Fatema
martyred: succumbing to the Wound
Thus after seventy-five or
ninety days after the departure of the Holy Prophet, as prophesied, the
Holy Lady passed away. But before breathing her last, she called Ali and
desired that none of those particularly a few ones, who had turned
hostile to the House of the Prophet and violated the will of the Apostle
of God, should be informed of her departure from this world, and that
she should be quietly buried in the darkness of the night.
Some reporters say that
when the body was lowered into the grave, by Ali, in the grave appeared
the two hands of the Holy Prophet, with a voice addressing Ali:-
"Come on! Ali! Return
thou the part of mine, to me".
It is said that Ali shedding tears responded to the voice saying:-
"I am ashamed of thee
O' Apostle of God,for I took Fatema from thee sound in her body but I am
now returning her unto thee rib-broken".
Thus the Holy Lady was the
first of the martyrs among the Ahlul-Bait, after the departure of the
Holy Prophet.
It is now left to the
intelligent ones of the readers to judge the position of those who
annoyed this holy one of God, (i.e., Lady Fatema) under the apostolic
announcements of the Holy Prophet and the verse of the Holy Qur'an
referred to above.
It is authentically
reported that the Holy Lady once referring to her miserable plight and
the sorrowful life she had to lead, addressing her father, the Holy
Prophet, standing before his grave, said :- "Oh! Father dear! After
thee, fell on me such miseries that had they fallen on bright days, the
bright days would have turned into darkest nights.
The Holy Lady of Light left
behind two sons and two daughters whose ages at the time of her
departing from them, were :-
Hasan about 8 years.
Husain about 7 years.
Zainab (daughter) about 6
years.
Umme Kulthoom (daughter)
about 5 years.
Source - Husain The
Saviour of Islam, by S.V. Mir Ahmad Ali. |