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holy women
Mary ( maryam) , Asiya (the wife of Pharaoh), Khadija and
Fatimah
Fatimah Fatima bint Prophet Muhammad
Arabic: فاطمة
Kunyas :
* Umm Abeeha * Umm al-Hasanayn * Umm al-Hasan * Umm
al-Husayn
Titles
* al-Siddeeqah (The Truthful Woman)
* al-Mubarakah (The Blessed Woman)
* al-Tahirah (The Pure Woman)
* al-Zakiyyah (The Chaste/Innocent Woman)
* al-Radhiyah (The Satisfied Woman)
* al-Muhaddathah (The One Spoken to by Angels)
* al-Batool (The Chaste/The Pure)
* al-Zahra (The Splendid One/The Lady of Light)
* Syedatun Nisa al-Alamin (The Leader of The Women of The
Worlds)
Rank
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Daughter of Prophet Muhammad
During the time of her father 5 BH – 11 AH
* 18 years with her father Prophet Muhammad
* 9 years with her husband Ali ibn Abi Talib
* 7 years with her son Hasan ibn Ali
* 6 Years with her son Husayn ibn Ali
After the time of her father 90 days 11 AH
Born Friday, 27 July 604— 20 Jamad al-Akhar 5 BH
Birth place Mecca, Hejaz
Ethnicity Hejazi Arab
Father Prophet Muhammad
Mother Khadija
Brothers Tayyab & Qasim.
Sisters Zainab, Umm Kulthum and Ruqayyah.
Spouse Ali ibn Abi Talib
Children
Sons
* Hasan ibn Ali
* Husayn ibn Ali
* Muhsin ibn Ali (Unborn)
Daughters
* Zaynab bint Ali
* Umm Kulthum bint Ali
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Died
Tuesday, 28 August 632— 3 Jumadi al-Thani 11 AH [aged 18 years
11 months 12 days]
Burial Place
Unknown but in Medina, Hejaz
Religion
Islam
Introduction
Fāṭimah bint Muḥammad (Arabic: فاطمة Fāṭimah ;[pronunciation 1]
born c. 605 or 615 – died 28
August 632) was a daughter of the Islamic prophet Muhammad and
Khadijah, wife of Ali and
mother of Hasan and Hussein,and one of the members of Ahl
al-Bayt.She became the object of
great veneration by all Muslims, because she lived closest to
her father and supported him in
his difficulties, because of the historical importance of her
husband and her two sons, and
because she is the only member of Muhammad's family that gave
him descendants,
numerously spread through the Islamic world and known as
Fatimid.
For Muslims, Fatimah is an inspiring example and Fatimah is one
of the most popular girl's
names throughout the Muslim world.
She was involved in three significant political actions, each
recorded in almost all sources. First,
after the conquest of Mecca, she refused her protection to Abu
Sufian; Second, after
Muhammad's death, she defended Ali’s cause, fiercely opposed the
election of Abu Bakr, and
had violent disputes with him and particularly with Umar; Third,
she laid claim to the property
rights of her father and challenged Abu Bakr’s categorical
refusal to cede them, particularly
Fadak[ and a share in the produce of Khaybar.
She died a few months after her father's death, and was buried
in Jannat Al-Baqi',but the exact
location of her grave is unknown as per Twelver,whereas
Ismaily/Fatimid has indicated the
location as shown in the sketch below. Many Twelver Shia Muslims
believe that she died as a
result of her injury caused by Umar, incurred while defending
Ali against Abu Bakr.Sunni
Muslims, who regard Abu Bakr and Umar as revered figures, and
the Zaidiyyah Shia reject this
version of events.
Shia introduction
Fatima (ع) Daughter of Muhammad (ص): Fatima (615 – 632 A.D.),
mother of the Imams (ع), is
the daughter of the Messenger of Allah (ص) by his first wife,
Khadija daughter of Khuwaylid,
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may the Almighty be pleased with her. Fatima was born in Mecca
on a Friday, the 20th of
Jumada II in the fifth year after the declaration of the
Prophetic message which corresponds,
according to the Christian calendar, to the year 615.
She was only 18 and 75 days when she died in Medina few days
only (some say 75) after the
death of her revered father (ص): The Prophet (ص) passed away on
Safar 28/May 28 according
to the Christian Gregorian calendar, or the 25th according to
the Julian calendar, of the same
year.
Fatima passed away on the 14th of Jumada I of 11 A.H. which
corresponded to August 7, 632
A.D. She was buried somewhere in the graveyard of Jannatul-Baqi'
in Medina in an unmarked
and unknown grave. According to her will, her husband, Imam Ali
(ع), did not leave any marks
identifying her grave, and nobody knows where it is. According
to Shiite Muslims, she was the
only daughter of the Holy Prophet (ص).
Fatima has nine names/titles: Fatima فاطمة, al-Siddiqa الصديقة
(the truthful one), al-Mubaraka
,(the chaste one) الزكية the pure one), al-Zakiyya) الطاهرة the
blessed one), al-Tahira) المباركة
al-Radhiayya الرضية (the grateful one), al-Mardhiyya ضيةالمر
(the one who shall be pleased [on
Judgment Day]), al-Muhaddatha المحدثة (the one, other than the
Prophet, to whom an angel
speaks) and al-Zahra الزهراء (the splendid one).
The Prophet (ص) taught Fatima (ع) divine knowledge and endowed
her with special intellectual
brilliance, so much so that she realized the true meaning of
faith, piety, and the reality of Islam.
But Fatima (ع) also was a witness to sorrow and a life of
anguish from the very beginning of her
life. She constantly saw how her revered father was mistreated
by the unbelievers and later how
she herself fell a victim to the same abuse, only this time by
some “Muslims”.
A number of chronicles quote her mother, Khadija, narrating the
following about the birth of her
revered daughter: “At the time of Fatima’s birth, I sent for my
neighboring Qurayshite women to
assist me. They flatly refused, saying that I had betrayed them
by marrying and supporting
Muhammad. I was perturbed for a while when, to my great
surprise, I saw four strange tall
women with halos around their faces approaching me.
Finding me dismayed, one of them addressed me thus, ‘O Khadija!
I am Sarah, mother of Ishaq
(Isaac). The other three are: Mary mother of Christ, Asiya
daughter of Muzahim and Umm
Kulthum sister of Moses. We have all been commanded by God to
put our nursing knowledge at
your disposal.’ Saying this, all of them sat around me and
rendered the services of midwifery till
my daughter Fatima was born.”
The motherly blessings and affection received by Fatima (ع) were
only for five years after which
Khadija left for her heavenly home. The Holy Prophet brought her
up thereafter.
The Holy Prophet said: “Whoever injures (bodily or otherwise)
Fatima, he injures me; and
whoever injures me injures Allah; and whoever injures Allah
practices unbelief. O Fatima! If your
wrath is incurred, it incurs the wrath of Allah; and if you are
pleased, it makes Allah pleased,
too.”
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M.H. Shakir writes the following: “Fatima, the only daughter of
the Holy Prophet of Islam, was
born in Mecca on 20th of Jumada al-Thaniya 18 B.H. (Before
Hijra). The good and noble lady
Khadija and the Apostle of Allah bestowed all their natural
love, care and devotion on their
lovable and only child, Fatima, who in her turn was extremely
fond of her parents. The Princess
of the House of the Prophet was very intelligent, accomplished
and cheerful. Her speeches,
poems and sayings serve as an index to her strength of character
and nobility of mind. Her
virtues gained her the title ‘Our Lady of Light’. She was
moderately tall, slender and endowed
with great beauty which caused her to be called ‘az-Zahra’ (the
Lady of Light)".
Fatima (ع) was called az-Zahra' because her light used to shine
among those in the heavens.
After arriving in Medina, she was married to Ali in the first
year of Hijra, and she gave birth to
three sons. Her sons were: Hassan, Hussain, Masters of the
youths of Paradise, and Muhsin.
Muhsin never saw the light because he was aborted as his mother
was behind her house door
fending for herself while rogues were trying to break into it
and force her husband to swear the
oath of allegiance to Abu Bakr. She had two daughters, Zainab,
the heroine of Kerbala, and
Umm Kulthum. Her children are well-known for their piety,
righteousness and generosity. Their
strength of character and actions changed the course of
history.
The Holy Prophet said فاطمة بضعة مني, "Fatima is part of me". He
would go out to receive his
daughter whenever she came from her husband's house. Every
morning on his way to the
Mosque, he would pass by Fatima's house and say, "as-Salamu
`alaykum ya Ahla Bay
annnubuwwah wa ma`din arr-risala " (Peace be with you, O Ahl
al-Bayt (Household of the
Prophet) and the Substance of the Message).
Fatima (ع) is famous and acknowledged as the "Sayyidatu nisa
'1-`alamin" (Leader of all the
women of the world for all times) because the Prophethood of
Muhammad would not have been
everlasting without her. The Prophet is the perfect example for
men, but could not be so for
women. For all the verses revealed in the Holy Qur'an for women,
Fatima is the perfect model,
who translated every verse into action. In her lifetime, she was
a complete woman, being
Daughter, Wife and Mother at the same time.
Fatima inherited the genius and wisdom, the determination and
will power, piety and sanctity,
generosity and benevolence, devotion and worship of Allah,
self-sacrifice and hospitality,
forbearance and patience, knowledge and nobility of disposition
of her illustrious father, both in
words and in actions. “I often witnessed my mother,” says Imam
Husain, "absorbed in prayer
from dusk to dawn."
Her generosity and compassion for the poor was such that no
destitute or beggar ever returned
from her door empty-handed. She (ع) worked, dressed, ate and
lived very simply. She was very
generous; and none who came to her door ever went away empty
handed. Many times she
gave away all the food she had had, staying without any food at
all. As a daughter, she loved
her parents so much that she won their love and regard to such
an extent that the Holy Prophet
.used to stand up whenever she came to him (ص)
Birth
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Khadijah's daughters
Fatimah was born in Mecca to Khadija, the first of Muhammad's
wives. There are differences of
opinion on the exact date of her birth, but the widely accepted
view is that she was born five
years before the first Quranic revelations, during the time of
the rebuilding of the Kaaba in 605,
although this does imply she was over 18 at the time of her
marriage, which was unusual in
Arabia.Twelver Shia sources, however, state that she was born
either two or five years after the
first Qur'anic revelations, but that timeline would imply her
mother was over fifty at the time of
her birth.
Fatimah had three sisters namely Zainab, Umm Kulthum and
Ruqayyah and two brothers
Tayyab & Qasim respectively. Shias believe that Ruqayyah and
Umm Kulthum who the Sunnis
believe to be the other daughters of Muhammad were actually the
daughters of Hala, the sister
of Khadijah, who were adopted by Muhammad and Khadijah at her
death. A strong reason
given by the Shi'a scholars for this belief is the event of
(mubahala) mentioned in the Quran, in
which there is no reference of the presence of any other female
apart from Fatimah, however
Sunnis accept that Muhammad had four daughters all from
Khadijah.
Titles
Arabic Fatimah az-Zahra
Fatimah is given many titles by Muslims to show their admiration
of her moral and physical
characteristics. The most used title is "al-Zahra", meaning "the
shining one", and she is
commonly referred to as Fatimah Zahra.She was also known as
"al-Batul" (the chaste and pure
one) as she spent much of her time in prayer, reciting the
Qur'an and in other acts of worship.
Early life
Following the birth of Fatimah, she was personally nursed,
especially she was brought up by her
father; contrary to local customs where the newborn were sent to
"wet nurses" in surrounding
villages. She spent her early youth under the care of her
parents in Mecca in the shadow of the
tribulations suffered by her father at the hands of the
Quraysh.
According to tradition, on one occasion while Muhammad was
performing the salat (prayer) in
the Kaaba, Amr ibn Hishām (Abu Jahl) and his men poured camel
placenta over him. Fatimah,
upon hearing the news, rushed to her father and wiped away the
filth while scolding the men.
Following the death of her mother, Fatimah was overcome by
sorrow and found it very difficult
to come to terms with her death. She was consoled by her father,
who informed her that he had
received word from angel Gabriel that God had built for her a
palace in paradise.
Marriage
Bismillahir Rahmanir Rahim ….. م ( ي) بسم هللا الرحمن الرح
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Many of Muhammad's companions asked for Fatimah's hand in
marriage, including Abu Bakr
and Umar. Muhammad turned them all down, saying that he was
awaiting a sign of her destiny.
Ali, Muhammad's cousin, also had a desire to marry Fatimah. When
he went to see
Muhammad, he could not vocalise his intention but remained
silent. Prophet Muhammad
understood the reason for his being there and prompted Ali to
confirm that he had come to seek
Fatimah in marriage. The Holy Prophet came to Fatima (ع) and
asked, "My daughter! Do you
consent to be wedded to `Ali, as I am so commanded by Allah?"
Fatima (ع) thereupon bowed
her head in modesty. Umm Salamah narrates the following:
"Fatima’s face Fatima bloomed with
joy and her silence was so suggestive and conspicuous that the
Holy Prophet stood up to shout:
Allahu Akbar' (Allah is great)! Fatima's silence is her
acceptance....." The Holy Prophet first
recited an eloquent sermon then declared: “I have been commanded
by Allah to get Fatima
wedded to `Ali …Then the Holy Prophet raised his hands and
supplicated thus: “O Lord! Bless
both of them, sanctify their progeny and grant them the keys of
Your beneficence, Your
treasures of wisdom and genius; and let them be a source of
blessing and peace to my umma.”
Her children; Imam Hasan, Imam Hussain, Zainab and Umm Kulthum,
are well-known for their
piety, righteousness and generosity. Their strength of character
and actions changed the course
of history and fortified Islam which otherwise would have been
lost to mankind. On Friday, Thul
Hijja 1, 2 A.H., which corresponded to May 25, 624 A.D.
according to the Julian Christian
calendar or to the 28th of May of the same year according to the
Gregorian Christian calendar
which is widely used in the text of this book, the marriage
ceremony took place. All the
Muhajirun (emigrants) and Ansar (supporters) of Medina assembled
in the mosque while Imam
`Ali was seated before the Holy Prophet with all the ceremonious
modesty of a bridegroom.
Muhammad told Ali that he had been ordered by God to give his
daughter Fatimah to Ali in
marriage. Muhammad said to Fatimah: "I have married you to the
dearest of my family to me."
…. He suggested that Ali had a shield, which if sold, would
provide sufficient money to pay the
bridal gift (mahr).,.Ali sold his shield to raise the money
needed for the wedding, as suggested
by Muhammad. However, Uthman ibn Affan, to whom the shield was
sold, gave it back to Ali
saying it was his wedding gift to Ali and Fatimah. Muhammad
himself performed the wedding
ceremony and two of his wives, Aisha and Umm Salama, prepared
the wedding feast with
dates, figs, sheep and other food donated by various members of
the Madinan
community.According to Hossein Nasr, their marriage possesses a
special spiritual significance
for all Muslims because it is seen as the marriage between the
greatest saintly figures
surrounding Muhammad. Their marriage lasted about ten years and
ended when Fatimah died.
Although polygyny is permitted by Islam, Ali did not marry
another woman while Fatimah was
alive…Fatimah As a wife, she was very devoted. She never asked
Ali for anything in her entire
life. As a mother, she cared for and brought up wonderful
children; they have left their marks on
the pages of world history which time and the plots of enemies
of Ahl al-Bayt (ع) will never be
able to erase.
Her merits according to the Qur’an and Hadith
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Miswar ibn Makhramah reported Allah’s messenger as saying:
“Fatima is part of me. He in fact tortures me who tortures her.”
(Sahih Muslim Vol. IV, Chapter MVII, Merits of Fatima) “Fatima is
the chief of the women of Paradise.” (Sahih-Al-Bukhari Vol. V,
chapter 29, The Merits of Fatima) "Fatima is a human Houri,
whenever I long for paradise I kiss her." (Tareekh Baghdad by
Khateeb Baghdadi: v.5, p.86)
Anas ibn Malik's mother is reported to have said: "Fatima was
like a moon on its full night or the sun covered with no clouds.
She was white with a touch of rose color on her face, her hair was
black, and she had the beautiful features of the Messenger of
Allah." (Mustadrak al-Hakim: v.3, p.161.)
It is reported that ‘Aisha said: "I have not seen a person more
similar to the Prophet's appearance, conduct, guidance, and speech,
whether sitting or standing, than Fatima. When she enters, the
Messenger of Allah stands up, kisses and welcomes her, then takes
her hand and asks her to sit in his place." (Tirmadhi and Ibn
Abdurabbeh in Eqd al-Farid: v.2, p.3.)
‘Ali is reported to have heard the Prophet say this to Fatima:
"Surely Allah is angered when you are angered, and is pleased at
your pleasure." (Mustadrak al-Hakim: v.3, p.154., Tadhkirat
al-Bast: p.175., Maqtal al-Khawarazmi: v.1, p.54., Kefayat
At-Talib: p.219., Kanz al-Umal: v.7, p.111., Sawiq: p.105)
The Prophet was also reported to have said to Fatima while
holding her hand: "He, who knows this, knows her, and he who does
not know her; she is part of me, she is my heart and my spirit
which is in my side, thus he who harms her harms me." (Al-Fusul
al-Muhammad: p.150., Nuzhat Al-Majalis: v.2, p.228., Nur al-Absar:
p.45)
He was also reported to have said: "Fatima is part of me;
whoever annoys her annoys me and whoever harms her harms me."
(Sahih al-Bukhari, Muslim, Tirmadhi, Musnad Ahmad: v.4, p. 328.,
Khasaes An- Nisaee: p.35)
He also said: "Fatima is part of me; he who angers her angers
me." (Sahih al-Bukhari, Khasaes An-Nisaee: p.35)
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Also said: "The best of your men is Ali Ibn Abu Talib, and the
best of your women is Fatima Bint Muhammad." (Tareekh Baghdad: v.4,
p.392)
‘Aisha is reported to have said: "(I declare) by Allah that I
have not seen anyone more beloved to Allah's Messenger than Ali, or
a woman on earth more beloved to him than his wife (Ali's wife,
Fatima)." (Mustadrak al-Hakim: v.3, p.154, Khasaes An-Nisaee:
p.29)
Burayda and Ubay were reported to have said: "The most beloved
to the Messenger of Allah from among women is Fatima, and from
among men is Ali. (Khasaes An-Nisaee: p.29, Mustadrak al-Hakim:
v.3, p.115)
Juma ibn Umayr said: "I entered ‘Ali's house with my aunt, when
I inquired as to who was the most beloved of all people to Allah's
Messenger. She said: Fatima. Then she was asked: And from among
men? She said: her husband; ever since I met him he has been
fasting and praying." (Jame' At-Tirmadhi: v.2, p.227, other
collective books)
Love of the Prophet for Fatima The Prophet loved Fatima not only
because she was his daughter, but also because of her high
spiritual status and her nearness to Allah .
‘Aisha bint Talha quoted ‘Aisha bint Abu Bakr as saying: "I have
not seen anyone more similar to the Messenger in speech and
dialogue than Fatima. Whenever she entered the house, he would
greet her, kiss her hands and ask her to sit near him. Likewise,
when he entered the house, she would greet him, kiss his hands
..."
Khawarizmi wrote in his book Maqtal al-Hussain that Hudhayfa
said: "The Messenger of Allah used to kiss Fatima all over her face
before he went to sleep."
Ibn Umar said: "Once the Prophet kissed Fatima's head and said:
`May your father be your sacrifice; stay as you are.’"
According to Dhakhear al-Uqbi, ‘Aisha said:
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"Once the Messenger of Allah kissed Fatima's throat, so I said,
‘Messenger of Allah! You have done something which you have not
done before!’ The Prophet answered, ‘Aisha, whenever I long for
Paradise, I kiss Fatima's throat.’"
The Messenger of Allah said: "The best of the women of Paradise
are: Khadija Bint Khowailid, Fatima Bint Muhammad, Asiyah Bint
Muzahim (Pharaoh's wife), and Mariam bint Imran mother of Jesus
He also said: "The best of the women of the world are four:
Maryam Bint Imran, Asia Bint Muzahim, Khadija Bint Khowailid, and
Fatima Bint Muhammad." (These two narrations have been reported in
Musnad Ahmad v.2, p.293)
Hakim Nishapouri reported in his book Mustadrak that the Prophet
said to Fatima: "Is it not satisfying to you to be the mistress of
the women of the world, this Ummah, and the believing women?" The
above presentation is but a small sample of traditions regarding
the merits of Hadhrat Fatima Zahra . Allah has revealed verses of
the Qur’an in praise of the family of the Prophet. Four historical
quotes from the Qur’an are listed below: “But whoever disputes with
you in this matter after what has come to you of knowledge, then
say: Come, let us call our sons and your sons, and our women and
your women, and our near people (ourselves) and your near people
(yourselves), then let us be earnest in prayer, and pray for the
curse of Allah on
the liars.” (Chapter 3, v. 61 of the Qur’an)
In the ninth year of Hijra, a Christian delegation came to
Prophet Muhammad seeking clarification about the status of Prophet
Jesus. They refused to accept the Prophet’s position that Jesus was
not the “Son of God.” Allah revealed the above verse. The Prophet
took Fatima to represent all the believing women. He also took Ali,
Hasan, and Husayn. “Allah only desires to keep away the
uncleanliness from you, O people of the
house, and to purify you a (thorough) purification.” (Chapter
33, v. 33 of the Qur’an)
The circumstances of the revelation of this verse are documented
in the famous Hadithe- Kisa referenced above Briefly, the Prophet,
Ali, Fatima, Hasan, and Husayn (peace be upon them) were assembled
under the prophet’s blanket in the house of Fatima. Allah sent
Angel Gabriel with this verse, testifying to the purity of these
exalted personalities. “Say: I do not ask of you any reward for it
(my toils), but love for (my) near
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relatives …” (Chapter 42, v. 23 of the Qur’an)
It has been agreed by all schools of Islam that the individuals
referred to here as “relatives” or kin (Qurbaa in Arabic), were
none other than Fatima, Ali, Hasan, and Husayn (peace be upon
them). Showing love and affection to these individuals is commanded
by Allah.
“And they give food out of love for Him, to the poor and the
orphan and the captive.” (Chapter 76, v. 8 of the Qur’an) Chapter
76 of the Qur’an was revealed in praise of Fatima, Ali, Hasan, and
Husayn. They had made a vow to fast for three days in a row. At
iftaar time, each evening a needy person knocked at their door
asking for food. They gave away what little food they had for
themselves to the needy and broke the fast with water only. They
endured three days of hunger for the sake of Allah. Allah was so
pleased with them that the entire Chapter 76 was revealed to honor
them.
Life before the death of prophet Muhammad
Fatimah marital life
Poverty
After her marriage to Ali, the couple led a humble life in
contrast to her sisters who were all
married to wealthy individuals. Ali had built a house not too
far from Muhammad's residence
where he lived with Fatimah. However, due to Fatimah's desire to
be closer to her father, a
Medinan (Haritha bin al-Numan) donated his own house to
them.
For several years after her marriage, she did all of the work by
herself. The shoulder on which
she carried pitchers of water from the well was swollen and the
hand with which she worked the
handmill to grind corn where often covered with blisters.
Fatimah vouched to take care of the
household work, make dough, bake bread, and clean the house; in
return, Ali vouched to take
care of the outside work such as gathering firewood, and
bringing food. Ali worked to irrigate
other peoples lands by drawing water from the wells. Their
circumstances were akin to many of
the Muslims at the time and only improved following the Battle
of Khaybar when the produce of
Khaybar was distributed among the poor. When the economic
situations of the Muslims become
better, Fatimah gained some maids but treated them like her
family and performed the house
duties with them.
Another reference to their simple life comes to us from the
Tasbih of Fatimah, a divine formula
that was first given to Fatimah when she asked her father for a
kaneez (servant girl) in order to
help her with household chores. Her father asked her if she
would like a gift instead that was
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better than a servant and worth more than everything in the
world. Upon her ready agreement,
he told her to recite at the end of every prayer the Great
Exaltation, Allahu Akbar 34 times, the
Statement of Absolute Gratitude, Alhamdulillah 33 times and the
Invocation of Divine Glory,
Subhan'Allah 33 times, totalling 100. This collective prayer is
called the Tasbih of Fatima.
Married life
An indication of their special relationship is found in the fact
that Ali never married another
woman as long as Fatima was alive. Some Sunnis believe that Ali
allegedly asked for Abu
Jahl's daughter in marriage, but Muhammad did not allow him to
marry her because it would
upset Fatimah, although this view is rejected by the Shia
Muslims and is not considered a
strong hadith by many Sunni scholars. The three most popular
versions of this tradition are
related by al-Miswar b. Makhrama, a Companion who was about nine
years old when
Muhammad died. Ali however did not marry another woman during
Fatima's lifetime despite the
difference in opinion among some Muslims about his proposal for
Abu Jahl's daughter.
According to Denise L. Soufi, the purpose of the narration -in
which Ali allegedly asks for Abu
Jahl's daughter's hand- is to denigrate Ali or to establish the
Sunni orthodoxy that the fourth
Caliph, i.e. Ali, is lower in rank than the earlier ones.
Muhammad giving Fatimah in marriage to his cousin Ali. From the
Siyer-i Nebi.
Ali was given the name of Abu Turab (the man of dust) by
Muhammad. Although some sources
explain this by linking it to the disputes with Fatimah where,
instead of arguing with Fatimah, Ali
would go and put dust on his head.,other sources such as Ibn
Hisham and Musnad Ahmad ibn
Hanbal say this name was given to Ali before marriage.
According to the Encyclopedia of Islam, Fatimah had occasional
disputes with her husband and
often sought the intersession of her father who showed signs of
great satisfaction upon
reconciling the couple's differences. Denise L. Soufi on the
other hand finds such tradition as
"mere a narrative device to praise Ali". For example she says:
"her complaints about Ali elicit
high praise from the Prophet for him. In fact, whenever Fatima
has any troubles or worries in her
life, it is usually praise for Ali which is used to comfort
her."
In her view, these traditions are kept for the purpose of the
Sunni-Shia debate over the
Caliphate, even though they are in contrast with what she
describes the Shia picture of the
marriage to be "harmonious and divinely ordained".
In contrary with what Sunni says, in Shia literature there are
some speeches from Ali that deny
any problem with his spouse. For instance, Ali has sworn to the
God that:" I never did any act
that make Fatimah angry and she never made me angry too"
Shia acknowledge the saying of Muhammad, "Fatimah is a part of
me and whoever offends her
offends me", however the context of the reporting in reference
to Ali is disputed; like Abu
Muhammad Ordoni quotes in his book: "Among the many fabricated
stories told against Ali was
that he had asked for Abu Jahl's (the chief of infidels)
daughter's hand in marriage. When this
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news reached Fatimah, she rushed to her father who found out the
falsity of the story."
Shia say this statement was used by Fatimah herself when she
spoke to Abu Bakr and Umar,
stating that they had both displeased her.
On the battlefield
Following the Battle of Uhud, Fatimah tended to the wounds of
her father and husband, and
took it upon herself to regularly visit the graves of all those
who died in the battle and pray for
them. Fatimah, along with her husband, was also called upon by
Abu Sufyan to intercede on his
behalf with Muhammad while attempting to make amends following
the violation of the Treaty of
Hudaybiyyah. Abu Sufyan also asked for Fatimah's protection when
she went to Mecca while it
was under occupation which she refused under instruction from
her father.
Fatimah in the Qur'an
Ahl al-Bayt
Some verses in the Qur'an are associated to Fatimah and her
household by classical exegetes,
although she is not mentioned by name. According to J. D.
McAuliffe, two of the most important
verses include the verse of purification, which is the 33rd ayah
in sura al-Ahzab and the 61st
ayah in sura Al-i-Imran. In the first verse, the phrase "people
of the house" (ahl al-bayt) is
ordinarily understood to consist of Muhammad, Fatimah, her
husband Ali and their two sons
(al-Tabari in his exegesis also mentions a tradition that
interprets "people of the house" as
Muhammad's wives; for Ibn al-Jawzi, the order of these options
is reversed).The second verse
refers to an episode in which Muhammad proposed an ordeal of
mutual adjuration (mubahala)
to a delegation of Christians. Fatimah, according to the
"occasion for the revelation" of this
verse, was among those offered by Muhammad as witnesses and
guarantors.
Muslim exegesis of the Qur'anic verse 3:42, links the praise of
Mary, the mother of Jesus, with
that of Fatimah based on a quote attributed to Muhammad that
lists the outstanding women of
all time as Mary, Asiya (the wife of Pharaoh), Khadija and
Fatimah (the all Muslim
commentaries insists upon the absolute superiority of
Fatimah).
Life after the death of prophet Muhammad
After The Prophet’s Demise
نبلي الحافظ قال ابن الجوزي )أبو الفرج عبد الرحمن بن أبي الحسن
علي بن محمد القرشي التيمي البكري، الفقيه الح
حدث دخله فسيح جناته، فقيه حنبلي مالمفسر الواعظ المؤرخ األديب
المعروف بابن الجوزي، رحمه هللا رحمة واسعة، وأ
هـ ] ولد وتوفي في بغداد( : روي عن علي )عليه السالم( قال: لما
091رمضان 11 -م 1111[هـ/015ومؤرخ ومتكلم
لى عينيها، مات رسول هللا )صلى هللا عليه وآله وسلم( جاءت فاطمة
)عليها السالم( فأخذت قبضة من تراب القبر فوضعته ع
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تقول فبكت وأنشأت :
نفسي على زفراتها محبوسة يا ليتها خرجت مع الزفرات
ال خير بعدك في الحياة وإنما أبكي مخافة أن تطول حياتي
Ibn al-Jawzi, namely Abul-Faraj Abdul-Rahman ibn Abul-Hassan Ali
ibn Muhammad al-Qarashi
(or Quraishi, of Quraish tribe) al-Taymi al-Bakri, was a Hanbali
faqih who knew the Holy Qur’an
by heart, an orator, historian and a man of letters.
He was born in Baghdad in 510 A.H./1117 A.D. and died there on
the 12th of the month of
Ramadan of 592 A.H. which coincided with August 16, 1196 A.D.
according to the Gregorian
Christian calendar or the 9th of the same month and year
according to the Julian calendar. May
the Almighty shower him with His broad mercy and admit him into
His spacious Paradise. He
quotes Imam Ali (ع) saying that when the Messenger of Allah (ص)
died, Fatima (ع) went to his
gravesite, took a handful of its dust, put it on her eyes, wept
and composed these verses of
poetry:
My soul is confined with every sigh,
How I wish it departed as sighs depart.
No good is there in life after you so I
For fear my life will prolong do I cry.
Succession to prophet Muhammad
For the few months that she survived following the death of her
father, Fatimah found herself
indirectly at the center of political disunity. Differing
accounts of the events surrounding the
commencement of the caliphate exist which were the cause of the
Shia and Sunni split.
According to the Sunnis the majority of Muslims at the time of
Muhammed's death favoured Abu
Bakr as the Caliph while a portion of the population supported
Fatimah's husband, Ali.
Following his selection to the caliphate after a meeting in
Saqifah, Abu Bakr and Umar with a
few other companions headed to Fatimah's house to obtain homage
from Ali and his supporters
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who had gathered there. Then Umar threatened to set the house on
fire unless they came out
and swore allegiance with Abu Bakr.There is no consensus among
the sources about what
happened next.
According to the Encyclopaedia of Islam, some Shia sources say
that upon seeing them, Ali
came out with his sword drawn but Umar, Abu Bakar and their
companions returned without any
allegiance on the hand of Abu Bakr. Ali did not accept or reject
Abu Bakr's Khilafat and also
helped him in solving many state problems.
According to Denise L. Soufi:
"...traditions discussing her involvement in the events which
took place after the death of the
Prophet seem to contain some truth despite their partisan
biases. This is due to the fact that the
Sunnis were unable to completely suppress what was so obviously
detrimental to their
reconstruction of religious history: namely, that Fatima
quarreled with abu Bakr over his seizure
of the caliphate and the Prophet's properties, that she never
forgave him for his actions and that
her death was kept secret for some time, probably at her
request, in order to prevent him from
presiding over her funeral rites. What is ironic is that this
small window into the character of
Fatima has been downplayed or ignored by Sunnis and inflated and
overemphasized by
Shias..."
Lesley Hazleton describes the events as follows:
«Short of actually following through on his threat and killing
all of Muhammad's closest family,
Omar was left, as he saw it, with only one option. If Ali would
not come out, then he, Omar,
would have to force his way in. He took a running leap and threw
his whole weight against the
door[...] Either way, some overture might have been warranted
from Abu Bakr, or at least from
Omar, but there was none. Indeed there was less than none. To
add insult to the injury that had
already been done to her, Fatima would now lose the property she
considered hers(Fadak).»
Shia historians hold that Umar called for Ali and his men to
come out and swear allegiance to
Abu Bakr. When they did not, Umar broke in, resulting in
Fatimah's ribs being broken by being
pressed between the door and the wall causing her to miscarry
Muhsin which led to her
eventual death. Another Shia version of the events says that
Umar sent a force led by his
slave-boy Qunfud to Fatimah's house instructing them to bring
Ali to the mosque. Arriving at the
house, Qunfud requested permission to enter, which was refused
by Ali causing Qunfud to
return to Abu Bakr and Umar and relate the events, who
instructed them to go back and enter
the house by force if necessary. Qunfud and his men returned but
were this time refused
permission by Fatimah which caused Qunfud to send his men back
to Abu Bakr and Umar for
further instructions who told them to burn the house down if
necessary in order to bring Ali to
them.
Inheritance
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Property Of Fadak
The Prophet (ص) taught Fatima (ع) divine knowledge and endowed
her with special intellectual
brilliance, so much so that she realized the true meaning of
faith, piety, and the reality of Islam.
But Fatima (ع) also was a witness to sorrow and a life of
anguish from the very beginning of her
life. She constantly saw how her revered father was mistreated
by the unbelievers and later how
she herself fell a victim to the same abuse, only this time by
some “Muslims”. For more details
about Fadak, refer to its proper place in this Glossary.
Fadak
"Unlike the ascetic who has renounced the affairs of the world,
both the historical and
hagiographical sources about Fatima al-Zahra document her active
participation in domestic
and public life. One particular event is recounted in all of the
histories both Shiʿi and Sunni: the
dispute over the land Fatima received from her father at
Fadak...her knowledge of her legal
rights and desire for justice indicate that she was a woman
involved in the affairs of society".
After the death of her father, Fatimah approached Abu Bakr and
asked him to relinquish her
share of the inheritance from Muhammad's estate. Fatimah
expected the land of Fadak
(situated 30 mi (48 km) from Medina and a share of Khaybar would
be passed onto her as part
of her inheritance. However, Abu Bakr rejected her request
citing a narration where Muhammad
stated that prophets do not leave behind inheritance and that
all their possessions become
sadaqah to be used for charity. Fatimah was upset at this flat
refusal by Abu Bakr and did not
speak to him until her death (however some Sunni sources claim
she had reconciled her
differences with Abu Bakr before she died). Shias contend that
Fadak had been given to
Fatimah by Muhammad and Abu Bakr was wrong in not allowing her
to take possession of it.
Digression: Jews Of Medina
One may wonder what brought those Jews to Medina to live among
people whom they regarded
as their inferior, polytheist pagans who regarded as profession
other than trade to be beneath
their status. There are two theories. One says that those Jews
were motivated by the desire to
be the first to believe in the new Arabian Prophet whose name
was written in their religious
books and whose mission was about to start, so they made a mass
immigration to Medina.
Their high rabbis had told them that Medina would be the place
where the new Prophet,
Muhammad (ص), would be preaching the divine message. This view
is supported by verses 40
– 103 of Surat al-Baqara (Chapter of the Cow, i.e. Ch. 2) which
repeatedly admonishes the
Israelites and strongly rebukes them for seeing the truth but
turning away from it. According to
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this theory, those Jews with religious fervor had come from
Jerusalem in particular and Greater
Syria (Sham) in particular.
The other theory seeks an explanation from the historic events
that took place in southern
Arabia, particularly Yemen, concluding that those Jews had
migrated from there seeking
religious freedom and better economic conditions. This is how
advocates of this theory reason:
The immigration of the majority of Jews into Yemen from abroad
appears to have taken place
about the beginning of the 2nd century A.D. But the province is
mentioned neither by Josephus,
better known as Yoseph ben (ibn, i.e. son of) Mattithyahu (37 –
cir. 100 A.D.), a Romano-Jewish
historian and hagiographer of priestly and royal ancestry, nor
by the main books of the Jewish
oral law, namely the Mishnah and Talmud.
According to some sources, the Jews of Yemen enjoyed prosperity
until the 6th century A.D.
The Himyarite King, Abu-Karib Asad Toban, converted to Judaism
at the end of the 5th century,
while laying siege to Medina. It is likely some of his soldiers
preferred to stay there for economic
and perhaps other reasons. His army had marched north to battle
the Aksumites who had been
fighting for control of Yemen for a hundred years. The Aksumites
were only expelled from the
region when the newly Jewish king rallied the Jews from all over
Arabia, together with pagan
allies. But this victory was short-lived.
In 518 A.D., the kingdom of Yemen was taken over by Zar’a
Yousuf, who was of “royal descent”
but was not the son of his predecessor, Ma'di Karib Ya’fur.
Yousuf converted to Judaism and
instigated wars to drive the Aksumite Ethiopians from Arabia.
Zar'a Yousuf is chiefly known by
his cognomen “Thu Nuwas”, in reference to his "curly hair." The
Jewish rule lasted till 525 A.D.,
only 85 years before the inception of the Islamic Prophetic
mission.
Some historians, however, date it later, to 530, when Christians
from the Aksumite Kingdom of
Ethiopia defeated and killed Thu Nuwas, taking power in Yemen.
According to a number of
medieval historians, Thu Nuwas announced that he would persecute
the Christians living in his
kingdom, mostly in Najran, because Christian states had
persecuted his fellow co-religionists
(the Jews) in their realms. This persecution, which took place
in the year 524 A.D., is blamed on
one Dimnon in Najran, that is modern al-Ukhdud area of Saudi
Arabia.
Any reader of the Holy Qur’an must have come across verse 4 of
Surat al-Buruj (Chapter 85) of
the Holy Qur’an which refers to أَْصَحاُب األُْخُدود, fellows of
the Ukhdud, which is imprecisely
translated as “the ditch self-destructed” in some English
translations of the Holy Qur’an. To the
author of this book, who speaks Arabis as his mother tongue, my
dear reader, “the ditch
self-destructed” does not make much sense at all.
Actually, this “ukhdud” was a long ditch filled with firewood.
It was lit and the believers were
thrown into it if they refused to abandon their faith. Some ran
away from this inferno, which may
remind one of a similar situation which took place with Prophet
Ibrahim (Abraham) at the hands
of Nimrud of 13th Century B.C. Assyria. The survivors, most
likely Christians and Jews, fled up
north in the direction of Medina which they made home. The
Almighty in 85:4 condemns this
massacre in the strongest of terms, and Christians and Jews
ought to appreciate this fact.
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According to some sources, after seizing the throne of the
Himyarites, in 518 or 523 A.D., Thu
Nuwas attacked the Aksumite (mainly Christian) garrison at
Zafar, capturing them and burning
their churches. He then moved against Najran, a Christian and
Aksumite stronghold. After
accepting the city's capitulation, he massacred those
inhabitants who would not renounce
Christianity in this ukhdud incident. Estimates of the death
toll from this event range up to
20,000 in some sources. So, believers in God, Christians and
Jews, had reasons to go
somewhere else where they would practice their religion freely
while enjoying better business
opportunities among Arabs who, at the time, were mostly
nomads.
Khutba of Fatima Zahra Demanding Fadak
سجد أبيها )ص( عند مطالبتها بفدك وميراثها من أبيهاخطبة فاطمة
الزهراء بنت النبي محمد في م :
لغها ذلك روى عبد هللا بن الحسن باسناده عن آبائه ، أنه لما أجمع
أبوبكر وعمر على منع فاطمة عليها السالم فدكا و ب
مشية رسول ا تخرم مشيتهاالثت خمارها على رأسها و اشتملت بجلبابها
وأقبلت في لمٍة من حفدتها ونساء قومها تطأ ذيولها، م
م أَنت هللا ) ص (، حتى دخلت على أبي بكر وهو في حشد من المهاجرين
واألنصار وغيرهم فنيطت دونها مالءة فجلست ث
كالم بحمد هللا و أَنًة أجهش القوم لها بالبكاء فأرتج المجلس ثم
أمهلت هنيئة حتى إذا سكن نشيج القوم وهدأت فورتهم افتتحت ال
ليه والصالة على رسوله فعاد القوم في بكائهم فلما أمسكوا عادت في
كالمها فقالت عليها السالمالثناء ع :
أوالها الحمد هلل على ما أنعم وله الشكر على ما ألهم والثناء بما
قدم من عموم نعم ابتداها وسبوغ آالء أسداها وتمام منن
إلى وت عن اإلدراك أبدها وندبهم الستزادتها بالشكر التصالها
واستحمدجم عن اإلحصاء عددها ونأى عن الجزاء أمدها وتفا
من الخالئق بإجزالها وثنى بالندب إلى أمثالها وأشهد أن ال إله إال
هللا وحده ال شريك له كلمة جعل اإلخالص تأويلها وض
بتدع األشياء ال ه ومن األوهام كيفيته االقلوب موصولها وأنار في
التفكر معقولها الممتنع من األبصار رؤيته ومن األلسن صفت
ال فائدة له ء كان قبلها وأنشأها بال احتذاء أمثلة امتثلها كونها
بقدرته وذرأها بمشيته من غير حاجة منه إلى تكوينها ومن شي
ثواب على طاعته لفي تصويرها إال تثبيتا لحكمته وتنبيها على طاعته
وإظهارا لقدرته تعبدا لبريته وإعزازا لدعوته ثم جعل ا
قبل أن ووضع العقاب على معصيته ذيادة لعباده من نقمته وحياشة لهم
إلى جنته وأشهد أن أبي محمدا عبده ورسوله اختاره
ية العدم مقرونة أرسله وسماه قبل أن اجتباه واصطفاه قبل أن ابتعثه
إذ الخالئق بالغيب مكنونة وبستر األهاويل مصونة وبنها
إمضاء لى بمآيل األمور وإحاطة بحوادث الدهور ومعرفة بمواقع األمور
ابتعثه هللا إتماما ألمره وعزيمة علىعلما من هللا تعا
أنار هللا بأبي حكمه وإنفاذا لمقادير رحمته فرأى األمم فرقا في
أديانها عكفا على نيرانها عابدة ألوثانها منكرة هلل مع عرفانها ف
هم من وجلى عن األبصار غممها وقام في الناس بالهداية فأنقذهم من
الغواية وبصر محمد ص ظلمها وكشف عن القلوب بهمها
ثار فمحمد ) ص العماية وهداهم إلى الدين القويم ودعاهم إلى الطريق
المستقيم ثم قبضه هللا إليه قبض رأفة واختيار ورغبة وإي
بي نبيه لغفار ومجاورة الملك الجبار صلى هللا على أ( من تعب هذه
الدار في راحة قد حف بالمالئكة األبرار ورضوان الرب ا
.وأمينه وخيرته من الخلق وصفيه والسالم عليه ورحمة هللا
وبركاته
كم وبلغاءه ثم التفتت إلى أهل المجلس وقالت : أنتم عباد هللا نصب
أمره ونهيه وحملة دينه ووحيه وأمناء هللا على أنفس
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لساطع والضياء هد قدمه إليكم وبقية استخلفها عليكم كتاب هللا
الناطق والقرآن الصادق والنور اإلى األمم زعيم حق له فيكم وع
اة استماعه به الالمع بينة بصائره منكشفة سرائره منجلية ظواهره
مغتبطة به أشياعه قائدا إلى الرضوان اتباعه مؤد إلى النج
رخصه ة وبيناته الجالية وبراهينه الكافية وفضائله المندوبة وتنال
حجج هللا المنورة وعزائمه المفسرة ومحارمه المحذر
كية للنفس ونماء الموهوبة وشرائعه المكتوبة فجعل هللا اإليمان
تطهيرا لكم من الشرك والصالة تنزيها لكم عن الكبر والزكاة تز
متنا أمانا للفرقة نظاما للملة وإمافي الرزق والصيام تثبيتا
لإلخالص والحج تشييدا للدين والعدل تنسيقا للقلوب وطاعتنا
سخط والجهاد عزا لإلسالم والصبر معونة على استيجاب األجر واألمر
بالمعروف مصلحة للعامة وبر الوالدين وقاية من ال
ين مكاييل والموازوصلة األرحام منسأة في العمر ومنماة للعدد
والقصاص حقنا للدماء والوفاء بالنذر تعريضا للمغفرة وتوفية ال
ا للعفة وحرم تغييرا للبخس والنهي عن شرب الخمر تنزيها عن الرجس
واجتناب القذف حجابا عن اللعنة وترك السرقة إيجاب
ه ونهاكم عنه فإنه هللا الشرك إخالصا له بالربوبية فاتقوا هللا حق
تقاته وال تموتن إال وأنتم مسلمون وأطيعوا هللا فيما أمركم ب
ه العلماءإنما يخشى هللا من عباد .
ثم قالت: أيها الناس اعلموا أني فاطمة و أبي محمد ص أقول عودا
وبدوا وال أقول ما أقول غلطا وال أفعل ما أفعل
ن يَن َرُؤٌف َرح يٌص َعلَْيُكْم ب اْلُمْؤم ْم َحر يٌز َعلَْيه ما
َعن تُّ ُكْم َعز ْن أَْنفُس فوه تجدوه ن تعزوه وتعريٌم ، فإشططا ،
لََقْد جاَءُكْم َرُسوٌل م
أبي دون نسائكم وأخا ابن عمي دون رجالكم ، ولنعم المعزى إليه ص
فبلغ الرسالة صادعا بالنذارة مائال عن مدرجة
ام حتى انهزم المشركين ضاربا ثبجهم آخذا بأكظامهم داعيا إلى سبيل
ربه بالحكمة والموعظة الحسنة يجف األصنام وينكث اله
اطين وطاح حتى تفرى الليل عن صبحه وأسفر الحق عن محضه ونطق زعيم
الدين وخرست شقاشق الشيالجمع وولوا الدبر
ا حفرة من النار وشيظ النفاق وانحلت عقد الكفر والشقاق وفهتم بكلمة
اإلخالص في نفر من البيض الخماص وكنتم على شف
خافون أن ق وتقتاتون القد و الورق أذلة خاسئين تمذقة الشارب ونهزة
الطامع وقبسة العجالن وموطئ األقدام تشربون الطر
ل وذؤبان العرب يتخطفكم الناس من حولكم فأنقذكم هللا تبارك وتعالى
بمحمد ص بعد اللتيا واللتي وبعد أن مني ببهم الرجا
ي ف أخاه فومردة أهل الكتاب كلما أوقدوانارا للحرب أطفأها هللا أو
نجم قرن الشيطان أو فغرت فاغرة من المشركين قذ
من رسول هللا لهواتها فال ينكفئ حتى يطأ جناحها بأخمصه ويخمد لهبها
بسيفه مكدودا في ذات هللا مجتهدا في أمر هللا قريبا
ون آمنون سيدا في أولياء هللا مشمرا ناصحا مجدا كادحا ال تأخذه في
هللا لومة الئم وأنتم في رفاهية من العيش وادعون فاكه
ار أنبيائه ومأوى ائر وتتوكفون األخبار وتنكصون عند النزال وتفرون
من القتال. فلما اختار هللا لنبيه دتتربصون بنا الدو
لين فخطر في أصفيائه ظهر فيكم حسكة النفاق وسمل جلباب الدين ونطق
كاظم الغاوين ونبغ خامل األقلين وهدر فنيق المبط
نهضكم فوجدكم فاكم لدعوته مستجيبين وللعزة فيه مالحظين ثم
استعرصاتكم وأطلع الشيطان رأسه من مغرزه هاتفا بكم فأل
ح لما يندمل خفافا وأحمشكم فألفاكم غضابا فوسمتم غير إبلكم ووردتم
غير مشربكم هذا والعهد قريب والكلم رحيب والجر
م وكيف بكم وأنى هيهات منكوالرسول لما يقبر ابتدارا زعمتم خوف
الفتنة أال في الفتنة سقطوا وإن جهنم لمحيطة بالكافرين ف
تؤفكون وكتاب هللا بين أظهركم أموره ظاهرة وأحكامه زاهرة وأعالمه
باهرة وزواجره الئحة وأوامره واضحة وقد خلفتموه
منه وهو في وراء ظهوركم أرغبة عنه تريدون أم بغيره تحكمون بئس
للظالمين بدال ومن يتبع غير اإلسالم دينا فلن يقبل
مرتها اسرين ثم لم تلبثوا إال ريث أن تسكن نفرتها ويسلس قيادها ثم
أخذتم تورون وقدتها وتهيجون جاآلخرة من الخ
رتغاء وتمشون وتستجيبون لهتاف الشيطان الغوي وإطفاء أنوار الدين
الجلي وإهمال سنن النبي الصفي تشربون حسوا في ا
إرث لنا ووخز السنان في الحشا وأنتم اآلن تزعمون أن ال ألهله وولده
في الخمرة والضراء ويصير منكم على مثل حز المدى
ية أني ابنته أيها ، أ فحكم الجاهلية تبغون ومن أحسن من هللا حكما
لقوم يوقنون أفال تعلمون ، بلى قد تجلى لكم كالشمس الضاح
ى عمد تركتم كتاب شيئا فريا أفعلالمسلمون أأغلب على إرثي يا ابن
أبي قحافة أفي كتاب هللا ترث أباك وال أرث أبي لقد جئت
َث ُسلَْيماُن داُود” هللا ونبذتموه وراء ظهوركم إذ يقول :َوَور "
ََ ْن وقال فيما اقتص من خبر يحيى بن زكريا إذ قال : "َفَهْب ل ي
م
ْن آل َيْعقُوَب" وقال ُث م ُثن ي َو َير " وقال َو أُولُوا
اأْلَْرحام َبْعُضُهمْ ” : لَُدْنَك َول ي ًا َير تاب هللاه ُ ف ي
ُيوص ”:أَْولى ب َبْعٍض ف ي ك يُكُم هللاه
اأْلُْنَثَيْين ْثُل َحظِّ َكر م
ُكْم ل لذه ق ” : وقال“أَْوالد ُة ل ْلوال َدْين َو اأْلَْقَرب يَن
ب اْلَمْعُروف َحق ًا َعَلى اْلُمته يه يَن"، وزعمتم أن إ ْن َتَرَك
َخْيراً اْلَوص
ثان أو لي وال إرث من أبي وال رحم بيننا أ فخصكم هللا بآية أخرج
أبي منها أم هل تقولون إن أهل ملتين ال يتوارال حظوة
ك لست أنا وأبي من أهل ملة واحدة أم أنتم أعلم بخصوص القرآن وعمومه
من أبي وابن عمي فدونكها مخطومة مرحولة تلقا
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كل نبأ مستقر د القيامة وعند الساعة يخسر المبطلون وال ينفعكم إذ
تندمون وليوم حشرك فنعم الحكم هللا والزعيم محمد والموع
.وسوف تعلمون من يأتيه عذاب يخزيه ويحل عليه عذاب مقيم
:ثم رمت بطرفها نحو األنصار فقالت
أبي كان رسول هللايا معشر النقيبة وأعضاد الملة وحضنة اإلسالم، ما
هذه الغميزة في حقي والسنة عن ظالمتي أما
ن يقول المرء يحفظ في ولده سرعان ما أحدثتم وعجالن ذا إهالة ولكم
طاقة بما أحاول وقوة على ما أطلب و أزاول أتقولو
س والقمر مات محمد ) ص ( فخطب جليل استوسع وهنه واستنهر فتقه
وانفتق رتقه وأظلمت األرض لغيبته وكسفت الشم
لنازلة الكبرى اآلمال وخشعت الجبال وأضيع الحريم وأزيلت الحرمة عند
مماته، فتلك وهللا ا وانتثرت النجوم لمصيبته وأكدت
بحكم يهتف في والمصيبة العظمى ال مثلها نازلة وال بائقة عاجلة أعلن
بها كتاب هللا جل ثناؤه في أفنيتكم وفي ممساكم ومص
ٌد إ اله رَ أفنيتكم هتافا وصراخا وتالوة وألحانا ولقبله ما حل
بأنبياء هللا ُسوٌل َقْد َخلَْت ورسله حكم فصل وقضاء حتم "َو ما
ُمَحمه
ُسُل أَ َفإ ْن ماَت أَْو قُت َل اْنَقلَْبُتْم َعلى أَْعقاب ُكْم
َو َمْن َيْنَقل ْب َعلى َعق َبْيه َفلَْن ْن َقْبل ه الرُّ َ َشْيئاً
َو َسَيجْ م يَن َيُضره هللاه ر ُ الشهاك ي هللاه . ز
ذوو العدد إيها بني قيله أأهضم تراث أبي وأنتم بمرأى مني ومسمع
ومنتدى ومجمع تلبسكم الدعوة وتشملكم الخبرة وأنتم“
موصوفون بالكفاح والعدة واألداة والقوة وعندكم السالح والجنة
توافيكم الدعوة فال تجيبون وتأتيكم الصرخة فال تغيثون؟ أنتم
تم الكد والتعب خبة التي انتخبت والخيرة التي اختيرت لنا أهل البيت
قاتلتم العرب وتحملمعروفون بالخير والصالح والن
م وخضعت وناطحتم األمم كافحتم البهم ال نبرح أو تبرحون نأمركم
فتأتمرون حتى إذا دارت بنا رحى اإلسالم ودر حلب األيا
بيان واستوسق نظام الدين فأنى حزتم بعد ال ثغرة الشرك وسكنت فورة
اإلفك وخمدت نيران الكفر وهدأت دعوة الهرج
راج وأسررتم بعد اإلعالن ونكصتم بعد اإلقدام وأشركتم بعد
اإليمان؛بؤسا لقوم نكثوا أيمانهم من بعد عهدهم وهموا بإخ
أبعدتم و الرسول وهم بدءوكم أول مرة أ تخشونهم فاهلل أحق أن تخشوه
إن كنتم مؤمنين أال وقد أرى أن قد أخلدتم إلى الخفض
م فإن تكفروا أنتم من هو أحق بالبسط والقبض وخلوتم بالدعة ونجوتم
بالضيق من السعة فمججتم ما وعيتم ودسعتم الذي تسوغت
التي ومن في األرض جميعا فإن هللا لغني حميد أال وقد قلت ما قلت
هذا على معرفة مني بالجذلة التي خامرتكم والغدرة
حتقبوها دبرة الظهر النفس ونفثة الغيظ وخور القناة وبثة الصدر
وتقدمة الحجة فدونكموها فا استشعرتها قلوبكم ولكنها فيضة
، فبعين هللا ما نقبة الخف باقية العار موسومة بغضب الجبار وشنار
األبد موصولة بنار هللا الموقدة التي تطلع على األفئدة
انتظروا إنا ذير لكم بين يدي عذاب شديد فاعملوا إنا عاملون وتفعلون
وسيعلم الذين ظلموا أي منقلب ينقلبون وأنا ابنة ن
.منتظرون
Abullah son of Imam al-Hassan (ع) quotes his forefathers saying
that Abu Bakr and ‘Umar
decided to prevent Fatima (ع) from her Fadak property. When she
came to know about it, she
put her veil on her head, wrapped herself with her outer cloak
and, accompanied by some of her
relatives and men of her folks, stepping on her gown, her gait
not differing from that of the
Messenger of Allah (ص), went till she entered [the Mosque of the
Prophet] where Abu Bakr was.
Abu Bakr was in the company of a crowd of the Muhajirun and
Ansar and others. A curtain was
placed behind which she sat and moaned. Hearing her thus
moaning, everyone present burst in
tears, so much so that the meeting place shook. She waited for a
moment till the sobbing
stopped and the fervor abated. She started her speech by
praising Allah and lauding Him,
sending blessings to His Messenger, whereupon people resumed
their cries. When they
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stopped, she resumed her speech saying,
“Praise to Allah for that which He bestowed (us). We thank and
laud Him for all that which He
inspired and offered, for the abundant boons which He initiated,
the perfect grants which He
presented. Such boons are too many to compute, too vast to
measure. Their limit is too distant
to grasp. He commended them (to His beings) so they would gain
more by being grateful for
their continuity.
He ordained Himself praiseworthy by giving generously to His
creatures. I testify that there is no
God but Allah, the One without a partner, a statement which
sincere devotion is its
interpretation, the hearts guarantee its continuation, and in
the minds and hearts is its
perpetuation. He is the One Who cannot be perceived with vision,
nor can He be described by
tongues, nor can imagination comprehend how He is.
He originated things but not from anything that existed before
them, created them without
pre-existing examples. Rather, He created them with His might
and spread them according to
His will. He did so not for a need for which He created them,
nor for a benefit (for Him) did He
shape them, but to establish His wisdom, bring attention to His
obedience, manifest His might,
lead His creatures to humbly venerate Him and exalt His decrees.
He then made the reward for
obedience to Him and punishment for disobedience so as to
protect His creatures from His
Wrath and amass them into His Paradise.
“I also testify that my Father, Muhammad, is His servant and
messenger whom He chose and
prior to sending him when the [souls of all] beings were still
concealed in that which was
transcendental, protected from anything appalling, associated
with termination and
nonexistence. Allah the Exalted One knew that which was to
follow, comprehended that which
would come to pass and realized the place of every event.
Allah sent him (Muhammad) to perfect His commands, a resolution
to accomplish His decree,
and an implementation of the dictates of His Mercy. So he
(Muhammad) found nations differing
in their creeds, obsessed by their fires [Zoroastrians],
worshipping their idols [Pagans], and
denying Allah [atheists] despite their knowledge of Him.
Therefore, Allah illuminated their darkness with my Father,
Muhammad, uncovered obscurity
from their hearts, and cleared the clouds from their insights.
He revealed guidance to the
people. He delivered them from being led astray, taking them
away from misguidance, showing
them the right religion and inviting them to the Straight Path
(as-Sirat al-Mustaqeem).
“Allah then chose to recall him mercifully, with love and
preference. So, Muhammad is now in
comfort, released from the burden of this world, surrounded
angels of devotion, satisfied with
the Merciful Lord and with being near the powerful King. So,
peace of Allah with my Father, His
Prophet, the trusted one, the one whom He chose from among His
servants, His sincere friend,
and peace and blessings of Allah with him.”
Fatima (ع) then turned to the crowd and said:
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“Surely you (people) are Allah's servants at His command and
prohibition, bearers of His creed
and revelation. You are the ones whom Allah entrusted to fare
with your own selves, His
messengers to the nations. Amongst you does He have the right
authority, a covenant which He
brought forth to you and an legacy which He left to guard you:
The eloquent Book of Allah, the
Qur’an of the truth, the brilliant light, the shining beam. Its
insights are indisputable, its secrets
are revealed, its indications are manifest and those who follow
it are surely blessed.
(The Qur’an) leads its adherents to righteousness. Listening
(and acting upon) it leads to
salvation. Through it are the enlightening divine arguments
achieved, His manifest
determination acquired, His prohibited decrees avoided, His
manifest evidence recognized, His
convincing proofs made apparent, His permissions granted and His
laws written.
So Allah made belief (in Islam) a purification for you from
polytheism. He made prayers an
exaltation for you from conceit, Zakat purification for the soul
and a (cause of) growth in
subsistence, fasting an implantation of devotion, pilgrimage a
construction of the creed and
justice (Adl) the harmony of the hearts. And He made obedience
to us (Ahl al-Bayt) the
management of the affairs of the nation and our leadership (Ahl
al-Bayt) a safeguard from
disunity.
He made jihad (struggle) a way for strengthening Islam and
patience a helping course for
deserving (divine) rewards. He made commending what is right
(Amr Bil Ma’ruf) a cause for
public welfare, kindness to parents a safeguard from (His)
wrath, the maintaining of close ties
with one's kin a cause for a longer life and for multiplying the
number of offspring, in-kind
reprisal (qisas قصاص) to save lives, fulfillment of vows the
earning of mercy, the completion of
weights and measures a cause for avoiding neglecting the rights
of others, forbidding drinking
wines an exaltation from atrocity, avoiding slander a veil from
curse, abandoning theft a reason
for deserving chastity.
Allah has also prohibited polytheism so that one can devote
himself to His Mastership.
Therefore; Fear Allah as He should be feared, and die not except
in a state of Islam; Obey Allah
in that which He has commanded you to do and that which He has
forbidden, for surely those
truly fear among His servants, who have knowledge.'
“O People! Be informed that I am Fatima, and my father is
Muhammad I say that repeatedly and
initiate it continually; I say not what I say mistakenly, nor do
I do what I do aimlessly. Now has
come unto you an Apostle from amongst yourselves; It grieves him
that you should perish;
ardently anxious is he over you; To the believers he is most
kind and merciful. Thus, if you
identify and recognize him, you shall realize that he is my
father and not the father of any of
your women; the brother of my cousin (Ali (ع)) rather than any
of your men.
What an excellent identity he was, may the peace and blessings
of Allah be upon him and his
descendants Thus, he propagated the Message, by coming out
openly with the warning, and
while inclined away from the path of the polytheists, (whom he)
struck their strength and seized
their throats, while he invited (all) to the way of his Lord
with wisdom and beautiful preaching He
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destroyed idols, and defeated heroes, until their group fled and
turned their backs. So night
revealed its dawn; righteousness uncovered its genuineness; the
voice of the religious authority
spoke out loud; the evil discords were silenced.
The crown of hypocrisy was diminished; the tightening of
infidelity and desertion were untied, So
you spoke the statement of devotion amongst a band of starved
ones; and you were on the
edge of a hole of fire;(you were) the drink of the thirsty one;
the opportunity of the desiring one;
the fire brand of him who passes in haste; the step for feet;
you used to drink from the water
gathered on roads; eat jerked meat. (Lady Fatima (ع) was stating
their lowly situation before
Islam) You were despised outcasts always in fear of abduction
from those around you.
Yet, Allah rescued you through my father, Muhammad after much
ado, and after he was
confronted by mighty men, the Arab beasts, and the demons of the
people of the Book Who,
whenever they ignited the fire of war, Allah extinguished it;
and whenever the thorn of the devil
appeared, or a mouth of the polytheists opened wide in defiance,
he would strike its discords
with his brother (Ali, (ع)), who comes not back until he treads
its wing with the sole of his feet,
and extinguishes its flames with his sword.
(Ali is) diligent in Allah's affair, near to the Messenger of
Allah, A master among Allah's
worshippers, setting to work briskly, sincere in his advice,
earnest and exerting himself (in
service to Islam); While you were calm, gay, and feeling safe in
your comfortable lives, waiting
for us to meet disasters, awaiting the spread of news, you fell
back during every battle, and took
to your heels at times of fighting.
Yet, When Allah chose His Prophet from the dwell of His
prophets, and the abode of His sincere
(servants); The thorns of hypocrisy appeared on you, the garment
of faith became worn out,
The misguided ignorant(s) spoke out, the sluggish ignorant came
to the front and brayed. The
he camel of the vain wiggled his tail in your courtyards and the
your courtyards and the Devil
stuck his head from its place of hiding and called upon you, he
found you responsive to his
invitation, and observing his deceits.
He then aroused you and found you quick (to answer him), and
invited you to wrath, therefore;
you branded other than your camels and proceeded to other than
your drinking places. Then
while the era of the Prophet was still near, the gash was still
wide, the scar had not yet healed,
and the Messenger was not yet buried. A (quick) undertaking as
you claimed, aimed at
preventing discord (trial), Surely, they have fallen into trial
already! And indeed Hell surrounds
the unbelievers.
How preposterous! What an idea! What a falsehood! For Allah's
Book is still amongst you, its
affairs are apparent; its rules are manifest; its signs are
dazzling; its restrictions are visible, and
its commands are evident. Yet, indeed you have cast it behind
your backs! What! Do you detest
it? Or according to something else you wish to rule?
Evil would be the exchange for the wrongdoers! And if anyone
desires a religion other than
Islam (submission to Allah), it never will it be accepted from
him; And in the hereafter, he will be
in the ranks of those who have lost. Surely you have not waited
until its stampede seized, and it
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became obedient. You then started arousing its flames,
instigating its coal, complying with the
call of the misled devil, quenching the light of the manifest
religion, and extinguished the light of
the sincere Prophet.
You concealed sips on froth and proceeded towards his (the
Prophet) kin and children in
swamps and forests (meaning you plot against them in deceitful
ways), but we are patient with
you as if we are being notched with knives and stung by
spearheads in our abdomens, Yet-now
you claim that there is not inheritance for us! What! "Do they
then seek after a judgment of (the
Days of) ignorance? But How, for a people whose faith is
assured, can give better judgment
than Allah? Don't you know? Yes, indeed it is obvious to you
that I am his daughter. O Muslims!
Will my inheritance be usurped?
O son of Abu Quhafa! Where is it in the Book of Allah that you
inherit your father and I do not
inherit mine? Surely you have come up with an unprecedented
thing. Do you intentionally
abandon the Book of Allah and cast it behind your back? Do you
not read where it says: And
Solomon (Sulayman) inherited David (Dawood)'? And when it
narrates the story of Zacharias
and says: `So give me an heir as from thyself (One that) will
inherit me, and inherit the posterity
of Jacob (Yaqoob)'
And: `But kindred by hood have prior rights against each other
in the Book of Allah' And: Allah
(thus) directs you as regards your children's (inheritance) to
the male, a portion equal to that of
two females' And, If he leaves any goods, that he make a bequest
to parents and next of kin,
according to reasonable usage; this is due from the pious
ones.'
You claim that I have no share! And that I do not inherit my
father! What! Did Allah reveal a
(Qur’anic) verse regarding you, from which He excluded my
father? Or do you say: `These
(Fatima and her father) are the people of two faiths, they do
not inherit each other?!' Are we not,
me and my father, a people adhering to one faith? Or is it that
you have more knowledge about
the specifications and generalizations of the Qur’an than my
father and my cousin (Imam Ali)?
So, here you are! Take it! (Ready with) its nose rope and
saddled! But if shall encounter you on
the Day of Gathering; (thus) what a wonderful judge is Allah, a
claimant is Muhammad, and a
day is the Day of Rising. At the time of the Hour shall the
wrongdoers lose; and it shall not
benefit you to regret (your actions) then! For every Message,
there is a time limit; and soon shall
ye know who will be inflicted with torture that will humiliate
him, and who will be confronted by
an everlasting punishment. (Fatima then turned towards the Ansar
and said:) O you people of
intellect! The strong supporters of the nation! And those who
embraced Islam; What is this
shortcoming in defending my right? And what is this slumber
(while you see) injustice (being
done toward me)? Did not the Messenger of Allah, my father, used
to say: A man is upheld
(remembered) by his children'? O how quick have you violated
(his orders)?!
How soon have you plotted against us? But you still are capable
(of helping me in) my attempt,
and powerful (to help me) in that which I request and (in) my
pursuit (of it). Or do you say:
"Muhammad has perished;" Surely this is a great calamity; Its
damage is excessive its injury is
great, Its wound (is much too deep) to heal.
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The Earth became darkened with his departure; the stars eclipsed
for his calamity; hopes were
seized; mountains submitted; sanctity was violated, and holiness
was encroached upon after his
death. Therefore, this, by Allah, is the great affliction, and
the grand calamity; there is not an
affliction-which is the like of it; nor will there be a sudden
misfortune (as surprising as this).
The Book of Allah-excellent in praising him-announced in the
courtyards (of your houses) in the
place where you spend your evenings and mornings; A call, A cry,
A recitation, and (verses) in
order. It had previously came upon His (Allah's) Prophets and
Messengers; (for it is) A decree
final, and a predestination fulfilled: "Muhammad is not but an
Apostle: Many were the apostles
that passed away before him. If he died or was slain, will ye
then turn back on your heels? If any
did turn back on his heels, not the least harm will he do to
Allah; but Allah (on the other hand)
will swiftly reward those who (serve Him) with gratitude."
O you people of reflection; will I be usurped the inheritance of
my father while you hear and see
me?! (And while) You are sitting and gathered around me? You
hear my call, and are included
in the (news of the) affair? (But) You are numerous and well
equipped! (You have) the means
and the power, and the weapons and the shields.
Yet, the call reaches you but you do not answer; the cry comes
to you but you do not come to
help? (This) While you are characterized by struggle, known for
goodness and welfare, the
selected group (which was chosen), and the best ones chosen by
the Messenger for us, Ahlul-
Bayt. You fought the Arabs, bore with pain and exhaustion,
struggled against the nations, and
resisted their heroes. We were still, so were you in ordering
you, and you in obeying us.
So that Islam became triumphant, the accomplishment of the days
came near, the fort of
polytheism was subjected, the outburst of was subjected, the
outburst of infidelity calmed down,
and the system of religion was well-ordered. Thus, (why have
you) become confused after
clearness? Conceal matters after announcing them? Do you thus
turn on your heels after
daring, associating (others with Allah) after believing? Will
you not fight people who violated
their oaths? Plotted to expel the Apostle and became aggressive
by being the first (to assault)
you? Do ye fear them? Nay, it is Allah Whom you should more
justly fear, if you believe!
Now I see that you are inclined to easy living; having dismissed
one who is more worthy of
guardianship [referring to Ali (ع)]. You secluded yourselves
with meekness and dismissed that
which you accepted. Yet, if you show ingratitude, ye and all on
earth together, yet, Allah free of
all wants, worthy of all praise.
Surely I have said all that I have said with full knowledge that
you intent to forsake me, and
knowing the betrayal that your hearts sensed. But it is the
state of soul, the effusion of fury, the
dissemination of (what is) the chest and the presentation of the
proof.
Hence, Here it is! Bag it (leadership and) put it on the back of
an ill she camel, which has a thin
hump with everlasting grace, marked with the wrath of Allah, and
the blame of ever (which leads
to) the Fire of (the wrath of Allah kindled (to a blaze), that
which doth mount (right) to the hearts;
For, Allah witnesses what you do, and soon will the unjust
assailants know what vicissitudes
their affairs will take! And I am the daughter of a warner (the
Prophet) to you against a severe
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punishment. So, act and so will we, and wait, and we shall
wait.'”
رين عذابا أليما فأجابها أبو بكر وقال : يا بنت رسول هللا لقد كان
أبوك بالمؤمنين عطوفا كريما رءوفا رحيما وعلى الكاف
ال نساء وأخا إلفك دون األخالء آثره على كل حميم وساعده في كل أمر
جسيموعقابا عظيما إن عزوناه وجدناه أباك دون ال
أدلتنا وإلى الجنة يحبكم إال سعيد وال يبغضكم إال شقي بعيد فأنتم
عترة رسول هللا الطيبون الخيرة المنتجبون على الخير
وال مصدودة ر عقلك غير مردودة عن حقكمسالكنا. وأنت يا خيرة النساء
وابنة خير األنبياء صادقة في قولك سابقة في وفو
ي سمعت عن صدقك وهللا ما عدوت رأي رسول هللا وال عملت إال بإذنه
والرائد ال يكذب أهله وإني أشهد هللا وكفى به شهيدا أن
مة كرسول هللا ) ص ( يقول نحن معاشر األنبياء ال نورث ذهبا و ال
فضة و ال دارا و ال عقارا و إنما نورث الكتاب والح
الح يقاتل بها والعلم والنبوة وما كان لنا من طعمة فلولي األمر
بعدنا أن يحكم فيه بحكمه وقد جعلنا ما حاولته في الكراع والس
.المسلمون ويجاهدون
أثره ان يتبعفقالت عليها السالم ، سبحان هللا ما كان أبي رسول هللا
) ص ( عن كتاب هللا صادفا وال ألحكامه مخالفا بل ك
ه هذا كتاب هللا ويقفو سوره؛ أفتجمعون إلى الغدر اعتالال عليه
بالزور وهذا بعد وفاته شبيه بما بغي له من الغوائل في حيات
َث ُسلَْيماُن داُوَد وبين عز وجل فيما وزع م ْن آل َيْعقُوَب و
يقول َو َور ُث م ُثن ي َو َير ن حكما عدال وناطقا فصال يقول َير
هات في شرع من الفرائض والميراث وأباح من حظ الذكران واإلناث ما
أزاح به علة المبطلين وأزال التظني والشباألقساط و
هللا ورسوله الغابرين كال بل سولت لكم أنفسكم أمرا فصبر جميل وهللا
المستعان على ما تصفون . فقال أبو بكر: صدق
الدين وعين الحجة ال أبعد صوابك وال أنكر خطابك هؤالء وصدقت ابنته
معدن الحكمة وموطن الهدى والرحمة وركن
ذلك شهودالمسلمون بيني وبينك قلدوني ما تقلدت وباتفاق منهم أخذت ما
أخذت غير مكابر وال مستبد وال مستأثر وهم ب .
:فالتفتت فاطمة عليها السالم إلى الناس و قالت
ى قلوب أقفالها ضية على الفعل القبيح الخاسر أفال تتدبرون القرآن
أم علمعاشر المسلمين المسرعة إلى قيل الباطل المغ
ا منه كال بل ران على قلوبكم ما أسأتم من أعمالكم فأخذ بسمعكم
وأبصاركم ولبئس ما تأولتم وساء ما به أشرتم وشر م
ا لم تكونوا وبدا لكم من ربكم م اغتصبتم لتجدن وهللا محمله ثقيال
وغبه وبيال إذا كشف لكم الغطاء وبان بإورائه الضراء
.تحتسبون و خسر هنا لك المبطلون
Abu Bakr responded to her by saying, “O daughter of the
Messenger of Allah! Your father was
always affectionate with the believers, generous, kind and
merciful, and towards the unbelievers
was a painful torment and a great punishment. Surely the Prophet
is your father, not anyone
else's, the brother of your husband, not any other man's; he
surely preferred him over all his
friends and (Ali) supported him in every important matter, no
one loves you save the lucky and
no one hates you save the wretched.
You are the blessed progeny of Allah's Messenger, the chosen
ones, our guides to goodness
our path to Paradise, and you-the best of women-and the daughter
of the best of prophets,
truthful is your sayings, excelling in reason. You shall not be
driven back from your right... But I
surely heard your father saying: `We the, group of prophets do
not inherit, nor are we inherited
Yet, this is my situation and property, it is yours (if you
wish); it shall not be concealed from you,
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nor will it be stored away from you.
You are the Mistress of your father's nation, and the blessed
tree of your descendants. Your
property shall not be usurped against your will nor can your
name be defamed. Your judgment
shall be executed in all that which I possess. This, do you
think that I violate your father's (will)?"
Fatima then refuted Abu Bakr's claim that the Prophet had stated
that prophets cannot be
inherited, and said: "Glory be to Allah!! Surely Allah's
Messenger did not abandon Allah's Book
nor did he violate His commands. Rather, he followed its decrees
and adhered to its chapters.
So do you unite with treachery justifying your acts with
fabrications?
Indeed this—after his departure—is similar to the disasters
which were plotted against him
during his lifetime. But behold! This is Allah's Book, a just
judge and a decisive speaker, saying:
`One that will (truly) inherit Me, and inherit the posterity of
Yaqub,' (19:6) and 'And Sulaiman
(Solomon) inherited Dawood (David).' (27: 16) Thus, He (Glory be
to Him) made clear that
which He made share of all heirs, decreed from the amounts of
inheritance, allowed for males
and females, and eradicated all doubts and ambiguities
(pertaining to this issue which existed
with the) bygones.
Nay! But your minds have made up a tale (that may pass) with
you, but (for me) patience is
most fitting against that which ye assert; it is Allah (alone)
whose help can be sought." It is
apparent that Abu Bakr chanced the mode with which he addressed
Lady Fatima (ع) after
delivering her speech. Listen to his following speech; which is
his reply to Fatima's just reported
speech.
Abu Bakr said: "Surely Allah and His Apostle are truthful, and
so has his (the Prophet's)
daughter told the truth. Surely you are the source of wisdom,
the element of faith, and the sole
authority. May Allah not refute your righteous argument, nor
invalidate your decisive speech.
But these are the Muslims between us-who have entrusted me with
leadership, and it was
according to their satisfaction that 1 received what 1 have. I
am not being ar