Hadhrat Syeda Fatima (May Allah be well pleased with her)

Hadhrat Syeda Fatima Zahra (May Allah be well pleased with her) is the youngest and most beloved daughter of the Holy Prophet (Sallallahu alaihi wa sallam).  She is also the leader of the women of paradise.

 

Almighty Allah has ordered us to love the Prophet’s Family as given in the Holy Quran:

 

That is the (award) of which Allah gives the good news to those servants who believe and do pious works persistently. Say: ‘I do not ask for any recompense for this (preaching the faith in Messengership) but (seek) love for (my) kindreds and (my and Allah’s) nearness.’ And whoever earns good We shall increase for him the reward in the Hereafter. Surely Allah is Most Forgiving, Most Appreciative.  Surah Shura (42:23)

 

Again in Surah Ahzaab:

 

Allah intends only to remove all impurity of sins from you, O People of the House (of the Prophet, [even a doubt or trace of shortfall,]) and make you absolutely pure and clean by blessing you with (perfect) purity and wholesomeness.  Surah Ahzaab (33:33)

 

This verse of the Holy Quran establishes that Almighty Allah has protected the Prophet’s Family from every kind of blemish and defect, be it intellectual, in beliefs or manners, or external and internal.  Ummul Momineen Hadhrat Umme Salma (May Allah be well pleased with her) says about the background of the revelation of this verse of this verse:

 

Translation: Umme Salma (May Allah be well pleased with him) says that when the Holy Prophet (Sallallahu alaihi wa sallam) was at my house, this verse of the Holy Quran was revealed.  After this verse was revealed, the Holy Prophet (Sallallahu alaihi wa sallam) summoned Hadhrat Syeda Fatima Zahra, Hadhrat Ali, Hadhrat Hasan and Hadhrat Hussain (May Allah be well pleased with all of them).  Then the Holy Prophet (Sallallahu alaihi wa sallam) said: These are my Prophet’s Family.  Ummul Momineen Hadhrat Umme Salma (May Allah be well pleased with her) asked: O Prophet of Allah! Am I not among your Family? He (Sallallahu alaihi wa sallam) said: Why not?  (Zujajatul Masabeeh, Vol. 5, Pg. No. 31)

 

Her birth

 

She was born in the first year of Prophethood and according another narration, 5 years before Prophethood.  (Subul Ul Huda war Rashad, Vol 11, Pg No: 37)

 

Her titles: Syedatun Nisa Ahle Paradise, Zahra, Butul, Syeda, Zahida, Tayyaba, Tahira and many more.

 

Her blessed name

 

There is a Hadith narrated from Hadhrat Abu Hurairah (May Allah be well pleased with him) in Kanz Ul ‘Ummal that Syeda Fatima (May Allah be well pleased with him) was named as Fatima (May Allah be well pleased with her) because Almighty Allah  has freed her, and even those who love and revere her, from hell.

 

Translation: It has been narrated on the authority of Hadhrat ‘Abdullah bin ‘Abbas (May Allah be well pleased with him) that the Holy Prophet (Sallallahu alaihi wa sallam) offered the Salaat of ‘Asr.  When the Holy Prophet (Sallallahu alaihi wa sallam) was in the 4^th Raka'at, Hasan and Hussain (May Allah be well pleased with them), so much so that they climbed on the blessed back of the Holy Prophet (Sallallahu alaihi wa sallam).  The Holy Prophet (Sallallahu alaihi wa sallam) seated them in front of Him.  Hadhrat Hasan (May Allah be well pleased with him) came forward.  The Holy Prophet (Sallallahu alaihi wa sallam) lifted him on His right shoulder and lifted Imam Hussain (May Allah be well pleased with him) on His left shoulder.  Then He (Sallallahu alaihi wa sallam) said:  O people! Shall I tell you who are they whose maternal grandfather and grandmother are better than the whole world?  Shall I tell you who are they whose paternal uncle and aunt are better than everybody's paternal uncle and aunt?  Shall I tell you who are they whose maternal uncle and aunt are better than everybody's maternal uncle and aunt?  Shall I tell you who are they whose mother and father are better than everybody's mother and father?  Listen! They are Hasan and Hussain (May Allah be well pleased with him).  Their maternal grandfather is the Prophet of Allah (Sallallahu alaihi wa sallam); their maternal grandmother is Hadhrat Khadija; their mother is Hadhrat Fatima; their father is Hadhrat Ali bin Abi Talib; their paternal uncle is Ja'afar bin Abi Talib; their paternal aunt is Hadhrat Umme Hani bint Abi Talib; their maternal uncle is Hadhrat Qasim, the son of the Prophet of Allah (Sallallahu alaihi wa sallam); their maternal aunts are Zainab, Ruqaiya, Umme Kulthoom (May Allah be well pleased with all of them).  Their maternal grandfather is in heaven; their father is in heaven, their maternal grandmother is in heaven; their mother is in heaven; their paternal uncle is in heaven; their maternal aunts are in heaven and their sister is in heaven and whoever loves them will also be in heaven.  (Kanz Ul ‘Ummal, Hadith No. 34227)

 

Her marriage

 

Two years after the Emigration, she was married to Hadhrat ‘Ali (May Allah be well pleased with him).

 

There is a Hadith in Mo’jam Kabeer Tabarani:

 

Translation: Hadhrat ‘Abdullah bin Mas’ud (May Allah be well pleased with him) narrates from the Holy Prophet (Sallallahu alaihi wa sallam) that the Holy Prophet (Sallallahu alaihi wa sallam) said: Verily, Almighty Allah has ordered me that I marry Fatima to Ali (May Allah be well pleased with them).

 

Her progeny

 

She gave birth to 3 sons: Imam Hasan, Imam Hussain and Imam Muhsin (May Allah be well pleased with all of them) and 3 daughters: Hadhrat Zainab, Hadhrat Umme Kulthum and Hadhrat Ruqaiyya (May Allah be well pleased with him).

 

Her passing away

 

She passed away into the presence of Almighty Allah 6 months after the passing away of the Holy Prophet (Sallallahu alaihi wa sallam) i.e. in Ramadhan, 11 Hijri and she is resting in Jannatul Baqi.