 The mysteries of Islam fascinate us time and time again This is no different from the life story of the Prophet Who was Muhammad sallallahu alaihi wa alihi wasallam and Illiterate does it merchant who one day stumbled upon amazing Arabic rhetoric or was he the creation of Allah's greatest light? sent down to earth to pull man out of ignorance and bring them to the purest of truths I I Ali Burji I'm on a journey to discover the real story behind the Prophet the real story behind our religion The roots the beginning the cradle of civilization I want to be lahmina shaitanur rajim Bismillah ar-Rahman ar-Raheem as-salat wa as-salam I'm on a sayyidina wa habibina abul qasem Muhammad al-Mustafa sallallahu alaihi wa alihi wasallam Wa ala alihi al-tayyibin al-tahirin al-ghurra al-mayameen Wa la'anatullah ala ala adaihim ajma'in min al-an ila qiyamiya wa min ddin Allahumma sallallahu ala Muhammadin wa ala Muhammad Doctor, As-salamu alaikum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh As-salam wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh This has been a while Insha'Allah Today we will discuss regarding the wedding of Amir al-Mu'mineen, Fatimah al-Zahra, salamullahi alayhi wa maa Wa ala ahlul bayt yajma'in So we would like to prepare the atmosphere for the wedding and gather the information as to how it started From where was the desire by Amir al-Mu'mineen al-salam for marrying Fatimah al-Zahra And also go into that aspect if anyone else was interested in marrying the daughter Obviously someone may think that the daughter of the Prophet, sallallahu alaihi wa alaihi Probably every human being at that time would want to marry her Just just not even knowing her status as a human being Just by being the daughter of the holy prophet How did it come into be the discussion of marrying Fatimah al-Zahra, alayhi as-salam Bismillah On the issue of the marriage of Fatimah al-Zahra, alayhi as-salam, and Amir al-Mu'mineen, alayhi as-salam Yes, it is reported that as you mentioned Various people came forward to the Prophet, sallallahu alaihi wa alaihi Asking for the hand of Sayyid al-Fatimah al-Zahra, alayhi as-salam And the answer from the Prophet, sallallahu alaihi wa alaihi, in various formats Was if you like rejection It is reported that Abu Bakr came forward Was he the first or is just one of them? At least he's one of them, I can't tell you whether he was the first or not Abu Bakr came forward and asked for the hand of Fatimah al-Zahra, alayhi as-salam, in marriage And this is according to one of the Sunni sources at Tabaqat volume 8 page 19 And the Prophet replied to him, the Prophet sallallahu alaihi wa alaihi replied to Abu Bakr That Abu Bakr I await instructions from Allah, sallallahu alaihi wa alaihi A wait instruction from Allah, sallallahu alaihi wa alaihi That indicates that it's not up to the Holy Prophet, sallallahu alaihi wa alaihi To who he'll give his daughter So it's an appointment by Allah, sallallahu alaihi wa alaihi himself That's quite very interesting Alhamdulillah, yes, insha'Allah we'll come into that Insha'Allah But as and then Abu Bakr mentioned to Omar that this is what happened And Omar told him according to this reference as I said at Tabaqat volume 8 page 19 Oh, you've been rejected, Abu Bakr you'll be rejected Then Abu Bakr told Omar, okay you try So he went forward at another day and asked for the hands of Al-Fatmin-Zarra alaihi sallallahu alaihi sallallahu alaihi And the Prophet sallallahu alaihi wa alaihi said the same thing I await instructions from Allah, sallallahu alaihi wa alaihi wa alaihi And he came to Abu Bakr and told him this what happened And Abu Bakr told him so you'll be rejected too Obviously this was Something which Very disappointing to say the least as far as I was concerned I'd have been rejected And in other references The Prophet sallallahu alaihi wa alaihi was looking for In another reference he says oh she's still too young So under that shoes How old was Fatima al-Zahra sallallahu alaihi wa alaihi at that stage of her life in Medina Well when she was, I don't know what you mean by that stage but when she was When they migrated in Medina because it was in the same year where the marriage occurred correct It was the following year Following year When Fatima al-Zahra alaihi sallallahu alaihi sallallahu alaihi sallallahu alaihi wa alaihi sallallahu alaihi wa alaihi She was nine Nine years old Nine years old Is there a difference in opinion withdigasa age or is that fixed number? Number nine Um there may be but this is the common The common the wise way thing Okay Um I've come across um Hadith when uh uh I think if I'm not mistaken by M arab sallallahu alaihi wa alaihi wa sallallahu alaihi sallallahu alaihi wa alaihi் Um and um they narrate that her growth was not the normal growth. I'm glad you brought it up because I was going to ask you because it's definitely an issue we need to explain to people because the first thing comes into someone's mind is how can a nine-year-old get married? Okay, let's deal with the first question which is what happened, the surrounding environment. Okay, so we had rejections for Abu Bakr and Umar and Allah SWT was going to instruct Rasulullah. Yes, and we had rejections and others also. Others also approached the Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam and asked for the hands of Fatma Zara in marriage. And they assume from both Ansar and Muhajireen. And both Ansar and Muhajireen. And it says, for example, in Majba al-Zawahid, it says that on occasion he used to remain quiet. He used to remain quiet. He didn't used to give an answer, no. Sometimes, as I said in the cases that I read, he used to say no to Abu Bakr and Umar. In other cases, he used to remain quiet and not give an answer which people understood that the answer was negative. So it was probably for those individuals out of respect or whatever, he didn't want to reject them outright, but he sort of remained quiet and stayed quiet until they got the message if you like. Sure. In fact, in another reference in Manaqib, Volume 3, page 122, it says that Abu Bakr and Umar sought the hand of Fatma Zara in marriage on various occasions. So not once? Not once. So they were insisting? In fact, they were insisting. It says that marraten ba'da okhra. They tried once and then again and again and again. Farad Dahuma, he used to reject them. As I said, this is in Manaqib, Volume 3, page 122. Did others come forth and were persistent as them or no? It does say that others did come because they were as persistent as these two. It doesn't say. And got to the stage where it's reported that that they started complaining to the Prophet that you reject us. And ultimately when he married, the Prophet agreed to the marriage of Fatma Zara and Imam Ali, alaihi salam. They started complaining that how come you turned all of us down and you married her to Imam Ali, alaihi salam? And listen to this. The Prophet, alaihi salam, says, Wallah, he swears by Allah. He swears the notes by Allah. Ma'ana manatukum wa zawashta. It wasn't me who rejected you and it wasn't me who married her to Imam Ali, alaihi salam. This came directly from above, Allah swt. Ma'ana manatukum wa zawashta. It was Allah who rejected you and refused you to marry her. And it was Allah who married her to Ali ibn Abi Talib, alaihi salam. So this is very categorical, very clear. And the Prophet, alaihi salam, there must have been a lot of pressure to the extent that the Prophet, alaihi salam, usually when the Prophet says something, people accept he is a Prophet, they believe in him. But it says Wallah. He goes to the extent of swearing in oaths by the name of Allah swt to make it absolutely clear that it is instructions from Allah. In case anyone had slight some doubt that it was his own personal bias, he wanted to make it absolutely clear that it wasn't his. That's why he went to the extent of swearing in oath by the name of Allah swt that it wasn't me who rejected you and married her to Imam Ali, and accepted Ali to be her husband, but it was Allah who rejected you and married her to him. Why would Allah swt have to appoint a Holy Prophet's daughter to Amir al-Mu'minin? Why was it so important? Why couldn't the Holy Prophet, like any normal father, choose who the husband for his daughter would be? Now we're not saying that the Holy Prophet would have chosen anyone else other than Amir al-Mu'minin. But why wasn't he given that authority? Good question. Good question that we know that if he had the authority to marry Fatima Zahra to Amir al-Mu'minin, but this is believed that the reason that this happened and Allah, it was required that Allah's instructions are obeyed in the case as far as concerning the marriage of Fatima Zahra to show her status. And what was her status? To show that it is so important that Allah swt wanted to be in charge of the marriage of Fatima Zahra. And this is absolutely unique. We don't have anything like this throughout the history of mankind. And Allah swt, by doing this, wanted to show the status of Fatima Zahra, among the Muslims, if you like to say the least, if not the rest of the people, the rest of mankind. And at least to the Muslims so that she, and of course, we have various other hadiths from the Prophet SAW about Fatima Zahra, that Allah would have pleased her and would have pleased her. That Allah is content when Fatima Zahra is content and he is, if you like, made angry when Fatima Zahra is made angry. Allah swt wants to show and the Prophet SAW wants to show the status of Fatima Zahra in the sight of Allah, as far as Allah is concerned. So that will help because they knew what was going to happen to Fatima Zahra and people assaulting her house. Wanted to leave absolutely no ambiguity about the status of Fatima Zahra. She is someone that she should be obeyed or highly respected, which of course she wasn't, as we know, after the death, after the assassination of the Prophet SAW. She was, if you like, killed in that manner, which we know. So the answer to your question is why Allah wanted to do that is to show her status and leave no ambiguity as far as in the mind of the Muslims when it came to those days when they attacked her house, burned her house and stormed in, broke the door and stormed in there. Let me just continue with this. The Prophet SAW says if Allah had not created Ali, there would have been no equal to Fatima. That's a very heavy statement. You don't say that. That's a very heavy statement. So Allah created Fatima Zahra SAW only for the believers and vice versa. That's true, but it's saying more than that. It's saying basically if Allah had not created Ali, there would be no one who would be equal or of the same ranking as that of Fatima Zahra. No one would be co-equal to Fatima Zahra. If Ali had not been created, if Allah had not created Ali. So it shows how this bond was from the heavens. And again, for example, we have a similar in Akhbar Al-Rada, Aayun Akhbar Al-Rada, which is in volume 2, page 203. One of the works or books of highly authentic hadiths and the source of those hadiths in that book are Imam Al-Rada, A.S. It says Imam Al-Rada narrates from Imam Ali, A.S. Imam Ali says the Prophet SAW said to me, Imam Ali is narrating, that the Prophet SAW said to me, Ya Ali l-Aqad, the people of Quraish or the men of Quraish, they have continued to complain to me concerning the marriage of Fatima Zahra. Because I keep refusing them, so it shows, from that statement there were numerous requests for marriage. It wasn't 1 or 2 or 10 or 20. Far more than that. That's why the Prophet SAW expressed in this that the men of Quraish, they continued to complain to me concerning the issue of marriage of Fatima Zahra. And they say to me that we all sought to marry her, we sought her hands in marriage from you and you refused us and then you married her to Ali. And again, he says this is another source. He says by Allah, again, he swears an oath by the name of Allah Almighty. By Allah, I didn't refuse you but Allah refused you and Allah, it was Allah who wanted to marry her to Imam Ali SAW. And then he says Jibrail SAW descended upon the Prophet SAW and he said that O Muhammad, Allah Almighty says to you if I hadn't created Ali there would have been no equal to Fatima. On the face of this planet from Adam down. So even Adam would not be co-equal to Fatima Zahra SAW according to this hadith. Allah SAW has instructed the Prophet SAW that I make the decision, if you like about the marriage of Fatima Zahra SAW. And this reflects the great status of Fatima Zahra. The like of which we have none before or after her. For any man or woman we don't have that Allah SAW as far as marriage is concerned I am responsible I make the decision for this individual. We don't have the except for Fatima Zahra SAW.