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موضوع: Faatimah Az-Zahraa الخميس 29 ديسمبر 2016, 9:15 pm

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Faatimah Az-Zahraa'
May Allaah be pleased with her!
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The Messenger of Allaah, sallallaahu `alayhi wa sallam, said: "Faatimah is a part of me..!"

She was the only remaining child of the Prophet, sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam. The earth had swallowed up the other children during the lifetime of their father. All his fatherly love was then directed towards Faatimah, may Allaah be pleased with her. She became the delight of his eye and she aroused his memory.

Her being around her father was really a connected circle formed by Khadeejah, may Allaah be pleased with her — her mother, Zaynab, Ruqayyah, Umm Kulthoom, `Abdullaah, Taahir and Al-Qaasim. Whenever she appeared to the Messenger of Allaah, sallallaahu `alayhi wa sallam, with her beautiful and smiling face, he felt as if all of them were standing before him.

Her birth
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A great event that shook the entire city of Makkah and that almost caused a war among its different tribes occurred at the same time that Faatimah was born. That was when the Ka`bah was being rebuilt.

The Quraysh had resolved to rebuild the House after it had been affected by torrential rainfall that threatened foundations of its walls.

They started to rebuild the House enthusiastically and every one participated in the honour of building it with whatever they could afford of money and effort.

Hardly had they arrived at the point of putting Al-Hajar Al-Aswad (the Black Stone) back to its place they started arguing as to who should have the honour of doing that. The disagreement almost led to an open war and members of the tribes unsheathed their swords in readiness for war.

The elders of Makkah were concerned about this impending war, and they started thinking of a way to avert this crisis that could cause severe destructions.

After a long deliberation, Umayyah ibn Al-Mugheerah, who was one of the wise elders suggested: "O' men of Quraysh, appoint an arbitrator from among you who will decide on you are disagreeing about, and let him be the first person to enter the Sacred Mosque."

They are all pleased with this suggestion and they said: "We agree!"

So they were all looking at the gate awaiting the first person to enter the Sacred Mosque.

While they were waiting, Muhammad, sallallaahu `alayhi wa sallam, who was known to them as `the trustworthy one' appeared in his splendour and steady and balanced steps. He was then a thirty-five years old young man.

When they saw him, they shouted in joy, "Here is the trustworthy one, Muhammad, son of `Abdullaah! We agree that he be our arbitrator!"

Muhammad's wisdom
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The `trustworthy one' listened to their argument. They then asked him to be their arbitrator.

He remained silent for sometime pondering until he was inspired with a solution. He then spread out his garment, put the Black Stone in the middle of it and then said: "Let the leaders of every group hold the edge of the garment and let them all lift it together."

So they all lifted it until they brought the Stone to its place. The Messenger of Allaah, sallallaahu `alayhi wa sallam, then took it with his noble hand and put it in its place.

The news spread all over the city of Makkah and the people were happy about the problem was solved. They were delighted with the trustworthy Muhammad's wisdom.

The happiness of the Arabs about this great event was expressed in poetry and recorded in the history. Among the poetic passages composed regarding this event were those of Abu Wahab Al-Makhzoomi whose meaning goes as follows: "The tribes quarrelled with one another regarding a best plan; and this quarrel almost caused a misfortune after happiness.

Because of this, mutual hatred replaced mutual love and the fire of war was kindled.

When we noticed that the matter was getting worse and the people were unsheathing their swords against one another;

We agreed that arbitration should be given to the first person who entered with no prior arrangement;

The first person to suddenly enter was Muhammad, the trustworthy; and we said: We are pleased with Muhammad, sallallaahu `alayhi wa sallam, the trustworthy."

The entire city of Makkah felt that Muhammad, sallallaahu `alayhi wa sallam, put an end to their disagreement and made the leaders of every clan participate in the honour of carrying the Black Stone. It was as if all the clans had carried it. This is one of the proofs of Muhammad's, sallallaahu `alayhi wa sallam, wisdom and excellent conduct.

The trustworthy Muhammad, sallallaahu `alayhi wa sallam, returned to his house, happy to have solved this problem that had occupied their minds and had almost caused bloodshed among them.

When he entered, he was met with the news of the birth of his fourth daughter, Faatimah, may Allaah be pleased with her. His face brightened up and he quickly went to his gracious wife with happiness showing all over his face. He congratulated her on her safe delivery, and he showed how happy he was about the beautiful daughter, who was born in a noble day in which blood was protected, swords were sheathed and peace and security prevailed — due to Muhammad's, sallallaahu `alayhi wa sallam, wisdom.

The Prophet, sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam, named her Faatimah, after his grandmother who bore the name. And he nicknamed her Az-Zahraa'.

The noble parents were happy with the birth of Faatimah, who was their fourth daughter. The Messenger of Allaah, sallallaahu `alayhi wa sallam, saw in her, auspicious appearance and signs of blessings and prosperity.

The new baby girl was strikingly looked like her father. This made her extremely loved by her father and mother. And Faatimah, may Allaah be pleased with her, was always much loved by her parents until the final moments of their life.

موضوع: رد: Faatimah Az-Zahraa الخميس 29 ديسمبر 2016, 10:10 pm

Her growth
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Faatimah enjoyed the great love of her parents and sisters, especially her sister Zaynab, who always pampered her, petted her and played with her.

Faatimah grew up as an adolescent in a compassionate Prophetic home, under the Prophet's, sallallaahu `alayhi wa sallam, care and attention. She therefore, started her life with great purity, enjoying abundant refinement, affection and appropriate instructions from her father.

When Zaynab, who had long been caring for her married and moved to her matrimonial home and Ruqayyah did the same, she felt an immense loneliness.

It was reported that Faatimah wept when Ruqayyah married, and when her mother asked her the reason for her weeping said: "Do not allow anybody to take me away from you and my father. I can not bear leaving you!"

Her mother then smiled lovingly and gently and then said: "You will never leave us except if you wish to!"

That was how Faatimah became more attached to her parents and so much loved them. Her young age might have helped her to go out with her father whenever he visited different sections of the city of Makkah.

Faatimah grew up amid the great love from her father and an abundant compassion from her mother. She saw the great Prophetic quality that her father enjoyed, for his Lord had refined him and did so excellently.

She was also impacted by her mother's pure qualities and praiseworthy attributes.

She endeavoured to grow up upon noble character, taking her father as the highest model in all her actions. Allaah Says (what means): {Indeed in the Messenger of Allaah [Muhammad] you have a good example to follow for him who hopes for [the Meeting with] Allaah and the Last Day, and remembers Allaah much.} [Quran 33: 21]

That was how Faatimah grew up upon perfect chastity, self-dignity, love of good deeds and excellent conduct, drawing from teachings of her, the Prophet of the nation, the Messenger of mercy, the best teacher and educator and the one who guide mankind to the straight path.

The above are the landmarks of her unique personality throughout her life. May Allaah be pleased with her!

Early responsibility
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Hardly had Faatimah reached the age of five that she started noticing that her great father loved being in seclusion and worshipping in the Cave of Hiraa'. It was then that the following great verses were revealed to him: {Read! In the Name of your Lord Who has created [all that exists]. He has created man from a clot [a piece of thick coagulated blood]. Read! And your Lord is the Most Generous.

Who has taught [the writing] by the pen. He has taught man that which he knew not. [Quran 96: 1]

The Messenger of Allaah, sallallaahu `alayhi wa sallam, announced that Allaah sent him to the entire mankind as a witness, giver of good tiding, a warner, a caller unto His way by His permission and an illuminating lamp.

The Quranic verses started coming down successively as revelation from Allaah, the Exalted. Allaah Says (what means): {O' you [Muhammad] enveloped [in garments]! Arise and warn! And magnify your Lord [Allaah]! And purify your garments! And keep away from Ar-Rujz [the idols]! And give not a thing in order to have more [or consider not your deeds of Allaah's obedience as a favour to Him]. And be patient for the sake of your Lord [i.e. perform your duty to Allaah]!} [Quran 74: 1-7]

Faatimah, may Allaah be pleased with her, was witnessing this historic and everlasting development in the life of her father who had now assumed a great responsibility of a leading and message-carrying Ummah, and of a civilization that was the seal for all civilizations whose fundamental are universal and teachings are human.

Therefore, Faatimah, may Allaah be pleased with her, had to feel this new atmosphere in the house of her father; an atmosphere redolent with divine revelation and surrounded by the heavy burden of calling people to the way of Allaah in the face of ferocious, unjust and hostile opposition from the Quraysh.

Faatimah also suffered from the evil plans of the disbelievers against her great father. Often times, she wished that she could sacrifice her life for her father's sake and prevent the Quraysh from harming him. But how could that be possible, while she was a very young girl?!

Here was she, looking at her mother standing beside her father, the Messenger of Allaah, sallallaahu `alayhi wa sallam, after revelation had come to him in the Cave of Hiraa'. He had entered the house to his wife with a trembling heart. Khadeejah, may Allaah be pleased with her, told her husband, allaying his fears: "Never! By Allaah, Allaah will never disgrace you. You keep good relations with your Kith and kin, serve your guests generously, help the poor and the destitute and assist the deserving calamity-afflicted ones."

Khadeejah, may Allaah be pleased with her, then supported her husband with her life and wealth, sharing with her husband all the difficulties he faced in course of delivering the message of His Lord.

This glorious and everlasting stand of Khadeejah could not go unnoticed by Faatimah, though she was then a young girl. It rather stirred her thoughts and reactions.

It was a great responsibility —and this was what Allaah willed and whatever He wills He does— that Faatimah the Prophet's young daughter had to utter the statement of Tawheed during the first years of her life and to grow up pure and purified from the filth of idols. She had to follow the religion of Islam, the pure and straight religion, which Allaah chosen for His servants.

{So set you [O' Muhammad] your face towards the religion [of pure Islamic Monotheism] Haneef [worship none but Allaah Alone].

Allaah's Fitrah [i.e. Allaah's Islamic Monotheism] with which He has created mankind. No change let there be in Khalq-illaah [i.e. the religion of Allaah — Islamic Monotheism]: that is the straight religion...} [Quran 30: 30]

The Messenger of Allaah, sallallaahu `alayhi wa sallam, started calling his people to Islam with resolution and power of faith. He did not bother himself with the persecution of the disbelievers and their denying of him because he found strength, support and assurance in the verses of the glorious Quran. He also found in his beloved wife a demonstration of great faith and enormous support that helped him to fulfill the message for which Allaah selected him and assigned him to deliver to mankind.

We have mentioned earlier that the Messenger of Allaah Q0,) and his Companions were being daily persecuted by the Quraysh. Faatimah also experienced pains of the polytheists' denial of her father whom she greatly loved.

The apex of the pains she experienced since the beginning of the Da`wah was that vicious boycott in which the Muslims were boycotted, along with members of Banu Haashim clan, in the valley of Abu Taalib. The boycott and its resultant hunger and pain had impacted negatively on her health, thereby making physically weak throughout her life.

موضوع: رد: Faatimah Az-Zahraa الخميس 29 ديسمبر 2016, 10:17 pm

A great calamity
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In spite of her tender age, Faatimah suffered a great calamity that filled her heart with sorrow and distress. Soon after she came out of the tormenting boycott, her mother suddenly fell ill and became bed-ridden. She was completely startled by that suffering that afflicted the purest and the noblest of all mothers.

It did not take long before Khadeejah, may Allaah be pleased with her, died in that illness.

Faatimah and her sisters were severely grieved by the death of their mother. And the Messenger of Allaah, sallallaahu `alayhi wa sallam, also immensely grieved for the death of his precious and dutiful wife.

The Makkan period of thirteen years was really hard upon the Muslims generally, and the Prophet's household particularly. Faatimah, may Allaah be pleased with her, witnessed many of the events of those years.

She witnessed the migration of her sister, Zaynab and her husband, `Uthmaan, may Allaah be pleased with them, along with many Muslims to Abyssinia.

She had witnessed the disbelievers putting harmful things on her father while she was crying and screaming, and her father told her: "My daughter, do not cry, for certainly, Allaah will protect your father!"

She witnessed the revelation of the verses of the Quran. And she was extremely happy whenever she listened to the clear verses of Allaah's Book being delicately and touchingly recited by her father.

After the death of her mother, she found, in front of her, great responsibilities towards her father while he was facing difficult and bitter situations in the course of calling to the way of Allaah. She shared these great responsibilities with her sister, Umm Kulthoom, who, tried to ease things for her.

Faatimah was really forbearing. She doubled her efforts, bore the difficult events with patience and endured hoping to get her reward from Allaah. She stood beside her father to compensate him for what he lost through the dead of her mother, the most precious mother and the noblest wife. And the Messenger of Allaah, sallallaahu `alayhi wa sallam, gave his daughter, Faatimah abundant love, affection, compassion and care.

The little Faatimah, the bereaved and the responsible girl really needed this love and this care. Which heart is then bigger that Muhammad's, and which compassion is greater that his?!

The emigrant
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The disbelievers' persecution of the Muslims became too much, and the physical persecution was extended to the person of the Prophet, sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam, himself, especially after the death of his uncle Abu Taalib and his wife, Khadeejah, may Allaah be pleased with her.

The Pledge of `Aqabah took place, followed by migration of the Muslims to Madeenah, the abode of the Ansaar, the protectors of Islam.

Faatimah migrated in the company of her sisters, Ruqayyah and Umm Kulthoom, and her step-mother, the mother of the faithful Sawdah bint Zam`ah, may Allaah be pleased with her.

Ruqayyah did not migrate with her husband, `Uthmaan. She rather remained with her sisters.

As for Sawdah, the Messenger of Allaah, sallallaahu `alayhi wa sallam (married her and) consummated the marriage with her a while after the death of his wife Khadeejah, may Allaah be pleased with her.

The above were members of his household then.

He did not take them along with him during his migration. He made them remain in Makkah.

While he was away from them, they were seriously worried and they could only felt peace of mind when they heard of his safe arrival at Madeenah.

They and other Muslim women who did not migrate with their husbands and fathers — such as members of Abu Bakr's household like his wife, Umm Roomaan and his daughters, `Aa'ishah, may Allaah be pleased with her, whom the Messenger of Allaah, sallallaahu `alayhi wa sallam, had proposed marriage to before his migration, and Asmaa', may Allaah be pleased with her — used to get some relief and solace.

We should not forget the household of the Prophet's uncle, `Abbaas ibn `Abdul-Muttalib.
His wife, Umm Al-Fadl was among the women who had embraced Islam and believed in Allaah and His Messenger, sallallaahu `alayhi wa sallam. She had been like a compassionate mother to the Prophet's daughters.

One night, Zayd ibn Haarithah knocked their door, having been sent by the Messenger of Allaah, sallallaahu `alayhi wa sallam, to bring them to Madeenah.

They were very happy and learnt from him everything that was of their concern about the Prophet, sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam. They get themselves prepared and none of the polytheists knew of Zayd's arrival in Makkah.

Then Zayd took them out of Makkah under the cover of the night, putting his trust in Allaah and heading for Madeenah.

At that time, Faatimah was an eighteen-year old young lady, full of energy and burning with passion. Her main preoccupation was to see the face of her beloved father and hear his sweet words. She would remember all this and would not mind the hardship of the journey or the long distance. She wanted the time to run fast and she was in haste to arrive at Madeenah even if she had to travel on the wing of a bird.

While Zayd would halt with them at appropriate places so that they could have a rest, Faatimah only agreed to halt hesitantly in obedience to her sisters, Ruqayyah and Umm Kulthoom and the mother of the faithful, Sawdah, may Allaah be pleased with them.

موضوع: رد: Faatimah Az-Zahraa الخميس 29 ديسمبر 2016, 11:04 pm

Arrival of the convoy
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The convoy entered the city of Madeenah through one of its sections. Here was Faatimah, finding her camel so slow and wishing to come down from her Hawdaj (camel litter), run on her feet into the waiting arms of her father and give him loving kisses!

Dear reader, if it is noticed that I have given free rein to my imaginations, that is due to my actual feeling of the love that Faatimah had for her father.

And they met!
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It was the eyes that talked instead of the tongues; and the tears —tears of happiness— that expressed the feelings rather than the words. Tears actually give better expression about sincere feeling.

The Messenger of Allaah, sallallaahu `alayhi wa sallam, received them honourably, embraced them with his big heart and thanked Zayd, may Allaah be pleased with him, for the great task that he had performed.

With this blessed journey, Faatimah bade farewell to Makkah, her beloved city that witnessed her childhood and youth age for she was then an eighteen-year-old young lady. Ever since, she did not set her eyes on Makkah until the 8th year of Hijrah on the day of the conquest of Makkah.

'Ali and Faatimah, may Allaah be pleased with them
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After the Prophet's marriage to `Aa'ishah, may Allaah be pleased with her, prominent companions of the Messenger, sallallaahu `alayhi wa sallam, came forward asking for the hand of his daughter, Faatimah in marriage. They had abstain from doing so while she was the only with her father serving him.

Abu Bakr and then `Umar, may Allaah be pleased with them, successively asked for Faatimah's hand in marriage. But the Messenger of Allaah, sallallaahu `alayhi wa sallam, gently and graciously asked both of them to excuse him for not being able grant their request. `Umar, may Allaah be pleased with him, then suggested to `Ali, may Allaah be pleased with him, to come forward and win the honour of being the Prophet's son-in-law.

`Ali, may Allaah be pleased with him, asked himself. "Do you think that the Messenger of Allaah, sallallaahu `alayhi wa sallam, will accept `Ali's proposal after he had refused the proposals of his two companions, Abu Bakr and `Umar, may Allaah be pleased with them?!"

But `Umar reminded him of early acceptance of Islam, his family relationship with Allaah's Messenger, sallallaahu `alayhi wa sallam, and his position in his estimation. He kept on convincing `Ali until he was convinced.

`Ali went to the Messenger of Allaah, sallallaahu `alayhi wa sallam, and bashfully sat close to him. He was unable to tell the purpose of his coming. He sat down there for a long time without saying a word. He was reluctant to make his request, fearing that it might be rejected.

The Messenger of Allaah, sallallaahu `alayhi wa sallam, gently looked at him with a smiling face and then asked him: "What is the matter, son of Abu Taalib?"

`Ali, may Allaah be pleased with him, replied in a very low voice and with an extreme shyness: "I am asking for the hand of Faatimah, daughter of Allaah's Messenger, sallallaahu `alayhi wa sallam, in marriage."

The Prophet, sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam, responded with a bright face saying: "Welcome!" `Ali, may Allaah be pleased with him, took his leave, unable to believe his ears.

When some of those who knew the matter asked him of the result, he told them: "I talked to the Messenger of Allaah, sallallaahu `alayhi wa sallam, about the matter and he said: 'Welcome!"'

On the following day, `Ali went to the Messenger of Allaah, sallallaahu `alayhi wa sallam, and repeated the same request for confirmation.

The Messenger of Allaah, sallallaahu `alayhi wa sallam, asked him: "Do you have any other thing?" And he answered in the negative. The Messenger of Allaah, sallallaahu `alayhi wa sallam, then asked him: "Where is your Khatami armoured plate that I gave to you?"

He replied that it was still with him.

When he brought it, the Messenger of Allaah, sallallaahu `alayhi wa sallam, asked him to sell it so that he could get the bride prepared with its price.

`Uthmaan bought the armour plate from him for four hundred and seventy Dirhams. `Ali gave the money to the Messenger of Allaah, sallallaahu `alayhi wa sallam.

The Messenger of Allaah, sallallaahu `alayhi wa sallam, gave part of the money to Bilaal to buy some perfume and gave the rest to Umm Salamah to buy things that the bride might need.

He, sallallaahu `alayhi wa sallam, looked at Anas, his houseboy and told him: "Go and call Abu Bakr, `Umar, `Uthmaan, Talhah, Zubayr and a number of Ansaar."

He then went in to inform his daughter that `Ali had come forward to ask for her hand in marriage. Faatimah, may Allaah be pleased with her, shyly kept silent, and that was the sign of acceptance.

The Messenger of Allaah, sallallaahu `alayhi wa sallam, came out and found the elder companions present. He then addressed them: "All praise is due to Allaah, Who is praised for His blessings, worshipped by His might and obeyed by His authority.

He is the only Protector against His own punishment, and the only One Whose command is implemented in the heaven and in the earth. He created the creature with His power and gave them glory through the adherence to His religion. He honoured them with His Messenger Muhammad, sallallaahu `alayhi wa sallam.

موضوع: رد: Faatimah Az-Zahraa الخميس 29 ديسمبر 2016, 11:11 pm

Indeed, Allaah, The Almighty makes marriage relationship the means of maintaining human progeny. He makes an obligation and a comprehensive blessing. He connects, through marriage, the kinship and makes joining the ties of kinship obligatory upon mankind.

Allaah Says (what means): {And it is He Who has created man from water, and has appointed for him kindred by blood, and kindred by marriage. And your Lord is Ever All-Powerful to do what He wills.} [Quran 25: 54]

And for every matter there is a Decree. Allaah blots out what He wills and confirms what He wills. And with Him is the Mother of the Book.

Indeed, Allaah commanded me to give Faatimah in marriage to `Ali, and I take you as witnesses that I have done so upon a bridal gift of four hundred Dirhams, if `Ali agreed with that. This is the established Sunnah and an obligation. May Allaah join them together in peace and make their children gateways of mercy, treasures of wisdom and source of security for the Ummah.

This is what I have to say and beseech to forgive me and you."

The Messenger of Allaah, sallallaahu `alayhi wa sallam, then ordered that a tray of dates be presented to the guests, and he told them to pass it around.

Suddenly, `Ali, may Allaah be pleased with him, appeared to them. The Messenger of Allaah, sallallaahu `alayhi wa sallam, smiled and told him: "`Ali, Allaah commanded me to give Faatimah to you in marriage. And I have done so upon four hundred Dirhams."

`Ali said: "I agree, Messenger of Allaah."

Then `Ali prostrated in gratitude to Allaah. When he raised his head the Messenger of Allaah addressed him: "May Allaah bless you and bless your efforts. May He bring out of you many pleasant offspring."

The invocation was accepted, for it was an invocation of a Prophet, rather an invocation of the leaders of the Messengers. Allaah had really brought out of them many pleasant offspring.

That was the marriage of `Ali and Faatimah, may Allaah be pleased with them, was witnessed by a group of eminent companions.

Ever since, `Ali lived happily in his marriage with the daughter of the greatest creature, Muhammad, sallallaahu `alayhi wa sallam.

A night blessed by Allaah and His Messenger, sallallaahu `alayhi wa sallam
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On the night of Faatimah and `Ali's marriage, the Messenger of Allaah, sallallaahu `alayhi wa sallam, asked Umm Salamah to take the bride to `Ali's house which he had equipped for their dwelling and to wait for him there.

When the Messenger of Allaah, finished from the ‘Ishaa' prayer, he went to `Ali's house.
When he arrived there, he asked for water, made ablution and made the following supplication: "O' Allaah, bless them and bless their offspring."

He then advised his daughter to honour her husband. He also advised `Ali with the following words: “`Ali, do not get angry, and when you get angry sit down. Remember Allaah's power over the servants and His tolerance of their sins. If you are advised to fear Allaah, abandon your anger and go back to your deliberateness."

All the Muslims were happy with Faatimah's marriage to `Ali. It was reported that Hamzah brought two rams which he slaughtered and distribute their meat to the inhabitants of Madeenah.

'Ali, may Allaah be pleased with him
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In order to complete topic of Faatimah's marriage to `Ali, may Allaah be pleased with them, we would like to tell the readers something about `Ali — though he was popularly known to all.

He is `Ali son of Abu Taalib, the Prophet's uncle. His mother was Faatimah bint Asad, the first Haashimite woman born to a Haashimite man.

`Ali is one of the ten companions who were given the glad tidings of Paradise, the first young boy to accept Islam and a member of the six-men Shooraa Council.

The Messenger of Allaah, sallallaahu `alayhi wa sallam, said about him: "He who I regard a friend is also a friend of `Ali. O' Allaah, treat as a friend whoever regards `Ali a friend and treat as enemy whoever regards him an enemy."77

He, sallallaahu `alayhi wa sallam, also told him: "None loves you but a believer and none    on the day of the Prophet's migration to Madeenah. He was also hates you but a hypocrite."78

Abu Nu`aym introduced him as follows: "He is the leader of the people, ardent follower of the Prophet and the Creator's beloved.

He is the door of knowledge and sciences, the standard of the rightly- guided, light of the obedient, friend of the righteous and the leader of the just rulers.

He was among the earliest ones to respond to the call of Islam, the strongest of them in justice and certainty, the greatest of them in intelligence and the fullest of them in knowledge.

He is the adornment of the knowledgeable and the model of the pious.

He taught the realities of Tawheed. He had an intelligent mind, the inquisitive tongue, the comprehending ear and the fulfilled covenant.

77 The Hadeeth is classified as Saheeh, by Shaykh Al-Albaani; see: as-Silsilah as-Saheehah, Hadeeth No. 1750.

78 Reported by Tirmithi, An-Nasaa’ee and Ibn Maajah. Shaykh Al-Albaani classified it as Saheeh. See As-Silsilah As-Saheehah, Hadeeth No. 4187

He repelled the perfidious, subdued the unjust and defeated the apostate."

`Ali, may Allaah be pleased with him, was born ten years before the Messenger of Allaah, sallallaahu `alayhi wa sallam, was commissioned a Prophet. He grew up in his house, so his mental faculties responded to the reality of Prophethood and its greatness, and he learnt from the Prophet, sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam, truthfulness in words, strong heart and eloquence.

He took after the Messenger of Allaah, sallallaahu `alayhi wa sallam, in his qualities.

When the noble Prophet, sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam, was commissioned, `Ali, may Allaah be pleased with him, was among the first persons to benefit from this divine light. He was very happy with this gracious call, and he was the first Muslim to pray with the Messenger of Allaah, sallallaahu `alayhi wa sallam.

موضوع: رد: Faatimah Az-Zahraa الخميس 29 ديسمبر 2016, 11:15 pm

Since the beginning of Prophetic mission, signs of wisdom started to manifest in the personality of `Ali, may Allaah be pleased with him. He played a heroic role on the day of the Prophet’s, sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam, migration to Madeenah. He was also among the frontline fighters in the way of Allaah, holding the standard in every battle.

On the day of the Battle of Badr, he played an extremely laudable role. He did the same during the Battle of Uhud. In the Battle of Khandaq (the Trench), he killed the hero of the polytheists, `Umar ibn Wudd Al-`Aamiri. `Ali, may Allaah be pleased with him, was the hero of the war in the Battle of Khaybar.

He was rightly nick-named, ‘Judge of the Ummah’ and ‘Hero of Islam’.

Faatimah, may Allaah be pleased with her, on her part, was an exemplary wife. She had to be so because she had the honour of being the daughter of Muhammad, sallallaahu `alayhi wa sallam, whom Allaah praised in the glorious Quran in the following words: {And verily, you [O’ Muhammad] are on an exalted standard of character.} [Quran 68: 4]

She also had the honour of being the daughter of the leader of all the women, Khadeejah bint Khuwaylid, may Allaah be pleased with her.

Faatimah, may Allaah be pleased with her, was contented with the economic situation of `Ali, may Allaah be pleased with him, who was then poor. She lived with him in protection of the honour of her husband and with patience, seeking the reward of her Lord.

she would perform the household chores and carry out her obligations as a responsible mother. She was always pleased with the little food and drink. And not only that, she was also satisfied with tasteless food.

While she was still a young and energetic woman, she complained to her husband about the difficulties she faced in household chores.

The complaint was not a show of displeasure or discontent. It was only to express a feeling that humans ordinarily have. So her husband told her to go to the Messenger of Allaah, sallallaahu `alayhi wa sallam, and present her case to him, that he might give her a house help who could assist hir.

The Quran and the Cure
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Faatimah, may Allaah be pleased with her, went to her father and complained to him and showed him her palms that had cracked from hand milling.

The Messenger of Allaah, sallallaahu `alayhi wa sallam, looked at her with pity and affectionately placed his noble hands on her shoulder. He then taught her to read repeatedly Soorahs Al-Ikhlaas, Al-Falaq and An-Naas. He told her that they are of the best help.

Faatimah, may Allaah be pleased with her, returned home with this great provision from the Messenger of Allaah, sallallaahu `alayhi wa sallam, as she returned with greater confidence in Allaah that He would give her great reward for her patience.

A poor, an orphan and a captive
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Some scholars of Tafseer tell us, about the cause of revelation of the following verses: {And they give food, in spite of their love for it [or for the love of Him], to the Miskeen [the poor], the orphan, and the captive [saying], ‘We feed you seeking Allaah's Countenance only. We wish for no reward, nor thanks from you.} [Quran 76: 8-9]

They said: "`Ali and Faatimah, may Allaah be pleased with them, were observing fast one day and that they had prepared, for breaking their fast, a kind of food that contained some butter. When the sun set and they sat down for breaking the fast, they heard a knock on their door. `Ali stood up and asked, `Who is that?' A voice answered, `A hungry poor man.'

`Ali, may Allaah be pleased with him, went back inside brought the food together into a bag and gave to that poor man who thanked him and supplicated for him. So he and Faatimah, may Allaah be pleased with them, broke their fast on only bread and water.

On the following day, and at the same time, when `Ali and his wife Faatimah were about to take the morsel of their food, there was a knock on the door. `Ali stood up and asked, `Who is that?' A voice came from outside, `An orphan who is displaced and starving.'

`Ali, may Allaah be pleased with him, did as he did the yesterday. He carried the food in a bag to that orphan. And he and his wife broke their fast on bread and water, without feeling any inconvenience or displeasure.

The incidence repeated itself on the third day and the knocking man answered that he was a captive. So `Ali, may Allaah be pleased with him, gave him the food he and his wife wanted to break their fast with. And as they did in the two previous days, they broke their fast on only bread and water.

Do you think that the person who knocked the door on those three days was the same person, or different persons: a poor man, an orphan and a captive?

Narrations of the scholars of Tafseer indicate that the knocker was Angel Gabriel who came to test the faith and patience of `Ali and Faatimah, may Allaah be pleased with them.

For, after that, Jibreel came to the Messenger of Allaah, sallallaahu `alayhi wa sallam, and informed him of the incidence. He gave him good tiding that `Ali and Faatimah, may Allaah be pleased with them, would have a carriage of silver in Paradise as a suitable reward."

موضوع: رد: Faatimah Az-Zahraa الخميس 29 ديسمبر 2016, 11:49 pm

Blessed offspring
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The Messenger of Allaah, sallallaahu `alayhi wa sallam, said: "Allaah created the progeny of every Prophet, sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam, from his own self, but created my progeny from `Ali."79

A year after `Ali and Faatimah's, may Allaah be pleased with them, marriage, the Prophet, sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam, had his first grandson from Faatimah, may Allaah be pleased with her. He was named Al-Hasan and the Messenger of Allaah, sallallaahu `alayhi wa sallam, was extremely happy. He himself did Tahneek for him with a date, slaughtered a sacrifice and named him.

Then Husayn —father of the martyrs and the hero of the war of Karbala— was born.

After sometime, Faatimah, may Allaah be pleased with her, also gave birth to another boy named Muhsin, but he died very young.

Then Allaah blessed this noble household with the flower of Banu Haashim, Zaynab.

Zaynab, may Allaah be pleased with her, was married to her exceptionally generous cousin, `Abdullaah ibn Ja`far. She witnessed the Karbala massacre of 60 A.H. in all its horrible phases. She played a great role in preserving the progeny of al-Husayn and the Prophet's descendants.

Faatimah, may Allaah be pleased with her, was blessed with another flower named, Umm Kulthoom after her aunt. Umm Kulthoom bint `Ali, may Allaah be pleased with them, was to be later married to `Umar, may Allaah be pleased with him, while he was the commander of the believers. She gave birth to Zayd and Ruqayyah.

The Prophet's Household
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When the noble verse: {... Allaah wishes only to remove Ar-Rijs [evil deeds and sins] from you, O' members of the family [of the Prophet] and to purify you with a thorough purification} [Quran 33: 33].
79 This Hadeeth is reported by At-Tabarani; and Shaykh Al-Albaani classified it as Mawdoo (fabricated). See: As-Silsilah Ad-Da`eefah, Hadeeth No. 801.

The Messenger of Allaah, sallallaahu `alayhi wa sallam, was with Umm Salamah, may Allaah be pleased with her —one of his wives— so he called `Ali, Faatimah, Hasan and Husayn, may Allaah be pleased with them, and covered them with a garment. He then said: "O' Allaah, these are members of my household and my special ones. O' Allaah, remove from them the impurity of sins and give them an extensive purification."

He said that three times. He then said: "O' Allaah, give Your blessings and favours to the family of Muhammad, sallallaahu `alayhi wa sallam, as You have done for the family of lbraheem. Indeed, You are Praiseworthy and Honourable."

Prophet's, sallallaahu `alayhi wa sallam, love for Faatimah, may Allaah be pleased with her
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Faatimah, may Allaah be pleased with her, enjoyed the love of her father. He would shower on her his affection and compassion, for she was the only favoured daughter of her father since her other sisters had died. Therefore, she deserved that great love, favour and joy.

The Messenger of Allaah, sallallaahu `alayhi wa sallam, would express his live for his dear daughter in the most intense and the most suitable situations. In spite of this great love, the Messenger of Allaah, sallallaahu `alayhi wa sallam, would explain that good deeds and piety were indispensable.

One day, the Messenger of Allaah, sallallaahu `alayhi wa sallam, stood up and proclaimed: "O' people of Quraysh! Buy (i.e. save) yourselves (from the Hellfire) as I cannot save you from Allaah's Punishment; O' Bani `Abd Manaaf! I cannot save you from Allaah's Punishment, O' Safiyah bint `Abdul-Muttalib! I cannot save you from Allaah's Punishment; O' Faatimah bint Muhammad! Ask me anything from my wealth, but I cannot save you from Allaah's Punishment.80
80. Reported by Bukhaari

On another occasion, the Messenger of Allaah, sallallaahu `alayhi wa sallam, made it clear that his love for his beloved daughter could not prevent him from implementing Allaah's ordained punishment among the people.

It is reported in the books of Seerah that a Qurayshi woman committed theft. So members of her family came to Usaamah ibn Zayd, the Prophet's favourite and the son of his favourite, requesting him to intercede with the Messenger of Allaah, sallallaahu `alayhi wa sallam, on behalf of the woman who committed theft.

Usaamah went to Allaah's Messenger, sallallaahu `alayhi wa sallam, begged him not to cut the hands of that woman. But the Prophet, sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam, said angrily, "Usaamah! Are you interceding concerning one of Allaah's ordained punishment?!"

He then rose up and addressed the people.

After he had praised Allaah as it is due he said: "O' people! The nations before you were destroyed because if a noble person committed theft, they used to leave him, but if a weak person among them committed theft, they used to inflict the legal punishment on him. By Allaah, if Faatimah, the daughter of Muhammad committed theft, I will cut off her hand!"81

The Messenger of Allaah, sallallaahu `alayhi wa sallam, expressed his love for his dear daughter one day when he told her, "Indeed, Allaah is pleased with your pleasure and He is angered if you are angry.”82

The Messenger of Allaah, sallallaahu `alayhi wa sallam, also said once: "The best women of the mankind are four: Maryam, Aasiyah, Khadeejah and Faatimah, may Allaah be pleased with them."

Abu Tha`labah Al-Khushani said: "Whenever the Messenger of Allaah, sallallaahu `alayhi wa sallam, came back from a journey or war he would first visit the mosque where he would pray two Rak`ahs. He would then visit his daughter, Faatimah, may Allaah be pleased with her. And finally, he would visit his wives, may Allaah be pleased with them."
81Bukhari and Muslim.
82 This Hadeeth is reported by Al-Haakim who classified it as Saheeh; but Adh-Dhahabi in his commentary on Al-Haakim's book criticized this classification and pointed out that there is a narrator in the chain of transmission of the Hadeeth, Husayn ibn Zayd. He said about him, Munkar Al-Hadeeth (he narrates objectionable Hadeeth). Therefore, the best we can say about this Hadeeth is that it is Da`eef (weak).

موضوع: رد: Faatimah Az-Zahraa الجمعة 30 ديسمبر 2016, 6:53 am

Faatimah: A part of me
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We have said in the beginning of this chapter that the Prophet, sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam, said: "Faatimah, may Allaah be pleased with her, is a part of me. Whatever hurts her hurts me!"

This statement from the Messenger of Allaah, sallallaahu `alayhi wa sallam, was to underline the status she occupied in his big heart.

Here is the reason for this statement: One time, `Ali, may Allaah be pleased with him, wanted to marry another wife and Faatimah, may Allaah be pleased with her, came to her father, sallallaahu `alayhi wa sallam, crying and complaining. She, may Allaah be pleased with her, told him, sallallaahu `alayhi wa sallam, of what her husband, `Ali, may Allaah be pleased with him, wanted to do.

The Messenger of Allaah, sallallaahu `alayhi wa sallam, set her mind at rest and soothed her. He then alluded to how concerned he felt about the matter in the presence of `Ali, may Allaah be pleased with him, with his statement: "Faatimah is a part of me.

Whatever hurts her hurts me!"
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`Ali, may Allaah be pleased with him, understood the Prophet's, sallallaahu `alayhi wa sallam, intention and kept that to himself.

He then examined himself, reviewed his stand with Faatimah, may Allaah be pleased with her, the Prophet's, sallallaahu `alayhi wa sallam, daughter and cast a retrospective look at the burdens of life she had carried with him, her patience upon difficulties, her love and selflessness, and her sincere faith.

He then decided to back down from taking another wife with Faatimah, may Allaah be pleased with her, still with him. `Ali, may Allaah be pleased with him, was a gallant and an earnestly enthusiastic Muslim and a truthful believer. How could he then hurt the dearest person to him and the noblest creature in the sight of Allaah?!

It was reported that `Ali, may Allaah be pleased with him, never married any other woman with Faatimah, may Allaah be pleased with her, while she was alive. It was only after her death that he could allow himself to marry other women and have many children.

Miswar ibn Makhramah narrated that he heard the Messenger of Allaah, sallallaahu `alayhi wa sallam, say on the pulpit, "Faatimah, may Allaah be pleased with her, is a part of me.

Whatever hurts her hurts me!"
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This is the high status that Faatimah, may Allaah be pleased with her, attained in the estimation of her father and her husband — and also in the estimation of all Muslims.

Greatest example for earlier and latter generations
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Faatimah, may Allaah be pleased with her, laid down for us an exceptional example in her marital life, in her excellent relationship with her neighbours and relatives and in her role as a mother by giving her children the proper Islamic education. This is in addition to the never-ending household chores.

At the same time she was keen at doing deeds that could make her attain Allaah's pleasure by obeying Him and His Messenger, sallallaahu `alayhi wa sallam. She performed her prayers at their prescribed times. She spent a great part of her efforts and wealth in the way of Allaah. She was always truthful in her words and emulated the exemplary qualities of her father.

By this, she became a righteous model for any Muslim woman who is knowledgeable, struggler in the way of Allaah and educator — at all generations and in all places.

`Aa'ishah, may Allaah be pleased with her, said: "I have never seen anyone who was like the Messenger of Allaah, sallallaahu `alayhi wa sallam, in speech and walk than Faatimah, may Allaah be pleased with her."

She, may Allaah be pleased with her, also said: "I have never seen anyone more virtuous than Faatimah, may Allaah be pleased with her."

Whenever Faatimah, may Allaah be pleased with her, visited her father, sallallaahu `alayhi wa sallam, he would hold her hand, sit her beside himself and welcome her in the most beautiful manner.

موضوع: رد: Faatimah Az-Zahraa الجمعة 30 ديسمبر 2016, 6:55 am

The three axes
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In the course of studying the life of Lady Faatimah, may Allaah be pleased with her, we can notice that her life revolved around three axes:
1.    Islam and Eemaan.
2.    Fatherhood, motherhood and brotherhood.
3.    Family.

One:
Faatimah, may Allaah be pleased with her, opened her eyes to the life and started understanding things at the same time that her father was being commissioned as a Prophet. She was five years old when the first revelation came to her father from Allaah, The Exalted.

She opened her eyes to a new world in the life of Quraysh, Makkah and the Arabs. Her soul embraced Islam and Eemaan while the verses of the Quran were being revealed unto the heart of the Messenger of Allaah, sallallaahu `alayhi wa sallam. She memorised, understood and absorbed.

She lived the great events such as rejection and denial of the message that her father was carrying, and she witnessed the detention, persecution, banishment and expulsion of the Muslims. She also saw her father's steadfastness, his seeking of Allaah's help and his contempt for the hardships and evil plans of the enemy.

She was greatly impacted by all the above, making her an example of a believing and patient woman who seeks reward from Allaah.

She received Islam and Eemaan from the purest source, the Messenger of Allaah, sallallaahu `alayhi wa sallam. She abundantly drew from his spring until she was satiated.

Two:
Faatimah, may Allaah be pleased with her, was the fourth daughter of her mother, Khadeejah, may Allaah be pleased with her. She enjoyed a deep love of her parents without pampering or discrimination.

It is reported that, of all her sisters, she physically resembled her father the most, as Zaynab, may Allaah be pleased with her, was the one who bore the greatest resemblance to their mother, Khadeejah, may Allaah be pleased with her.

Faatimah's, may Allaah be pleased with her, love for her father, sallallaahu `alayhi wa sallam, was very great. Of all her sisters, she accompanied him the most. And she always kept her father's company until Allaah called him to Himself.

As regards her love for her mother, this manifested during days of tribulation when the Muslims were boycotted at the valley of Abu Taalib and were made to taste two bitter things. Khadeejah, may Allaah be pleased with her, finally died of an illness at the end of the boycott.

Faatimah, may Allaah be pleased with her, was an excellent helper for Umm Kulthoom, may Allaah be pleased with her, in taking care of their ailing mother. It was since that period that she started feeling a sense of responsibility while she was still a five-year-old young girl.

Furthermore, Khadeejah's, may Allaah be pleased with her, death left its impact particularly on the Prophet's household and generally on the entire Muslim community.

Three:
Faatimah, may Allaah be pleased with her, felt the vacuum and she felt a deep injury in her heart with the death of her mother, may Allaah be pleased with her. But the Messenger of Allaah, sallallaahu `alayhi wa sallam, compensated her with what Allaah permitted of love and affection. He indeed played the role of father and mother at them same time.

All these great events had moulded her in a way that reflected on her future situation in the matrimonial home, making her a model wife who acknowledged her husband's full rights. She realised that her husband fully deserved to be loved, obeyed and served.

She never annoyed her husband, `Ali, may Allaah be pleased with him. She bore the difficulties of life with him. She, may Allaah be pleased with her, took excellent care of her children, Hasan, Husayn, Zaynab and Umm Kulthoom, may Allaah be pleased with them.

As for Hasan, he inherited from her deliberateness, wisdom, deep faith, truthfulness of Islam, shunning of the adornments of this world and satisfaction with the great reward that is with Allaah.

All these qualities manifested in him the day he deemed himself far above the frivolities of this world, the day he protected the blood of the Muslims from being shed because of positions of authority, however high they might be.

The prediction of her grandfather, the Prophet, sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam, really materialised in him. For he had said about him:
"Indeed, Allaah will use this son of mine to make peace between two warring Muslim groups."

Hasan's cession of the position of caliph to Mu`aawiyah ibn Abu Sufiyaan was a climax in manifestation of Eemaan, Islam and gallantry.

Then came the role of Husayn, the chief of the youth of Paradise. He was also an apex in demonstration of Islamic teachings and faith by refusing to be humiliated by the covetousness of Yazeed ibn Mu`aawiyah. He had not set out from Hijaaz to Koofah in Iraq in pursuit of leadership as much as he had done so to correct the path that the Muslims had then taken that had made deviated from the path of the Hereafter to that of this world.

He set out hoping to attain martyrdom in the way of Allaah and seeking His pleasure will all his efforts. He had recorded in the pages of human history, the most sincere example for those who want to accomplish the truth and defeat falsehood.

As for Zaynab, she was the fortress of the Prophet's household after the martyrdom of Husayn, may Allaah be pleased with him, in a group of some of his children, nephews, relatives and followers. She, may Allaah be pleased with her, was the one who stood bravely against Yazeed without any fear.

She could be remembered for her marvellous stand at the grave of her grandfather, sallallaahu `alayhi wa sallam, after the carnage of Karbala saying: "O' grandfather, I am announcing to you the death of Husayn, may Allaah be pleased with him!"

I remember this statement of hers and I am feeling it with all my senses. I could help shedding copious tears!

Zaynab, may Allaah be pleased with her, was the one who won the admiration and respect of scholars and jurists. They would visit her in her home in Egypt and draw from her abundant knowledge and benefit from her truthful faith.

As for Umm Kulthoom, may Allaah be pleased with her, in addition to the noble oasis from which she originated, she also attained glory through her marriage to the commander of the believers, `Umar ibn Al-Khattaab, may Allaah be pleased with him, the just leader and one of the best rulers throughout human history.

I could remember her on the day `Umar, may Allaah be pleased with him, asked her father for her hand in marriage. `Umar, may Allaah be pleased with him, was much inclined towards having marriage relationship with members of the Prophet's, sallallaahu `alayhi wa sallam, household. He was very proud of that.

`Ali, may Allaah be pleased with him, gave acceded to `Umar's demand and gave Umm Kulthoom, may Allaah be pleased with her, in marriage to him. She bore him children and she was an excellent and righteous wife.83

Hasan, Husayn, Zaynab and Umm Kulthoom are the children of Faatimah bint Muhammad, sallallaahu `alayhi wa sallam, some of them from others, is the third axis in the life of Faatimah. May Allaah be pleased with them!

موضوع: رد: Faatimah Az-Zahraa الجمعة 30 ديسمبر 2016, 6:57 am

The hardest and the most difficult separation
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The Messenger of Allaah, sallallaahu `alayhi wa sallam, performed the farewell Hajj and firmly established the pillars of Islam. And Allaah perfected the religion of Islam and completed the divine revelation with His following honourable saying: {.... This day, I have perfected your religion for you, completed My Favor upon you, and have chosen for you Islam as your religion ...} [Quran 5: 3]

The Messenger of Allaah, sallallaahu `alayhi wa sallam, then fell ill. Faatimah, may Allaah be pleased with her, rush to assure herself of his well-being. When she visited him, he smiled at her cheerfully. He then took her hand, kept it on her side, drew her near to himself and told her something in confidence that83
A'laam An-Nisaa' by Kahaalah.

made her cry. He again told her another secret that made her smile.

`Aa'ishah, may Allaah be pleased with her, said: "I have never seen a day in which joy as close to sorrow as I have seen today. I wanted to know the reason so asked Faatimah, may Allaah be pleased with her, to tell me what made her cry and smile. But she said: `I could not reveal the secret of the Messenger of Allaah, sallallaahu `alayhi wa sallam.'

But after the Prophet's, sallallaahu `alayhi wa sallam, death, `Aa'ishah, may Allaah be pleased with her, asked Faatimah, may Allaah be pleased with her, to tell her that secret and she said: `Now I can tell you. He told me: `Angel Jibreel used to revise the Quran with me once every year, but this year, he reviewed it with me twice. And the interpretation I could give this is the end of my life in this world is near.' That was the reason for my crying.'

He then told me: `You will be the first of the members of my household to join me; and I am an excellent predecessor for you.' That was the reason for my smiling."

The Prophet's, sallallaahu `alayhi wa sallam, pain increased and Faatimah's, may Allaah be pleased with her, sorrow increased over the imminent departure of the greatest father and the most honourable Prophet.

The Messenger of Allaah, sallallaahu `alayhi wa sallam, then departed for the Highest companionship; and all that Faatimah, may Allaah be pleased with her, could repeat were these sorrowful and painful words: "My father!
My father! He answered the call of his Lord; Paradise is his abode; how close he is to his Lord!"

She was extremely grief-stricken, shedding bitter tears.

`Ali, may Allaah be pleased with him, was also greatly distressed, seeing his noble Prophet, his beloved cousin and father-in-law dying. He wept bitterly and eulogized him with the following words: "O' Allaah's Messenger! May my father and mother be your ransom! Your death has put end to what did not end with the death of other Prophets. With your death, there are no more divine revelations. You are so special that you are enough a consolation for the loss any other person or thing; and you are so general that all people are equal in your estimation.

Had it not been that you have enjoined patience and prohibited anguish, we would have cried our eyes out and the disease and grief would have been prolonged. But we could not resist it."

May my father and mother be your ransom!

Az-Zahraah' —Faatimah—, may Allaah be pleased with them, also cried profusely. And all the Muslims cried for the death of their Prophet and Messenger, Muhammad. But they remembered the Saying of Allaah (which means): {Muhammad is no more than a Messenger, and indeed [many] Messengers have passed away before him. If he dies or is killed, will you then turn back on your heels [as disbelievers]? And he who turns back on his heels, not the least harm will he do to Allaah; and Allaah will give reward to those who are grateful.} [(Quran 3: 144]

And His Saying (what means): {And We granted not to any human being immortality before you [O' Muhammad] then if you die, would they live forever?} [Quran 21: 34]

Her death
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The Messenger of Allaah, sallallaahu `alayhi wa sallam, had given his daughter, Faatimah, may Allaah be pleased with her, glad tiding that she would be the first among surviving members of his household to join him. She found some solace in this glad tiding.

Days passed by while Faatimah, may Allaah be pleased with her, took care of her home, managed the affairs of her husband and continued fulfilling her obligations towards her children.

About six months after the Prophet's, sallallaahu `alayhi wa sallam, death, she was taken ill and joined her father. Her pure soul departed to its Lord where it met the souls of her father, mother and sisters in the Illiyeen, in the company of the souls of the Prophets, the sincere servants of Allaah, the martyrs and the righteous. And excellent are those as companions.

Her husband, `Ali and her uncle `Abbaas, may Allaah be pleased with them, performed funeral prayers on her, may Allaah be pleased with her. She was buried at Baqee` on Tuesday night, 3rd of Ramadhaan 11 A.H. She was aged of twenty-nine.

May Allaah be pleased with Faatimah, Az-Zahraa', the Prophet's favourite daughter, wife of `Ali, the leader of the pious; and mother of Hasan and Husayn — father of the martyrs, and Zaynab the heroine of Karbala! May He please them all!

موضوع: رد: Faatimah Az-Zahraa الجمعة 30 ديسمبر 2016, 7:02 am

In the course of the past few pages, we have together spent some time with a bunch of aromatic flower that originated from the household of the Prophet, sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam: Zaynab, Ruqayyah, Umm Kulthoom and Faatimah, may Allaah be pleased with them.


We abridged their long years of life, the great events of their lives and their effective being around the Messenger, sallallaahu `alayhi wa sallam, that had impact on the events of those years — in special and general sense.

Whether we talked about them extensively or briefly, we can never be able to fully fulfil our obligations —and that of the Ummah— to them.

This is because; a small aspect of the life of anyone of them has wide and deep meanings that cannot be clear to us and the wisdom of which we could not explore.

This part strongly connected to the life of the Prophet, sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam, not only in the family aspect — but also in the aspect of the Prophethood and Messengership.

I have a hope in Allaah that I have succeeded.

If it is so, the success is from Him alone. But if there is any fault that is from me. Allaah protects His righteous servants, and He knows the intentions.

Final Note
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We have roamed all over the horizons; and for quite sometimes, we lived with some clear signs and shinning stars that left illuminating lights on the pages of history. These stars lightened the way for coming generations so that they would not go astray.

We are now many distances away from them.

We have broken the links, cast aside the light, wasted our lives in the abyss of darkness and plunged deep into all kinds of lusts. Nothing is left but weak threads that are also on the brink of disappearing into the oblivion.

Do you think that the personalities, about whose lives we have just read, are mere myths, superstitions or illusions and not real?

The illusion of the age in which we live has, in its entirety, blocked our hearts and minds, blotted out our visions and sights and made us lose all elements of distinction and ability to understand and see the right path, the straight path of Allaah that is made for those who want to remember Allaah or give thanks to Him.

It is a way through which we are meant to remember the reality not illusions! And to have a strong and pleasant revival through which we can rightly lay claim to the quality of the best nation that Allaah refers to in His Saying (what means): {You [true believers in Islamic Monotheism, and real followers of Prophet Muhammad and his Sunnah] are the best of peoples ever raised up for mankind; you enjoin al-Ma `roof [i.e. Islamic Monotheism and all that Islam has ordained] and forbid al-Munkar [polytheism, disbelief and all that Islam has forbidden], and you believe in Allaah ...} [Quran 3: 110]

We want Eemaan to burn fervently in us, its light to shine brilliantly in our souls and its blessings to spread all over aspects of our lives. We want the obligation commanding all that is good and prohibiting all that is evil to take its root in our society, in all its senses far from falsehood, deceptions and frivolities.

We want the Muslim family to transform into a new institution under a judicious, tender and compassionate motherhood that believes in Allaah and is pure and pious.

We want a Muslim woman who is not deviating or causing temptations!
A woman who is not authoritative, crude or obstinate...

A woman who is far from slandering, idle talk or foolishness...

A woman who takes the women who are around the Messenger of Allaah, sallallaahu `alayhi wa sallam, as her role models!

O' Allaah! You are the Giver of guidance, the Helper and the Protector of the pious!

All praise is Yours in this world and in the Hereafter; and there is neither power nor strength except with You. You are the Most Merciful of all those who show mercy.

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