 In one hadith, Hamad ibn Uthman and in another similar hadith Abu Ubaidah, both companions of Imam al-Sadiq alaihi s-salam, they narrate this beautiful hadith from Imam al-Sadiq alaihi s-salam in describing to us what the Book of Fatima is, what is Mus'haf Fatima? Hamad ibn Uthman and Abu Ubaidah they narrate, they say that, Imam al-Sadiq alaihi s-salam told them, when the Prophet peace be upon him passed away, Fatima t-Zahra alaihi s-salam did not live for long. She lived for about 75 days after the departure of the Holy Prophet peace be upon him. Fatima t-Zahra alaihi s-salam became engulfed with grief, sadness and sorrow. She was extremely grief-stricken after the death of the Holy Prophet peace be upon him. No one in the world was saddened and struck with grief like Fatima alaihi s-salam. Therefore Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala sent one of his angels, one hadith says it was jubra'een. Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala sent jubra'een to go and give comfort to Fatima alaihi s-salam. No the greatness of Fatima that Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala sends his greatest angel or one of his greatest angels to go and comfort Fatima. To give her consolation, to speak with her, to lift her out of that immense grief that she was experiencing. In order to lift her out of that grief, the angel jubra'een would speak to Fatima and he would share with her a lot of information. He would give her knowledge, he would tell her where the Prophet is, how the Prophet is, what is the status of the Prophet and that would give comfort to Fatima. And Imam alaihi bin al-Yatana alaihi s-salam would record everything that the angels were sharing with Fatima al-Zahra alaihi s-salam. He would record it all until it became into a book and this is the book of Fatima alaihi s-salam. It is truly an amazing book. Now there are some Muslims from other schools of thought that will attack the followers of Ahlul Bayt and say you Shia, you the followers of Ahlul Bayt are taking it a little bit too far. What is this exaggeration and idolization that you are ascribing to Fatima al-Zahra alaihi s-salam? This is heresy. Fatima was not a messenger, she was not a prophet. How can you claim that she received revelation from Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala? Are you claiming that you have a second Qur'an? You have another Qur'an that she received from Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala? What of the names of Fatima al-Zahra alaihi s-salam was an muhaditha, the one who was spoken to? Imam al-Zahra alaihi s-salam describes the meaning of this word. Imam al-Zahra alaihi s-salam says Fatima was given this title, this name because the angels would communicate with her just as the angels would communicate with Maryam alaihi s-salam. Just as they would speak to Maryam, they would speak to Fatima and they would say to her, oh Fatima Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala has purified you. Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala has chosen you over the ladies of the world. Oh Fatima worship God, prostrate and bow in your salah. In fact, all of the Imam al-Zahra al-Bayt were muhaditheen. They were spoken to by the angels. In one hadith Imam al-Ibn al-Riqaleem alaihi s-salam says, I and my progeny the Imam al-Zahra al-Bayt are all muhadith. We have been spoken to by the angels of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala. Sunaym ibn Qais, one of the companions of Imam al-Mu'mineen alaihi s-salam, he says, one day I asked Muhammad ibn Abi Bakr, Muhammad the son of Abu Bakr, which you really don't hear about when you hear what other schools of thought have to say. Isn't this man, the son of your first khalifa, how come you don't mention him like you mention others? How come there is absolutely no mention of him? It's because he loved Imam Ali ibn al-Riqaleem alaihi s-salam. Look at the oppression and injustice towards the Arabic. Whoever was close to them and followed them and loved them, you find no mention of them in other schools of thought. Sunaym ibn Qais says, I asked Muhammad the son of Abu Bakr one day. I told him, is Imam Ali ibn Abi Bakr a muhadath, is he spoken to? He said yes, of course he is, and not only is he spoken to, but Fatima alaihi s-salam, even though she's not a prophet, she's not a messenger, but she was also spoken to. The Qur'an demonstrates to us that one does not necessarily have to be a messenger or prophet to receive revelation from Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala. So it's not an exaggeration to say that Fatima alaihi s-salam received revelation. When the mother of Musa received revelation according to the Qur'an, when Maryam alaihi s-salam received revelation according to the Qur'an, when Sarah the wife of Ibrahim received revelation according to the Holy Qur'an. Is it too much for us to accept that Fatima, the very daughter of the greatest messenger of Allah, would also receive revelation? Where is the exaggeration in that? Where is the problem in that? Isn't Fatima alaihi s-salam above these three other women who received revelation? If they could receive revelation, why can't she? Even if you refer to books like Bukhari, they demonstrate to you that Fatima alaihi s-salam is better than Maryam. There is a hadith in Sahih al-Bukhari which says, Fatima Sayyidat al-Nisa'i Ahl al-Jannah. Fatima is the leader of the women of Paradise. I ask you, is Maryam alaihi s-salam in Paradise or not? Is it she amongst the women of Paradise? If Fatima is the leader of the women of Paradise, is it she higher in rank in the eyes of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala than Maryam alaihi s-salam? And if Maryam could receive revelation, as confirmed by the Holy Qur'an, then why cannot Fatima alaihi s-salam receive revelation from Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala? Where is the harm in believing that? Where is the heresy? There is another hadith by Al-Hakim al-Nisa'aburi, a prominent Sunni scholar. He narrates a hadith. He says, Aisha is the one who narrates this hadith. She says, when the Prophet peace be upon him shortly before he passed away, when he was on his deathbed, he said to Fatima alaihi s-salam because she was very upset to lose her father. He told her, Oh Fatima, be satisfied. Are you not satisfied because Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala has made you the best woman out of all the women of the world. And you shall be the leader of the women in Paradise. And you are the leader of the believing women. This demonstrates that Fatima al-Zahra alaihi s-salam was the best woman Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala ever created. Therefore, where is the harm in believing that she received revelation from Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala? So this book, the book of Fatima alaihi s-salam, what exactly does it contain? The angels who spoke to her, what did they speak in those books? What is the theme of the book of Fatima alaihi s-salam? The primary theme of the book of Fatima al-Zahra alaihi s-salam is that it contains all past events, current events and future events. Everything Imam al-Sahab alaihi s-salam says is contained in the book of Fatima al-Zahra alaihi s-salam. Another aspect that is contained in the book of Fatima al-Zahra alaihi s-salam is the will of Fatima alaihi s-salam with respect to her children, the Imams of Ahlul Bayt. And also the endowments that she had. This will is contained in the book of Fatima al-Pisbih upon her. Also some minor Islamic laws, even Imam al-Sahab alaihi s-salam says, You know if someone injures you or scratches you, there is a retribution money that you have to pay. If you scratch someone, if you injure someone, you have to seek their satisfaction, forgiveness and you also have to pay them. It's called Arsh in Islamic law. Imam al-Sahab alaihi s-salam says even that is mentioned in the book of Fatima al-Zahra alaihi s-salam. What else is mentioned in this book? The status of the Holy Prophet peace be upon him, his rank in paradise with all the details is mentioned in the book of Fatima. All future events are mentioned in the book of Fatima al-Zahra alaihi s-salam, especially the events that would happen to the progeny of Fatima al-Zahra till the day of judgment is all contained in this amazing book. Now Imam al-Sahab alaihi s-salam is very clear that this book is not a second Quran as some ignorant Muslims might think. The Imam says it contains nothing from the Holy Quran. Don't confuse it with the Quran. This has nothing to do with the Holy Quran. The Holy Quran has its own status. It is the highest book God ever has given to humanity. The book of Fatima is not a second Quran. And it's not to be confused with the book of Allah SWT. Now the problem is you will find some ignorant people they will say well it's called Mus'haf Fatima and the word Mus'haf means Quran. So you Shi'a's are claiming that this is the Quran of Fatima. Unfortunately these people have not understood the meaning of the word Mus'haf in the Arabic language. In Arabic the word Mus'haf simply means papers stacked in a book. When you have papers and you compile them into a book this is called Mus'haf. And the reason why the Holy Quran today is called Mus'haf is because it is also a book. However if you refer to the Holy Quran and the Ahadith, the narrations of the Holy Prophet peace be upon him during his lifetime never was the Holy Quran referred to as the Mus'haf. This was a later term that the Muslims used to describe the Holy Quran. Otherwise in the Holy Quran the Quran is not referred to as Mus'haf. The Prophet peace be upon him never referred to the Holy Quran as being the Mus'haf. This is a later terminology that the Muslims used to describe the Holy Quran. So in the Imams of Ahadith Bayt say Mus'haf Fatima it simply means the book of Fatima. Which the angels gave her the knowledge Imam Ali Ibn Abi Talib would write it into a book.