12. The exact date of the Martyr
The true date of Fatemeh's martyr, is a subject for discussion among Muslims. Some say that it was forty days after the death of our Prophet, some say it was sixty days after, some believe it was seventy five days after, and some say it was ninety days, and some do believe that it was ninety five days after the death of her beloved father. There are some who also believe that Fatemeh died six months, or even eight months after her illustrious father.
But among the great Islamic scholars, there is an agreement that Fatemeh died ninety days after her father ...
Some say that her grave is in " Baghi " cemetery, and some believe that her grave is situated in her own little house.
We pray that Hazrate Fatemeheye Zahra takes care of all of us, poor sinners, and that she would be willing to intercede in our favour ...! May God hear her intercession for us, and forgive our sins and faults, and let us enter the Paradise!
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13. The Prophet of god and Fatemeh
The proper prayer before sleep
Fatemeh is known to have recounted this interesting true story:"
One day, as I was preparing myself to sleep, suddenly I saw my father entering our room. He said:" My beloved daughter! Never sleep at night, unless you have accomplished four things ...!
First, You have to read your Quran from the beginning to end.
Then you have to ask for the great Prophets of God to intercede in your favor after your death.
The third thing you should remember, is that you have to make all the faithful believers happy and content of you.
And finally, you have to go to Mecca, and accomplish the Pilgrimage of Hajj".
Fatemeh said:" After having said that, my father began to perform his prayer, and I had to wait until he finished his prayer to ask more information from him. I said most confused:" 0 Messenger of God you
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have ordered me to do four things before sleep ... But beloved father, I cannot see myself executing such things! I am unable to accomplish them at this late hour!"
The Prophet smiled graciously, and answered: "If you say three times the "Ikhlas" sourate, it's as though you have read the Holy Quran from the beginning to end. If you say greetings and salutations to me and to the other great Prophets, you make us intercede in your favour. If you pray for the faithful believers, you have made them happy and content. And at last, if you say "Sobhan Allahe, valhamdollellahe, vala elaha ellallahe vallaho akbar ..." "it's as though you have accomplished the Pilgrimage of Hajj ..."
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The best gift in the world!
Fatemeh has also recounted that once, she went to see her beloved father, to ask for a maid, so that she could do the house chores with her help.
Our Prophet asked her:" Do you wish me instruct you of something much more valuable than these wordly thing?" And then he added:" when you go to bed, always remember to say 33 times "Sobhanallah", 33 times "Alhamdollellah" 34 times Allaho Akbar".
This is much better than anything in this world for you! My beloved daughter, are you happy, now that I have taught you this precious prayer?"
And Fatemeh had replied:" Yes father, I am much obliged and I thank you!"
Greetings to Fatemeh
Fatemeh is known to have said: "When My father, was alive, he once had told me:" If anyone greets me or you three times in one day, he or she shall enter the paradise."
Somebody had asked:" 0 beloved Prophet! While you are still alive, or even after your death?"
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He had replied:" Not only in my lifetime, but also after my death."
And Ali had heard from Fatemeh that her father had announced that anyone who greets and salutes him or Fatemeh, shall undoubtedly enter the Paradise.
Ali, as the savior of people
Fatemeh is known to have said:" My beloved father had said:" 0 Ali! You are truly a benefactor of the Paradise! It's you who will knock on the Gate of the Paradise, and without counting, shall let the people who love you and your family, enter the Paradise ...!"
The ninth child
Hazrate Imam Hosseyn had said:" My mother told me once that when I was born, my grandfather came to see me.
I was clad in a yellow cloth, and my beloved grandfather took instead a white cloth to envelop me with it, and when he had finished doing this, he then said the " Azan " in my right ear, and then the "Ighamah" in my left ear. He had said then to my mother:" 0 Fatemeh! Take good care of your baby. He will be the father of many Imams! These nine Imams shall be his progeny, and they will be a very great and holy Imams! And the ninth one, will be none other than Imam Mandi [ May we offer gladly our lives for him! ]! "
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The reward
Fatemeh is known to have said:" I heard from my husband, and he too heard this from my beloved father that:" Whoever in this whole world has done a good deed for one of my progeny, and yet, has not received a great reward from God Almighty? Himself ...?!"
Fatemeh is known to have said:" My father has said the best people are those who prefer to be modest and humble, and who respect their companion in life [ either his wife or her husband ]."
Fatemeh is known to have said:" Everybody should kneel down in front of his or her mother. Because Paradise is under the sweet feet of the mothers ..."
Once the Prophet asked some women :" What is the best thing for women to do ? " As these women didn't know the answer, they hurried to Fatemeh's house to ask her the same question. She replied:" the best thing for a woman to do, is that she should never look directly at any man's face, and never let other men gaze at her directly."
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Fatemeh is known to have said:" Anyone who should wear an agate ring in his or her finger, has done a great benefit to himself or herself."
Fatemeh is known to have said: "Every one who reads the following sourates: "Hadid", "Wa'ghiah", "Ar-rahman", will surely enter the Paradise!"
If you are troubled or anxious, or you have a great unsolved problem, and you think as though your heart is about to explode from sorrow or desperation, you have to perform a two Rikat prayer. After you have finished it, you have to say three times " Allaho Akbar ", then you have to pronounce "Fatemeh's four Way Praises of God", and then you have to prostrate and tell hundred times this sentence:" Ya Mollaty, Ya Fatemato Aghisseyni ..." Then you have to put your right cheek first and then your left cheek on the ground, and repeat this sentence for another hundred and ten times. With God's Will, your wish shall be fulfilled, and your sorrow will fly away ..."
Once, Fatemeh asked her beloved father:" 0 Father! In the Day of Resurrection, where shall I meet you? "
the Prophet answered her:" 0 Fatemeh! At the Paradise's Gate. There, I will have the banner of Pure
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Monotheism with me, and I well be interceding for my Ummah to God ..."
Fatemeh asked him:" And if I didn't see you there?"
"Then you will find me near the Fountain. where I am offering some water to my Ummah."
"And if I didn't see you there?"
" Then you will meet me at the Bridge of Serat. I will stand up there and say to God:" 0 Lord! Make my Ummah pass safely from this Bridge!"
"And if I didn't see you there?"
" Then I will surely be at the Gate of Hell, protecting my Ummah from the Fire ..."
Fatemeh on hearing this, was greatly overjoyed.
We salute most respectfully and most humbly our Lady Fatemehyeh Zahra!
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14. The Hadis of Kessa
Jabber Ibn Abdollah Ansari [ God rest his soul ] recounted that One day, I heard this story from the daughter of our Prophet. She said:" One day, I was at home when my beloved father came to see me and said:" Greetings to you, 0 Fatemeh! I replied to him: "And to you, 0 beloved Father!" He said: "I feel somehow weak ..."
"Dearest father, I entrusted you to God, so that He takes all your weakness away ..."
He asked her:" Would you please bring me my Yemeni mantle and envelop me in it ...?"
Fatemeh did as she was told, and enveloped her father in it.
She related:" As I was looking at my father's sweet face, I saw that it glowed with such a splendid Light that my gaze couldn't endure it after a while ..."
Fatemeh continued and said: "Slightly less than an hour had passed, when Hassan, my first born, came into the room and greeted me. I answered him back and told him:" Greetings to you, my dear son! 0, thou, the apple of my eyes! 0, the sunshine of my heart!"
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My son Hasan said: "Mother, I smell a sweet fragrance here ... Is it that my beloved grandfather has come to see us?"
"Yes, my son! He is enveloped in his mantle [aba] ..."
Hassan went hear the aba, and after a respectful greetings to him, asked permission to join his grandfather under the mantle:" Will you permit me, o beloved grandfather to join you under your aba ...?"
The Messenger of God answered him most tenderly: "And greetings to you my beloved son! 0, thou, who shall be the Guardian of my Faountain in Paradise, on the Day of judgement! Of course you may enter ...!"
After another hour, my second born son Hosseyn, entered the room, and in response to his greetings, I said:" Greetings to you, o my beloved little one! Thou, the sunshine of my eyes! "
He said:" I smell a wonderful fragrance hi this room ... Is my grandfather here?"
I answered him:" Yes! He's under the Aba, and your brother is also with him."
He approached his grandfather and after his respectful greetings to him, he too asked permission to join them.
My father answered him most lovingly: "And greetings to you, my beloved son! 0, thou who shall be the Interceder of my people [Ummah] on the day of Judgment! Of course you may join me and your brother!"
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Suddenly, Hazrate Ali Ibn Abi Taleb [may God's Greetings reach him!) entered the room, and after asking rue about my welfare, he announced: "What a beautiful fragrance I smell in here! It's as though my beloved brother and cousin, our venerable Prophet has entered in this room ...!"
I answered him back and said: "Yes, you are right indeed. He is with our two sons under the Aba ..."
At that moment, Ali went also near the aba, and after a most respectful greetings to my father, asked permission to enter and join them.
The Prophet answered him back:" Greetings to you, O, my beloved brother! Thou, who shall be my heir and successor, and who shall keep up the banner of Islam! Of course you may join us!"
At last it was Fatemeh's turn to ask permission to join her family under the aba. The Prophet replied: "Of course you may join us, my beloved daughter!"
When all of them were under the aba, the Messenger of God took the helm of his aba in his left hand, and raised his right hand in the sky and declared:" 0 God! These are from my Household, and those I love dearly and tenderly! These are from my own flesh and blood. Whatever that will make them upset, will also upset me, and whatever that shall be a burden to them, shall be my burden too ... Whoever wants to challenge or oppose them. has challenged or opposed me. And whoever is in peace with them and shows them his friendship, is in peace with me, and shows his friendship to me. Whoever shows them his enmity, show his enmity towards me. And at last, whoever loves them and is devoted to them, is loving
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me, and is devoted to me. They come from me, and I come from them ...
0 Merciful God! Send Thy Greetings, Favors, Bounty, Abundance, Grace and Forgiveness to us, and purify them from any unholiness and wickedness whatsoever!"
At that moment, God announced graciously:" 0, Angels of mine! 0, You who reside in Heavens! I did not make the sky, I did not create Earth, I did not create the moon and the sun, I did not let the waters flow, unless for the love of these five persons who are under the aba ...!
At that moment, the Archangel Gabriel said:" 0, God! Wouldst Thou permit me to go on Earth, and be the sixth person under this aba?"
God granted His Archangel this wish, and announced: "Thou mayest go."
The Archangel Gabriel came down to earth and said:" 0, Messenger of God! Greetings to you! Thy God Almighty has sent His Greetings to thee. He commands that everybody should respect you, and He says:" I swear by my Magnificence and My Greatness, that I did not make the sky, did not create Earth, did not create the moon and the sun, did not let the waters flow, unless for the love of these five persons who are under the aba ...!"
He then granted me the permission to join you, and be one of you. Now, would you permit me to join you, 0 Messenger of God?"
The Prophet replied to him:" Greetings to Thee, o Gabriel! 0, Thou who art entrusted with the Divine Revelations! I gladly permit Thee to join us ..."
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The Archangel Gabriel then said: "Merciful God has sent thee a Revelation, and has announced:" God's Will is that all unholiness and all sins be forever out of thy family, and that you become purified and holy and free of all sins!"
At that moment, Ali asked from the Prophet:" 0 Messenger of God! Does our presence under this aba, have some special meaning, or some sort of a privilege in God's Eye?"
The Prophet answered him:" I swear to God, I swear to He. Who chose me as the Prophet, that the news of our gathering under this aba, shall not remain unnoticed in all the earthly gatherings in which all the people who love us verily and all the Shiites who are devoted to us, are participating. And everybody who listens to this story, shall receive a great reward and favor from me. Be certain that in these gatherings, there will be many Angels, and they will ceaselessly ask Forgiveness for all the people who are present there, until the end of the gathering."
Hazrate Ali Ibn Abi Taleb said then:" I swear to God Almighty that we have been saved and reached Salvation, and that God's Grace has reached us ...! I also swear to the God of Ka'ba, that all the Shiites in this world and in the Hereafter shall be saved and forgiven!"
Then my beloved father declared:" 0 Ali! I swear to the Merciful God who chose me rightfully and made me his Messenger, that whenever the news of this gathering is recounted in any worldly gathering, held by people who are devoted to our Household, it shall bring blessings and solace to them. And if any Shiite is affected per chance by some misfortune or sorrow,
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it will be taken away from him within the shortest time, whatever his wishes may be, it shall be fulfilled most rapidly, and God shall free these Shiites from any problem whatsoever!"
Ali replied:" Then I swear to God, that we have been saved and received verily God's Grace! I swear to the God of Ka'ba that all the Shiites will also be saved and shall receive God's Grace!"
Alhamdollellahe Rabbel Alamine
