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

After Abu Bakr seized Fadak away from Fatima (a) and used its profits for the benefit of his government, he was met with her opposition.<ref>Jawharī al-Baṣrī, ''al-Saqīfa wa l-Fadak'', p. 109.</ref> To reclaim what was rightfully hers, she tried to dialogue with Abu Bakr and after providing proofs and witnesses for her claim,<ref>Jawharī al-Baṣrī, ''al-Saqīfa wa l-Fadak'', p. 109.</ref> Abu Bakr gave her the deed to [[fadak|the land of Fadak]]. Following on from this incident, [[Umar b. al-Khattab]] took the deed and tore it. Some sources narrate that Umar hit Fatima (a), and it was because of this that she miscarried her child.<ref>Ḥalabī, ''al-Sīra al-Ḥalabīyya'', vol. 3, p. 488; Mufīd, ''al-Ikhtiṣāṣ'', p. 184-185.</ref> After seeing that her attempts to try and reclaim Fadak had yielded no results, she went to [[Al-Masjid al-Nabawi|the mosque of the Prophet (s)]] and delivered a speech, which later became known as the al-Fadakiyya sermon, in the presence of the companions in which she severely criticized the seizing of Fadak and the usurpation of the caliphate. Fatima (a), in this speech, warned that the actions and the results of the actions of Abu Bakr and his followers would be the fire of [[Hell]].<ref>Ṭabarī, ''Dalāʾil al-imāma'', p. 110-121.</ref>