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HOLY FATIMA, THE IDEAL LADY OF ISLAM
Fatima
was horn in the fifth year of Muhammad''s
Prophethood (S.A.). Her father
was the Holy Prophet
Muhammad (S.A.) and her mother
was Khadija. (Khadija
was the first woman to become Muslim,
and she truly
believed in God and His Prophet.
She was loyal and rich, and
spent all her wealth for the progress
of Islam.)
The Holy Prophet Muhammad (S.A.) loved his
daughter, Fatima, very much and
used to say about her,
"Fatima is part of my body. Whoever
troubles her troubles
me, and whoever makes her happy
makes me happy."
At the beginning of her youth,
Fatima married Ali.
She was the ideal lady of Islam
and excelled all ladies in
worship, manners and morals. For
her husband, she was the
best wife and for her children,
she was the best mother.
She
did the housework and took great
pains and troubles upon
herself to maintain and prepare
the necessities of life.
She
never made undeserving demands
on her husband, Ali, nor
caused him any hardship.
Ali used to say, "By God, I never
did anything in all my
life which made Fatima unhappy
or angry, and Fatima,
too, never did anything which made
me unhappy or angry."
Fatima had two sons, Hasan and
Husayn, and two
daughters, Zaynab and Umme Kulthum.
The descendants of the Prophet
are from the children of
Holy Fatima. Our eleven Holy Imams
are descendants of
the lady Fatima (S.A.).
Fatima loved her children very
much. She cultured
them with Islamic morals, manners
and etiquette and
brought up her children to be the
best.
Fatima-peace be upon her soul-passed
away on the
3rd of the month of Jamadi al-Thani,
at the age of 18. Her
body was entrusted to the earth
in Medina, but the
whereabouts of her grave are not
known.
The Blessed Necklace
A pale and dusty old man came into
the mosque. He was
clad in rags. He went to the Prophet
and in three short
sentences explained his circumstances:
"Oh Prophet of God, I am hungry,
give me food.
"I am clothless, give me clothes.
"I am without means, help me!"
The Prophet (S.A.) told him,
"I have nothing in hand.
Go to my daughter''s house. She
will help you.
The house of Fatima was near and
one of the Prophet''s
companions led the old man to it.
The old man knocked at the
door.
Who is it?"
"I''m a hungry person, I''m clothless,
I''m without means,
be kind and generous to me, God
will be kind and generous to
you.
Fatima took from her neck the necklace
given to her by
her cousin and gave it to the old
man saying. "Sell this
necklace and spend the money. I
hope that in the future you
will be free of need."
The poor man returned happily.
The Prophet was still in
the mosque. The old man showed
the necklace and said, "Oh
Prophet, your daughter, Fatima,
gave me her necklace to
sell."
One of the Prophet''s friends, Ammar
ibn Yasir, heard
what the old man said and asked
him what price he wanted.
The old man said that he would
sell it for enough food to
satisfy his hunger, enough cloth
to clothe his body, and
enough money to get home.
Ammar said, "I buy this necklace
from you,
"for a meal of bread and meat,
"clothes of Yemenite cloth,
"a four-footer'' to take you home,
"and, in addition, eight dinars
of gold and 200 dirhams
of silver.
"
Ammar then took the old man home
and paid him the
price of the necklace.
The old man ate the food, put on
the clothes and went on
his way satisfied and happy.
Then Ammar put perfume on the necklace,
wrapped it
up in a piece of cloth and ordered
his slave, "Go to the
Prophet of God. I have given you
and this necklace to him.
"
The slave went to the Prophet and
delivered Ammar''s
message.
The Holy Prophet looked at the
necklace and said, "And
I have given you and the necklace
to my daughter.
"
The slave went to Holy Fatima and
told her what the
Prophet had said and presented
the necklace. Fatima
thanked him and said, "And in the
path of God, I have freed
you. You are not a slave anymore!"
That man, the slave, became very
happy and with joy
and surprise said, "What a blessed
necklace!
"It satisfied hunger,
"clothed the body.
"bestowed means in place of helplessness,
"mounted the walker,
"freed the slave,
"and finally returned to its owner!"
The Holy Prophet of Islam and his
followers strove hard
to combat slavery and were continually
freeing slaves,
whatever the price.
Thus, in Islam,
the freeing of slaves is
counted amongst the highest acts
of worship, and, in some
circumstances, is even considered
obligatory.
