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Ramadan events and lessons | Episode (11) | The death of Fatima Al-Zahra, may God be pleased with her, the daughter of the Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace
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In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.
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A summary of the book:
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Ramadan: Events and Lessons.
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The passing of Fatimah al-Zahra,
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the daughter of the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him.
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The time was the night of Tuesday,
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the third day of Ramadan,
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in the eleventh year of the Hijrah.
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The noble lady,
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the mother of the two Hasans (al-Hasan and al-Husayn),
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Fatimah, daughter of the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him,
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may the pleasure of Allah be upon her.
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She was one of the four daughters
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of the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him,
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born to Khadijah, may Allah be pleased with her.
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Fatimah is the most noble of those four,
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the very heart of the matter,
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and the centerpiece of the necklace.
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She was a blessed fruit from a noble orchard,
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a glorious descendant of an authentic lineage,
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and a magnificent example of the believing woman.
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She was a radiant model of a life of purity, obedience,
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courage, and patience.
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She tasted the bitterness of losing her loved ones,
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yet she displayed immense fortitude,
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despite her youth and lack of experience.
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She was raised in the house of Prophethood upon every noble deed
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and beautiful character.
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She saw nothing but the best of actions,
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witnessed nothing but the purest of traits,
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and heard nothing but the most truthful of words.
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She grew up with righteousness filling her being,
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and purity adorning her outward and inward self,
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until she reached the age of womanhood.
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The Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, chose for her
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the best young bachelor among his Companions,
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and the most favored of his kin.
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He joined her with him,
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so that this blessed marriage might yield
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a pure lineage that remains to this day.
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Fatimah, may Allah be pleased with her, lived
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with her cousin Ali, may Allah be pleased with him,
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a happy life,
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shaded by clouds of love and joy,
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and built upon piety and asceticism.
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She did not boast to him of being the daughter of the best of mankind,
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nor did she pride herself on her great status in the heart of the Prophet, peace be upon him.
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Rather, she was the epitome of righteousness, humility, and good companionship.
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Her life with him did not last long,
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for death claimed her swiftly.
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The father of her pure children did not live with her for long.
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It was the night of Tuesday,
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the third of Ramadan,
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in the year 11 AH,
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that was the appointed time for her departure from this world,
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and her joining the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, her mother,
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and her brothers and sisters.
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An introduction to the mother of the two Hasans, may Allah be pleased with them.
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She is Fatimah, daughter of the master of creation, Muhammad ibn Abdullah, peace be upon him,
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and her mother is Khadijah bint Khuwaylid, may Allah be pleased with her.
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She was the best and youngest of the daughters of the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him,
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and the most beloved to his heart,
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for reasons including
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that she was the remaining memory of her late mother, Khadijah,
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and her brothers and sisters who all died during his lifetime.
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And also because of her great love and attachment to him, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him.
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She was nicknamed 'al-Zahra', meaning the radiant or fair-complexioned.
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Her birth:
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Fatimah, may Allah be pleased with her, was born while the Ka'bah was being rebuilt,
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and the Prophet, peace be upon him, was thirty-five years old.
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It is said she was born in the forty-first year of the Prophet's life, peace be upon him.
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Her birth was shortly before the Prophetic mission,
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about a year or more.
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She was about five years older than 'A'ishah, may Allah be pleased with her.
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Her marriage to Ali, may Allah be pleased with them both:
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Ali, may Allah be pleased with him, married her in early Muharram,
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though it is said in Safar, in the second year of the Hijrah,
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after the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, had consummated his marriage with 'A'ishah,
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by four and a half months.
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Other opinions exist.
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He consummated the marriage with her nine and a half months after the wedding contract.
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Her age on the day of her marriage was
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fifteen years, five months, and a half.
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The age of Ali, may Allah be pleased with him, was
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twenty-one years and five months.
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It is said he married her in Rajab, the year they arrived in Madinah,
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and consummated the marriage upon his return from Badr,
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at which time she was eighteen years old.
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Her dowry was a Hutamiyyah coat of mail belonging to Ali, may Allah be pleased with him.
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For Ibn 'Abbas, may Allah be pleased with them both, said:
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When Ali married Fatimah,
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the Prophet, peace be upon him, said:
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"Give her something."
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He replied, "I have nothing."
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He said, "Where is your Hutamiyyah coat of mail?"
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I said, "It is with me."
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He said, "Then give it to her."
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She lived with Ali, may Allah be pleased with him,
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patient with his limited means,
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to the point that she would serve herself in the days of slave girls and servants.
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For Ali, may Allah be pleased with him, reported:
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That Fatimah, peace be upon her, complained of the effect of the hand-mill,
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and the Prophet, peace be upon him, had received some captives.
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She went but did not find him,
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so she found 'A'ishah and told her.
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When the Prophet, peace be upon him, came,
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'A'ishah told him of Fatimah's visit.
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The Prophet, peace be upon him, came to us
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while we had already taken to our beds.
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I went to get up,
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but he said, "Stay where you are."
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He sat between us until I felt the coolness of his feet
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on my chest.
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He said, "Shall I not teach you both
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something better than what you asked me for?
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When you go to your beds,
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say 'Allahu Akbar' thirty-four times,
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'SubhanAllah' thirty-three times,
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and 'Alhamdulillah' thirty-three times.
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That is better for you than a servant."
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Ali did not marry anyone else while married to Fatimah, may Allah be pleased with them both,
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until she died.
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Her children, may Allah be pleased with them:
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Ibn Kathir said:
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She bore him al-Hasan and al-Husayn,
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and it is said, Muhsin.
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She also bore him Umm Kulthum and Zaynab.
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'Umar ibn al-Khattab married,
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during his caliphate, Umm Kulthum,
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the daughter of Ali ibn Abi Talib from Fatimah,
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and he honored her greatly.
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He gave her a dowry of forty thousand dirhams,
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because of her lineage from the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him.
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She bore him Zayd ibn 'Umar ibn al-Khattab.
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When 'Umar ibn al-Khattab was killed,
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she was married after him by her cousin 'Awn ibn Ja'far,
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who then died.
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Then his brother Muhammad married her,
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and he died.
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Then their brother 'Abdullah ibn Ja'far married her,
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and she died while married to him.
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'Abdullah ibn Ja'far had previously
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married her sister Zaynab bint Ali,
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and she also died while married to him.
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Her virtues, may Allah be pleased with her:
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The first:
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That she is the leader of the women.
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'A'ishah, Mother of the Believers, may Allah be pleased with her, said:
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We, the wives of the Prophet, peace be upon him, were all with him,
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not one of us was absent.
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Fatimah, peace be upon her, came walking,
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and by Allah, her gait was no different from the gait of the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him.
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When he saw her, he welcomed her and said:
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"Welcome, my daughter."
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Then he seated her to his right or to his left,
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then he whispered something to her,
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and she wept bitterly.
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When he saw her sadness,
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he whispered to her a second time,
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and she laughed.
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I said to her, among his wives,
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"The Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, singled you out with a secret from among us,
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and then you weep?"
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When the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, stood up,
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I asked her what he had whispered to her.
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She said:
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"I would not disclose the secret of the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him."
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When he passed away,
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I said to her:
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"I adjure you by the right I have over you,
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tell me."
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She said:
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"As for now, yes."
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She told me, saying:
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"When he whispered to me the first time,
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he told me that Jibril used to review the Qur'an with him once every year,
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but this year he reviewed it with me twice,
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and I see that my time is drawing near.
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So fear Allah and be patient,
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for I am the best predecessor for you."
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She said:
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"So I wept as you saw.
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When he saw my distress,
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he whispered to me a second time and said:
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'O Fatimah,
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are you not pleased to be the leader of the women of the believers,
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or the leader of the women of this Ummah?'"
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The second:
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That she is a part of the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him,
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and what angers her angers him,
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and what harms her harms him.
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From al-Miswar ibn Makhramah, may Allah be pleased with them both:
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That the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, said:
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"Fatimah is a part of me,
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so whoever angers her, angers me."
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And in the two Sahihs:
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"Fatimah is a part of me,
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and it harms me what harms her."
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The third point:
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The great love the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, had for her.
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His comforting of her heart.
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And his singling her out with his secrets.
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On the authority of ‘A’ishah, may Allah be pleased with her, who said:
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The Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, called for
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Fatimah, peace be upon her, during his final illness in which he passed away.
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He whispered something to her, and she wept.
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Then he called for her again, whispered something to her, and she laughed.
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We asked her about that, and she said:
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The Prophet, peace be upon him, whispered to me
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That he would pass away during the illness in which he died,
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So I wept.
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Then he whispered to me again,
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And informed me that I would be the first of his household to follow him,
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So I laughed.
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The fourth point:
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That she is among the perfect women.
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On the authority of Anas Ibn Malik, may Allah be pleased with him,
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That the Prophet, peace be upon him, said:
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"Sufficient for you among the women of the worlds are:
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Maryam bint ‘Imran,
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Khadijah bint Khuwaylid,
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Fatimah bint Muhammad,
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And Asiyah, the wife of Pharaoh."
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The fifth point:
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The magnitude of her trials and her patience in losing her entire family:
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Her mother, her brothers, and her sisters,
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And then her father, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him.
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Ibn Kathir said:
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"As for Fatimah, the daughter of the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him,
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She was distinguished with greater virtue than her sisters,
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Because she was afflicted by the loss of the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him,
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Whereas the rest of her sisters
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Had died during the lifetime of the Prophet, peace be upon him."
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Her death, may Allah be pleased with her:
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Fatimah, may Allah be pleased with her, passed away on the night of Tuesday,
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The third of the month of Ramadan,
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In the year eleven after the Hijrah.
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She was twenty-nine years old,
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Though it is also said she was thirty.
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She remained after the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him,
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For six months, according to the most well-known accounts.
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This is what is established from ‘A’ishah in the Sahih.
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She was buried in al-Baqi‘.
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From this event and what relates to it,
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We derive lessons:
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First:
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The intensity of the attachment of Fatimah al-Zahra’, may Allah be pleased with her,
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To the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him.
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For this reason, she could not endure the grief of his separation for more than six months,
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As she withered away from longing and sorrow,
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Until her pure soul departed.
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Second:
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A father’s love for one of his daughters may increase due to reasons that warrant it,
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And there is no prohibition in that.
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Third:
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The biography of Fatimah, may Allah be pleased with her, her virtues, and her merits
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Warrant increasing our love and reverence for her,
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And spreading her story among women,
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So that she may be a beautiful model for them of the righteous woman.
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Fourth:
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In the life of Fatimah, may Allah be pleased with her, are lessons in patience through the hardships of life,
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The poverty of one’s spouse, and the loss of loved ones.
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Fifth:
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The succession of sorrows and the endurance of longing
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Do not leave their bearer in this life for long.
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Ramadan:
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