Seerah

In this way she was talking - as the narrations suggested - to the Muslims about that right; she was the holy struggler. To use some contemporary terminology, she was the person who practised political work in the strongest manner: she stood alone in...

In this way she was talking - as the narrations su...

In spite of all the aforementioned proofs of Fatimah''s infallibility, holiness, miraculous favours and virtues, all these do not remove her from the human race. She was a woman who had feelings, emotions and desires, as other women have. Her greatne...

In spite of all the aforementioned proofs of Fatim...

Scholars from the two schools of thought, including al-Suyooti, in their commentary on the verse: 'And give to the near of kin his due' (Qur'an 17:26), said that when this verse was revealed, the Prophet (sawa) gave Fatimah (as) the village of Fadak,...

Scholars from the two schools of thought, includin...

Many companions proposed to Fatimah (as), but the Prophet (sawa) kindly turned down their requests, saying: 'I await the order of my Lord' 10 for in Fatimah (as) there was special merit that was not to be found in his other daughters. Fatimah (as) po...

Many companions proposed to Fatimah (as), but the ...

Here are some of her narrations: 1. Al-Qundoozi narrated, in Yenabee' al-Mawaddah, that Fatimah (as) said: 'I heard my father the Messenger of Allah (sawa), in his death illness saying, and the room full with his companions' [i.e. he did not say it i...

Here are some of her narrations: 1. Al-Qundoozi na...

In Fatimah's childhood, there was no place for playing, leisure and purposelessness. Nor were her energies those of a child living a childhood of innocence and simplicity. Rather, hers was the energy of a child who stored within herself a feeling for...

In Fatimah's childhood, there was no place for pla...

Historians, one of whom is Ibn Qutaybah in al-Imamah wal Siyasah, said that - after the death of the Prophet and al-Saqeefah episode - men came with wood to burn down the house of Ali and Fatimah (as), to threaten them and those whom they considered ...

Historians, one of whom is Ibn Qutaybah in al-Imam...

One of his eternal and most valued utterances in Fatimah's praise is the saying of the Prophet (sawa): 'Fatimah is the mother of her father!' 8 But, to understand the precise meaning of this statement we should study the life of the Messenger of Alla...

One of his eternal and most valued utterances in F...

According to some Qur'an commentaries (tafsir), when the Quraysh (tribe) said that the Prophet (sawa) had no offspring, the chapter of al-Kauther was revealed: 'Verily We have given thee the Kauther (Abundance). So pray thou unto thy Lord! And offer ...

According to some Qur'an commentaries (tafsir), wh...

Love for the great personalities and individuals with a mission is not only an emotion but a stance. This is the difference between being a loving person and being a proponent follower: allegiance is a stance while love is emotion. It is natural that...

Love for the great personalities and individuals w...

Her stances were stances for the right, and her sorrow was the sorrow for the issue (Islam), and her joy was the joy of the message; the depth of Islam was manifested in the depth of her personality and she amassed within herself all the Islamic huma...

Her stances were stances for the right, and her so...

1- Sa'd bin Abdullah said: “I asked Abal-Hassan Ar-Ridha “a.s.” about Fatima the daughter of Musa bin Jafar “a.s.” so he answered: “who ever visited her, he would win paradise”. 2 2- The son of Ar-Ridha “a.s.” said: “whoever visited the holy shrine o...

1- Sa'd bin Abdullah said: “I asked Abal-Hassan Ar...

The population of Qom built a hut over the shrine of the Lady Ma'sooma “a.s.” using the strawmat, and after 50 years, and by the attention of the Lady Zainab the daughter of Imam Al-Jawaad “a.s.” the first dome was built over the holy grave of the La...

The population of Qom built a hut over the shrine ...

A year passed after Imam Ar-Ridha left to “a.s.” Maro, while the prophet’s family were still in Al-Madeena, being deprived of their dearest person with whose nearness they were feeling kindness and bless. Thus they had got nothing which might soothe ...

A year passed after Imam Ar-Ridha left to “a.s.” M...

The women of the Shi’as and the friends of Ahlil-baiyt “a.s.” took up on themselves the vitual ablution of the Holy body of the Lady Ma'sooma “a.s.” and shroweded her. When the time of the burial took place, the bigshot people from the Ashariam and t...

The women of the Shi’as and the friends of Ahlil-b...

Finally the caravan arrived Sawa and there the Lady Al-Ma'sooma became seriously sick, to the extent that she could not go on in her movement. Although this long tiring journey from Al-Madeena to Sawa caused her body to be weak but the stress of illn...

Finally the caravan arrived Sawa and there the Lad...

On the twenty-third of Rabieul-Awwal 201A.H., the caravan of the Lady Fatima Al-Ma'sooma “a.s.” arrived Qom and the people received her with great happiness, and were very glad that she entered their lands. Musa bin Khazraj had much money and a wide ...

On the twenty-third of Rabieul-Awwal 201A.H., the ...

The rulers of that age were harming and oppressing the prophet’s progeny, and especially Imam Al-Kaadhum “a.s.” who faced so much of their injustice, pain, and ordeal. These pains and ordeals effected the pure heart of the lady Ma'sooma “a.s.”, while...

The rulers of that age were harming and oppressing...

After Imam Al-Kadhum’s martyrdom, Imamhood shifted into his son Ali bin Mosa Ar-Ridha “a.s.” who was in the thirty-fifth of his honoured age. In addition to his Divine Imamhood and guidance of the Islamic nation, he was the lonely legatee of his fath...

After Imam Al-Kadhum’s martyrdom, Imamhood shifted...

The people of Almadeenal Munawwara were expecting a birth of a female child of the prophet’s household, and especially the family of Imam Al-Kaadhum “a.s” who also were expecting the blessed coming of this child. Najma, the spouse of Imam Al-Kaadhum ...

The people of Almadeenal Munawwara were expecting ...

People used to be astounded seeing the glory of his worship. Thus once Abu Hanifah saw him praying and was left perplexed by it. When the Imam completed the prayers he said, "O Aba Abdillah! How torturous is your prayer!" Imam (a.s) replied, "Don't y...

People used to be astounded seeing the glory of hi...