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

|data6= March 28, 615 <br> ([[Jumada II 20]], 8 years before [[hijra]])

|data9= [[Jumada II 3]], [[11]]/August 26, 632

'''Fāṭima (a)''' (Arabic: {{ia|فاطِمَة}}) commonly known as '''Fāṭima al-Zahrā (a)''' {{ia|فاطِمَة الزهراء}}) (b. 5 after Bi'tha/615 - d. [[11]]/632) was the daughter of the [[Prophet (s)]] of Islam (a) and [[Lady Khadija (a)]] and the wife of [[Imam Ali (a)]]. She is one of the [[Ashab al-Kisa'|People of the Cloak]] and, in [[Twelver Shias|Twelver Shiite]] belief, one of the [[Fourteen Infallibles]]. The [[Imam Hasan (a)|second]] and [[Imam Husain (a)|third]] Imams, as well as [[Lady Zaynab (a)]], were her children. Al-Zahra', [[al-Batul]], [[Sayyidat Nisa' al-'Alamin]] and [[Umm Abiha]] are among [[Titles of Lady Fatima (a)|her epithets]]. She was the only lady chosen by the Holy Prophet (a) to be part of the [[Mubahala]] with the Christians of [[Najran]].

She strongly opposed the decisions made during the [[event of Saqifa]]; she regarded the [[caliphate]] of the [[first caliph]] as illegitimate and, therefore, never paid allegiance to him. In defense of the right of Imam Ali (a) to caliphate and objecting to the [[Usurpation of Fadak]], she delivered a speech that became famous as the [[Fadakiyya sermon]]. After the demise of the Holy Prophet (s), Fatima (a) was injured when an armed group of zealots, at the order of the first caliph, [[Abu Bakr]], stormed her house. As a result of suffering from both physical and emotional wounds that had debilitated her body, she was advised to rest at home. However, after a short time, she passed away on the [[Jumada II 3|3rd of Jumada II]], [[11]]/August 26, 632 in [[Medina]]. The blessed body of the Holy Prophet’s (a) daughter was, as she had requested, buried at night and in private. Since then, the location of her grave has remained unknown.