1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:05,469 In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. 2 00:00:05,469 --> 00:00:07,469 A summary of the book: 3 00:00:07,469 --> 00:00:11,470 Ramadan: Events and Lessons. 4 00:00:11,470 --> 00:00:15,939 The passing of Fatimah al-Zahra, 5 00:00:15,939 --> 00:00:21,550 the daughter of the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him. 6 00:00:21,550 --> 00:00:24,550 The time was the night of Tuesday, 7 00:00:24,550 --> 00:00:27,550 the third day of Ramadan, 8 00:00:27,550 --> 00:00:34,979 in the eleventh year of the Hijrah. 9 00:00:34,979 --> 00:00:36,979 The noble lady, 10 00:00:36,979 --> 00:00:38,979 the mother of the two Hasans (al-Hasan and al-Husayn), 11 00:00:38,979 --> 00:00:42,979 Fatimah, daughter of the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, 12 00:00:42,979 --> 00:00:46,070 may the pleasure of Allah be upon her. 13 00:00:46,070 --> 00:00:50,070 She was one of the four daughters 14 00:00:50,070 --> 00:00:52,070 of the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, 15 00:00:52,070 --> 00:00:56,100 born to Khadijah, may Allah be pleased with her. 16 00:00:56,100 --> 00:00:59,100 Fatimah is the most noble of those four, 17 00:00:59,100 --> 00:01:01,100 the very heart of the matter, 18 00:01:01,100 --> 00:01:04,420 and the centerpiece of the necklace. 19 00:01:04,420 --> 00:01:08,420 She was a blessed fruit from a noble orchard, 20 00:01:08,420 --> 00:01:12,420 a glorious descendant of an authentic lineage, 21 00:01:12,420 --> 00:01:16,489 and a magnificent example of the believing woman. 22 00:01:16,489 --> 00:01:20,489 She was a radiant model of a life of purity, obedience, 23 00:01:20,489 --> 00:01:23,549 courage, and patience. 24 00:01:23,549 --> 00:01:26,549 She tasted the bitterness of losing her loved ones, 25 00:01:26,549 --> 00:01:30,549 yet she displayed immense fortitude, 26 00:01:30,549 --> 00:01:34,780 despite her youth and lack of experience. 27 00:01:34,780 --> 00:01:38,780 She was raised in the house of Prophethood upon every noble deed 28 00:01:38,780 --> 00:01:40,780 and beautiful character. 29 00:01:40,780 --> 00:01:43,780 She saw nothing but the best of actions, 30 00:01:43,780 --> 00:01:47,780 witnessed nothing but the purest of traits, 31 00:01:47,780 --> 00:01:51,780 and heard nothing but the most truthful of words. 32 00:01:51,780 --> 00:01:55,780 She grew up with righteousness filling her being, 33 00:01:55,780 --> 00:01:59,780 and purity adorning her outward and inward self, 34 00:01:59,780 --> 00:02:02,780 until she reached the age of womanhood. 35 00:02:02,780 --> 00:02:06,840 The Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, chose for her 36 00:02:06,840 --> 00:02:10,840 the best young bachelor among his Companions, 37 00:02:10,840 --> 00:02:13,840 and the most favored of his kin. 38 00:02:13,840 --> 00:02:15,840 He joined her with him, 39 00:02:15,840 --> 00:02:18,840 so that this blessed marriage might yield 40 00:02:18,840 --> 00:02:22,840 a pure lineage that remains to this day. 41 00:02:22,840 --> 00:02:27,129 Fatimah, may Allah be pleased with her, lived 42 00:02:27,129 --> 00:02:30,129 with her cousin Ali, may Allah be pleased with him, 43 00:02:30,129 --> 00:02:32,129 a happy life, 44 00:02:32,129 --> 00:02:35,129 shaded by clouds of love and joy, 45 00:02:35,129 --> 00:02:38,129 and built upon piety and asceticism. 46 00:02:38,129 --> 00:02:43,129 She did not boast to him of being the daughter of the best of mankind, 47 00:02:43,129 --> 00:02:50,129 nor did she pride herself on her great status in the heart of the Prophet, peace be upon him. 48 00:02:50,129 --> 00:02:55,129 Rather, she was the epitome of righteousness, humility, and good companionship. 49 00:02:55,129 --> 00:02:58,259 Her life with him did not last long, 50 00:02:58,259 --> 00:03:02,259 for death claimed her swiftly. 51 00:03:02,259 --> 00:03:07,259 The father of her pure children did not live with her for long. 52 00:03:07,259 --> 00:03:10,289 It was the night of Tuesday, 53 00:03:10,289 --> 00:03:13,289 the third of Ramadan, 54 00:03:13,289 --> 00:03:16,289 in the year 11 AH, 55 00:03:16,289 --> 00:03:19,289 that was the appointed time for her departure from this world, 56 00:03:19,289 --> 00:03:25,289 and her joining the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, her mother, 57 00:03:25,289 --> 00:03:28,289 and her brothers and sisters. 58 00:03:28,289 --> 00:03:34,409 An introduction to the mother of the two Hasans, may Allah be pleased with them. 59 00:03:34,409 --> 00:03:41,819 She is Fatimah, daughter of the master of creation, Muhammad ibn Abdullah, peace be upon him, 60 00:03:41,819 --> 00:03:46,979 and her mother is Khadijah bint Khuwaylid, may Allah be pleased with her. 61 00:03:46,979 --> 00:03:53,050 She was the best and youngest of the daughters of the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, 62 00:03:53,050 --> 00:03:56,210 and the most beloved to his heart, 63 00:03:56,210 --> 00:03:59,210 for reasons including 64 00:03:59,210 --> 00:04:03,240 that she was the remaining memory of her late mother, Khadijah, 65 00:04:03,240 --> 00:04:09,240 and her brothers and sisters who all died during his lifetime. 66 00:04:09,240 --> 00:04:15,240 And also because of her great love and attachment to him, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him. 67 00:04:15,240 --> 00:04:20,370 She was nicknamed 'al-Zahra', meaning the radiant or fair-complexioned. 68 00:04:20,370 --> 00:04:23,300 Her birth: 69 00:04:23,300 --> 00:04:28,459 Fatimah, may Allah be pleased with her, was born while the Ka'bah was being rebuilt, 70 00:04:28,459 --> 00:04:34,459 and the Prophet, peace be upon him, was thirty-five years old. 71 00:04:34,459 --> 00:04:42,459 It is said she was born in the forty-first year of the Prophet's life, peace be upon him. 72 00:04:42,459 --> 00:04:45,550 Her birth was shortly before the Prophetic mission, 73 00:04:45,550 --> 00:04:48,550 about a year or more. 74 00:04:48,550 --> 00:04:54,550 She was about five years older than 'A'ishah, may Allah be pleased with her. 75 00:04:54,550 --> 00:04:58,870 Her marriage to Ali, may Allah be pleased with them both: 76 00:04:58,870 --> 00:05:04,379 Ali, may Allah be pleased with him, married her in early Muharram, 77 00:05:04,379 --> 00:05:09,379 though it is said in Safar, in the second year of the Hijrah, 78 00:05:09,379 --> 00:05:14,379 after the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, had consummated his marriage with 'A'ishah, 79 00:05:14,379 --> 00:05:17,379 by four and a half months. 80 00:05:17,379 --> 00:05:19,379 Other opinions exist. 81 00:05:19,379 --> 00:05:25,379 He consummated the marriage with her nine and a half months after the wedding contract. 82 00:05:25,379 --> 00:05:28,379 Her age on the day of her marriage was 83 00:05:28,379 --> 00:05:33,379 fifteen years, five months, and a half. 84 00:05:33,379 --> 00:05:36,379 The age of Ali, may Allah be pleased with him, was 85 00:05:36,379 --> 00:05:40,379 twenty-one years and five months. 86 00:05:40,379 --> 00:05:46,379 It is said he married her in Rajab, the year they arrived in Madinah, 87 00:05:46,379 --> 00:05:49,379 and consummated the marriage upon his return from Badr, 88 00:05:49,379 --> 00:05:53,379 at which time she was eighteen years old. 89 00:05:53,379 --> 00:05:59,639 Her dowry was a Hutamiyyah coat of mail belonging to Ali, may Allah be pleased with him. 90 00:05:59,639 --> 00:06:03,639 For Ibn 'Abbas, may Allah be pleased with them both, said: 91 00:06:03,639 --> 00:06:06,639 When Ali married Fatimah, 92 00:06:06,639 --> 00:06:09,639 the Prophet, peace be upon him, said: 93 00:06:09,639 --> 00:06:11,639 "Give her something." 94 00:06:11,639 --> 00:06:14,639 He replied, "I have nothing." 95 00:06:14,639 --> 00:06:18,670 He said, "Where is your Hutamiyyah coat of mail?" 96 00:06:18,670 --> 00:06:21,670 I said, "It is with me." 97 00:06:21,670 --> 00:06:24,670 He said, "Then give it to her." 98 00:06:24,670 --> 00:06:27,740 She lived with Ali, may Allah be pleased with him, 99 00:06:27,740 --> 00:06:30,740 patient with his limited means, 100 00:06:30,740 --> 00:06:35,740 to the point that she would serve herself in the days of slave girls and servants. 101 00:06:35,740 --> 00:06:38,930 For Ali, may Allah be pleased with him, reported: 102 00:06:38,930 --> 00:06:43,930 That Fatimah, peace be upon her, complained of the effect of the hand-mill, 103 00:06:43,930 --> 00:06:47,930 and the Prophet, peace be upon him, had received some captives. 104 00:06:47,930 --> 00:06:50,930 She went but did not find him, 105 00:06:50,930 --> 00:06:53,930 so she found 'A'ishah and told her. 106 00:06:53,930 --> 00:06:57,930 When the Prophet, peace be upon him, came, 107 00:06:57,930 --> 00:07:01,930 'A'ishah told him of Fatimah's visit. 108 00:07:01,930 --> 00:07:06,089 The Prophet, peace be upon him, came to us 109 00:07:06,089 --> 00:07:09,089 while we had already taken to our beds. 110 00:07:09,089 --> 00:07:12,089 I went to get up, 111 00:07:12,089 --> 00:07:15,089 but he said, "Stay where you are." 112 00:07:15,089 --> 00:07:19,089 He sat between us until I felt the coolness of his feet 113 00:07:19,089 --> 00:07:21,089 on my chest. 114 00:07:21,089 --> 00:07:24,089 He said, "Shall I not teach you both 115 00:07:24,089 --> 00:07:27,089 something better than what you asked me for? 116 00:07:27,089 --> 00:07:30,089 When you go to your beds, 117 00:07:30,089 --> 00:07:33,089 say 'Allahu Akbar' thirty-four times, 118 00:07:33,089 --> 00:07:36,089 'SubhanAllah' thirty-three times, 119 00:07:36,089 --> 00:07:40,089 and 'Alhamdulillah' thirty-three times. 120 00:07:40,089 --> 00:07:43,089 That is better for you than a servant." 121 00:07:43,089 --> 00:07:48,180 Ali did not marry anyone else while married to Fatimah, may Allah be pleased with them both, 122 00:07:48,180 --> 00:07:50,180 until she died. 123 00:07:50,180 --> 00:07:53,819 Her children, may Allah be pleased with them: 124 00:07:53,819 --> 00:07:55,889 Ibn Kathir said: 125 00:07:55,889 --> 00:07:58,889 She bore him al-Hasan and al-Husayn, 126 00:07:58,889 --> 00:08:01,889 and it is said, Muhsin. 127 00:08:01,889 --> 00:08:04,889 She also bore him Umm Kulthum and Zaynab. 128 00:08:04,889 --> 00:08:07,980 'Umar ibn al-Khattab married, 129 00:08:07,980 --> 00:08:10,980 during his caliphate, Umm Kulthum, 130 00:08:10,980 --> 00:08:14,980 the daughter of Ali ibn Abi Talib from Fatimah, 131 00:08:14,980 --> 00:08:17,980 and he honored her greatly. 132 00:08:17,980 --> 00:08:20,980 He gave her a dowry of forty thousand dirhams, 133 00:08:20,980 --> 00:08:25,980 because of her lineage from the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him. 134 00:08:25,980 --> 00:08:29,980 She bore him Zayd ibn 'Umar ibn al-Khattab. 135 00:08:29,980 --> 00:08:33,080 When 'Umar ibn al-Khattab was killed, 136 00:08:33,080 --> 00:08:37,080 she was married after him by her cousin 'Awn ibn Ja'far, 137 00:08:37,080 --> 00:08:39,080 who then died. 138 00:08:39,080 --> 00:08:42,080 Then his brother Muhammad married her, 139 00:08:42,080 --> 00:08:44,080 and he died. 140 00:08:44,080 --> 00:08:48,080 Then their brother 'Abdullah ibn Ja'far married her, 141 00:08:48,080 --> 00:08:50,080 and she died while married to him. 142 00:08:50,080 --> 00:08:53,080 'Abdullah ibn Ja'far had previously 143 00:08:53,080 --> 00:08:56,080 married her sister Zaynab bint Ali, 144 00:08:56,080 --> 00:08:59,080 and she also died while married to him. 145 00:09:00,590 --> 00:09:03,590 Her virtues, may Allah be pleased with her: 146 00:09:03,590 --> 00:09:05,909 The first: 147 00:09:05,909 --> 00:09:09,139 That she is the leader of the women. 148 00:09:09,139 --> 00:09:13,139 'A'ishah, Mother of the Believers, may Allah be pleased with her, said: 149 00:09:13,139 --> 00:09:19,139 We, the wives of the Prophet, peace be upon him, were all with him, 150 00:09:19,139 --> 00:09:22,139 not one of us was absent. 151 00:09:22,139 --> 00:09:26,330 Fatimah, peace be upon her, came walking, 152 00:09:26,330 --> 00:09:34,419 and by Allah, her gait was no different from the gait of the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him. 153 00:09:34,419 --> 00:09:37,419 When he saw her, he welcomed her and said: 154 00:09:37,419 --> 00:09:40,460 "Welcome, my daughter." 155 00:09:40,460 --> 00:09:44,460 Then he seated her to his right or to his left, 156 00:09:44,460 --> 00:09:46,460 then he whispered something to her, 157 00:09:46,460 --> 00:09:49,740 and she wept bitterly. 158 00:09:49,740 --> 00:09:51,740 When he saw her sadness, 159 00:09:51,740 --> 00:09:53,740 he whispered to her a second time, 160 00:09:53,740 --> 00:09:55,740 and she laughed. 161 00:09:55,740 --> 00:09:59,970 I said to her, among his wives, 162 00:09:59,970 --> 00:10:04,970 "The Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, singled you out with a secret from among us, 163 00:10:04,970 --> 00:10:07,970 and then you weep?" 164 00:10:07,970 --> 00:10:11,970 When the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, stood up, 165 00:10:11,970 --> 00:10:14,970 I asked her what he had whispered to her. 166 00:10:14,970 --> 00:10:17,129 She said: 167 00:10:17,129 --> 00:10:22,129 "I would not disclose the secret of the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him." 168 00:10:22,129 --> 00:10:24,320 When he passed away, 169 00:10:24,320 --> 00:10:26,320 I said to her: 170 00:10:26,320 --> 00:10:30,320 "I adjure you by the right I have over you, 171 00:10:30,320 --> 00:10:32,320 tell me." 172 00:10:32,320 --> 00:10:33,320 She said: 173 00:10:33,320 --> 00:10:36,320 "As for now, yes." 174 00:10:36,320 --> 00:10:38,379 She told me, saying: 175 00:10:38,379 --> 00:10:42,379 "When he whispered to me the first time, 176 00:10:42,379 --> 00:10:49,379 he told me that Jibril used to review the Qur'an with him once every year, 177 00:10:49,379 --> 00:10:53,509 but this year he reviewed it with me twice, 178 00:10:53,509 --> 00:10:56,509 and I see that my time is drawing near. 179 00:10:56,509 --> 00:10:59,610 So fear Allah and be patient, 180 00:10:59,610 --> 00:11:02,610 for I am the best predecessor for you." 181 00:11:02,610 --> 00:11:04,899 She said: 182 00:11:04,899 --> 00:11:07,899 "So I wept as you saw. 183 00:11:07,899 --> 00:11:10,220 When he saw my distress, 184 00:11:10,220 --> 00:11:13,220 he whispered to me a second time and said: 185 00:11:13,220 --> 00:11:15,250 'O Fatimah, 186 00:11:15,250 --> 00:11:20,279 are you not pleased to be the leader of the women of the believers, 187 00:11:20,279 --> 00:11:23,279 or the leader of the women of this Ummah?'" 188 00:11:23,279 --> 00:11:25,600 The second: 189 00:11:25,600 --> 00:11:30,600 That she is a part of the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, 190 00:11:30,600 --> 00:11:33,600 and what angers her angers him, 191 00:11:33,600 --> 00:11:36,600 and what harms her harms him. 192 00:11:36,600 --> 00:11:40,919 From al-Miswar ibn Makhramah, may Allah be pleased with them both: 193 00:11:40,919 --> 00:11:44,919 That the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, said: 194 00:11:44,919 --> 00:11:47,919 "Fatimah is a part of me, 195 00:11:47,919 --> 00:11:50,919 so whoever angers her, angers me." 196 00:11:50,919 --> 00:11:52,950 And in the two Sahihs: 197 00:11:52,950 --> 00:11:55,950 "Fatimah is a part of me, 198 00:11:55,950 --> 00:11:59,950 and it harms me what harms her." 199 00:11:59,950 --> 00:12:01,269 The third point: 200 00:12:01,269 --> 00:12:06,269 The great love the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, had for her. 201 00:12:06,269 --> 00:12:09,269 His comforting of her heart. 202 00:12:09,269 --> 00:12:12,269 And his singling her out with his secrets. 203 00:12:12,269 --> 00:12:15,720 On the authority of ‘A’ishah, may Allah be pleased with her, who said: 204 00:12:15,720 --> 00:12:18,720 The Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, called for 205 00:12:18,720 --> 00:12:23,720 Fatimah, peace be upon her, during his final illness in which he passed away. 206 00:12:23,720 --> 00:12:27,779 He whispered something to her, and she wept. 207 00:12:27,779 --> 00:12:32,779 Then he called for her again, whispered something to her, and she laughed. 208 00:12:32,779 --> 00:12:35,779 We asked her about that, and she said: 209 00:12:35,779 --> 00:12:39,779 The Prophet, peace be upon him, whispered to me 210 00:12:39,779 --> 00:12:43,779 That he would pass away during the illness in which he died, 211 00:12:43,779 --> 00:12:45,779 So I wept. 212 00:12:45,779 --> 00:12:47,909 Then he whispered to me again, 213 00:12:47,909 --> 00:12:51,909 And informed me that I would be the first of his household to follow him, 214 00:12:51,909 --> 00:12:53,909 So I laughed. 215 00:12:53,909 --> 00:12:56,740 The fourth point: 216 00:12:56,740 --> 00:12:59,740 That she is among the perfect women. 217 00:12:59,740 --> 00:13:02,840 On the authority of Anas Ibn Malik, may Allah be pleased with him, 218 00:13:02,840 --> 00:13:06,840 That the Prophet, peace be upon him, said: 219 00:13:06,840 --> 00:13:09,870 "Sufficient for you among the women of the worlds are: 220 00:13:09,870 --> 00:13:11,870 Maryam bint ‘Imran, 221 00:13:11,870 --> 00:13:14,870 Khadijah bint Khuwaylid, 222 00:13:14,870 --> 00:13:17,870 Fatimah bint Muhammad, 223 00:13:17,870 --> 00:13:20,870 And Asiyah, the wife of Pharaoh." 224 00:13:20,870 --> 00:13:23,190 The fifth point: 225 00:13:23,190 --> 00:13:28,289 The magnitude of her trials and her patience in losing her entire family: 226 00:13:28,289 --> 00:13:31,289 Her mother, her brothers, and her sisters, 227 00:13:31,289 --> 00:13:35,289 And then her father, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him. 228 00:13:35,289 --> 00:13:37,769 Ibn Kathir said: 229 00:13:37,769 --> 00:13:42,769 "As for Fatimah, the daughter of the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, 230 00:13:42,769 --> 00:13:47,769 She was distinguished with greater virtue than her sisters, 231 00:13:47,769 --> 00:13:52,769 Because she was afflicted by the loss of the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, 232 00:13:52,769 --> 00:13:54,769 Whereas the rest of her sisters 233 00:13:54,769 --> 00:13:59,769 Had died during the lifetime of the Prophet, peace be upon him." 234 00:13:59,769 --> 00:14:04,179 Her death, may Allah be pleased with her: 235 00:14:04,179 --> 00:14:09,629 Fatimah, may Allah be pleased with her, passed away on the night of Tuesday, 236 00:14:09,629 --> 00:14:12,629 The third of the month of Ramadan, 237 00:14:12,629 --> 00:14:15,629 In the year eleven after the Hijrah. 238 00:14:15,629 --> 00:14:19,629 She was twenty-nine years old, 239 00:14:19,629 --> 00:14:22,629 Though it is also said she was thirty. 240 00:14:22,629 --> 00:14:26,629 She remained after the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, 241 00:14:26,629 --> 00:14:30,629 For six months, according to the most well-known accounts. 242 00:14:30,629 --> 00:14:34,629 This is what is established from ‘A’ishah in the Sahih. 243 00:14:34,629 --> 00:14:38,049 She was buried in al-Baqi‘. 244 00:14:38,049 --> 00:14:41,049 From this event and what relates to it, 245 00:14:41,049 --> 00:14:43,049 We derive lessons: 246 00:14:43,049 --> 00:14:44,049 First: 247 00:14:44,049 --> 00:14:48,049 The intensity of the attachment of Fatimah al-Zahra’, may Allah be pleased with her, 248 00:14:48,049 --> 00:14:52,049 To the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him. 249 00:14:52,049 --> 00:14:58,049 For this reason, she could not endure the grief of his separation for more than six months, 250 00:14:58,049 --> 00:15:01,049 As she withered away from longing and sorrow, 251 00:15:01,049 --> 00:15:05,269 Until her pure soul departed. 252 00:15:05,269 --> 00:15:06,269 Second: 253 00:15:06,269 --> 00:15:11,269 A father’s love for one of his daughters may increase due to reasons that warrant it, 254 00:15:11,269 --> 00:15:14,269 And there is no prohibition in that. 255 00:15:14,269 --> 00:15:16,659 Third: 256 00:15:16,659 --> 00:15:21,659 The biography of Fatimah, may Allah be pleased with her, her virtues, and her merits 257 00:15:21,659 --> 00:15:24,659 Warrant increasing our love and reverence for her, 258 00:15:24,659 --> 00:15:27,659 And spreading her story among women, 259 00:15:27,659 --> 00:15:32,659 So that she may be a beautiful model for them of the righteous woman. 260 00:15:32,659 --> 00:15:35,230 Fourth: 261 00:15:35,230 --> 00:15:41,230 In the life of Fatimah, may Allah be pleased with her, are lessons in patience through the hardships of life, 262 00:15:41,230 --> 00:15:45,649 The poverty of one’s spouse, and the loss of loved ones. 263 00:15:45,649 --> 00:15:46,649 Fifth: 264 00:15:46,649 --> 00:15:50,649 The succession of sorrows and the endurance of longing 265 00:15:50,649 --> 00:15:55,649 Do not leave their bearer in this life for long. 266 00:15:55,649 --> 00:15:59,409 Ramadan: 267 00:15:59,409 --> 00:16:01,409 Events and Lessons.