On the Martyrdom of Fatima
al-Zahra alayhas-salam
The final messenger of Allah
to humanity – the holy Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him and his pure
family, had been the target of many assassination attempts, which
thankfully failed to materialise. In their relentless endeavour to
eliminate the prophet of mercy to mankind, the forces of evil eventually
succeeded to murder the Messenger of Allah by poisoning. The first
signs of the fatal illness appeared on Thursday 24th Safar,
11 Hejri, after the poison was administered to him the day before. By
Monday 28th Safar the prophet succumbed to death.
For three days, the shocked and
grief-stricken citizens of Medina in turn offered prayers, and on the
third day of his death, the body of the holy prophet was buried.
However, the Prophet’s assassins did
not waste much time to embark on yet another murderous campaign – this
time on the Ahl-al-Bayt – the Household of the murdered prophet.
"Fatima is
part of me, he who hurts her hurts me"
This was
said by Prophet Muhammad salla-llahu-alayhi-wa-aalih on numerous
occasions.
Three days after the burial
of the body of the Messenger of Allah, Muhammad
salla-llahu-alayhi-wa-aalih, the enemies of Allah and His Messenger
did not waste time to embark on yet another murderous assault on the
Ahl-ul-Bayt alayhum-as-salam.
Three days after the burial of the body
of the Messenger of Allah, Muhammad salla-llahu-alayhi-wa-aalih,,
the murderers of Rasulollah raided the house of the beloved daughter of
the prophet Muhammad, Lady Fatima al-Zahra' peace be upon her. In
the process they set fire to the door of the house, and crushed Fatima
al-Zahra' alayhas-salam, between the door and the wall. Lady
Fatima al-Zahra' alayhas-salam, who was heavily pregnant at the
time, sustained a number of horrific injuries, as a result of which she
died later. Her unborn baby son – the third grandson of Rasulollah;
whom the prophet had named Mohassen, died instantly in the course of the
assault by the "Sahabah"!!! Some of the injuries that the beloved
daughter of Rasulollah sustained were:
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smashed ribs,
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pierced lungs,
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as well as injuries to her unborn
baby son, Mohassen alayhis-salam, who was killed instantly.
Not being satisfied with all that, on
entering the house, the assailants did not leave the beloved daughter of
Prophet Muhammad alone. They subjected the heavily pregnant Lady Fatima
to a barrage of vicious assaults such as:
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violently slapping her face,
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throwing her to the ground,
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repeatedly punching and kicking her
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as well as hitting with the side of
their swords.
At the same time as the assault on
Fatima al-Zahra', an assault was also taking place against her husband
Amir-ul-Mu'minin alayhis-salam, who had come to her defence. The
attackers eventually managed to disarm and apprehend Amir-ul-Mu'minin,
Imam Ali alayhis-salam. As Fatima alayhas-salam lay
unconscious on the ground, the assailants put a noose around Imam Ali’s
neck, ferociously dragging him through the narrow streets of Medina so
as to force him to declare his Bay'ah (the homage of allegiance)
to the illegal and self-declared caliph . . .
So within a week, this new ‘caliph’ and
his thugs managed to kill the Prophet Muhammad, his beloved daughter
Fatima al-Zahra’, and his unborn grandson Mohassen!!! |