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|data21= Kunyas: Umm al-Hasan, Umm al-Husayn, {{nowrap|[[Umm Abiha]] {{smaller|(mother of her father)}}}}, [[al-Batul]], al-Siddiqa, al-Tahira, al-Marziyya | |data21= Kunyas: Umm al-Hasan, Umm al-Husayn, {{nowrap|[[Umm Abiha]] {{smaller|(mother of her father)}}}}, [[al-Batul]], al-Siddiqa, al-Tahira, al-Marziyya | ||
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'''Fāṭima (a)''' (Arabic: {{ia|فاطِمَة}}) commonly known as '''Fāṭimat al-Zahrā (a)''' {{ia|فاطِمَة الزهراء}}) (b. 5BH/614 - d. 11/632) was the daughter of [[the Holy Prophet (s)]] of Islam (a) and [[Lady Khadija (a)]] and was also the wife of [[Imam Ali (a)]]. She was one of the five [[Ashab al-Kisa'|Members of the Cloak]], who are taken as being part of [[the Fourteen Infallibles]] by the [[Twelver Shias]]. | '''Fāṭima (a)''' (Arabic: {{ia|فاطِمَة}}) commonly known as '''Fāṭimat al-Zahrā (a)''' {{ia|فاطِمَة الزهراء}}) (b. 5BH/614 - d. 11/632) was the daughter of [[the Holy Prophet (s)]] of Islam (a) and [[Lady Khadija (a)]] and was also the wife of [[Imam Ali (a)]]. She was one of the five [[Ashab al-Kisa'|Members of the Cloak]], who are taken as being part of [[the Fourteen Infallibles]] by the [[Twelver Shias]]. The [[Imam Hasan (a)|second]] and [[Imam Husain (a)|third]] Imams, as well as [[Lady Zaynab (a)]] were her children. Zahra, [[Al-Batul]], [[Sayyidat Nisa' al-'Alamin]] and [[Umm Abiha]] are among [[Titles of Lady Fatima (a)|her epithets]]. She was also the only lady to accompany the Holy Prophet (a) for the [[Mubahala]] with the Christians of [[Najran]]. | ||
Not only was she staunchly opposed to the [[event of Saqifa]], but was adamant that with its commencement, the [[caliphate]] of the [[first caliph]] was one based and founded on usurpation and because of this she never gave her [[oath of allegiance]]. In defense of the right to caliphate of Imam Ali (a) and in trying to reclaim the [[Usurpation of Fadak|usurped land of Fadak]], she delivered a speech that became famously known as the [[Fadakiyya sermon]]. | |||
After the passing away of the Holy Prophet (a), Fatima (a) was injured when a group of supporters of the first caliph, Abu Bakr, attacked her home. As a result of this, she became very ill and after a very short space of time, left this world on the 3rd of Jami al-Thani in the 11th year of the Hijri Lunar calendar. The blessed body of the Holy Prophet’s (a) daughter, by her own wish, was buried at night and in secret and the location of her grave remained unknown. | |||
Fatima (a) was | The chapter of al-Kawthar and verses such as the verse of “Purification”, the verse of “Love” and the verse of “Feeding”, as well as many traditions such as the tradition of “ Fatima is a part of me” and the tradition of “If it were not for Fatima”, were revealed and narrated in honor and praise of Lady Fatima (a). In another tradition it is narrated that the Holy Prophet (a) had introduced Lady Fatima (a) as the most superior woman of both Worlds and has equated her anger and discontent with that of Allah’s anger and discontent. | ||
It was to her that the Holy Prophet (a) taught the “Tasbeeh”, which came to be known as the Tasbeeh of al-Zahra (a) and it was to her that the Angel of Allah (swt) descended and had their discourses were recorded in a book known as the Mushaf of Fatima (a) by Imam Ali (a). This book was passed down from Imam to Imam and it is currently in the possession of the Final Imam, Imam al-Mahdi (a). | |||
The Shias take Lady Fatima (a) to be their role model, and during the days of her martyrdom, known as the “Days of Fatima (a)” partake in and hold mourning ceremonies for her. | |||
Her birthday, which is reported to be on the 20th of Jami al-Thani, is celebrated as Women’s and Mother’s Day in the Islamic Republic of Iran. In addition, the names Fatima and Zahra are from the most common names by which Muslims girls are called. | |||
==Lineage, Kunya, and Titles== | ==Lineage, Kunya, and Titles== | ||