 في هذا اليوم يجب أن يكون مجموعة في أصدقائه يجب أن يكون مجموعة مع أصدقائه في مجموعة أن يساعد العالمين والصلاة والسلام على سيدنا وعظيمنا وحبيب قلوبنا وشفيع نفوسنا أب القاس محمد وعلى أهل بيته الطيبين الطاهرين واصحابه الغر الميامين الحمد لله الذي جعلنا من المتمسكين بولاية سيدي ومولاية علي ابنى أبي طالب حمد لله الذي هدانا وما كنا لنهتد يا لولا أن هدان الله أما بعد يقون الله في كتابه الكريم بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم قل لا أسأل لكم عليه أجرنا إلا المودة في القرباء the first of our salawat and honor برسول الله محمد صلى الله عليه وسلم the second in honor of سيد خديج عليه السلام the third in honor of امام امير المؤمنين عليه السلام and fourth with your loudest voices in honor of the Imam of our time Imam صاحب العصر والزمان respected scholars brothers and sisters عليهكم ورحمة الله وبركاته فاطمت الزهراء صلوات الله وسلامه عليها was born in the year 615 and died in the year 11 after Hijrah revered in the religion of Islam as the greatest woman in the history of the religion a lady from whose life many extraordinary lessons may be learned and many examples may be derived and a lady who is revered for her sacrifice for her humility for her bravery as well as for her devotion towards the message of the religion of Islam there is no lady in the history of the religion of Islam who has been seen as a role model in the life of billions of people in the world today like the lady of light to the extent that the Prophet peace be upon him himself would say that there are four women who are seen as the mistresses of paradise Asya the wife of Far'oun Mariam the mother of Jesus Khadija the wife of the Prophet and Fatumah the Zahra صلوات الله وسلامه عليها Unfortunately however her biography has not been given the attention that it should be and therefore tonight we seek to examine her biography in depth in order that we are able to learn as many lessons from the biography as is possible as we said what is the Zahra's father is of course the holy prophet her mother is the renowned lady by the name of Khadija the Prophet's and Khadija share their ancestry in the fifth descendant because as we know Khadija is the daughter of Khwailid the son of Assad the son of Abdul-Uzza the son of Qusay and the Prophet is Muhammad son of Abdullah son of Abdul-Muttalib son of Hashim son of Abed Manaf son of Qusay and therefore you find on the fifth of the generations there is a link between the two of them her family was one of the most revered families in the Islamic state and the idea that each member of her family held a lofty position when you look at Fatumah's grandfather you find that Khwailid alongside Abdul-Muttalib were the chief patrons of Quraysh society when it came to the protection of the Ka'bah if ever you wanted to know who were the two main people in charge of the Ka'bah one of them was Abdul-Muttalib and the other was Khwailid Khwailid's original name was Khalid of course but in Arabia if your name is Khalid the nickname would be Khwailid if your name was Jabr the nickname would be Juaibar therefore what you found was that Fatumah the Zahra's grandfather Khwailid was the protector of the Ka'bah alongside Abdul-Muttalib and that's why when Abraha led his army when the Qur'an says بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم ألم تراكيف فعل ربك بياصحابل feel when they came the two people who were in charge of the Ka'bah and who were Khwailid and Abdul-Muttalib you find that another of her famous personalities from her mother's line was her uncle Usaid Fatumah the Zahra's mother's brother Usaid had a prominent position in Arabian society they used to call him the just man of the Arabs why? because if you came to Arabian society in the days before the prophet announced his prophethood if you came with a set of goods and you wanted to sell them in Arabia you did not know whether you were going to get your money or not you see on many occasions he dissected Fatumah from her dad's side not from her mom's you find that this Usaid the Arabs would revamp as the man of justice why? because alongside the holy prophet they began حلف الفضول the league of justice the league of justice was originated because a man from Ben-Uzabid came towards Arabia wanted to sell his goods when he wanted to sell his goods he realized that these people have taken my goods but are not giving me my money back the narrations what do they mention to us the narrations mention that this man complained on the mountain he said oh people of Mecca I have come as a guest to you you've taken my goods without honoring my income this is unjust and this is oppressive the narrations say there were two men who stood up for this man one of them was the prophet the other was Usaid Khadija's brother Usaid joined the group and they called it the league of justice حلف الفضول in other words sometimes in English is translated as the federation of the confederates when a number of the leaders of tribes came together they formed this league of justice and they said that this league of justice will protect the rights of anyone who comes with a business transaction in Arabia further than this Khadija had an uncle some narrations say a cousin by the name of ورقبن نوفل and this ورقبن نوفل according to narrations was of the monotheists there was a group of people who were still following the message of Abraham and you find that some narrations tell us that ورقبن was one of them he was the cousin of Khadija and the narrations tell us that he used to be one of the first men who was outspoken against the burial of the female you know in Arabian society the female was buried alive the Quran says بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم وإذا بشر أحدهم بالأنثة ظل وجهه مسود وهو كظيم when one of them is given the news of a female what happens to him these darkens with Anganis in a state of grief the Arabs used to come forward and say that the female it's better that we bury her alive if we have a female baby we should bury her alive why the first reason is economically she's not going to be of any use to us she's not going to stand in the markets with us she's not going to hold our markets or market stalls so the first reason was economic get the baby bury her alive the second reason was what second reason was if I have a war with another Arab this girl's not going to help me what she going to do she's going to raise a sword they said woman will never be able to fight it's better we bury them alive from a young age number three this daughter of mine may embarrass me that she may run off with the son of a tribe member I don't like so it's better that I bury her alive you find خديجة's cousin would stand up in front of the Arabs and he would say oh people of Arabia if it is money that you look for I don't mind paying you but please stop burying these females alive this is unjust and this is barbaric in other words from her mother's side her uncle her grandfather her mother's cousin all of them had a prominent role in Arabian society and the main aspect was that all of them were monotheists who believed in the oneness of God and that's why خديجة suffered a setback very early on in her life because خديجة the narration say to us her mother فاطمة فاطمة السهراء is named after her grandmother خديجة's mother فاطمة and her father خويل it died the inheritor of the family business was خديجة خديجة and her sister هالا and her two brothers عوام and he said خديجة many people today attack the religion of Islam saying women do not have a role in business and that women cannot go out to earn their income whereas we find that from the beginning خديجة looked after her family business when her father خويل it died and when her mother فاطمة died the narration say that خديجة looked after her business and she would look after the caravans in those days the caravans used to go to places for business مكة wasn't conducive for business مكة used to have three fairs in the year but the real business was taking place two places elsewhere where the first business trade center people would go in the summer to Syria and in the winter they would go to Yemen in Syria there would be many products they could buy in Yemen they would go for the coffee that's why until today the people of Yemen are revered for their coffee you find the Quran reveres this and the Quran mentions this بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم لإيلة في قرش إيلة فيهم رحلة الشتائي وصيف قرش would go where in the shita to Yemen in the winter they go to Yemen in the summer they go to Syria these would be the two places they go خديجة would send caravans to these places خديجة had a servant by the name of ميسرة she said to ميسرة I want you to employ someone who can look after my caravans ميسرة said to her ميسرة are you looking for what type of person she said I'm looking for somebody who knows how to travel in the desert in the night and somebody who can be wary of the highway thieves on the way and somebody who has the ability to understand the first aid kit today what we would call medicine in those days he said to her very well I'm going to go on this journey and if I see anyone with these attributes I'll tell you at the time Abu Talib used to take رسول الله with him to Syria you found how Allah سبحانه وتعالى brings خديجة and رسول الله فاتبت his parents together ميسرة was on a journey the narration state what that he found out about رسول الله's reputation as someone with a fantastic memory who can glide through the desert who is not scared of the highway thieves ميسرة came back he said to her خديجة I have found a man and they give him a title الصادق and الأمين the truthful and the trustworthy she said to him what's his name he said محمد صلى الله عليه وسلم she said very well if he has the trustworthiness and the truthfulness then why not employ him for our business at this moment the narration state ميسرة went to Abu Talib will you allow your nephew to join our company Abu Talib said by all means خديجة is the daughter of خويلد خويلد was a friend of my father عبد المطالب it's an honor for us to have our nephew join your company خديجة الكبرى from the beginning said to ميسرة I tell محمد I'll double his commission if he comes back with success no stinginess do you agree from the outset the idea was that I'm a lady of generosity when they call me اميرة قرش I am the princess of قرش they used to call her اميرة قرش because not because she had a great business the generosity that she used to give her workers sometimes us when we have workers we can be the stingiest people on this earth isn't that true as in we will scrap below you know how you have the lowest wage والله we'll try every loophole to go even below minimum wage how can I rinse as much as I can from my worker the country says this is minimum wage I'll give him less you find that this is not Islamic on the country خديجة what did she do خديجة said tell him محمد I'll double his commission depending on how well he does and give me a report about his behavior ميسرة went with رسول الله they went they traded they came back with double the profits ميسرة came to خديجة he said you know I've seen something I have never seen in my life she said to him what is it he said it's not the 100% profits that we made it's not that he says I've never seen a human being like this man she said to him what do you mean he said that his memory is unbelievable when he trades with people he trades with humility but there is something that he does I have never seen in another human being living in this whole area she said what is it at this moment he said when he finishes a transaction he leaves the market and goes to sit by himself and he begins to whisper something as if he is meditating between himself and a force on this earth which nobody can know that I see محمد isn't sucked in by the business rather the business is a servant of محمد you see sometimes in our businesses we can be sucked in by the business our salah starts getting late sometimes our salah goes by the way you find the way we deal with our family starts being rude all the Islamic principle start leaving us whereas he says you know with محمد he leaves he sits and he speaks to the Lord by himself as if what he earns he has to keep saying محمد لله for what he's earned she said very well then tell محمد now that he's done this for me in Syria I'll triple his commission if he does well in Yemen triple what happened was that he went to Yemen this success was achieved in Yemen and he returned خديجة was telling her friend نفيسة I have never seen someone like this man the success he has bought me the humility as the trustworthiness نفيسة said خديجة خديجة said what do you mean for how long are you not going to get married how many proposals have you had from the Quraish and you keep rejecting and rejecting for how many years isn't there going to be a stage now that you're in your late 20s isn't there going to be a stage now where you're going to come towards the marriage so نفيسة looked at her and said can I suggest someone she said go ahead she said محمد she said to what do you mean she said if he's got the qualities that he's truthful and he's trustworthy then what are you waiting for go ahead خديجة said okay very well نفيسة you take the proposal and what's interesting from this is that that issue of matchmaking was from the time of رسول الله in our communities today sometimes when people hear about matchmaking they say what's this matchmaking who is this person to bring people together do not say what's matchmaking نفيسة بوت خديجة محمد together نفيسة went to she went to رسول الله she said oh prophet of God or at the time she would say to him oh محمد she said to him oh محمد I have someone for you for marriage would you be interested he said who she said خديجة she said خديجة for me look how great خديجة is imagine if رسول الله says that about someone then how pure must that human being be so he said look how great خديجة is would she accept someone like me نفيسة said I know she will نفيسة told him go and speak to your uncle ابو طالب as soon as ابو طالب heard ابو طالب had a smile on his face like he's never had before and ابو طالب came towards the prophet he said very well I'm going to take the proposal to خديجة's house and to honor this marriage I'm going to give the cloak of عبد المطالب and the staff of عبد المطالب and محمد I want you to wear a black turban and that black turban is signified today by the grandsons of رسول الله and you find that he told him I want you to wear in a guide train come let us go and propose for خديجة you would think خديجة because she's wealthy would ask for a high dowry isn't it but someone who knows that contentment in life is better than a high dowry will not ask for a high dowry رسول الله would say the worst of women is the one who asks for a high dowry the worst of women and the Muslim communities today do not be surprised you can hear some stories I'm telling you they'll make your bed and here and everything else go great you'll find that with رسول الله and خديجة the dowry was 400 gold coins the marriage was conducted and of course they broke all the stereotypes in their marriage in Arabia a woman had to be equal with a man in 3 and greater than him in 1 and a man had to be greater than a woman in 2 a woman had to be equal in a man with 3 as wealthy in terms of equality in terms of her age equal in terms of her descent equal and greater than him in 1 in terms of her looks and a man had to be greater than a woman and the fact that he had to be what wealthier than her and taller than her so what you find with خديجة خديجة broke the stereotype she was wealthier than رسول الله and a couple of years older than رسول الله and you found that therefore what happened that they broke the stereotype and Abu Talib came and said in the name of Allah the most beneficent, the most merciful we are the children of Abraham from the line of إسحاق and from the line of إسماعيل and it's my honor to bring محمد ابن عبد الله to خديجة بنت خويلت sometimes people say that this man died as a disbeliever only Allah knows what else do you need to say for people to know that you're a believer anyway so what you found here is that they got married and you'd think that when they got married their early years would be easy why? because you would think that this is خديجة that's رسول الله Allah loves the two of them the easiest they had the most difficult early years and there Allah was showing us that sometimes even محمد's early years and his marriage are difficult not just you if in your early years you can't have children then the creation I loved more than any other creation couldn't have children who stayed alive in his early years رسول الله has a son قاسم he dies he has a son عبد الله he dies and could you imagine in those early years when he walks in the streets especially after he had announced his prophethood and he had been married for a while people would come and say to him ابتار ابتار means the one with no line imagine رسول الله announces his prophethood and he's walking the street العس ابن وا الفادة of عمر ابن العس would come and walk in the street and he'd look at it and say ابتار where's your children do not in your marriages in the early days when there are no children imagine that Allah سبحانه وتعالى is punishing me رسول الله was being punished by Allah no in life sometimes we're tested with our wealth or with our health or with our education or with our children that's an equation in life there is no one on this earth who will not be tested in one of these four areas رسول الله therefore has to wait he hears these people saying ابتار ابتار ابتار until Allah reverse the verse بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم إنا أعطينا كالكوثر when Allah سبحانه وتعالى gave خديجة عن رسول الله فاطمة الزهرة صلوات الله وسلام عليك and you find that within the traditions when Fatima was born رسول الله would always come and smell her and he would say that when I come to smell Fatima I remember the smell of Jannah there is the smell of paradise that comes from Fatima to Zahra which is an indication that رسول الله would have gone on an ascension and he would have smelled that smell and therefore whenever he'd see Fatima he would smell her and remember Jannah you'd find you know when خديجة gave birth to Fatima do you think there were many women who'd come and congratulate her today you may have a baby shower and many women around you many women who'd come and say congratulations خديجة الكبرى none of the women came next to her they said to her you marry Muhammad the imposter the magician the sorcerer and do you expect us to help you when you give birth do you know her house was empty but Allah plans you plan and Allah has the greatest planer the narration state that when Allah سبحانه وتعالى saw khadija with nobody to look after her and normally as a lady you want your sisters you want your mother you want family but when nobody was around khadija Allah سبحانه وتعالى the authentic hadith say that Allah sent Maryam the mother of Jesus and Eve the wife of Adam and Asya the wife of Pharaoh and Kulthum the sister of Musa to help khadija give birth to Fatima you find when she gave birth to Fatima the narration say to us that she gave birth 5 years into the prophethood of Rasool Allah in the year 615 and in that year 615 what do the narration state they state that when she was born Fatima the Zahra was born in the most turbulent time for Rasool Allah never ever did Rasool Allah face as much turbulence as in those years imagine the young Fatima after the age of only 2-3 you find they've placed economic sanctions on Rasool Allah the Shi'ab of Abu Talib you know in that Shi'ab of Abu Talib you know what khadija used to do Fatima's mother Fatima's mother in the Shi'ab of Abu Talib all the money she had gathered from her business she would spend on at least providing food for the people who were there there were economic sanctions from the whole of Arabia whatever she gathered she'd provide food khadija would not sleep if Rasool Allah was asleep khadija would stay awake to protect Rasool Allah khadija would eat from the plant so that Rasool Allah eats whatever is healthy for him khadija would come and protect everybody else who was in the Shi'ab Fatima the Zahra only a couple years of age has to be see a world where all sanctions are placed on her that's number one because of that Shi'ab of Abu Talib after that khadija picked up a fever and because of this fever she passed away in other words Fatima the Zahra the narration say to us after a few years she became an orphan all she had in her life was her father on top of that she sees her father doing Sujood near the Ka'ba one day she was sitting there she was about 5-6 years of age Rasool Allah is prostrating near the Ka'ba all of a sudden Abu Jahal comes with the feces of a camel and pours it on the head of Rasool Allah and you know what Fatima would do she'd say to him daddy do not worry I'll clean your face daddy I will clean your head she'd bring a cloth and wipe everything and she herself would go and wash her hand and that's why Rasool Allah whenever she'd walk into the room and he'd say she is the mother of her father this lady is a mother for me look at what she does in her life further than that when her dad would leave the house we know the verses in the Quran تبت يدى أبي لهبي وتب ما أغنى عنه ماله وما كسب سيصل نارا ذا تلهب وامرأته حمالة الحطب the wife of Abu Lahab would get firewood burn it and throw it on Rasool Allah and do you know they'd even throw thorns at him and do you know who would come and remove the thorns? she'd come with her hands and her hands would have blood because of the thorns she had to pick up and if the fire had burnt her father's cloak she would come and she'd remove the fire that loyalty to Rasool Allah was never equal by any lady after her and no lady will ever come to her or equal that and that's why when they eventually wanted to sacrifice and kill Rasool Allah Rasool Allah said to her I'm about to leave Mecca to go to Medina there is a young man who will sleep in my bed tonight that man who sleeps in my bed tonight he will bring you to Medina tomorrow she said who? oh my father he said to Ali the son of Abu Talib she said to him okay very well has he accepted to sacrifice his life for you he said to her Fatima he said ya Rasool Allah it's the greatest honor for me to sacrifice my life for you tonight so he said to her Fatima tomorrow you Fatima I said the mother of Ali and Fatima the daughter of your uncle Hamza there were three famous Fatimas in Mecca all you three will come with Ali ibn Abi Talib he has returned the trust to the people I want you to come with him you will meet me where will you meet me? just before I enter Medina I'll be waiting I saw the son of Abu Talib take us to Medina she says on our way to Medina the people were chasing us and all of a sudden all of them were standing and Ali ibn Abi Talib was standing in front of us woman and they said to him Ali give us the woman now you think her father has escaped if we allow her father to escape we'll never allow her to escape he said to them and the look was that look which he only gave again once and that was when Fatima died and you know what that look was when Fatima died that was the look when he said to the person who said to him take Fatima we will take every single body out of Medina until we take Fatima's body out as well and he looked at him and look where the person said when Ali ibn Abi Talib looks at you like that you do not bother fighting him and Ali ibn Abi Talib looked at them and he said do not bother they bothered fighting him Fatima says he defended all of us we reached Masjid Qiba the companions at Masjid Qiba had told Rasulallah يا رسول الله why are you waiting Medina waits you he said do you think i will leave the Salaf Abu Talib and into Medina i am waiting for Ali by the time Ali ibn Abi Talib reached his body was full of blood they had cut him in different parts of his body but he reached Masjid Qiba Fatima the Zahra reached and this Fatima saw Rasulallah take Ali's hand in Medina when Rasulallah both the Muhajirun and the Ansab together in Medina he both the Muhajirun the Ansab they said to him who is your brother he said Ali is to me like Aaron is to Moses Ali is my brother Fatima having seen all of this it was only normal that she was going to marry Ali ibn Abi Talib how after the battle of Badr there were many people who were proposing to Fatima the Zahra many Abu Bakr came and proposed Rasulallah said no Omar came to propose Rasulallah said no Imam bin Auf came to propose he got a rejection Abdulrahman bin Auf then looked at Ali said Ali what are you waiting for this lady is waiting for you there is nobody else Ali ibn Abi Talib with all his shyness with his humility he felt that do I have enough to come and propose for Fatima eventually the proposal was bought to Rasulallah Rasulallah said I will ask Fatima Fatima normally she would say no to everybody as a sign of rejection but with Imam Ali she remained silent which was a sign of approval Rasulallah that moment said to Imam Ali what is it that you have to offer as mahar as dowry and this is where Fatima got a lesson from her mother Khadija because when Imam Ali came Imam Ali did not have this huge house and vast cars and so on no Imam Ali what did he come with Imam Ali came and he said I have a shield and I have a horse and I have a sword nothing else from the beginning Ali ibn Abi Talib did not want to say I have this and I have this at the end all of these are taken from you what you say is what you have Rasulallah that's all I have I have nothing more if it's not enough then I'm sorry I cannot look after Fatima Rasulallah of course spoke to Fatima and he said to Imam Ali ask for your horse keep it so you can use it to irrigate the land as a job for you to have an income and ask for your sword keep it because that sword will defend the religion of Islam and ask for your shield it was called al-hadima he had got it from the battle of Badr's booty he said ask for your shield he sold it he got 480 from that from the battle of Fatima but did Rasulallah did Ali get married to us straight away أقيل Imam Ali's brother saw him one day he said it's been a month now since you've been accepted what's going on you know how your big brother talks to you about marriage what's going on why haven't you finished this Imam Ali said my big brother أقيل I'm shy to go to Rasulallah and say to him when's the wedding I know he's accepted me but I don't want to say to him when's the wedding I don't want to place a burden on Rasulallah أقيل said leave this to me he went he saw Um Aiman Um Aiman go and tell Um Salama Um Salama go and tell Rasulallah when Um Salama told Rasulallah Rasulallah said on the country let the son of Abu Talib come why is he shy of me I will arrange for the wedding plans he came to Imam Ali he said Ali what's going on you want to get married he said to him yes he said so why haven't you told me I've accepted you he said ya Rasulallah I didn't want to put a burden on you he said it's not a burden tell me talk to me he said ya Rasulallah where do you want to do it Rasulallah said you say is it a Haritha bin Na'man can we use his house you see if you don't have enough at a young age you don't need to look for the glorious light that young if you don't have enough then go for something which is an option he said Haritha bin Na'man Rasulallah said you know we've exhausted Haritha bin Na'man but let's use his house let's ask Haritha Haritha they said to him Haritha can we use your house because we've used your other houses he said ya Rasulallah my house doesn't belong to me it belongs to you and Allah SWT everything I earn in this world is a trust from Allah and you are his prophet use my house for marriage so they use that house everybody came in a very simple ceremony the night before Fatamat al-Zahra of course doesn't have a beautiful dress Fatamat al-Zahra was living on the means of her father so a narration state that her father got her a lovely dress like all ladies they would want a beautiful dress on their wedding day she's looking at that dress she's thinking about it and I tell you today sometimes we can have tantrums about these dresses you can have headache after headache why is the white not brown why is the gold not silver why is this not bad and you sometimes wonder are we following Fatamat or are we following someone else sometimes I forget myself as well so she's got this beautiful dress and she's looking at it and someone knocks on the door comes out all family of Rasulallah I am someone who is poor and has nothing and I come to the house of mercy I beg of you to give me something Fatamat al-Zahra when she sees this person she thinks to herself I'll give the old patched dress that I have I have an old dress I'll give it but then she remembers the verse بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم لن تنالوا البر حتى تنفقوا من ما تحبون you will never achieve righteousness until you're willing to give away that which you love the most she loves the new dress and then she came and she said to the person here is my dress I only got it now go and sell it and insha'Allah it brings you a good income tell me how many of us live in this world but allow the world to live in us والله if there is a single mark on that wedding dress you may have a tantrum where someone's about to hit you and Fatamat says take my dress and when they come and ask her Fatamat why she said because the Quran says you can never achieve righteousness until you're willing not to give away you're willing to give away that's what you love the most I love this dress but I want Allah to see me as someone righteous and she came that wedding day to Ali والله she was wearing a dress patched up dress they got a patched up dress the narration said that Rasool Allah came hurrying to us that Fatamat get changed she said to Muay he said جبرا إيل has just come to me with a dress and Allah has honored from the Jannah when you give towards Allah you think Allah will not give back towards you you find there for what happened that they got married and even when they bought about their house you see today unless the apartment you have to have LCD 46 inch and the leather so far you know those ones which look nice but they break your back at the end you know they call them modern contemporary والله all it does is break my back at the end honestly just bring me something old nice cushion and I can sleep on it anyway today everything's got to be looked after catered you have to have the best of this from day one you look at the person you're like my father earned all this in 20 years you want me to have it in one day but anyway the demands are high may Allah SWT through the lesson of Fatamat remind us the narration state Imam Ali all he had والله he had a jug and a jar and a mattress and nothing more a couple of gifts here and there this couple who are arguably the greatest couple in Islamic history that's how they began their marital life nothing more nothing less and indeed from the beginning normally today the honeymoon you sit down and you're looking on the internet package deal package deal let me find this let me find that let me find a hotel but this is not not والله you look at some of us the things we worry about these days honestly and you find what is that you know what her honeymoon was carrying water for the soldiers at the battle of Uhud face the reality of life sometimes brothers and sisters face the realities in the battle of Uhud she came with 13 other women carrying water where are the soldiers of my father and they'd say to her you are Fatamat you don't need to serve no I am like all the rest of you that when Islam is under threat I roll my sleeves and I pick up water like the rest and you know how many wounds she treated of Imam أمير المؤمنين on that day 63 wounds on the body of Ali Ibn Abi Qalim and here you have this lady who's only been married to him less than a year and she's patching up the wounds on his body you see the unison that exists there and that's why after this you found that Allah Subhanu Wa Ta'ala blessed them with the most beautiful of children he blessed them with Imam Al-Hussain with Imam Al-Hussain with Sayyid Al-Zaynab and eventually with Umkul Thum Umkul Thum being one and a half years of age when her mother died and this family not only a sacrifice they would give their sacrifices were in many ways when you look for the sacrifice in this world go no further than the house of Fatamat Al-Zahra when you look for altruism in this world look no further than the house of Fatamat Al-Zahra you find the number of stories from the house of Fatamat Al-Zahra when it came to altruism when it came towards sacrifice and when it came towards never using her tongue to put down her husband you know this tongue its weight is so light its power is so devastating when you are newly married the tongue can be very sharp it can damage the heart of your partner be you a male to a female or a female to a male don't use the tongue sharply that tongue can be devastating as many times that you could say I love you only once you use it devastating you can destroy the number of stories you find in Islamic history where Fatamat Al-Zahra would not want to trouble Amir Al-Mu'mineen one day for example Amir Al-Mu'mineen the narration state that he comes home he comes home he enters upon the house of Fatamat when he enters upon the house of Fatamat she says to him Oh Amir Al-Mu'mineen I beg of you can you go out and just get me a pomegranate because he looked at her he said Fatamat you seem ill she said I am he said why didn't you tell me if you were ill why didn't you tell me she said I didn't want to trouble you because Rasool Allah says whoever whichever lady makes a demand from her husband which is beyond his means Allah will remove her from divine grace I didn't want to trouble you because my father Rasool Allah told me never trouble Ali Ibn Abi Tal he said to her Fatamat it's not trouble only one pomegranate and you call it trouble please brothers and sisters let's put this in our lives one pomegranate she felt she was troubling her husband he said very well I'll go out and I'll get on his way he bought a pomegranate the narration state that when you bought this pomegranate on his way back to the house he saw this old lady sitting on the ground she looked at him and she said oh son of Abu Talib I am ill do you mind giving me something to eat he looked at the pomegranate and he thought but Fatamat is ill but he cut the pomegranate in half and he said here it is he went back to Fatamat Izzahra he said oh Fatamat here is half a pomegranate she said to him جزاك الله خير جزاك he said to her I'm not going to ask me why it's half she said tell me he said on the way back I saw this old lady who was ill I cut half for her she said جزاك الله خير جزاك may Allah reward you the best of rewards did you help the servants of Allah and you helped me as well he looked at her and all of a sudden the door knocked of the house of Muhammad when the door knocked who was it it was Salman Salman came and he said oh family of the prophet I have come to you with a message from Rasool Allah Imam Ali said what is it he said I find pomegranates for the act of Ali Ibn Abi Talib Ali Ibn Abi Talib looked at Salman and said I don't believe this is from Rasool Allah Salman said to him why he said because Rasool Allah says when you do a good deed Allah rewards you with 10 Salman said truly you're Ali Ibn Abi Talib and he took out the 10th pomegranate the point was the جزاك الله خير جزاك for a pomegranate I don't want to trouble you in your life well another occasion when he told her فاعتما why is your face white I see it pale she said I'm alright he said no tell me she said we haven't had food in the house he said to her فاعتما why didn't you tell me she said I never have wanted to trouble you oh son of Abu Talib and do you know this lady when she died just before she died she said oh امير المؤمنين remind me did I ever trouble you in your life he said to her let me go out and I will go and earn an income امام went to borrow some money he went to borrow one dinner so he could buy some food for the house on his way he found المقداد مقداد السلام عليكم عليكم السلام مقداد walked away امام thought strange مقداد never walks away from me مقداد when he says السلام عليكم would stay and say how are you I said مقداد مقداد wait where are you going مقداد said don't worry اصلا الله اصلا مقداد come back what is it he said امير المؤمنين والله I have no money at home and my children's eyes have sunk in their sockets I have given all my money away to the poor I have nothing left امام said مقداد here take this dinner that dinner was meant to be buying food for Imam's house yes but this family is the family of sacrifice isn't it امام went to the mosque to pray صلاة المغرب رسول الله is leading رسول الله finishes the Salani turns around where is علي بنبي طالب they said he's here he said علي I want a favor from you what is it رسول الله he said علي I want to come to your house for dinner tonight I went out to get food for home I've given my dinner and now my father-in-law who happens just to be the greatest man in this religion wants to come home and eat so he comes back home he knocks on the door father what is that opens father my looks that's him and you know that look you give your wife when there's a guest come for dinner it's a look of are you ready for what I'm going to say to you father someone's come for dinner who your father and the food she looked at him what do we do about the food he's like I don't know the narration states that this lady's connection was with Allah was so pure that in Islamic traditions she went in the kitchen and she called out ya Allah when Jesus son of Mary called you and said oh Allah send us food from Jannah you sent him down food from Jannah when it said ربنا أنزل علينا مائدة من السماء I am your the daughter of your prophet I am فاطمة and I ask you for some food for my father the narration the narration came down with food for فاطمة and she was able to feed her father and she was able to feed them more than the Jew in other words you found that when the ayah was revealed على حبه مسكينا ويتيمن واسيرا that when the Quran revealed the verse and they give away out of their love for the food to an orphan to a captive to a prisoner that wasn't the first time they gave away they had given every year in their life they were giving this family of Fatima and Ali their whole life was giving away towards Allah سبحانه وتعالى and therefore you found that رسول الله at the crucial year before he died when he had to face the Christians of Najran who did رسول الله take with him with the Christians رسول الله when he had to face the Christians in the event of مباهلة the narration what do they say to us the narration say to us that رسول الله took with him as the ayah says فمن حاجك فيه من بعد ما جاء كمل العلم فقل تعالوا ندعو أبناءنا وابناءكم ونساءكم ونساءكم تقول to the Christians will bring our women you bring your women will bring our sons you bring your sons will bring ourselves you bring yourselves I ask you is a woman allowed to be involved in Islamic politics or not in 21st century Islam a woman cannot have any political role in the Islam of Muhammad a woman was an ambassador in politics oh no no today's Islam don't worry we've made up lots of things in our communities when he takes her for مباهلة why doesn't he say a woman cannot be in politics because she's not محرم to the other man a woman cannot be in politics because politics is only for men a woman cannot be in politics because politics you have to have hijab so why take فاقمة to meet Christians why فاقمة if a woman don't keep فاقمة at home a woman has as much role in building your community as a man and unless a woman is allowed to be involved at least in participating in the future of a community then a community in this Muslim world will never be built when he went there فاقمة came حسن حسين علي رسول الله all of those who were under the kiss all of them came the Christians looked at all of them and said we swear by God that we will not enter the mobah hello with these five because the amount of light that shines from their faces if it told the mountain to move the mountain would move from its position the point was فاقمة from that day was involved in politics and that's why when رسول الله died what do the narration say to us when رسول الله died the narration say to us that فاقمة تزهر our father said to her او فاقمة come near me he gave her a piece of news she first cried then she smiled why did she cry she cried because he was about to die why did she smile because he said you will be the first to join me afterwards and after رسول الله died did فاقمة leave Islamic politics no she didn't فاقمة تزهر highlighted that مباهل wasn't a one of political situation for me because when they usurped Fedek a piece of land رسول الله gave to فاقمة in honor of her mother خديجة how much خديجة gave from her wealth to Islam رسول الله gave Fedek in his lifetime to فاقمة تزهر so that it was a gift after رسول الله died they came and they said there is no inheritance they bought out an argument profits don't leave behind inheritance فاقمة تزهر gave two خطبة of Fedek and I ask all of you that if you have not read the خطبة of فاقمة تزهر at Fedek then you should feel a sense of embarrassment if you are a lover of فاقمة in that خطبة she showed the Quran was part and parcel of her life she said you tell me I can't inherit سليمان inherited from Dawood didn't he يحيا inherited from Zechariah didn't he and all the other verses in the Quran صورة 4 verse 11 صورة 2 verse 180 verse after verse after verse did فاقمة say I can't enter politics I can't speak out against injustice never I am the daughter of رسول الله and when I see injustice politically I do not stay silent I have as much role in the political system as every man does in Arabia and she came out and she spoke and I tell you she shattered them she shattered them the man who was in charge of the empire said very well فاقمة I will give you Fedek back but his friend turned around and said if you give her Fedek back then you have to therefore admit that غدير also belongs to her husband and she would speak out and she would speak out and she'd speak with the Quran and you look at the daughters of فاقمة today and I tell them our daughters of فاقمة is Zechariah be walking Quran on earth to not neglect the Quran be be fadwa served be be fatama for how many years do you know be be fadwa at Karbala how old was she 86 from the age of 66 so the age of 86 according to differing narrations in the last 20 years of her life be be fadwa only spoken Quran do you know what only spoken Quran means or not it means I never give an answer except using a verse of the Quran because the Quran has everything about life I can answer you by Quran someone say that's impossible I reply then listen when one of the companion says I saw a lady who was stranded in the middle of a desert I came up to her and I said to her excuse me are you lost she looked at me and she said Surah 43 verse 89 قل سلام فسوف يعلمون سيسلام عليكم he looked at me and he said oh I'm sorry I'm sorry سلام عليكم are you need of guidance she then said Surah 39 verse number 37 وما يهد الله فما لهم من مظل whoever Allah guides can never meet be misguided he then looked at me he said excuse me are you a human or are you a genie she looked at him Surah 7 verse 31 يا بني آدم خذوا زينتكم عند كل مشجد I'm a bany Adam he looked at me he said okay where have you come from Surah 41 verse 44 أولائك ينادون من مكان بعيد I've come from a far far away place he then said to her where are you going she said Surah 3 verse 97 ولله على الناس حج البيت من استطاع عليه سبيلا I'm going towards Hajj he said so your kafil how many days has it been lost Surah 50 verse 38 خلق السماوات والأرض في سبتة أيام six days he said very well he looked at there and he said to her that you must be hungry she said Surah 21 verse 8 وما جعلناهم جسدا لا يأكلون الطعام we did not create them as people who don't eat food so he said to her very well very well by the way there's a camel over there run after it it's going towards Hajj she looked at him Surah 2 verse 286 لا يُكلف الله نفسا إلا وصعها الله does not put a burden on the soul unless you can handle it I can't run that much at this moment what happens the narration says that at this moment he says okay very well then what we'll do is that I'll sit on the camel and you sit behind me she says Surah 21 verse 22 if there were gods other than Allah there would be facade I can't sit behind you you're not mahram to me then he looked at and he said very well you ride the camel I'll walk Surah 43 verse 13 she's riding the camel riding then all of a sudden from far away she sees four people he says so who are those four she says Surah 18 verse 46 المال والبنون زينة الحياة الدنيا so she looks at him and he says okay what's their names she gives them a verse about Dawood إنّا جعلنا كخليفة she gives them a verse about Muhammad وما محمد الله رسول she gives them a verse about Musa and the verse about Sulaiman she gives them all these verses he says okay now I know their names every verse about a name in the Quran they come to her they say mommy how are you are you all right are you being looked after she says Surah 28 verse 26 oh my father give them rent because they are truthful and trustworthy give them their rent the man looked at her he said be be father thank you for giving me the rent she looked at him and she quoted the verse والله يرسو قمية شاء they asked her how could you speak like this and the reply that came from the man is if you've been for 24 all your life under the university of Fatima to Zahra do you think you won't speak with the Quran be be father only speaks with the Quran and you found that that be be father found it hard when she had to see Fatima lying on her bed with a broken rib and be be father narrates and Asma narrates I saw Ali ibn Abi Talib give Ghusl to Fatima to Zahra because the daughter of Rasool Allah in defending the religion of Islam they come and they push the door with the nail hitting her and when the nail hits her what happened when the nail hits her she miscarries the child and when she miscarries that child the narrations what do they say to us say Imam Ali ibn Abi Talib those of you who've ever given Ghusl to your sister to your wife to your daughter the Ghusl is difficult but imagine your Ali ibn Abi Talib and this is the most beloved wife the narration says Asma says I saw Imam Ali go and sit in the corner of the Ghusl and cry brothers tonight is the night your heart should be in Mecca I said to him son of Abu Talib why do you cry you lifted the gate he said to me Oh Asma I was just washing the body of my wife Fatima and my hand came across one of her broken ribs the narration goes further that when Imam Ali was carrying the body of Fatima Imam Al-Hasan ran to the chest of Fatima to Zahra and he began to cry by her chest he said mother it's me Hassan then Imam Al-Hussein came on the chest of his mother and he said to her mother it is me Hussein do you know what happened there is a narration which says Jibra'il came and he said Oh Ali run the chest of his mother why Jibra'il why remove Hussein because he said the angels cannot bear to see Hussein on the chest of his mother I ask Jibra'il one question Jibra'il if the angels could not bear to see Hussein on the chest of Fatima then how did the angels bear to see شمر on the chest of Hussein but wait keep the tears keep the tears these tears will speak for us on the day of judgment our lover of Fatima where is where is we go to Medina and on top of that Imam Amir المؤمنين one day sees Imam Al-Hasan do you know how hard it was for these orphans Imam Amir one day sees Imam Al-Hasan one day sees him crying and crying he says to my son Hussein what's wrong my son why do you cry what's wrong he says my father if you saw what I saw you'll cry Ali has not seen he says to my father you know when my mother Fatima gave her a khutbat he said yes he said my father on her way back to Medina he said to him what do you mean he said to him they slapped Imam Ali looked at him he said now I know and that's why Imam Ali when he was by the grave of Fatima to Zahra he was crying and crying he fell asleep unconscious at that moment in his dream he saw Fatima to Zahra he said to him Ali and that's why on a night like this when we remember the mother of Fatima to Zahra we mentioned the people of Abu Talib and the people of Abu Talib generations mention that when Khadija died Rasool Allah wanted to come and bury her when we come to bury someone the first thing we do is we put a kafan on their body don't we a kafan but because of how poor Rasool Allah was he couldn't afford a kafan for Khadija he used his shroud but his shroud wasn't long enough to cover her body so Rasool Allah felt sad at that moment he raised his hands in dua and he said ya Allah this is Khadija if it was it for her wealth and the sword of Ali if it was it for her wealth Khadija would have no one Khadija is the one who gave everything to Islam but ya Allah have a shroud a kafan every human deserves to be buried with a kafan don't you agree isn't it sad if there is a day when a human lies on the ground without a kafan to cover his body isn't it sad if there is a human who lies on the ground and they trample on his kafan do you know what the narration mention when Rasool Allah came to him and he said to him ya Rasool Allah these are the 5 kafans which I have to give you at this moment Rasool Allah looked at him and he said ya Jibrail tell me who the first kafan is for he said to him ya Rasool Allah the first kafan is for Khadija in order that you are able to bury her you are able to cover her he said to him Jibrail tell me who the second kafan is for he said to him ya Rasool Allah the second kafan is for you that when you die there is a kafan to cover your body he said to him Jibrail tell me who the third kafan is for that when she dies there is a kafan to cover her body he said to him Jibrail tell me that when he dies there is a kafan to cover his body he said to him he said to him it's for your grandest Salimah the 20 you cover his body you know the next line إنا لله وإنا إليه راجعون raise your hands on this blessed night raise your hands brothers and sisters we pray to Allah سبحانه وتعالى to raise us with Muhammad