the Women of the Worlds.
Peace be upon you, Oh Wife of the Vicegrent of Allah !
Peace be upon you, Oh mother of Hassan and Hussein, the Leaders of the Youth of Paradise !
Peace be upon you, Oh most truthful and martyr.
Peace be upon you, who was pleased to resign to the will of Allah and Allah was pleased with you.
Peace be upon you, Oh possessor of outstanding merit of above others,and the pure.
Peace be upon you, who is holy and guarded herself against sins !
Peace be upon you, who is knowledgeable and an authority on traditions of the Prophet.
Peace be upon you, who was subjected to anger and oppression.
Peace be upon you, Oh Fatima, daughter of the Messenger of Allah, and May Allah have mercy on you and bless you.
The Value of Fatima (AS)
Imam Al Hassan Ibn Ali Al Askari reported that his father quoted Jabir Ibn Abdullah as saying : ' The Messenger of Allah, Peace be Upon him and his cleansed progeny, said : ' When Allah created Adam and Eve, they strutted through paradise and said : ' Who are better than we ? ' At that moment they noticed an image of a girl like they had never seen before; from this girl came an illuminating light so bright that it almost blinded the eyes.
They said : ' O Lord, what is this ? '
He answered : ' This is the Image of Fatima ( A.S.), the mistress of your women descendants. '
Lisan Al Mizan Volume 3 page 346
Ibn Abbas said : ' Aisha entered the house while the Messenegr of Allah was kissing Fatima ( A.S. ), so she said : ' Do you love her, O Messenger of Allah ? '
He replied : ' Indeed, by Allah if you knew the extent of my love for her, your love would increase for her. When I was in the forth heaven ... that I found these dates softer than butter, more pleasent than musk and sweeter than honey. So when I descended to earth, I came unto Khadija and she bore Fatima. Thus Fatima is a human huri, whenever I long for paradise I smell her.
Tareekhe Baghdad Volume 5 page 87 ( Al Khateeb Al Baghdadi )
Mizan Al Itidal page 63 ( Muhammad Ibn Ahmed Al Demashqain )
Al Mizan Volume 5 page 160 ( Asqalani )
Dhakhear al Uqbi page 43 ( Tabari )
Sayings of the Holy Prophet of Islam(S.A.W.) about Hadrat Fatima Zahra (A.S.) and the Response of Ummah
Now we will discuss about Hazrat Fatima Zahra(A.S.) in the light of Holy Prophet of Islam(S.A.W.) sayings and will see how the ummah in general regarded the wish of Holy Prophet of Islam(S.A.W.).
Hazrat Zahra (A.S.) was the central figure of the Ahllal Bayt. If after the Holy Prophet her status and respect would have been preserved and regarded by the ummah then no trouble would have come upon the holy progeny of Holy Prophet of Islam(S.A.W.) . Now just we look at the sayings of the Holy Prophet of Islam(S.A.W.) :-
1. Ref:- Zakhair ul Oqba and Neyabe ul Mowadatt.
Narrated by Hazrat Ali (A.S.) "Holy Prophet of Islam(S.A.W.) said Ya Fatima God gets angry with your anger and God pleasures with your pleasure " ( And it is very clear that Hazrat Zahra(A.S.) was very angry with some of the people among the ummah )
2. Ref. Tareekh Abul Fawada Pt.1 P-375
After the death of Holy Prophet of Islam(S.A.W.) people left the body of Holy Prophet of Islam(S.A.W.) and gathered in Saqifa Bani Saada. Only Hazrat Ali ( A.S.) with very few people were left to attend the final rites of Holy Prophet of Islam(S.A.W.) and when the people returned from Saqifa the Holy body of Prophet of Islam(S.A.W.) was buried. Instead of showing any sympathy or grief on this great sorrowful event the people started gathering with great anger on the door of Hazrat Zahra(A.S.) and their main aim was to get Bayat from Hazrat Ali (A.S.)
3. Ref. Tareekh Tibri , Al Imamat wal Seyasat Pt.1 P-12.
Omer with other people came to the door of Hazrat Zahra(A.S.) with fire and shouted that every one in the house must come out otherwise I will burn this house ( Be reminded that it was the same house on which Holy Prophet of Islam(S.A.W.) used to come for salam , Reference is already quoted ) Hazrat Zahra ( A.S.) herself came to the door and said Ya Ibn-e- khttaab you want to burn the house though there are Ali and Hasnain inside the house, he replied let them be .
4. Ref. Roza Al Manazer Berhashia Kamil P-113.
The door of Hazrat Zahra (A.S.) was put on fire, when Syeda Zahra (A.S.) came to the door, the burning door was dropped on her and with the result she was badly injured . Allama Moheen while commenting on the event wrote in his book Al-Mallel wal Nahal Shrestani ( P-20) that later the death of Hazrat Zahra (A.S.) was caused due to the injury of burning door which was dropped on her.
5. Ref. Maaraj-n- Nabuwat Chpt. 3 P-42 , Tareekh Yaqoobi Pt.2 P-116.
The people got inside the house of Hazret Zahra by shouting and destroying every thing, on this Hazrat Zahra came out and said go away from my house otherwise I will pray against you to the God.
6. Ref. Al-Imammat wal Seyasat Pt. 1, P-141.
Later on the Shaikhain came to the door of Hazrat Zahra(A.S.) and admitted that we have made you angry and wanted to get excused but Hazrat Zahra(A.S.) turned her face away by saying that till to the last breath I will keep praying against you to the God, on this both went back .
7. Ref. Admice of Shamsul Ullama Nazir Ahmed Dahlavi with reference to these books.Estiahab Pt-2 P-772 , Alkari Pt. 12 P-18 , Roza tul Ahbab Pt. 1 P- 434, Azala tul Khafa Pt.2 P-52
Hazrat Fatima Zahra(A.S.) Stopped talking to Abubakar and Umar and at the time of her death she advised that both of them are not to be allowed to come to her Janaza prayer and my body should be buried in the darkness of night.
8. Ref. From Row-e-Sadiqa ( Dupty Nazir Ahmed )
It is very sorrowful to say that after the death of Holy of Islam(S.A.W.) the Ahlul Bayt came across very sad events and their status and respect was dropped down till the condition reached to the happening of Karbala the quite unique event of its nature.
9. As per Hafiz Mohammad bin Ali Shre Ashowb only the following people were in the Janaza Prayer of Hazrat Zahra :-
1. Hazrat Ali, 2. Hazrat Hassan 3. Hazrat Hussain, 4. Hazrat Aqueel, 5. Hazrat Sulaman .... 6. Hazrat Miqdad , 7. Hazrat Ammar Yasar, 8. Hazrat Bureda, 9. Hazrat Abbas, 10. Hazra ......... Fazal, . 11.Hazrat Hazeefa, 12. Hazrat Abu Zar.
10. Ref. Nayabe ul Mowadat P-417
From Anas , the Holy Prophet of Islam(S.A.W.) said that there are four women who are of highest status in the whole universe. They are Mariam Bint-e- Imran, Assia Bint-e- Mazahem , Khadeja Bint-e- Khulid and Fatima Bint-e-Mohemmad (A.S.)
11 Brief Comments on Fadak.
· Here we are not discussing Fadak in detail because it itself is needs a complete article, but just to point out the situation prevailing after the death of Holy Prophet of Islam(S.A.W.) . To see that the people who are considered to be the most faithful to the Holy Prophet of Islam(S.A.W.) in fact were having enmity with Hazrat Zahra ( by keeping in view that as per saying of Holy Prophet of Islam(S.A.W.) the enemy of Hazrat Zahra(A.S.) was the enemy of Holy Prophet of Islam(S.A.W.) himself but how a strange it is that enemy of Hazrat Zahra (A.S.) is considered to be the most faithful friend of Holy Prophet of Islam(S.A.W.) , How the people joined two impossibilities together )
· Just after the death of Holy Prophet of Islam(S.A.W.) the Fadak which was given to her by the Holy prophet of Islam(S.A.W.) was taken back from her by force by the Khalifa and when Hazrat Zahra(A.S.) forwarded her claim of Fadak to the governing authority it was turned down by taking the support of one self made hadith which was opposite to the teaching of Holy Quran.
· According to Ayah-e- Mubahela she was the central figure of Sadaqeen , as per Ayah Tatheer she was among those whose Taharat was granted by God. According to the teaching and a lot of repeated sayings of Holy Prophet of Islam(S.A.W.) she was very close rather a part of Holy Prophet of Islam(S.A.W.) , but the powerful governing body rejected her claim by considering her to be the wrong , false , unaware of Islamic teaching etc.
· In this regard her evidences (Ali and Hasnain ) were also rejected. Please note that these people according to Quranic standard were Sadayqeen if they were now false in their witness then , Is the Quranic standard not challenged ?
· Mullana Sadduruden Hanafi in his book " Rawaaha al-Mutafa " P-96 (urdu) comments that after the death of Holy Prophet of Islam(S.A.W.) many abnormal events happened , for example Burning of the main door of the house of Hazrat Zahra(A.S.) by Umar, Falling of burning door on Hazrat Zahra(A.S.), Gathering of crowed and shouting on the door of Hazrat Zahra(A.S.), And saying of Hazrat Zahra(A.S.) that these people (those who highly made her angry) should not be permitted to take part in my Janaza prayer, these all events show that the daughter of Holy Prophetof Islam(S.A.W.) left this world in a very gloomy state.
· On the grave of Holy Prophet of Islam(S.A.W.) Hazrat Zahra(A.S.) said . " Oh! my father , after you I faced such a terrible troubles that if they were to be faced by shining days they would have turned into dark nights. "
· ( Being a muslim just think that Hazrat Zahra(A.S.) after the death of Holy Prophetof Islam(S.A.W.) remained only 70 or 90 days in this world but even in such a shot time she was subjected to countless and terrible troubles after all who were be the responsible for this ? )
· Shah Abdul Haq Dahlvi in his book " Sarha -e- Meshkat Pt.3 P-453 says that among all disputes the Fadak is the most difficult one because it can not be justified in any way.
· Now at the end of this sub topic we will not comment much but leave it to the conscious of every Muslim, he himself should justify that tomorrow how he is going to face the Holy Prophet of Islam(S.A.W.) !. Did he regarded the saying of Holy Prophet of Islam(S.A.W.) in respect of Ahlul Bait and specially about Hazrat Zahra(A.S.) ? How the enemy of Hazrat Zahra (A.S.) ( in fact the enemy of Holy Prophetof Islam(S.A.W.) ) became the most respectable figures of the Muslims world?
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