THE HOLY QURAN – PART
14
QURAN & SAYYIDA FATIMAH
AL-ZAHRA (A.S.)
HER VIEWS ABOUT THE HOLY QURAN:
When
Fadak, the property which the Holy Prophet (saww) had gifted to his
one and only daughter Fatimah (a.s.) was snatched away from her, she
(a.s.) felt grieved by this action. Accompanied by some women,
Fatimah (a.s.) came to the Mosque and delivered a lengthy speech.
The following is an abstract of what Sayyida
Fatimah (a.s.) spoke about the Holy Quran in her sermon:
“A covenant He brought unto you, and an heir
He left to guard you; That is the eloquent Book of Allah; The
truthful Quran; The brilliant light; The shining beam; Its insight
are indisputable; Its secrets are revealed; Its indications are
manifest; and its followers are blessed by it. (The Quran) leads its
adherents to goodwill; and hearing it leads to salvation; with it
are the bright divine authorities achieved, His manifest
determination acquired, His prohibited decrees avoided; His manifest
evidence recognized; His satisfying proofs made apparent, His
permissions granted and His laws written…”
(‘Ilal al-Sharai’)
HER RECITATION OF THE
HOLY QURAN:
It is reported from Imam
Muhammad ibn ‘Ali al-Baqir (a.s.) that one day, the Holy Prophet
(saww) sent Salman al-Farsi (r.a.) to the house of his one and only
beloved daughter Sayyida Fatimah (a.s.). Salman narrates:
“I
arrived at her door step and offered my salutations. I heard that
Fatimah (a.s.) was in her room reciting the Holy Quran and I
witnessed that the handle of the mill worked on its own (without
anyone) crushing the grain into flour…. when I informed the Holy
Prophet (saww) about it, he (saww) smiled and said,
“O Salman! Allah (SWT) has
filled the heart and every part and organ of my daughter with faith.
Whenever she is engrossed in the obedience of Allah (SWT), He (SWT)
sends angels to help her (in her affairs)”.
(Manaqib Aali Abi
Talib)
HER LAST WILL ABOUT THE
HOLY QURAN:
Reporting from his father and forefathers, Imam Ja’ffar ibn Muhammad
al-Sadiq (a.s.) has said,
“When Sayyida Fatimah
(a.s.) was on her deathbed, she (a.s.) said to Imam ‘Ali (a.s.) in
her will: “After my
death, you wash my body; put the shroud upon me and say the funeral
prayer. Thereafter, bury me with your own hands; and once you have
covered me with soil, sit by my grave on the side of my head facing
towards my face and recite the Holy Quran. This is the most crucial
time when the dead require the favours of those who are alive…”
(Misbaah
al-Anwaar)
It
was in the following of the Sunnah of Sayyida Fatimah al-Zahra
(a.s.) that ‘Allama Hilly (QS) had mentioned in his will to his son
Fakhrul-Muhaqqiqeen that:
“Do your level
best to visit my grave (often) and recite few verses from the Holy
Quran upon it”. (Quran-o-‘Itrat)
ENTERING PARADISE WHILST
RECITING THE QURAN:
Salman al-Farsi (r.a.)
once asked the Holy Prophet (saww) to describe the position and
status of his beloved daughter Sayyida Fatimah (a.s.) on the day of
Judgement. The Holy Prophet (saww) smiled and expressed his joy over
this and said,
“By Him in whose hand is
my life! Indeed Fatimah will arrive on the day of Judgement riding
on camel. On her right will be Jibrael and on her left will be
Mikaeel. ‘Ali (her spouse) will be infront of her and Hasanayn (her
two sons) shall be walking behind her. Allah, the Exalted will be
her protector.
Then a voice will be heard: ‘O people of
Mahshar! Lower your gazes and bow your heads down for Fatimah – the
daughter of your Prophet, the wife of your Imam, and the mother of
Hasanayn is coming. They will then pass (the bridge of) Siraat with
Fatimah (a.s.) fully covered by two pieces of white garment and they
will enter paradise. When her eyes will fall upon all the bounties
that awaits her, Fatimah (a.s.) will recite the following verse from
the Holy Quran:
‘They will say: All praise belongs to Allah, who has removed all
grief from us. Indeed our Lord is All-forgiving, All-appreciative,
who has settled us in the everlasting abode by His grace. In it we
are untouched by toil, and untouched therein by fatigue’.
(35:35-36)”.
(Safeenatul-Bihaar)
Mulla
Mujahidali Sheriff
mulla@almahdi.org.uk