Funeral and burial of Lady Fatima al-Zahra (a): Difference between revisions

'''Funeral and burial of Lady Fāṭima al-Zahrā (a)''' refers to the night and her secret burial in the year [[11 AH|11]]/[[632 CE|632]]. Lady Fatima (a), the daughter of the [[Prophet (s)]] and the wife of [[Imam Ali (a)]], had willed that she be buried secretly at night so that [[Abu Bakr b. Abi Quhafa]] and [['Umar b. al-Khattab]] would not be present at her funeral. This will is considered a sign of Lady Fatima's (a) protest against the [[caliph]] and her dissatisfaction with the events after the [[demise of the Prophet (s)]].

Lady Fatimah's body was buried in the presence of a small number of people such as Imam Ali (a), [[Imam al-Hasan (a)]] and [[Imam al-Husayn (a)]], [['Aqil b. Abi Talib]], [['Abbas b. 'Abd al-Muttalib]], [['Ammar b. Yasir]], [[Miqdad b. Aswad]], [[Zubayr b. 'Awam]], [[Abu Dhar al-Ghifari]] and [[Salman al-Farsi]] and without the presence of Abu Bakr and 'Umar. The burial place of Lady Fatima (a) is unknown.

Lady Fatimah (a), the daughter of the Prophet (s), died in 11 AH/632 CE after a period of illness and as a result of physical injuries caused to her after the demise of the Prophet (s). There is a disagreement about the date of her martyrdom between forty days and eight months after the demise of the Prophet (s). Ninety five days after the demise of the Prophet (a), i.e. the third of [[Jumada II]], is considered to be the most famous account among the Shiites; and seventy five days after the demise of the Prophet (s), i.e. the [[Jumada I 13]]/[[August 6]], is another account.

According to Sulaym b. Qays, after learning about the prayer and secret burial, 'Umar b. al-Khattab said to Abu Bakr: “I told you that they would do so.” 'Umar also had an argument with 'Abbas b. 'Abd al-Muttalib and accused [[Banu Hashim]] of jealousy. 'Abbas considered it a will of Lady Fatima (a) and said that “she (a) made a will that you two should not pray upon her.”

According to ''[[Bihar al-anwar]]'', 'Umar b. al-Khattab said, “Bring some Muslim women to dig these graves and find the body of Fatima (a), so that we can pray upon it and bury it again and visit her grave.” When [[Imam Ali (a)]] heard about that, he (a) became very angry and went to [[al-Baqi']], and after an argument that broke out between him and 'Umar, 'Umar and his companions, who faced the anger and threats of Ali (a), gave up their decision.

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