LADY FATIMA ZAHRA (A)
ON THE LAST DAY
On the
Day when the oppressed shall bite their hands (in fear); when the
oppressors shall be gathered in humiliation and lowliness, remembering
their disgraceful and shameful deeds:
Then
every one of them shall review his file, which is packed with oppression
against his chosen worshippers. On that Day shall every human, whatever
color, creed, faith, and his deeds may be shall be gathered... no one
will be left behind... even the fetus who was the victim of abortion
shall come that Day to present his case...
Then the
great personality of Lady Zahra (A) shall become manifest to every
soul...
Following are several narrations reported by Ahlul-Bayt (A) regarding
Fatima (A) on the Last Day:
1. Hakim
reported in Al-Mustadrak v.2, p.153 that Ali (S) said:
"I heard the Prophet say:
"On the Day of Rising, a caller shall
announce from beyond the veil: "O gathered people, lower your eyes so
that Fatima, the Daughter of Muhammad, may pass."
This
narration has also been reported by:
Ibn Al-Athir
in Usd al-Ghaba v.5, p.523;
Ganji
Shafiee in Kifayat At-Talib p. 212;
Dhahabi
in Mizan al-Etedal v.2, p.18; and by
Hamwini
in Yanabi' al-Mawaddah p.104, who added the following to it:
Ali (A)
reported that the Prophet said:
"On the Day of Rising, a caller shall call
from the sole of the Throne:
"O people of Resurrection, cast your eyes
down, so that Fatima Bint Muhammad may pass-while holding Al-Hussain's
shirt, which will (still) be saturated with blood.' She will then
embrace the leg of the Throne and say:
"O (Allah), You are the Omnipotent and
Just; pass the judgment between me and those who killed my son." (The
Prophet (S) added): "Then He shall judge according to my Sunnah, by the
Lord of Kaaba, Fatima will then say:
"O Allah! grant me intercedence for
everyone who cried for his disaster; Allah will then grant her
intercedence for them."
2. Abu
Nu'aym in Dala'el al-Nobowwah, Ibn Hajar in al-Sawa'iq al-Muhriqah, and
others have reported that Abu Ayuoub Ansari said:
"The Messenger of Allah said: A caller
shall call from the sole of the Throne: O gathered people, lower your
heads and cast your eyes down so that Fatima Bint Muhammad may pass on
the Path. ' He added: `She then passes accompanied by seventy thousand
Huri Al-Een, as if they were a flashing light."
3. Many
Sunni Scholars have reported that Allah's Messenger stated that Lady
Fatima Zahra shall arrive at the gathering place (while) riding Ghadha'
or Gusua female camel.
4. Jaber
Ibn Abdullah Ansari said:
"I said to Abu Ja'far (Al-Baqir (A)): `May
I be your sacrifice son of Allah's Messenger; narrate to me a hadith in
regard to the noble traits of your grandmother Fatima, so that if I
report it to your Shiites (followers), they would rejoice at (hearing)
it!'
Abu Ja'far (A) said: `My father told me
that my grandfather reported that Allah's Messenger said:
"On the Day of Rising, Minbars of light
shall be erected for the prophets and messengers, of which my Minbar
shall be the highest among all Minbars on that day. Allah will then say:
Deliver a speech,' so I will deliver a speech that none of the prophets
or messengers have ever heard. Then for the successors (of prophets)
shall be erected Minbars of light, and in the middle of these Minbars
one shall be erected for my successor, Ali Ibn Abu Talib, which will be
higher than all their Minbars. Allah will then say:
"Ali, deliver a speech.' So he will
deliver a speech like no successor has ever heard before. Then for the
children of the prophets and messengers shall be erected Minbars of
light; among them shall be a Minber of light for my two sons, grandsons
and the two flowers of my life (Al-Hassan and Al-Hussain). Then it shall
be said to them: "Deliver speeches." So they will deliver two speeches
like none of the children of the prophets and messengers have ever heard
before!
"A caller-Gabriel-shall then call:
`Where is Fatima Bint Muhammad?'
She (A) will
rise..." (until he said):
'Allah, the blessed and exalted is His
Name, shall say:
`O people of the gathering; to whom does
honor belong today?'
So Muhammad, Ali, Hassan and Al-Hussain
(A) will say:
'To Allah, The one, The Almighty
'Allah the Exalted will say:
"O people of the gathering: lower your
heads and cast your eyes down, for this is Fatima proceeding towards
Paradise.' Gabriel shall then bring her a female camel from the female
camels of Paradise; its sides shall be embellished, its muzzle with
fresh pearls, and it shall have a saddle of coral. It shall kneel down
in her presence; so she will ride it. Allah will then send 100, 000
angels to accompany her on her right side; and 100, 000 angels to
accompany her on her left side; and 100, 000 angels to lift her onto
their wings until they bring her to the gate of Paradise. When she is
near the gate of Paradise, she will look to her side. Allah will then
say:
"Daughter of My beloved, why did you look
to your side after I gave the command that you enter my Paradise?"
She will
say: "My Lord, I wished that my position would be realized on such a
Day!"
Allah
will say:
"Daughter of My beloved!
Go back and look for everyone in whose
heart was love for you or for any of your progeny; take their hand and
lead them into paradise!"
Abu Ja'far (A)
said: "By Allah; Jabir, she will pick her Shiites (followers) and
those who love her just like a bird picks good seeds from bad seeds. So
that when her Shiites are near the gate of Paradise, Allah will inspire
their hearts to look to their sides; when they do--- Allah, The
Almighty, will say:
My beloved ones, why did you look around
when Fatima, the daughter of my beloved one, interceded for you?'
They
will answer: `Our Lord! We hoped that our position would be known on
such a day!'
Allah
will then say: `My beloved ones, go back and look for everyone who
loved you for your love for Fatima;
Look for everyone who fed you for the love
of Fatima;
Look for everyone who clothed you for the
love of Fatima;
Look for everyone who gave you a drink for
the love of Fatima;
Look for everyone who prevented (Gheeba)
backbiting from being done against you for the love of Fatima...
Take their hands and lead them into
Paradise... "'
5. Ibn
Abbas said: "I heard Amir Al-Mo'mineen, Ali (A) say:
Once the Messenger of Allah entered the
house of Fatima and found her in a sad mood. So he said: `What has made
you sad daughter?'
Fatima
replied: `Father, I remembered the gathering (Day), and people
standing naked on the Day of Resurrection!'
He said:
Daughter, surely it will be a great Day. But Gabriel informed me that
Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, said that the first one upon whom
the ground shall be split opened is me, then your husband, Ali Ibn Abu
Talib (A); then Allah shall send Gabriel accompanied by seventy thousand
angels and he will erect on your grave seven domes of light, after which
Israfil will bring you three garments of light and stand by your head
and say to you:
"O Fatima Bint Muhammad, rise towards your
gathering place."
"You (Fatima) shall then rise secure from
fear and veiled (in privacy). Israfil will hand you the garments and you
will wear them. Rafael will then bring you a female camel of light; its
muzzle shall be made of
fresh pearls and on it shall be a howdan of gold. You will ride it and
Rafael shall lead it by its muzzle while seventy thousand angels holding
the banners of glorification accompany you.
When the caravan hurries with you, seventy
thousand Huris shall receive you rejoicing at seeing you; while every
one of them will be holding a censer of light from which the fragrance
of incense is spread without fire. They shall be wearing crowns of
jewels embellished with green chrysolites."
6. Bihar
v.10, on the authority of Amali (by Saduq) reports that Imam Baqir (A)
said:
"I heard Jabir Ibn Abdullah Ansari say:
Allah's Messenger said: "On the Day of Rising, My daughter, Fatima,
shall arrive riding a female camel from among the camels of Paradise-to
her right shall be seventy thousand angels and to her left shall also be
seventy thousand angels; Gabriel will be holding its muzzle and calling
with the loudest of voices: `Cast down your eyes so that Fatima Bint
Muhammad may pass!"
"Then shall no prophet, messenger,
truthful one, or martyr remain without casting their eyes down until
Fatima passes... Then a call shall come from the side of Allah, the
Exalted:
My beloved one and the daughter of my
beloved one; ask Us and you shall be given (whatever you wish), and
intercede, your intercedence shall be accepted. By my Honor and
Exaltation, the oppression of no oppressor shall pass My (judgement)
today.
She
(Fatima) will then say:
"O Allah, My Master;
My progeny, My Shiites (followers), the
Shiites of my progeny, those who love me and those who love my progeny."
She will
then hear a call from Allah's side, may His Name be exalted:
"Where are Fatima's progeny, her Shiites,
those who love her, and those who love her progeny?" They will then come
forward, surrounded by angels of mercy, and Fatima will lead them into
Paradise." |