Name. Fatima

Title: az-Zahra

Agrnomen: Ummeh’l-A’immah.

Father’s name: Muhammad bin Abdullah

Mother’s name: Khadijah bint Khuwaild

Birth: born in Mecca on Friday , 20^th Jumada ‘ththaniyah in the fifth year after the declaration of the Prophethood( 615 AD).

Death :Died at the age of 18 in Mecca on the 3rd Jamadal ‘l-awwal 11 AH( 632 AD)buried in the graveyard called Jannatu’l Baqi in Madina.

he was the only daughter of the Holy Prophet and Hazrat Khadijjah. Hazrat Khadijjah describes the circumstances of her birth as follows:

“At the time of her birth I called my neighboring Qurayshhite women but they refused, saying that I had betrayed them by supporting Muhammad(PBHM) after while, I sighted 4 strange tall women with halos around them, approaching me. On of them told: I am Sarah, the mother of Ishaq, other 3 are, Mary, the mother of Christ, Asiyah the daughter of Muzahim, and Umm Kulthum the sister of Moses. We have all been commanded by God to put our nursing knowledge at your disposal.”

When Fatima came to age, there came forward a number of aspirants to ask for her hand in marriage. Holy Prophet was waiting the Divine order in this respect, till Imam Ali (a.s) approached him and asked for her hand in marriage. Holy Prophet came to Fatima and aked : “MY daughter ! Do you consent to be wedded to Ali as I am so commanded by Allah”. On Friday. 1^st Dhi’l-hijjah 2 AH , the marriage ceremony took place. The Holy Prophet first recited an eloquent sermon and then announced: “I have commanded by Allah that get Fatima wedded to Ali”.

Hazrat Fatima inherited the genius and wisdom, the determination and will-power, the piety and sanctity, the generosity and benevolence, the devotion and worship of Allah, the self-sacrifice and hospitality, the forbearance and patience, and the knowledge and nobility of disposition of her illustrious father, both in words and deeds. Imam Hussain(a.s) said: I often witnessed my mother 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 unattended.

She was confronted after the demise of her father, with the diprivement of the rightful claim of leadership of her husband Imam Ali and the usurpation of her inheritance, the Fadak which is gifted by Holy Prophet in his life time and documented in her name as her absolute property. Through her life she never spoke to those who had oppressed her and deprived her of her rightful claims. She requested that her oppressors should be kept away even from attending her funeral. Her ill-wisher even resorted to physical violence. Once the door of her house was pushed on her and the child she was carrying was hurt and baby-boy was still born and her house was set on fire. She expressed: “ O my father! After your death I was subjected to such tortures and tyranny that if they had been inflicted on the ‘Day’ it would have turned into ‘ night’”.

She did not survive more then 75 days after the demise of her father and took her last breath on the 14 Jumada’l-awwal 11 AH and her funeral accompanied exclusively by her relatives and sons carried her at night to Jannatu’l-Baqi where she was laid to rest and her wishes fulfilled.

Whoever injures(bodily or sentimentally) Fatima, injures me; and whoever injures me injures Allah; and whoever injures Allah practices unbelief. O Fatima! If you wrath is incurred, it incurs the wrath of Allah; and if you are happy, it makes Allah happy too.

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