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Based on the popular opinion amongst the Shia, she was born in the 5th year after [[bi'tha]] (the beginning of the prophetic mission){{enote|5 years after [[bi'tha]] means 8 years before the [[Hijra|the emmigration]] that took place in 622 CE}}, which was also more commonly known as the [[al-Ahqafiyya Year]] i.e. the year in which [[Sura al-Ahqaf]] (Quran 46) was revealed ([[615 CE]]).<ref>''Farhangnāma-yi ʿulūm-i Qurʾān'', vol. 1, p. 2443.</ref> However, [[al-Shaykh al-Mufid]] and [[al-Kaf'ami]] believe her birth to have taken place in the 2nd year after the prophetic mission (612 CE).<ref>Mufīd, ''Masār al-sharīʿa'', p. 54; Kafʿamī, ''al-Miṣbāḥ'', p. 512.</ref> The popularly held opinion amongst the [[Sunni]] scholars is that she was born five years before the beginning of the prophetic mission (605 CE).<ref>Balādhurī, ''Ansāb al-ashrāf'', vol. 1, p. 403; Ibn Saʿd, ''al-Ṭabaqāt al-kubrā'', vol. 1, p. 133; vol. 8, p. 19.</ref> | Based on the popular opinion amongst the Shia, she was born in the 5th year after [[bi'tha]] (the beginning of the prophetic mission){{enote|5 years after [[bi'tha]] means 8 years before the [[Hijra|the emmigration]] that took place in 622 CE}}, which was also more commonly known as the [[al-Ahqafiyya Year]] i.e. the year in which [[Sura al-Ahqaf]] (Quran 46) was revealed ([[615 CE]]).<ref>''Farhangnāma-yi ʿulūm-i Qurʾān'', vol. 1, p. 2443.</ref> However, [[al-Shaykh al-Mufid]] and [[al-Kaf'ami]] believe her birth to have taken place in the 2nd year after the prophetic mission (612 CE).<ref>Mufīd, ''Masār al-sharīʿa'', p. 54; Kafʿamī, ''al-Miṣbāḥ'', p. 512.</ref> The popularly held opinion amongst the [[Sunni]] scholars is that she was born five years before the beginning of the prophetic mission (605 CE).<ref>Balādhurī, ''Ansāb al-ashrāf'', vol. 1, p. 403; Ibn Saʿd, ''al-Ṭabaqāt al-kubrā'', vol. 1, p. 133; vol. 8, p. 19.</ref> | ||
In Shia resources, [[Jumada II 20]] is mentioned as lady fatima's (a) birthday. | In many Shia resources, [[Jumada II 20]] is mentioned as lady fatima's (a) birthday.<ref>Mufīd, Masār al-sharīʿa, p. 54; Ṭūsī, Miṣbāḥ al-mutahajjid, p. 793.</ref> | ||
The lack of extensive historical reports about her childhood and youth makes it difficult to gain an understanding of her early life. According to records, after the Holy Prophet (a) committed himself to the initiative of publicly inviting people to Islam, Lady Fatima (a) was a witness to some of the harsh treatments that the [[polytheists]] subjected him to. In addition to this, for three years of her childhood she was exposed to the harsh financial and social sanctions that were imposed on [[Banu Hashim]] and the followers of the Holy Prophet (s) by the polytheists whilst in the [[Shi'b Abi Talib]].<ref>Ibn Saʿd, ''al-Ṭabaqāt al-kubrā'', vol. 1, p. 163.</ref> | The lack of extensive historical reports about her childhood and youth makes it difficult to gain an understanding of her early life. According to records, after the Holy Prophet (a) committed himself to the initiative of publicly inviting people to Islam, Lady Fatima (a) was a witness to some of the harsh treatments that the [[polytheists]] subjected him to. In addition to this, for three years of her childhood she was exposed to the harsh financial and social sanctions that were imposed on [[Banu Hashim]] and the followers of the Holy Prophet (s) by the polytheists whilst in the [[Shi'b Abi Talib]].<ref>Ibn Saʿd, ''al-Ṭabaqāt al-kubrā'', vol. 1, p. 163.</ref> | ||