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

'''Fāṭima (a)''' (Arabic: {{ia|فاطِمَة}}) commonly known as '''Fāṭima al-Zahrā (a)''' {{ia|فاطِمَة الزهراء}}) (d. [[11]]/[[632 CE|632]]) was the daughter of [[Prophet Muhammad (s)]] 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 Prophet (s) to be part of the [[Mubahala]] with the Christians of [[Najran]].

She opposed the decisions made during the [[event of Saqifa]] and regarded the [[caliphate]] of the [[first caliph]] as illegitimate; therefore, she never paid [[allegiance]] to him. In defense of Imam Ali's right (a) to the caliphate and objecting to the [[Usurpation of Fadak]], she delivered a speech that became famous as the [[al-Fadakiyya sermon]]. After the demise of the Prophet (s), Fatima (a) was injured when an armed group of zealots, at the order of the first caliph, [[Abu Bakr]], stormed her house. She was advised to rest at home due to suffering from both emotional and physical wounds that had debilitated her body. However, after a short time, she passed away on the [[Jumada II 3]], [[11]]/[[August 26]], [[632 CE|632]] in [[Medina]]. The body of the Prophet's (s) daughter was, as she had requested, buried at night and in private. Since then, the location of her grave has not been revealed.