•○السَّلامُ عَلیَکِ یا فاطِمَةَ الزَّهرا (س)○°

Name: Fatimah (sa).

Renowned Titles: Zahra, Saddiqa Kubra, Tahira, Raazia, Marziyya, Insiyya, Batool, Hooriyya, Mohaddisa etc.

Sub Title: Umul Hassanain, Ume Abeeha and Umul Aiymma.

Father and mother: Prophet Muhammad (saw) & Khadija Kubra (sa).

Lady Fatimah Zahra (sa) is the greatest symbol and most perfect emblem of politeness and humanity, chastity and piety, bravery and forbearance in the Path of God.

Imam Mahdi, the Saviour of Mankind declared, "Daughter of Prophet (saw) is a great role model for me."

Her mother Khadija (sa) was the first woman to convert to Islam. She spent all her wealth for the sake of Allah. She was the first wife of Prophet (saw) and alongside him all her life.

Her Husband Imam Ali (as) was the second man after Prophet (saw) to convert to Islam. He is the first Imam (leader) and was with Prophet (saw) and helped him all his life.

Her first Son, Imam Hassan Mujtaba (as) is the second Imam and did everything he could for the sake of Allah and Islam.

There are many reports about the Prophet's (saw) love for his grandson al-Hassan (as). It is reported that while the Prophet (as) would carry al-Hassan (as) on his shoulders, he would say, "O God! I love him, so You also love him!" Sometimes when the Prophet (saw) was prostrating himself in congregational prayer, al-Hassan (as) would go on the Prophet's back, and the Prophet (saw) would prolong his prostration so that al-Hassan himself comes down.

The Prophet (saw) is also reported to have said about al-Hassan (as), "He is the master of the youth of Paradise and the Proof of God upon the ummah ... He who follows him is of me and he who disobeys him is not of me."

There are several accounts of Imam al-Hassan's (as) forbearance, which was so great that earned him the epithet 'al-Halim' (the Forbearing One).

It is reported, for instance, that a Syrian man saw Imam al-Hassan (as) and started cursing him. When he finished his insults, the Imam (a) smiled, greeted him, and said, "It looks like you are a stranger in this city ... If you needed anything, we will fulfill your needs."

The man was deeply impressed by the Imam's (as) noble reaction; he started crying and recited the following verse: "God knows best with whom to place His message" (Quran 6:124), indicating that the Imam (as) deserved to be a descendant of the Prophet (saw).

There are various reports as to when Imam al-Hassan (a) was martyred: three days, forty days, or two months after he was poisoned.

When the Imam (as) passed away, all the Medinans mourned. In the burial ceremony, al-Baqi' cemetery became full of people, and the shops were shut down for several days.

Conflict over the Burial Place

Imam al-Hassan (as) reportedly requested from his brother to be buried beside the Prophet (saw), his grandfather. According to a report, al-Hassan (as) had informed A'isha about his wish and she had agreed. However, when Marwan b. al-Hakam learned about this decision, he reported it to Mu'awiya, and the latter asked him to forcefully prevent that.

According to another report, however, Imam al-Hassan (as) had requested only that his coffin be taken to the grave of the Prophet (saw) before his burial beside the grave of his grandmother Fatima bt. Asad (sa). According to this report, the Imam (as) had urged his brother to avoid any conflict during his burial ceremony.

When Banu Hashim carried the coffin of Imam al-Hassan (as) toward the grave of the Prophet (s), Marwan and a group of the Umayyads took up arms and blocked the way. Abu l-Faraj al-Isfahani (d. 356) mentions that A'isha arrived there on a mule and asked the Umayyads to stop Banu Hashim. According to al-Baladhuri's report, when she found out about the conflict, she claimed that the burial place of the Prophet (saw) was her home and she would not allow anyone to be buried there.

It is reported that Marwan said, "While Uthman is buried on the outskirts of the city, we won't tolerate that you bury al-Hassan next to the Prophet." A conflict was about to break out between Banu Hashim and the Umayyads, but Imam al-Hussain (as), because of his brother's prior request, did not allow that to happen. Thus, the body of Imam al-Hassan (as) was taken to al-Baqi' cemetery and buried beside the grave of his grandmother Fatima bt. al-Asad (sa).

According to Ibn Shahrashub, the Umayyads shot many arrows toward the body of Imam al-Hasan (as), seventy of which hit the Imam's body.

Her second Son, Imam Hussain (as) the third Imam stood for justice and sacrificed his whole family for justice. He gave everything he had, including his life for the sake of Allah (swt). He is buried today in Karbala, Iraq, where millions of visitors come annually to pay homage.

Prophet Muhammad (saw) said, "Verily, Hussain is the shining light of guidance and the ark of Salvation."

Imam Sadiq (as) said, "Whenever, you remember Imam Hussain (as), for 3 times say:

《صلی الله عليك يا أبا عبدالله》

This greeting will reach him from far or close distance."

Her daughter, Hazrat Zainab (sa) was present in Karbala and witnessed her beloveds getting martyred in front of her eyes. She didn't give up, remained patient and let the whole world know of what happened to her brother and grandson of Prophet Muhammad (saw).

Hazrat Fatima Zahra (sa) is the worthy role model of all Muslim women.

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Al-Kawthar is a Qur'anic word and one of the epithets of Lady Fatimah (sa). It is a cognate of the Arabic word "kathīr" (کثیر), and has once appeared in the Qur'an 108: 1 (Sura al-Kawthar).

There is controversy among the scholars of the Qur'anic exegesis over what is meant by "al-kawthar? it is taken to refer to a river or a stream in Heaven, a lot of good, prophecy, the Holy Scripture, the Qur'an, knowledge and wisdom, Kawthar Pond, Shafa'a, and the many companions, followers, and progeny granted by God to the Prophet (saw).

According to Fadl b. Hasan al-Tabrisi in Majma' al-bayan, all these probabilities could be right; because the word "kawthar" includes great good in this world as well as hereafter that encompasses all the abovementioned interpretations. Fakhr al-Razi has considered the interpretation of kawthar to a river or a stream in Heaven as mashhur and mustadif.

For Shi'a scholars of Qur'anic exegesis, "al-kawthar" refers to Lady Fatima al-Zahra (sa), since al-'As b. Wa'il called Prophet Muhammad (s) "abtar", that is, a person without a progeny and offspring (since he had no sons). On this occasion, Allah (swt) revealed the verse in response to al-'As b. Wa'il, by saying that He will give the Prophet (saw) many children through his daughter, Lady Fatima al-Zahra (sa). Al-Kawthar is one of the titles of Lady Fatima (sa).

Distribution of Descendants of Lady Fatima (sa) in the world

Today, in many countries of the world, there are Sayyids from the progeny of Lady Fatima (sa).

For example, in addition to Arab countries and Iran, the descendants of Idris b. Abd Allah b. Hasan, the founder of the Shi'a government of Idrisids still live in Tunisia and Morocco.

In Indonesia, Habeshi, Alawi and Bakthir families are from Sayyid origins.

In Yemen, there are different families from the lineages of Imam al-Hassan (as) and Imam al-Husayn (as).

In Aswan in Egypt, there is a great family named Ju'afira who are attributed to Imam Ja'far al-Sadiq (as).

Sayyids of Razwai and Naqwai are in the two countries of India and Pakistan.

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Lady Fatimah (as) said, ▪︎"Allah caused commanding goodness and forbidding to do evil for the amendment and correction of society and the common folks (public)."

▪︎ "Anyone who does their prayers and other acts of worship sincerely only for Allah (swt), He will grant them his best blessings and benefits."

○Sayings about Hazrat Fatimah (sa)○

1. Prophet (saw) said, "Whoever loves my daughter Fatimah (sa), will be in Paradise with me, and Whoever becomes her enemy, will enter Hell fire."

2. "Whoever harms her has harmed me and whoever angers her has made me angry;Whoever makes her glad has made me glad, and whoever saddens her has made me sad."

3. "O Salman! truly Allah (swt) has filled Fatimah's heart, limbs, and bones with faith & certainty in a way that she is very serious at obeying Allah (swt). "

4. "Obeying Fatimah (sa) is obligatory for all the creatures Allah (swt) has created such as Angels, Jinns, Humans, Prophets, Animals, etc. "

5. "O Ali, obey Fatimah (sa) and do as she says; I have ordered her to do things that Angel Jibrail (as) ordered me to do."

6. "I named my daughter Fatimah (sa) because Allah (swt) has saved Fatimah (sa) & those who love her from Hell fire."

7. "Fatimah (sa) is the most beloved person to me."

8. "Fatimah (sa) is a part of me, the light to my eyes and the fruit of my heart."

9. Prophet (saw) asked Imam Ali (as) about Hazrat Fatimah (sa). Imam (as) said to him, " Fatimah (sa) is a great partner that helps me obey Allah (swt) & be a better Servant."

10. "O Fatimah! Even if all the Prophets and Archangels of Allah (swt) intercede for someone who held grudge against you and deprived you from your rights, Allah (swt) will still not free them from Hell fire."

11."O Fatimah! you're from me and I'm from you."

12. Imam Ali (as) said, "Hassan & Hussain (as) are like two eyes for Prophet (saw), I'm like a hand for him (saw) and Fatimah (sa) is like a heart for him (saw)."

13. "By Allah, Fatimah never made me angry & never disobeyed me. And whenever I look at her, all my sadness fades away."

14. Imam Kazim (as) said, "There'll be no poverty in houses that have people with these names living in them: Muhammad, Ahmad, Ali, Hassan, Hussain, Jafar, Abdullah, and from female names, Fatimah."

15. Imam Sadiq (as), said to a man who named her daughter Fatimah, "Now that you have named her Fatimah, don't swear at her, don't curse her and don't beat her."

16."Fatimah (sa) is a bright Star amongst the women of the world."

17."Fatimah (sa) is the leader of all the women in the world, from the beginning to the end."

18."If Amir Al-Mu'mineen (as) did not marry Fatimah (sa), no man on Earth from Adam (as) and after him would have been suitable for her until the Day of Rising."

19. "After Prophet (saw)'s death. Hazrat Fatimah (sa) became very weak and sick. She lost weight and was filled with extreme sorrow and grief."

During the battles that Imam Ali (as) had for the sake of Allah (swt), he would always try to block the enemies swords and other weapons that were aimed at Prophet Muhammad (saw), to protect him, his Prophet and leader.

During that time, he would get severely wounded. Wounds that would begin to bleed and they were very painful.

He (as) said, "It would hurt, but whenever I arrived home and saw Lady Fatimah (sa) smiling at me and greeting me, I would forget all of those pains."

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Like the Prophet (saw), Lady Fatimah (peace be upon her) tried to instruct the parents how to revere and love their daughters. While the people buried their daughters alive, the Prophet (saw) kissed Fatimah (sa) and said," daughter is Allah's gift." When she was a child, the Prophet (saw) sat her on his knees, and through this action wanted the people to take lesson.

The girls and women at her era were not believed, and even they were forced to work hard in the farms. They were not considered as kin; they were deprived from inheritance, retaliation was completely fulfilled for them, etc. A woman having some daughters and no son was considered as barren.

The Prophet (saw) through having Fatimah (sa) proved that having no son does not mean barrenness as the short-sighted think. On the contrary, she can be the source of abundant felicity for her own family and relatives.

In fact, if there existed no Fatimah (as), how these false customs were deconstructed, and how the real practical samples in the Prophetic mission were achieved?

If there existed no Fatimah, how the complexes, disgrace, irregularity, making the women's souls weak, were removed?

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The oppression dealt to the highest rank

Following the death of her father and Allah's Last Messenger (saw), the sect of the hypocrites usurped her entitlement to Fadak and carried out an attack on the home of Lady Fatimah (sa). However, the historical context of these individuals allows observers to accept their actions because they complement their previous animosity towards the Prophet Muhammad (saw) and his family.

When it came to many of the so-called "companions" of the Prophet, no effort was made to conceal their blatant hatred towards the Prophet's Family despite a divine decree establishing love for the Prophet and His family as compulsory. "Say: I do not ask of you any reward for it (the deliverance of the Message) but love for my near relatives." (42:23)

Indeed, we remember the sacrifice and loyalty of Imam Hassan (as) and the revolutionary martyrdom of Imam Hussain (as) in the forsaken fields of Karbala. Rarely, if ever, do we consider: how were these individuals cultivated into men of God? Is it not because their mother was the leading woman of the world?

The Holy Prophet refused to allow the marriage of Lady Fatimah to occur in the absence of a Divine decree, and when he was asked to explain, He stated, "Maryam was the lady of the women of her time, but my daughter Fatimah is the lady of the whole world's women, from the first to the last." (The World's Most Outstanding Lady: Fatimah Zahra) The status and rank of Lady Fatimah was so lofty and safeguarded that the only possible companion for her would be the Commander of the Faithful, Imam Ali (as).

Lady Fatimah's life and death were so exalted and sublime in virtue and piety that all lessons of life and grandeur should be taken from her. Lady Fatimah is a source of guidance for all Muslims, and her attributes mirror those of her father and her husband and her sons and grandsons.

The status afforded to her is recognized by all Muslims, and even those who stood against her and in direct violation of God praised her qualities. Aisha, the wife of the Prophet (saw), has narrated many of the virtues of Lady Fatimah, and these traditions are prominently featured in the books of the other Islamic sects. For example, Aisha narrated, "I have not seen a person more similar to the Prophet's appearance, conduct, guidance, and speech, whether sitting or standing, than Fatimah (sa)."

When Umme Salama was requested to tutor the child Fatimah (sa), the wise woman replied "How can I tutor one who is the personification of high virtues and purity. It is I who should learn from her."

Her childhood, therefore, was passed in a very chaste and modest environment. It was then that she saw her revered father preaching Islam in the most hostile atmosphere. The hostility of the Quraish after the death of Abu Talib and Khadija (as) was the strongest. Fatimah (sa) saw and dressed the wounds sustained by her father due to the stones thrown on him by the non- believers who were against the preaching of Islam. She might have heard and seen wretched women who hurled rubbish on her noble father. She might have learnt of the plans made to put an end to her father's life. But from all these things Fatimah (sa) was neither frightened nor disheartened. She comforted her father, tended to his wounds even at that tender age. She looked after her father the Prophet of Islam so devoutly that Prophet Muhammad (saw) used to call her "Umme Abiha", i.e. the mother of her father. The entire family was blanketed with clouds of sorrow as a result of the almost daily humiliation and mockery to which her most revered father was subjected.

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The importance of Fadak Issue

Fadak was a piece of land that was reached to the Prophet (peace be upon him and his descendants) by the Jews with no war or bloodshed in the 7th year of Hijrat; on the other hand, the Jews had granted it to the Prophet (saw) personally. Then, the Prophet (saw) registered that and in the same year dedicated it to Lady Fatimah (sa) for reasons. This dedication was the Prophet's right, because it was not a spoil to share others in it.

Lady Fatimah (sa) had it under her control for years, and after the Prophet's demise, the Caliphs decided to usurp it from her (sa), because it was believed that the Prophets never leave anything after themselves as heritage, and even if they leave, it belongs to the people. Based on this opinion, they were about to make Imam Ali (as) and Lady Fatimah (sa) bankrupt economically.

The Prophet (saw) had dedicated something, and they usurped it. Did Fatimah (sa) get it after her father's death to be considered as inheritance? Did she live in her father's house that Fadak, dedicated to her four years before the Prophet's demise, be considered as her heritage?

Lady Fatimah (sa) had an independent life of her own, and in spite her economic independence, the Prophet (saw) had dedicated Fadak to her, and even registered it in her name, and he (saw) never said that Fadak belonged to all Muslims while Fatimah (sa) never used its profit for her own sake but the poor Muslims.

The Fadak issue is having two-dimensions:

Economic and political. They usurped Fadak from Lady Fatimah (sa) for different reasons, and one of them was to impoverish Imam Ali (as) and Lady Fatimah (sa), because they spent the income of Fadak for the poor. Although Abubakr knew Lady Fatimah (sa) was right, and it needed no evidence, he usurped Fadak from them (peace be upon them) in order to weaken their souls, make them indigent and keep them busy not to think about the unjust Caliphate, or stand against the present government by means of its income....

Omar said to Abubakr, " ان الناس عبيد الدنيا" that means, "the people are the servants of the world." If you cut Ali's hand from Fadak, Khums, and Beit ul-mal, the people will disperse from his round.

The efforts of the Caliphs in this regard were somehow futile, but Lady Fatimah (sa) did not evade it and started defending administering her right.

Right-seeking of Lady Fatimah (sa)

She proved women can administers right by regarding the Islamic laws. In Abubakr's session, she showed that she did not want wealth for her own, but to use its income to help the poor.

In this regard, she said to Abubakr, "I found myself responsible to say this word and express my complaint in this regard."

Then, she brought Imam Ali (as) and Omme Aiman as witness to prove her claim. Omme Aiman witnessed that Fadak belonged to Fatimah (sa). Abubakr was about to divert from main direction of speech, but Omme Aiman did not let him and said, "If you do not answer my question, I won't let you speak any more."

Then, she went on "Did you hear that the Prophet (saw) said Omme Aiman is an inhabitant of heaven?" Abubakr answered, "Yes", then she continued, "so I witness that Fadak belongs to Fatimah." When Omar discerned the scene, he said, "This woman is Persian, and her witness is not accepted!"

Fatimah's Defense

She made a speech and invited the people to Allah, praised the Prophet (saw) and his prophetic mission, spoke about the materialism and Zakat, etc. Then, she listened to what Abubakr said.