BISMILLAH IR RAHMAN IR RAHIM



LADY FATIMA



"The Radiant Blossom" may Allah be pleased with her

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Lady Fatima was born in Mecca and was the youngest daughter of
Prophet Muhammad and Lady Khadijah, may Allah bless and give
peace to the Holy Family.

As she was growing up Mecca was stricken by a severe drought
and many families, especially the poor, went hungry. Abu Talib,
the Prophet's uncle and guardian, had always been poor and
had a large family to look after, so the Prophet, praise
and peace be upon him, asked if he would permit Ali to come
and live with him and his family.

Abu Talib agreed and so Ali, who was almost the same age as Lady
Fatima, went to live in the Prophet's household and grew
up with her.

Lady Fatima was kind and sweet like her mother, and loved her
parents very much. When her mother, Lady Khadijah passed away
she was still very young and like her sisters she was very
sad. Our beloved Prophet, praise and peace be upon him, did
his best to comfort his daughters and told them something
that chased away their sadness.

Some time before Gabriel visited him with a very special message
for Lady Khadijah. First, he conveyed the greetings of Allah
to her then he asked the Prophet to tell her that a palace
of gold awaited her in Paradise where she would no longer
suffer from noise or tiredness again. When the sisters heard
this wonderful news they felt happy for their mother although
of course they missed her.

Little Lady Fatima tries to protect her father: The Prophet,
praise and peace be upon him, had been badly treated by the
idol worshiping Koraysh right from the time he started preaching.
There had been many attempts to stop him from preaching
Islam, sometimes they tried bribery but when that failed they
made life very difficult for him and his followers.

One day, as the Prophet, praise and peace be upon him, was offering
his prayer at Ka'ba, Abu Jahl said to his companions:
"I wish someone would bring the bowels of a camel with all
its dirt and throw it over Muhammad!" Without hesitation, Ukba,
Muai'ts son fetched some filth and emptied it over the Prophet's
neck while the Koraysh looked on, making fun of him,
delighting in their attempt to degrade the Prophet, praise
and peace be upon him.

Meanwhile, someone told Lady Fatima, who was either five or six
years old, of this disgusting act, and so she ran as quickly
as her little legs would carry her to him and removed the
filth from her beloved father.

Marriage Proposals: Lady Fatima grew up to be a lovely, very
pious young lady, and many, including Abu Bakr and Omar, asked
if they might marry her, but the Prophet, praise and peace
be upon him, deferred them saying he would wait until Allah
made the matter clear to him.

Two years had passed since the migration to Medina and Lady Fatima
was now eighteen years of age. The Battle of Badr had
been fought a few weeks before and it was then that the Prophet
asked Ali if he would like to marry Lady Fatima. Ali had
been too shy to come forward before now as he was very poor
and did not consider himself to be in a position to offer Lady
Fatima a worthy dowry and drew the Prophet's attention to
it. Then the Prophet, praise and peace be upon him, asked,
referring to a piece of armor Ali had won during the battle:
"What have you done with 'Huttiyah'?" Ali replied that he
still owned it, whereupon the Prophet said it was sufficient
for his daughter's dowry.

Ali's worldly possessions were indeed meager, all he owned was
that piece of armor, a sheep skin and an old piece of Yemeni
cloth which he used as a sheet. However, now that he had
received approval from the Prophet, praise and peace be upon
him, he asked Lady Fatima for her hand in marriage in the presence
of her father. It was customary in those days for brides-to-be
not to answer the suitor if she was agreeable to
the proposal, so Lady Fatima remained silent and Ali knew his
proposal had been accepted.

The Marriage of Lady Fatima: One of the Ansars, Haritha, Numan's
son, owned many houses and had already given several of
them to the Prophet, praise and peace be upon him, who accepted
them graciously and then given them to those in need. Lady
Fatima knew of Haritha's generosity and requested her father
to ask him for one. However, it was not the custom of the
Prophet, praise and peace be upon him, to ask for anything
for either himself or his family and so he did not ask. The
news of Lady Fatima's forthcoming marriage spread rapidly throughout
Medina and when Haritha learned of Lady Fatima's forthcoming
marriage he went immediately to the Prophet saying:
"Whatever I have is yours, by Allah. Whenever you accept
any of my houses, it gives me greater pleasure than if I still
owned them." Haritha's generous offer was accepted and Ali
with his bride-to-be had a home awaiting them.

As a wedding gift, the Prophet gave them a bed woven from Arkanda
fiber. A leather mattress stuffed with palm leaves, a water-skin,
two sets of mill-stones to grind grain, and two earthenware
pitchers.

When the day of their marriage arrived, Lady Ayesha and Lady
Umm Salama went together to prepare the house for the young
couple, and soft sand was brought then strewn over the floor.
In celebration of the occasion, the Prophet instructed that
a ram be sacrificed and prepared in readiness for their guests.
It was a very happy occasion and one that was well remembered
for a long time.

Lady Fatima at Uhud: Koraysh had launched yet another attack
against the Muslims. This time the battle had taken place at
Uhud.  On account of the disobedience of several archers who
deserted their posts on the mountain, the Muslims suffered
a heavy loss of life and the Prophet, praise and peace be upon
him, was injured.

The Koraysh thought that the Prophet, praise and peace be upon
him, had been killed however, Abu Sufyan, their leader would
not believe it until he saw his body, and so they searched
for him but to no avail. The Koraysh weren't the only ones
to think he was dead, Muslims heard the rumors and did not
know what to think, and it wasn't long before the news reached
Medina.

Al Hamdulillah, the Prophet, was not critically hurt, although
he received a violent blow upon his helmet that the helmet's
links to dig deep into his cheeks and cause his face to bleed,
so he and his close companions climbed the mountain to
a safer place to rest.

When Lady Fatima heard the rumor she left Medina immediately
and caught up with the Prophet's party at the entrance of a
valley, she was so happy and relieved to see her father alive
and thanked Allah for his safety.

Ali, in the meantime had gone in search of water but there was
none to be found, only a stagnant pool of water remained.
He scooped up some of the water and brought it back to the Prophet,
praise and peace be upon him, but as it was unsuitable
to drink, so Lady Fatima used it to wash away the blood from
his face. The bleeding would not stop so a piece of scorched
matting was placed over the wounds and the bleeding stopped.

Al Hassan and Al Hussain: Lady Fatima had two sons, their names
were Al Hassan and Al Hussain. The two young boys were a
great source of happiness not only to their parents but to their
grandfather, the Prophet, praise and peace be upon him,
who loved them so much that he referred to them as his "sons".

One day as the Prophet, praise and peace be upon him, was prostrate
in prayer, one of his grandsons climbed onto his back
and sat there for quite sometime. Those praying behind the
Prophet, praise and peace be upon him, wondered whether perhaps
the Prophet had received a new revelation telling them to
prolong the prostration. After the prayer was over they asked
him about it, whereupon the Prophet, praise and peace be
upon him, smiled and told them what had happened!

Lady Fatima's daily life: Lady Fatima and Ali were very poor.
To make a living for themselves, Ali, who was slight in stature,
would haul heavy pails of water from the well and sell
it whilst Lady Fatima would grind flour for her neighbors.
She worked so hard that her blessed hands became blistered and
bled.

One day, Ali strained himself badly whilst hauling water and
returned home in great pain. Now, the Prophet, praise and peace
be upon him, had been given several servants, however, it
was not his intent to keep them for himself. It was his practice
to either release them if they embraced Islam, or sell
them to raise money for the growing number of very poor Muslims
that flocked to Medina with little more than the clothes
they were wearing.

Ali asked his wife to go to her father to ask him to give them
one of his servants to ease their burden. Lady Fatima was
too shy to ask her father for such a favor, however, Ali was
in pain so she went to visit him but still could not bring
herself to ask and returned home. So Ali and Lady Fatima went
to visit the Prophet together.

When Ali told the Prophet, praise and peace be upon him, of their
need, the Prophet explained his position but told him of
something better which was to repeat after each prayer, "Al
Hamdulillah, SubanAllah, Allahu Akbar ten times," as there
are great blessings for doing so. From that day onward Ali
never missed repeating the supplications after each prayer.

The Death of the Prophet: During the Prophet's last illness,
Lady Fatima visited her father as often as she could. One day
Ali entered the Prophet's room and found her crying as she
sat beside her father. Just then, her father raised his tired
eyes to look up her and asked: "O Fatima, what makes you
cry?" She replied: "I fear the loss after you." With gentleness
of voice he said: "Don’t you know that Allah, the Mighty
the Gloried, looked to the earth once and chose your father
and sent him with His Message? Then, He looked to the earth
and chose your husband and made known to me that I should let
you marry him? O Fatima, we are the Dwellers of a House,
and Allah has given us seven merits which He has never given
to anyone else before, and they will not be given to anyone
after us." Then, referring to the descendants of his grandsons,
Hasan and Hussain, he said: "By He who sends me with the
Truth, amongst both of them is Al Mahdi of this nation. When
life is full of murder and strife,  trials increase, roads
are blocked, and people start to attack one another, and the
elderly are not merciful to the young, nor the young merciful
to the elderly, Allah the Mighty, the Glorified, will send
from them (Hassan and Hussain) at the end of time one who
will open the fortress of error, and open hearts that have
been sealed, then restore the Religion as I established it
in the beginning. He will fill the world with justice to the
extent that it has been filled with oppression."

On another visit, the Prophet, praise and peace be upon him,
called Lady Fatima to his side and told her something that caused
her to weep. Then he spoke to her again with comforting
words and she began to laugh. After his soul had been taken
from him, Lady Ayesha asked what it was the Prophet had said
that had caused her to weep then laugh. She replied: "I wept
when he told me he was about to die from his illness, but
when he told me I would be the first of his family to follow
him, I became happy and laughed."  And so it was, several
months after the Prophet's death, Lady Fatima passed away.

On the Day of Judgement, Lady Fatima will pass over the Bridge
over Hell like the speed of lightening and all heads will
be lowered so that none see her.