Lady Fatimah al-Zahra' (a): Difference between revisions

Fatima (a) was content with minimum clothing and food. She lived a tough life and did all the chores around the house, such as, hoisting the bucket of water from the well, sweeping the house, grinding corn or wheat, and looking after children. Sometimes she moved the quern with one hand and put her child to sleep with the other.

 

Ibn Sa'd has narrated that Imam Ali (a) said, "The day I married Fatima we had a sheepskin, on which we sleep at night and feed our camel on day, and we did not have any servant except than this camel by which we hoist water from well."

 

Once Ali (a) told a man from Banu Sa'd, "Do you want me to tell you a story of Fatima and me?, Fatima was the most beloved person by her father. She carried water in my house many times that its band had marked her chest skin, and moved the quern very mush that there was calluses on her hand, and swept the house many times that the color of her clothes had changed to the one of the dust."

 

In the married life, Fatima was responsible for indoor chores, such as cooking and taking care of children; while Ali was responsible for outdoor chores, such as buying and provision of firewood.

 

It has been narrated that when the Prophet (s) came to Fatima (a) and Ali's (a) house [for the first time after their marriage,] he asked Fatima (a), "How did you find your husband?" She replied, "The best husband…" Then he advised 'Ali (a) to take care Fatima (a) and her to take of him.

Ali (a) said, "by God, from that day to the end of her life, I did not do anything that made her angry and did not force her to do something, conversely, she never made me angry nor disobeyed me. Truly, whenever I looked at her my distress and sadness were dispelled."

 

As soon as the [[Battle of Uhud]] was over, she was informed that her father was injured. She and a group of women took water and food and went toward the battlefield. The women gave water to the injured and bandaged their wounds as she went to the Prophet (s). His face was hit by a stone that caused a severe bleeding. She washed the wound but the blood did not stop, so she burned a piece of wicker and put its ash on the wound to stop it from bleeding. In this battle [[Hamza]], the Prophet's paternal uncle, and more than 70 Muslims were [[martyred]]. According to al-Waqidi, after the battle, every two or three days, Fatima (a) went to their graves at Uhud, mourned at their graves and prayed for them.

 

[[Imam al-Sadiq (a)]] narrates from his fathers from [[Imam al-Hasan al-Mujtaba (a)]], "My mother stayed up all Friday's nights in her [[Mihrab]] for worship".

 

Al-Hasan al-Basri, a Sunni personality, says, "In this nation (Islam nation) no one was more prayerful than Fatima. She stood up for Salat very much that her feet got swollen."

 

[[Tasbih of Lady Fatima]], is one of the most famous tasbihs which has been narrated in authentic book of both Shi'a and Sunni. This tasbih is one of the most important and common rites after the [[daily prayers]]. It consists of 34 times "[[Allah akbar]]" (Allah is greater), 33 times "Al-hamd li-Allah" (all praise belongs to [[Allah]]), and 33 times "Subhan Allah" (exalted be Allah).

 

Moreover, [[Sayyid b. Tawus]] has quoted some supplications from her that are read after the daily prayers. Some other supplications, for eliminating problems, has been narrated from her as well.

 

[[Imam al-Hasan (a)]] says, "My mother stayed up all Friday nights in her Mihrab for worship, and when she wanted to [[pray]], she prayed for other Muslims but not for herself. Once I asked her, "O, mother! Why don't you pray for yourself like you do for others?" She said, "O, my son! The neighbor first, then the house (the neighbor is more important than yourself)."