WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:05.469 In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. 00:00:05.469 --> 00:00:07.469 A summary of the book: 00:00:07.469 --> 00:00:11.470 Ramadan: Events and Lessons. 00:00:11.470 --> 00:00:15.939 The passing of Fatimah al-Zahra, 00:00:15.939 --> 00:00:21.550 the daughter of the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him. 00:00:21.550 --> 00:00:24.550 The time was the night of Tuesday, 00:00:24.550 --> 00:00:27.550 the third day of Ramadan, 00:00:27.550 --> 00:00:34.979 in the eleventh year of the Hijrah. 00:00:34.979 --> 00:00:36.979 The noble lady, 00:00:36.979 --> 00:00:38.979 the mother of the two Hasans (al-Hasan and al-Husayn), 00:00:38.979 --> 00:00:42.979 Fatimah, daughter of the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, 00:00:42.979 --> 00:00:46.070 may the pleasure of Allah be upon her. 00:00:46.070 --> 00:00:50.070 She was one of the four daughters 00:00:50.070 --> 00:00:52.070 of the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, 00:00:52.070 --> 00:00:56.100 born to Khadijah, may Allah be pleased with her. 00:00:56.100 --> 00:00:59.100 Fatimah is the most noble of those four, 00:00:59.100 --> 00:01:01.100 the very heart of the matter, 00:01:01.100 --> 00:01:04.420 and the centerpiece of the necklace. 00:01:04.420 --> 00:01:08.420 She was a blessed fruit from a noble orchard, 00:01:08.420 --> 00:01:12.420 a glorious descendant of an authentic lineage, 00:01:12.420 --> 00:01:16.489 and a magnificent example of the believing woman. 00:01:16.489 --> 00:01:20.489 She was a radiant model of a life of purity, obedience, 00:01:20.489 --> 00:01:23.549 courage, and patience. 00:01:23.549 --> 00:01:26.549 She tasted the bitterness of losing her loved ones, 00:01:26.549 --> 00:01:30.549 yet she displayed immense fortitude, 00:01:30.549 --> 00:01:34.780 despite her youth and lack of experience. 00:01:34.780 --> 00:01:38.780 She was raised in the house of Prophethood upon every noble deed 00:01:38.780 --> 00:01:40.780 and beautiful character. 00:01:40.780 --> 00:01:43.780 She saw nothing but the best of actions, 00:01:43.780 --> 00:01:47.780 witnessed nothing but the purest of traits, 00:01:47.780 --> 00:01:51.780 and heard nothing but the most truthful of words. 00:01:51.780 --> 00:01:55.780 She grew up with righteousness filling her being, 00:01:55.780 --> 00:01:59.780 and purity adorning her outward and inward self, 00:01:59.780 --> 00:02:02.780 until she reached the age of womanhood. 00:02:02.780 --> 00:02:06.840 The Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, chose for her 00:02:06.840 --> 00:02:10.840 the best young bachelor among his Companions, 00:02:10.840 --> 00:02:13.840 and the most favored of his kin. 00:02:13.840 --> 00:02:15.840 He joined her with him, 00:02:15.840 --> 00:02:18.840 so that this blessed marriage might yield 00:02:18.840 --> 00:02:22.840 a pure lineage that remains to this day. 00:02:22.840 --> 00:02:27.129 Fatimah, may Allah be pleased with her, lived 00:02:27.129 --> 00:02:30.129 with her cousin Ali, may Allah be pleased with him, 00:02:30.129 --> 00:02:32.129 a happy life, 00:02:32.129 --> 00:02:35.129 shaded by clouds of love and joy, 00:02:35.129 --> 00:02:38.129 and built upon piety and asceticism. 00:02:38.129 --> 00:02:43.129 She did not boast to him of being the daughter of the best of mankind, 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. 00:02:50.129 --> 00:02:55.129 Rather, she was the epitome of righteousness, humility, and good companionship. 00:02:55.129 --> 00:02:58.259 Her life with him did not last long, 00:02:58.259 --> 00:03:02.259 for death claimed her swiftly. 00:03:02.259 --> 00:03:07.259 The father of her pure children did not live with her for long. 00:03:07.259 --> 00:03:10.289 It was the night of Tuesday, 00:03:10.289 --> 00:03:13.289 the third of Ramadan, 00:03:13.289 --> 00:03:16.289 in the year 11 AH, 00:03:16.289 --> 00:03:19.289 that was the appointed time for her departure from this world, 00:03:19.289 --> 00:03:25.289 and her joining the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, her mother, 00:03:25.289 --> 00:03:28.289 and her brothers and sisters. 00:03:28.289 --> 00:03:34.409 An introduction to the mother of the two Hasans, may Allah be pleased with them. 00:03:34.409 --> 00:03:41.819 She is Fatimah, daughter of the master of creation, Muhammad ibn Abdullah, peace be upon him, 00:03:41.819 --> 00:03:46.979 and her mother is Khadijah bint Khuwaylid, may Allah be pleased with her. 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, 00:03:53.050 --> 00:03:56.210 and the most beloved to his heart, 00:03:56.210 --> 00:03:59.210 for reasons including 00:03:59.210 --> 00:04:03.240 that she was the remaining memory of her late mother, Khadijah, 00:04:03.240 --> 00:04:09.240 and her brothers and sisters who all died during his lifetime. 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. 00:04:15.240 --> 00:04:20.370 She was nicknamed 'al-Zahra', meaning the radiant or fair-complexioned. 00:04:20.370 --> 00:04:23.300 Her birth: 00:04:23.300 --> 00:04:28.459 Fatimah, may Allah be pleased with her, was born while the Ka'bah was being rebuilt, 00:04:28.459 --> 00:04:34.459 and the Prophet, peace be upon him, was thirty-five years old. 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. 00:04:42.459 --> 00:04:45.550 Her birth was shortly before the Prophetic mission, 00:04:45.550 --> 00:04:48.550 about a year or more. 00:04:48.550 --> 00:04:54.550 She was about five years older than 'A'ishah, may Allah be pleased with her. 00:04:54.550 --> 00:04:58.870 Her marriage to Ali, may Allah be pleased with them both: 00:04:58.870 --> 00:05:04.379 Ali, may Allah be pleased with him, married her in early Muharram, 00:05:04.379 --> 00:05:09.379 though it is said in Safar, in the second year of the Hijrah, 00:05:09.379 --> 00:05:14.379 after the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, had consummated his marriage with 'A'ishah, 00:05:14.379 --> 00:05:17.379 by four and a half months. 00:05:17.379 --> 00:05:19.379 Other opinions exist. 00:05:19.379 --> 00:05:25.379 He consummated the marriage with her nine and a half months after the wedding contract. 00:05:25.379 --> 00:05:28.379 Her age on the day of her marriage was 00:05:28.379 --> 00:05:33.379 fifteen years, five months, and a half. 00:05:33.379 --> 00:05:36.379 The age of Ali, may Allah be pleased with him, was 00:05:36.379 --> 00:05:40.379 twenty-one years and five months. 00:05:40.379 --> 00:05:46.379 It is said he married her in Rajab, the year they arrived in Madinah, 00:05:46.379 --> 00:05:49.379 and consummated the marriage upon his return from Badr, 00:05:49.379 --> 00:05:53.379 at which time she was eighteen years old. 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. 00:05:59.639 --> 00:06:03.639 For Ibn 'Abbas, may Allah be pleased with them both, said: 00:06:03.639 --> 00:06:06.639 When Ali married Fatimah, 00:06:06.639 --> 00:06:09.639 the Prophet, peace be upon him, said: 00:06:09.639 --> 00:06:11.639 "Give her something." 00:06:11.639 --> 00:06:14.639 He replied, "I have nothing." 00:06:14.639 --> 00:06:18.670 He said, "Where is your Hutamiyyah coat of mail?" 00:06:18.670 --> 00:06:21.670 I said, "It is with me." 00:06:21.670 --> 00:06:24.670 He said, "Then give it to her." 00:06:24.670 --> 00:06:27.740 She lived with Ali, may Allah be pleased with him, 00:06:27.740 --> 00:06:30.740 patient with his limited means, 00:06:30.740 --> 00:06:35.740 to the point that she would serve herself in the days of slave girls and servants. 00:06:35.740 --> 00:06:38.930 For Ali, may Allah be pleased with him, reported: 00:06:38.930 --> 00:06:43.930 That Fatimah, peace be upon her, complained of the effect of the hand-mill, 00:06:43.930 --> 00:06:47.930 and the Prophet, peace be upon him, had received some captives. 00:06:47.930 --> 00:06:50.930 She went but did not find him, 00:06:50.930 --> 00:06:53.930 so she found 'A'ishah and told her. 00:06:53.930 --> 00:06:57.930 When the Prophet, peace be upon him, came, 00:06:57.930 --> 00:07:01.930 'A'ishah told him of Fatimah's visit. 00:07:01.930 --> 00:07:06.089 The Prophet, peace be upon him, came to us 00:07:06.089 --> 00:07:09.089 while we had already taken to our beds. 00:07:09.089 --> 00:07:12.089 I went to get up, 00:07:12.089 --> 00:07:15.089 but he said, "Stay where you are." 00:07:15.089 --> 00:07:19.089 He sat between us until I felt the coolness of his feet 00:07:19.089 --> 00:07:21.089 on my chest. 00:07:21.089 --> 00:07:24.089 He said, "Shall I not teach you both 00:07:24.089 --> 00:07:27.089 something better than what you asked me for? 00:07:27.089 --> 00:07:30.089 When you go to your beds, 00:07:30.089 --> 00:07:33.089 say 'Allahu Akbar' thirty-four times, 00:07:33.089 --> 00:07:36.089 'SubhanAllah' thirty-three times, 00:07:36.089 --> 00:07:40.089 and 'Alhamdulillah' thirty-three times. 00:07:40.089 --> 00:07:43.089 That is better for you than a servant." 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, 00:07:48.180 --> 00:07:50.180 until she died. 00:07:50.180 --> 00:07:53.819 Her children, may Allah be pleased with them: 00:07:53.819 --> 00:07:55.889 Ibn Kathir said: 00:07:55.889 --> 00:07:58.889 She bore him al-Hasan and al-Husayn, 00:07:58.889 --> 00:08:01.889 and it is said, Muhsin. 00:08:01.889 --> 00:08:04.889 She also bore him Umm Kulthum and Zaynab. 00:08:04.889 --> 00:08:07.980 'Umar ibn al-Khattab married, 00:08:07.980 --> 00:08:10.980 during his caliphate, Umm Kulthum, 00:08:10.980 --> 00:08:14.980 the daughter of Ali ibn Abi Talib from Fatimah, 00:08:14.980 --> 00:08:17.980 and he honored her greatly. 00:08:17.980 --> 00:08:20.980 He gave her a dowry of forty thousand dirhams, 00:08:20.980 --> 00:08:25.980 because of her lineage from the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him. 00:08:25.980 --> 00:08:29.980 She bore him Zayd ibn 'Umar ibn al-Khattab. 00:08:29.980 --> 00:08:33.080 When 'Umar ibn al-Khattab was killed, 00:08:33.080 --> 00:08:37.080 she was married after him by her cousin 'Awn ibn Ja'far, 00:08:37.080 --> 00:08:39.080 who then died. 00:08:39.080 --> 00:08:42.080 Then his brother Muhammad married her, 00:08:42.080 --> 00:08:44.080 and he died. 00:08:44.080 --> 00:08:48.080 Then their brother 'Abdullah ibn Ja'far married her, 00:08:48.080 --> 00:08:50.080 and she died while married to him. 00:08:50.080 --> 00:08:53.080 'Abdullah ibn Ja'far had previously 00:08:53.080 --> 00:08:56.080 married her sister Zaynab bint Ali, 00:08:56.080 --> 00:08:59.080 and she also died while married to him. 00:09:00.590 --> 00:09:03.590 Her virtues, may Allah be pleased with her: 00:09:03.590 --> 00:09:05.909 The first: 00:09:05.909 --> 00:09:09.139 That she is the leader of the women. 00:09:09.139 --> 00:09:13.139 'A'ishah, Mother of the Believers, may Allah be pleased with her, said: 00:09:13.139 --> 00:09:19.139 We, the wives of the Prophet, peace be upon him, were all with him, 00:09:19.139 --> 00:09:22.139 not one of us was absent. 00:09:22.139 --> 00:09:26.330 Fatimah, peace be upon her, came walking, 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. 00:09:34.419 --> 00:09:37.419 When he saw her, he welcomed her and said: 00:09:37.419 --> 00:09:40.460 "Welcome, my daughter." 00:09:40.460 --> 00:09:44.460 Then he seated her to his right or to his left, 00:09:44.460 --> 00:09:46.460 then he whispered something to her, 00:09:46.460 --> 00:09:49.740 and she wept bitterly. 00:09:49.740 --> 00:09:51.740 When he saw her sadness, 00:09:51.740 --> 00:09:53.740 he whispered to her a second time, 00:09:53.740 --> 00:09:55.740 and she laughed. 00:09:55.740 --> 00:09:59.970 I said to her, among his wives, 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, 00:10:04.970 --> 00:10:07.970 and then you weep?" 00:10:07.970 --> 00:10:11.970 When the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, stood up, 00:10:11.970 --> 00:10:14.970 I asked her what he had whispered to her. 00:10:14.970 --> 00:10:17.129 She said: 00:10:17.129 --> 00:10:22.129 "I would not disclose the secret of the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him." 00:10:22.129 --> 00:10:24.320 When he passed away, 00:10:24.320 --> 00:10:26.320 I said to her: 00:10:26.320 --> 00:10:30.320 "I adjure you by the right I have over you, 00:10:30.320 --> 00:10:32.320 tell me." 00:10:32.320 --> 00:10:33.320 She said: 00:10:33.320 --> 00:10:36.320 "As for now, yes." 00:10:36.320 --> 00:10:38.379 She told me, saying: 00:10:38.379 --> 00:10:42.379 "When he whispered to me the first time, 00:10:42.379 --> 00:10:49.379 he told me that Jibril used to review the Qur'an with him once every year, 00:10:49.379 --> 00:10:53.509 but this year he reviewed it with me twice, 00:10:53.509 --> 00:10:56.509 and I see that my time is drawing near. 00:10:56.509 --> 00:10:59.610 So fear Allah and be patient, 00:10:59.610 --> 00:11:02.610 for I am the best predecessor for you." 00:11:02.610 --> 00:11:04.899 She said: 00:11:04.899 --> 00:11:07.899 "So I wept as you saw. 00:11:07.899 --> 00:11:10.220 When he saw my distress, 00:11:10.220 --> 00:11:13.220 he whispered to me a second time and said: 00:11:13.220 --> 00:11:15.250 'O Fatimah, 00:11:15.250 --> 00:11:20.279 are you not pleased to be the leader of the women of the believers, 00:11:20.279 --> 00:11:23.279 or the leader of the women of this Ummah?'" 00:11:23.279 --> 00:11:25.600 The second: 00:11:25.600 --> 00:11:30.600 That she is a part of the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, 00:11:30.600 --> 00:11:33.600 and what angers her angers him, 00:11:33.600 --> 00:11:36.600 and what harms her harms him. 00:11:36.600 --> 00:11:40.919 From al-Miswar ibn Makhramah, may Allah be pleased with them both: 00:11:40.919 --> 00:11:44.919 That the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, said: 00:11:44.919 --> 00:11:47.919 "Fatimah is a part of me, 00:11:47.919 --> 00:11:50.919 so whoever angers her, angers me." 00:11:50.919 --> 00:11:52.950 And in the two Sahihs: 00:11:52.950 --> 00:11:55.950 "Fatimah is a part of me, 00:11:55.950 --> 00:11:59.950 and it harms me what harms her." 00:11:59.950 --> 00:12:01.269 The third point: 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. 00:12:06.269 --> 00:12:09.269 His comforting of her heart. 00:12:09.269 --> 00:12:12.269 And his singling her out with his secrets. 00:12:12.269 --> 00:12:15.720 On the authority of ‘A’ishah, may Allah be pleased with her, who said: 00:12:15.720 --> 00:12:18.720 The Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, called for 00:12:18.720 --> 00:12:23.720 Fatimah, peace be upon her, during his final illness in which he passed away. 00:12:23.720 --> 00:12:27.779 He whispered something to her, and she wept. 00:12:27.779 --> 00:12:32.779 Then he called for her again, whispered something to her, and she laughed. 00:12:32.779 --> 00:12:35.779 We asked her about that, and she said: 00:12:35.779 --> 00:12:39.779 The Prophet, peace be upon him, whispered to me 00:12:39.779 --> 00:12:43.779 That he would pass away during the illness in which he died, 00:12:43.779 --> 00:12:45.779 So I wept. 00:12:45.779 --> 00:12:47.909 Then he whispered to me again, 00:12:47.909 --> 00:12:51.909 And informed me that I would be the first of his household to follow him, 00:12:51.909 --> 00:12:53.909 So I laughed. 00:12:53.909 --> 00:12:56.740 The fourth point: 00:12:56.740 --> 00:12:59.740 That she is among the perfect women. 00:12:59.740 --> 00:13:02.840 On the authority of Anas Ibn Malik, may Allah be pleased with him, 00:13:02.840 --> 00:13:06.840 That the Prophet, peace be upon him, said: 00:13:06.840 --> 00:13:09.870 "Sufficient for you among the women of the worlds are: 00:13:09.870 --> 00:13:11.870 Maryam bint ‘Imran, 00:13:11.870 --> 00:13:14.870 Khadijah bint Khuwaylid, 00:13:14.870 --> 00:13:17.870 Fatimah bint Muhammad, 00:13:17.870 --> 00:13:20.870 And Asiyah, the wife of Pharaoh." 00:13:20.870 --> 00:13:23.190 The fifth point: 00:13:23.190 --> 00:13:28.289 The magnitude of her trials and her patience in losing her entire family: 00:13:28.289 --> 00:13:31.289 Her mother, her brothers, and her sisters, 00:13:31.289 --> 00:13:35.289 And then her father, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him. 00:13:35.289 --> 00:13:37.769 Ibn Kathir said: 00:13:37.769 --> 00:13:42.769 "As for Fatimah, the daughter of the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, 00:13:42.769 --> 00:13:47.769 She was distinguished with greater virtue than her sisters, 00:13:47.769 --> 00:13:52.769 Because she was afflicted by the loss of the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, 00:13:52.769 --> 00:13:54.769 Whereas the rest of her sisters 00:13:54.769 --> 00:13:59.769 Had died during the lifetime of the Prophet, peace be upon him." 00:13:59.769 --> 00:14:04.179 Her death, may Allah be pleased with her: 00:14:04.179 --> 00:14:09.629 Fatimah, may Allah be pleased with her, passed away on the night of Tuesday, 00:14:09.629 --> 00:14:12.629 The third of the month of Ramadan, 00:14:12.629 --> 00:14:15.629 In the year eleven after the Hijrah. 00:14:15.629 --> 00:14:19.629 She was twenty-nine years old, 00:14:19.629 --> 00:14:22.629 Though it is also said she was thirty. 00:14:22.629 --> 00:14:26.629 She remained after the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, 00:14:26.629 --> 00:14:30.629 For six months, according to the most well-known accounts. 00:14:30.629 --> 00:14:34.629 This is what is established from ‘A’ishah in the Sahih. 00:14:34.629 --> 00:14:38.049 She was buried in al-Baqi‘. 00:14:38.049 --> 00:14:41.049 From this event and what relates to it, 00:14:41.049 --> 00:14:43.049 We derive lessons: 00:14:43.049 --> 00:14:44.049 First: 00:14:44.049 --> 00:14:48.049 The intensity of the attachment of Fatimah al-Zahra’, may Allah be pleased with her, 00:14:48.049 --> 00:14:52.049 To the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him. 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, 00:14:58.049 --> 00:15:01.049 As she withered away from longing and sorrow, 00:15:01.049 --> 00:15:05.269 Until her pure soul departed. 00:15:05.269 --> 00:15:06.269 Second: 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, 00:15:11.269 --> 00:15:14.269 And there is no prohibition in that. 00:15:14.269 --> 00:15:16.659 Third: 00:15:16.659 --> 00:15:21.659 The biography of Fatimah, may Allah be pleased with her, her virtues, and her merits 00:15:21.659 --> 00:15:24.659 Warrant increasing our love and reverence for her, 00:15:24.659 --> 00:15:27.659 And spreading her story among women, 00:15:27.659 --> 00:15:32.659 So that she may be a beautiful model for them of the righteous woman. 00:15:32.659 --> 00:15:35.230 Fourth: 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, 00:15:41.230 --> 00:15:45.649 The poverty of one’s spouse, and the loss of loved ones. 00:15:45.649 --> 00:15:46.649 Fifth: 00:15:46.649 --> 00:15:50.649 The succession of sorrows and the endurance of longing 00:15:50.649 --> 00:15:55.649 Do not leave their bearer in this life for long. 00:15:55.649 --> 00:15:59.409 Ramadan: 00:15:59.409 --> 00:16:01.409 Events and Lessons.