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Hazrat-e Fatemeh (SA)
The great
lady, Hazart-e Fatemeh Zahra (SA) was the dear daughter of the Prophet,
Mohammad (SW). Some Shiite scholars believed that she was born on 20th
of Jamadi-ul-Sani, 5 th A.H. But the majority of Sonnah research
scholars declared that her birth had happened 5 years before Be’sat
(Prophet’s a postleship). By the God’s will, prophet (SW) named her “FATEMEH”.
She also had some other appellations like: Zahra, Batool, Tahereh,
Razieh, Maryam-e Kobra, and Sedigheh.
In her
childhood, she contemplated the Mecca’s pagans’ great animosities,
and also suffered 3years in the place named Sha’be Abitalib under a very
difficult condition.
Her mother,
Hazrat-e Khadijeh (SA) died in 10th A.H. immediately
after the death of Aboutalib, the sincere friend and supporter of the
Prophet Mohammad (SW). This great grief caused that She and Hazrat-e Ali
(Pbuh) and the Prophet (SW) named that year “Om-ul-hozn” which meant the
Grief year. On 13th of Be’sat (the prophet’s apostleship) on
the Prophet’s order, his family and companions immigrated to Medina.
During the
time Medina was the deponent of many wars between the Prophet and
the pagans, in and out of the country. Hazrat-e Fatemeh (SA) married to
his cousin, Hazrat-e Ali (Pbuh), who was one of the most important
characters in Medina. Since Hazrat-e Ali (Pbuh) was always at wars,
especially for the ten years after the immigration to Medina, so she
accomplished all the responsibilities of the family.
Though
Hazrat-e Fatemeh (SA)’s life was full of troubles and sufferings but the
death of Hazrat-e Mohammad (SW) was the most grievous one. The event,
which was the beginning of the more bitter troubles such as the pagans’
outrages upon the decency of their family. Those events motivated her to
be the great supporter for Hazrat-e Ali (Pbuh). Her speeches in Medina
mosque, and the addressees to Ansar and Mohajer’s women, to persuade
them to support Hazrat-e Ali (Pbuh) could be mentioned as examples.
Hazrat-e
Fatemeh (SA) died soon after the death of his father because
of the imposed spiritual and physical sufferings. She was buried in a
secret place according to her will.
LESSONS FROM
THE HAZRAT-E FATEMEH ZAHRA’S LIFE AND CHARACTER
Her Excessive
Passion for God
The Prophet
Mohammad (SW) asked his daughter: “ Dear Fatemeh! What do you wish for?
Now here is an angel who has the God’s message to grant you whatever you
want.”
Hazrat-e
Fatemeh (SA)said: " I would like to be the God’s servant and my desire
is only to see the wonderful appearance of God."
Her “Fearing”
of the Divine Punishment:
When the
Verses of punishment were sent down to Hazrat-e Mohammad (SW), he and
his companions cried hard. Hazrat-e Zahra (SA) asked the reason for
crying and the Prophet (SW) recited the Verses to her.
Hazrat-e
Fatemeh (SA) fell on the ground fearfully and said: “ Woe to the person
who will enter the Hell.”
Her eagerness
to acquire knowledge:
Her father
was the best teacher of humanity, morality, Islam and the unity of God
.She learned a lot of things from her father and her husband [Ali (Pbuh)].She
gathered them all and wiht the help of her husband wrote a book named "Mos-haf-e
Fatemieh".
Her unadorned
appearance:
Salman Farsi
said: “ Once I saw Hazrat-e Fatemeh(SA) with a plain cover. It made me
wonder and I thought the daughters of the Iranian kings and the Rome
Caesars sat on the golden seats and wore embroidered clothes but why did
the daughter of the Prophet (SW) wear such plain dress and cover?
Hazrat-e
Fatemeh responded: “ Oh! Salman, on the Day of Resurrection, God will
provide us with golden seats and adorned clothes.”
About Her
prayer:
There are a
lot of narrations about Fatemeh Zahra(SA)’s prayers, especially about
the prayers in which She had conversations with God. She was the best
worshiper.
She was the
companion of Her husband:
In difficult
situations caused by the death of Hazrat-e Mohammad (SW), She told Her
husband: “My dear Ali! I sacrify my life for you, I will always remain
with you. I am in consort with you in all your happiness or troubles and
sufferings
Her behavior
with her children:
Hazrat-e
Fatemeh (SA) strove to bring up Her children as the brave and virtuous
ones in the society.
Why Was She Martyred?
She was the symbol of womanhood. She embodied in her translucent
personality all those qualities that made her a paradigm of virtue.
The Prophet saluted at her door. The celestial angels sang her praise.
Even God Almighty called her the blessed fountain of Kowsar and
vouchsafed her virtue in the Verse of Purity (Holy Qua’an 33:33).
Yet we see a strange sight at her threshold following the passing away
of her father. A group is clamoring with democratic abandon, threatening
to burn down her house if her husband does not come out and acknowledge
the vote of the gathering at Saqifa Bani Sa’da.
Was it a demonstration of freedom of expression and thought by the Arabs
of Medina? Were they right in questioning the divine decree of
Wilayat-a-Mutlaqa to which they had so solemnly sworn allegiance at
Ghadeer Khum only a few months before? Or was the devil at work to
create dissent and mislead a great nation yet again, as he had done
before with the followers of the Prophets, such as Moses (SA) and Jesus
(SA), in the absence of these divinely appointed personage?
These are the questions that spring to mind when we see the pathetic
situation of Medina in the months immediately after the departure of
Prophet Mohammad (SAWA).
Power was now in the hands of people who had fled the battle scenes in
the time of the Prophet, or had accepted Islam only for political gains.
They were now bent upon a destructive course by transgressing the limits
set by Allah.
Fatemeh (SA), tried to awaken them to the injustice and corruption which
was in its embryonic stage. She cautioned them against the violations of
the principles of social justice that was to permeate the Islamic
administration so painstakingly built by her father, but to no avail.
She warned:
“O’ Muslims! You have been advised not to leave us, not to leave the
Prophet’s family alone and keep distance from the axis of Islam
(Imamate), otherwise you would be confused and vanquished…
“He (the Prophet) left a book that contains secrets as well as
understandable and applicable subjects, but Quran is waiting for
someone (Imam) to whom it can reveal its secrets, open the doors of
knowledge and narrate what is to be read and heard.
“O’ Muslims! How can you reach destination from the black and white
(mere letters) of Quran, unless there be an enlightened, chaste and
well informed scholar (Imam)…
“Rest assured of the coming sedition. Get ready for a splitting sword
and a cruel aggressor, perpetual embarrassment and tyranny of the
unjust…”
They did not listen. Greed for political power had made them blind and
oblivious to divine commandments. The miscreants went ahead and battered
down the door of Fatemeh on Fatemeh herself.
The Prophet’s daughter was seriously injured. Although she attained
immortal martyrdom, her warnings proved prophetic, especially when we
see the tyranny of the Umayyuds and Abbasids that followed the
“democratic vote” of Saqifa and the splintering of Muslims into parties
and sects.
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