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Name:Fatima Zahra binte Muhammad (S.A)
Kuniyat:Ummul Hassan, Ummul Hussain, Ummul Aimmah and Ummul Mohsin
Title(s):Zahra, Batool, Siddiqa Kubra, Mubarika, Tahira, and Sayyedatun Nisa

Father:Hazrat Muhammad Mustafa (S.A.W) - Allah's (S.W.T) Messenger

Mother:Khadijatul Kubra (S.A) [Queen of Arab, Prophet's (S.A.W) first wife and the first women to come under the faith of Islam]

Birth:5 years after Her father's (S.A.W) declaration of Prophethood (Nabuwat) in the holy city of Mecca.

Martyrdom:11thHijri at Medina Munawwerah, just 75 days. [Killer: Umar bin Khattab (L.A)]

Grave:Due to political expediencies, and as per her own will, she was laid to rest by Hazrat Ali (A.S) at the dead of the night. To this day, nobody knows where she is actually buried.

Children:Imam Hasan al-Mujtaba (A.S), Imam Husain Syed-ush-Shohada (A.S), Janabe Zainab-e-Kubra (S.A), Janabe Umme Kulsum (S.A) and Janabe Mohsin (A.S)( who had met with an untimely and premature end, while completing the course of conception)


Offspring of the Holiest of Holies

Born on Friday, the twentieth of Jamadi-us-Sani, in the house that was the hub of all religious activities, and the destination of Revelation (Message of God).

It was in the courtyard of this house, the Prophet of Islam (S.A.W) used to recite and expound the words of God. This shelter for the orphans and a place of peace and tranquility for the oppressed. This was the house of the Prophet of God (S.A.W) the house of the Prophet and last Messenger of Allah (S.A.W) became the nerve center of universal love and kindness for the whole of mankind for being the embodiment of all the virtues and the highest of values, the Holy Prophet (S.A.W) used to take pride in her, and was more than contented with her. He used to say that she (Fatima (S.A)) was his soul and that he smells the aroma of heaven in her.

Bibi's (S.A) Shahadat (Martyrdom)

After the demise of the Holy Prophet (S.A.W), all sorts of hardships that were meted out to Janabe Fatima (S.A) had shocked her tremendously. On one hand, the effects of separation from her kind and exalted father pained her while on the other, the nefarious and opportunistic activities of unscrupulous persons, who had usurped the rightful caliphate from Hazrat Ali (A.S) grieved her. Although the painful incident, in which her ribs were broken, had rendered her weak and feeble, yet it was unable to dampen her spirits.

In the short span of just 60 to 90 days she faced such hardships that could have melted the heart of a lion. Therefore, she used to address her beloved father, the Holy Prophet (S.A.W), thus: "If these hardships and sorrows that have befallen on me, would have befallen on a bright day, it would have surely turned into a black night." These were the heart rending feelings of Janabe Siddiqa-e-Tahira (S.A) that were expressed by her without an iota of exaggeration in it. Surely, it was a way of expression.

After the demise of the Holy Prophet (S.A.W), it was customary on the part of Janabe Fatima Zahra (S.A) to weep incessantly. Everyday, she used to go to the grave of the Prophet (S.A.W) and other martyrs. On returning home and remembering the Prophet (S.A.W), feeling lonely due to his absence and his actions on the verses of the Qur'an, she would start weeping again. This was her continued expression of protest and resentment against the oppressive regime. It is shocking to mention that even her mourning was being criticized by the people ofMedina.

Such was the attitude adopted by those who till yesterday said that if anybody said that the Prophet (S.A.W) had died, he would be be headed. But today, even the mourning of the daughter of the Prophet (S.A.W) in his memory was an anathema for the so called faithful.

OutsideMedinain the graveyard of Baqi, Baitul Ahzaan (The house of grief) was constructed. (It is astonishing to note that within this short period of time, such change in behaviour and attitudes could not have taken place, until and unless, it was well calculated thoroughly pre-planned).

Janabe Sayyeda (S.A) along with Imam Hassan (A.S) and Imam Hussain (A.S) used to go there daily for mourning. At dusk, Hazrat Ali (A.S) would come there and bring her back home. This incessant mourning and the injury on her ribs started taking its toll and her health began to deteriorate, resulting in her becoming bed-ridden.

Finally while unable to endure hardships, and the excruciating pain of the injury and the shock thereof, she succumbed and breathed her last on 13th Jamadi-ul-Awwal or 3rd Jamadi-us-Sani, just 75 or 95 days after the death of the Prophet (S.A.W). Due to her tragic end, the hearts of all shias were broken forever.

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