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The martyrdom of Lady Fāṭima al-Zahrāʾ (a) is one of the common and lasting beliefs among Shi'as, according to which Lady Fatima (a), the daughter of the Prophet of Islam (s), did not die a natural death but was rather martyred due to injuries inflicted to her by some of the companions of the Prophet (s). The Sunnis consider her death due to grief and sorrow over the death of the Prophet (s), but the Shi'as consider 'Umar b. Khattab to be the main cause of her martyrdom and mourn for Lady Fatima (a) during the Fatimiyya Days. According to some sources, Muhsin (a), the unborn child of Fatima (a), was also aborted during the incident when she (a) received injuries.
Shi'as have brought arguments from some points for the martyrdom of Lady Fatima (a), e.g. according to a narration from Imam al-Kazim (a), the title of "Siddiqat al-Shahida" has been used for Lady Fatima (a). Also, Muhammad b. Jarir al-Tabari, a Shia theologian of the third/ninth century, in the book Dala'il al-Imama, has narrated a narration from Imam al-Sadiq (a) in which the reason for Fatima’s (a) martyrdom is mentioned to be her abortion due to major trauma.
Shia and Sunni sources have given details of the events leading up to the death of Lady Fatima (a), including the attack on the house of Lady Fatima (a) and Imam Ali (a), the abortion of her unborn child, as well as the slapping and flogging of her. The oldest source cited by the Shi'as in this regard is the Book of Sulaym, written in the first/seventh century. Shi'as have also documented the martyrdom of Fatima (a) in narrations that are also found in Sunni sources. The book al-Hujum 'ala bayt-i Fatima (a) has quoted narrations from 84 narrators in Sunni sources.
Belief in the martyrdom of Lady Fatima (a) has been met with doubts, and they have been given answers. For example, in response to the doubt that the houses of Medina did not have doors at that time, Sayyid Ja'far Murtada al-Amili (d. 1441/2019), a Shia historian, cited narrations in which it was mentioned that it was common for the houses in Medina to have doors at that time.........
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- 1956 CE – Martyrdom of Sayyid 'Abd al-Husayn Wahidi, a member of Fada'iyan-i Islam (Rabi' II 25, 1376 AH)
- 1980 CE – Demise of Kazim Mujtahid Shabistari (Muharram 21, 1401 AH)
- 1994 CE – Demise of Muhammad 'Ali Araki (Jumada II 25, 1415 AH)
- 1328 AH - Birth of Muhammad Taqi Buhlul, an active cleric in the Event of Goharshad Mosque. (June 17, 1910)
- 1377 AH - Demise of al-Sayyid 'Abd al-Husayn Sharaf al-Din al-'Amili, a Shi'a mujtahid and the author of al-Muraja'at and al-Nass wa l-ijtihad. (December 31, 1957)
- 1398 AH - Demise of Mirza Muhammad Gharawi Tabrizi, a Shi'a jurist, writer, and one of the professors of Tabriz Seminary. (May 16, 1978)
- 1432 AH - The re-funeral of the body of Sayyid Muhammad Kazim Qazwini, a jurist, preacher, and writer of the 14th/20th century in Karbala after seventeen years, and the reburial in the Shirazi family's burial site. (May 12, 2011)
- 1434 AH - Demise of Ghulam Riza Ridwani, a member of The Guardian Council and The Assembly of Experts. (April 19, 2013)
