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

[[Prophet Muhammad (s)]] was her father, and her mother was [[Khadija bt. Khuwalid]].<ref>Shahidi, ''Zindigani-yi Fatima-yi Zahra'', p.21</ref>

Fatima (a) married [[Imam 'Ali (a)]] in [[2]]/623 in [[Medina]].<ref>Ayati, ''Chikida-yi tarikh-i payambar-i Islam'', p.35</ref> Imam 'Ali (a) sold his armor and gave about 400 [[Dirham]]s to the Prophet (s) as her [[Mahr]]. Without counting them, the Prophet (s) gave a little portion of it to [[Bilal]] and asked him to buy perfume for Fatima; and gave the rest of it to [[Abu Bakr]] and asked him to prepare whatever she was going to need. The Prophet (s) asked a few other companions such as [['Ammar b. Yasir]] to help Abu Bakr in this regard. [[Al-Shaykh al-Tusi]] has mentioned the stuff that they bought and prepared for the lady Fatima (s) in a detailed list.<ref>Al-Tusi, ''al-Amali'', vol. 1, p. 39, as cited in Shahidi, ''Zindigani-yi Fatima-yi Zahra'', pp. 58-59</ref>

Being away from Fatima, his beloved daughter who had kept the memory of [[Khadija]] alive was very difficult for the Prophet (s). So, few days after the marriage, he (s) thought of accommodating them in a house. Since preparing a separated house for them was hard, he (s) decided to accommodate them in his own house. However, it was not possible either; as his house was small and [[Aisha]] and [[Suda]] (his wives) lived with him in the house. When [[Haritha b. Nu'man]], one of his companions, knew that; he gave one of his houses that was near to the Prophet's house to Imam 'Ali (a) and Fatima (a).<ref>Shahidi, ''Zindigani-yi Fatima-yi Zahra'', pp. 72-73; Ibn Sa'd, ''Tabaqat'', vol. 8, pp. 22-23</ref>

Fatima (a) was puzzled and shocked when she heard this. She wondered that how the Prophet (s) could have said this while she, his heiress, or 'Ali (a), his son in law and the nearest person to him, did not know about it. So Fatima (a) resisted against the Caliph and delivered a sermon in [[Masjid al-Nabawi]] in front of [[Muhajirun]] and [[Ansar]] and by reading [[verse]]s of the [[Qur'an]] about offspring of prophets who inherited from their fathers condemned Abu Bakr's opinion and decision.

Ibn Qutayba writes, "After that Fatima became angry at them, Abu Bakr and 'Umar came to her house for propitiating her; but when they asked for permission to enter the house, Fatima did not let them in. So they went to 'Ali and asked him for help. 'Ali took them to the house to Fatima; but Fatima turned his face away from them and did not reply their [[Salam]]. After that Abu Bakr talked, Fatima asked them, "If I narrate for you a [[hadith]] from the Prophet, will you acknowledge that and act according to?" They said, "Yes." Fatima said, "I implore you to [[God]], did you hear the Prophet saying "Fatima's happiness is my happiness and Fatima's anger is my anger; so, whoever like Fatima, my daughter, had liked me and whoever make Fatima happy had made me happy and whoever make Fatima angry had made me angry?"" They replied, "Yes, we heard this from the Apostle of God." Fatima said, "I call God and his angles as witnesses that you two have made me angry and did not made me happy and if I see the Prophet I will complain about you to him." Abu Bakr started talking, but Fatima continued her words addressing him, "By God, I will curse you after each prayer I perform"."<ref>Ibn Qutayba, ''al-Imama wa l-siyasa'', vol. 1, p. 31; Kahhala, ''A'lam al-nisa''', vol. 4, pp. 123-124</ref>

Her anger and annoyance is important because not only Shi'a but also Sunni narrators have quoted the Prophet (s), "Fatima is a part of my body, whoever make her angry has made me angry."{{enote|{{ia|فاطمة بَضعةٌ مِنّي، مَن آذاها فقط آذاني}}}}<ref>Al-Bukhari, ''Sahih'', vol. 4, p. 210</ref> In addition, in this event the confiscators of Fadak denied her right publicly which implies that she had lied in her true claim that his father has given it to her in his life, although she was repelled from all impurities by God as Qur'an explicitly mentions in [[al-Tathir Verse]] ([[Sura al-Ahzab]]:33).

* The political aspect, if 'Ali had started the opposition, it probably could have led to a [[civil war]], armed uprising against the government and, eventually, dissension within the Muslim nation."

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