Fatima Al-Mardhiya - Part II

Importance of Fatima

Without Fatima Zahra there is no Islam, because Fatima is our model.
She sets an example and we have to follow it as much as possible.
She is the most important lady on this universe and shall always be.
When we wear our hijab we should be proud because we are copying Fatima, who after all is the Mistress of All Women.
When we help others and give charity we again should be proud because we are doing as Fatima would have done.
An example of her generosity is when on her wedding day, a poor lady came and asked for some clothes.
Fatima had only two dresses, the new one that she was going to wear on the wedding and an old one.
Fatima gave her new wedding dress instead of the old one.
Fatima Zahra is, and should be the inspiration of all women and should be emulated.
She was exactly like her father, Prophet Mohammad, and we too should strive to at least be like her.
We should learn from her honesty, modesty and loyalty.


Her Mother's Death

When Fatima reached seven years old, a tragedy occurred in her life. Her dear mother, Lady Khadija had
passed away.
It brought sadness to her heart.

During Khadija's last days the Prophet said to her:
“What you are encountering is because of us Khadija; when you meet your peers send my salams to them!”

“Who are they O Prophet of Allah?”
Khadija asked. “Mariam bint Imran, Kulthum, Musas sister, and Asiya, Pharaoh’s wife”, he answered. She then

said, “May you live in harmony and have son O Prophet of Allah”.

Asma bint Umais once witnessed Lady Khadija crying and so she asked, “Why are you crying while you are the Prophet’s wife, and you will enter paradise as he has said?”
“I am not crying (for fear of death), rather, I am crying because every woman needs a close friend on her wedding night to tell her secrets and to help her in certain issues, and Fatima is still very young and I am afraid that she will be alone on her wedding night”.

Asma replied, “O mistress, I vow to you, by Allah, that if I am alive then, I will take you place…”

At the age of 63 Lady Khadija died. Deep sadness appeared in the Prophet’s heart, and not long after, his uncle Abu Talib died.
The year in which his wife and uncle died was called “The year of sorrow”.

When Khadija died it was a disaster to the Prophet.
Not only because she was his wife, but also because she was the first one to believe that he was the

Messenger of God, and also because she supported him by sharing her property for the sake of Islam.

When they buried Khadija at Houjoun, the Prophet stepped into her grave and blessed it.
Fatima then asked her father, “Messenger of Allah, where is my mother?”

The Prophet avoided Fatima's question.
Fatima looked around for someone so she could ask for her mother!
At that moment Gabriel gave the following order to the Prophet, “Your Lord commands you to inform Fatima

that He sends his blessing upon her and says:
Your mother is in a house of brocad, its corners are made from gold, anitpoles are made from rubies.
It is located between Asiya and Mariam bint Imran’s houses.”

Fatima replied, “Surely Allah is As-Salam, and peace is from him and to him.”


Fatima’s Marriage

When Fatima reached the age of nine, she was fully mature.

Abu Bakr and Umar were one of the people, who asked for her hand, but the Prophet rejected them and he ignored Abdarrahman ibne Awf’s proposal.

Umar and Abu Bakr then sent their daughters to the Prophet, so that he can give them Fatima in marriage, but

he again refused saying, “No!
No!
not until Allah’s command comes in her regard.”

When Imam Ali approached the Prophet to ask for the hand of Fatima.
The Prophet went in to ask Fatima as to her decision, but she was silent. Her silence was her approval.


Fatima's Children

Fatima had four children from her union with Imam Ali.
The eldest was Imam Hasan who was born on the 15th of Ramadhan.
When Imam Hasan was born, the Prophet asked his Aunt Sofia to bring him the newborn child.
She said, “We have not cleansed him yet.”
When the Prophet heard her say that he immediately said, “You clean him?
Surely Allah the Exalted has cleaned and purified him.”

Gabriel came to the Prophet, along with many other angels, in order to congratulate him.
He also told him that he was ordered by Allah to name him after Prophet Haroun’s second son.

Fatima and Ali’s second child was born, Imam Husain, was born on the 3rd of Shaban.
Lady Zaynab was born on the 5th Jamadi Awal, and she was the third child born to Fatima and Ali.
Lady Um Kulthum was the fourth child born in this union.


After the Prophet

Eight days after the Prophet’s death Fatima went to the Mosque while crying she said, “Oh! Father; Oh! My

sincere friend; Oh! Mohammad; Oh!
Abu Al-Qasim; Oh!
The helper of the widowed and the orphans; who do we have for the Kaaba and the Mosque and who does your saddened and grieved daughter have?”

Fatima then walked to the tomb of the Prophet; she had difficulties walking, as she could not see that well because her tears covered her eyes.
Fatima was not to live for much longer after her father.


Her Death

Fatima was in her house when Umar and his men were trying to get inside.
As the door was breaking, there would not be enough time for her to go and get her scarf, so she stood

behind the door.
Umar pushed the door open and the handle hit Fatima’s stomach.
She was pregnant with her baby Mohsin, which died instantly, and she a few months later also passed away as

a result of the injuries caused to her by the door.
Her death was on 3rd Jamadi Thani, 11 (a.h.).
She was only eighteen years old when she died.

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