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===Birth and Early Childhood===
===Birth and Early Childhood===
Based on the popular opinion amongst the Shia, she was born in the 5th year after [[bi'tha]] (the beginning of the prophetic mission)<ref>Five years after [[bi'tha]] equals nine years before the [[Hijra|the emmigration]] that took place in 622 CE</ref>, which was also more commonly known as the [[al-Ahqafiyya Year]], i.e., the year in which [[Quran 46]] was revealed ([[8 BH]]/[[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]] (11 BH/612).<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)<ref>Five years after [[bi'tha]] equals nine years before the [[Hijra|the emmigration]] that took place in 622 CE</ref>, which was also more commonly known as the [[al-Ahqafiyya Year]], i.e., the year in which [[Quran 46]] was revealed ([[8 BH]]/[[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]] (11 BH/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 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>
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>
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