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Amongst all this love for her, the Prophet (s) still would not be biased in dealing with her. The Prophet (s) said, By Allah, if Fatima the daughter of
Mohammed stole something Mohammed would cut off her hand. Many parents love their kids and so they end up oppressing others because of it, and so
they ruin the child. Look at his equality or justice near his love.
So why is all this love for Fatima and all this honour in that she is the sayyidat of the women of Paradise? One of the reasons is that she is the product of the
Prophets peace be upon him upbringing and therefore she resembled him the most. She had the greatest resemblance to the Prophet (s) in appearance,
character, walking. `Aisha (r) says, I have never seen anyone resemble the Prophet in his way of dealing with people, or character more than Fatima. She
also said, "I have never seen a greater resemblance in the style of walking of the Prophet (s), then of Fatima. Aisha also said, "I have never seen anyone more
truthful or more modest than Fatima other than her father - the Prophet Mohammed".
Imagine her maturity. When she was 18 years old the Prophet (s) was married to nine women. She never backbit any of them or said anything displeasing
about any of them.
She had an enormous amount of patience. She went through a lot. Her mother died when she was 10years old, and so she lived alone. And she saw her father
who was known as "the truthful and trustworthy" being hit and hurt. And she lived through the mihna, the torture and oppression by Quraysh. When her
father migrated he left her behind and she then migrated after him. She lost her three sisters and then all her brothers also died. She was patient through all of
this. She saw her father as he was dying between her hands. She was patient in her lifestyle, as her husband Ali was poor and she would have nothing to eat.
She was also one of the only ones who lived through the stages of Islam from the moment that her father was made a Prophet until his death. The only other
person was Abu Bakr, so they witnessed everything that happened to the Prophet and they also shared in the suffering right from the start until the end. As a
result, she became the person she is.
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Sayyidina Ali came after a day or two and said, O Messenger of Allah, I paid the mahr (dowry), so when am I going to marry Fatima? (he was
embarrassed). The Prophet (s) replied, "today if you want". He said, "yes, O Messenger of Allah". So they invited the people and slaughtered an animal. The
Prophet (s) said, if a person comes to you of whom you are satisfied with his deen and his character then get him married, if you do not there will be fitnah
(dissent) on the earth and great fasaad (evil)". This is in our time now. Fatima was riding on a camel, and Uthman was directing it. And the Sahaba had their
swords raised up as a form of celebration. And the women were surrounding Fatima, and some anasheed were being sung.
Afterwards, Ali and Fatima entered their simple house which was further out from the Madina (not in the city center) because that was all Ali could afford.
As they were about to enter the Prophet said, "O Ali don't get up to anything (don't get close to her) until I come to you". Ali says, "so I sat on one side of the
house and Fatima sat on the other side". The Prophet came and placed his hand on her hand, and he began to make du`a, he said, "O Allah, Fatima is a piece
of me, O Allah Fatima is beloved to my heart, O Allah Ali is my brother and the most beloved to me, O Allah give them baraka (an increase in all that is
good) and place on them baraka and unite them on good, O Ali place your hand on Fatima"s head and say, "O Allah I ask you for the good in her, and for the
good that she was created for, and I seek refuge in you from her evil, and the evil that she was created for, O Ali, may Allah place baraka among you", and
the Prophet (s) then got up to leave then said to them, "how about you both get up and pray two raka`at together", he then closed the door. This was the start
of their marriage.
Their first problem is that their house was far away from the Prophets peace be upon him house. The Prophets houses were on land belonging to Haritha Ibn
al-Nu`man. Whenever the Prophet (s) would get married Haritha would give him some land as a gift. The Prophet (s) was too embarrassed to ask from him
land for Fatima. So Haritha asked him, "do you not miss your daughter Fatima?" The Prophet (s) said "yes, but I was too embarrassed to ask because you
have given us so much", Haritha said that "by Allah, the land that I give to you is more beloved to me then the land that I keep with me, so take this piece of
land for them. The Prophet (s) said, "Allah has given you in return a palace in Paradise".
Ali was poor, and they were tired from their duties, he came back one day saying "Oh my back, its sore from carrying all that heavy water" and Fatima said,
"Oh from my hands" so he said to her "I heard that the Prophet got a group of slaves, why don't we go and ask him for a slave?" They went and asked the
Prophet (s) for a slave, he said "no by Allah, these slaves I will sell them and use the money to help those who are in need more than you the People of
Suffah (very poor)". So they returned home, the Prophet (s) then came knocking on the door. Ali opened up while Fatima was still laying in her bed, she
quickly tried to get up, the Prophet said "stay in your place" and he came and sat between them on their bed. He said to them, "shall I not direct you to that
which is better than a slave, if you get into your bed say subhanallah 33 times, and alhamdullilah 33 times and Allahu Akbar 34 times, Allah will suffice you
from needing a slave. Ali says, "by Allah after saying it Allah increased us in strength so we did not need a slave".
Once the Prophet (s) saw Fatima's face was yellow from the extent of her hunger, he said, O Allah, the quencher of hunger, do not let Fatima get hungry".
The Prophet of Allah, and all he could do for his daughter was make du`a for her. Even though Fatima and Ali were poor they still had a happy marriage. The
Prophet (s) would go to visit them and he would hear their laughter from outside.
Once the Prophet (s) went to visit them, and found only Fatima, he asked where is Ali, she replied, "he upset me and left the house" he found him sleeping in
the masjid covered in dust. The Prophet (s) woke him while wiping away the dust saying, "get up father of dust". The Prophet did not even ask them what
they fought about. The Prophet said "O Ali come back with me to your home".
Ali was once offered to marry the daughter of Abu Jahl, Juwayriyah bint Abu Jahl. The Prophet (s) got up on the pulpit and said, "I do not make haram that
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which is halal, nor do I make halal that which is haram, but it is not feasible for the daughter of the enemy of Allah to unite with the daughter of the Prophet
of Allah in the one house". Ali returned and said, "O Fatima maybe I hurt you with this, can you forgive me?" she said, "yes, I"ll forgive you o Ali". And the
problem was resolved. Two months later she was pregnant with al-Hasan. They had four children, Hasan, Husayn, Muhsin (who died very shortly after birth)
and Umm-Kulthoom. Each time a child would be born the Prophet (s) would ask Ali, "O Ali what did you name the child?" Ali says, "we named him Harba
War", so the Prophet (s) said, "what do you think about naming him Hasan" so they named him Hasan. When the second child came along the Prophet (s)
again asked, "O Ali what did you name the child?" Ali says, "we named him Harba War", so the Prophet (s) said, "what do you think about naming him
Husayn?" so they named him Husayn.
When she was 28 years old her father died. She went through a very hard time. She entered upon the Prophet (s) when he was really tired and ill, and so he
was unable to get up and kiss her, as was his usual. So she sat to the right of the Prophet (s) while she was crying. The Prophet (s) said "bring your ear closer
to me O Fatima", so he whispered something in her ear, so she cried. The Prophet (s) again said "bring your ear closer to me O Fatima" and he whispered
something else in her ear, and so she laughed. Aisha later asked her after the death of the Prophet (s), please tell me what he whispered to you, she said,
"firstly he said O Fatima I am going to die tonight, and so I cried, and when he saw me crying he said, will you not be satisfied that you will be the first
from amongst my family to follow me and that you will be sayyidat of the women of Paradise, and so I laughed".
She entered upon him during his last moments where he was very tired and sweating, she said, "O for the pain of my father" so the Prophet replied, "there is
no more pain for your father after today". After he died she was yelling out, "Oh my father, Allah has answered your du`a, Oh my father, the highest level of
Paradise is your abode, O my father to Jibreel we nan`aa". She was very tired when they were burying the Prophet. Anas Ibn Malik was one of the Sahaba
that buried the Prophet (s), and he relates, 'As I was returning I found Fatima in front of me, and she said How were you able to place the soil on the Prophet
face? Anas says, 'She looked at me then she started crying and left.'
She died six months after the Prophet (s). She made two requests from Sayyidina Ali (r). The first was that after her death he should marry Umamah (the
daughter of her sister) for she would be more affectionate with Hasan and Husayn. The second was "When you bury me cover me properly, I don't want
anyone to see anything of me, and bury me during the night for I am embarrassed from the multitude of people attending."
Fatima bint Muhammad died she died when she was 29 years old, and according to her instructions, she was buried at night. She was buried on a Tuesday
20th Ramadan 11years after the Hijra. She was buried in Jannat al-Baqee`, and Ali (r) was very much affected by her death and cried a lot. He said, "I have
never been more exhausted from anything more than I was as a result of the death of the Prophet (s) and Fatima within six months of each other".
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