Imam Al Hassan Ibn Ali Al Askari reported that his father quoted Jabir Ibn Abdullah as saying : ' The Messenger of Allah, Peace be Upon him and his cleansed progeny, said : ' When Allah created Adam and Eve, they strutted through paradise and said : ' Who are better than we ? ' At that moment they noticed an image of a girl like they had never seen before; from this girl came an illuminating light so bright that it almost blinded the eyes.

They said : ' O Lord, what is this ? ' He answered : ' This is the Image of Fatima ( as ), the mistress of your women descendants. '

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Bibi Aisha said; "I have not seen a person more familiar to the Prophet's appearance, conduct, guidance, and speech whether sitting or standing than Fatima. When she enters, the Messenger of Allah stands up, kisses and welcomes her then takes her hand and asks her to sit in his place."

The Holy Prophet said; "He who knows this' knows her, and he who does not know her; she is part of me, she is my heart and my spirit which is in my side, thus he who harms her harms me."

Bibi Aisha said: "( I declare ) by Allah that I have not seen anyone more beloved to Allah's Messenger than Ali , or a woman on earth more beloved to him Than his wife (Ali's wife Fatima )."

The Prophet said to Bibi Khadija : "Rejoice Khadija for this is the girl whom Allah has made

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Should 20 days be clearly marked in our Calendars as AYYAM - E- FATIMIYA ?

Hazrat Fatimah (a.s) Excerpt from Hadith ul Kisa

http://www.shiatv.net/view_video.php?viewkey=95024fef5c7082428a66

The Shahadat of Janabe Fatima Zehra (sa) occurred either 75 days or 95 days after the Wafat of our Prophet Muhammad (saww). It is confirmed that 28th Safar is the day of the Wafat of our Prophet Muhammad (saww).

 So, if it was 75 days assuming that Safar, Rabi al-Awwal, Rabi al-Thani, Jamadi Al-Awwal could be 30 days, so 75 days would be 13th, 14th or 15th of Jamadi Al-Awwal. And as for 95 days count, then her Shahadat falls on the 3rd Jamadi al-Thani.

 Because we do not know the exact date, we have been advised to commorate this period between 13th, 14th, 15th Jamadi Al-Awwal to 3rd Jamadi al-Thani as Ayyam-e-Fatimiya, (corresponding to 5th April to 25th April,

2012 approximately).

Sheikh Abbas Qummi (r.a.) mentions in Mafatihul Jinan that there are atleast

2 narrations regarding the shahadat date of Bibi Fatima Salamullah Alaiha and aza should be observed by the mu'mineen on both these dates.

As regards the shahadat of bibi Fatima s.a, both these dates are observed in many countries especially India, Pakistan, Iraq, Iran and several Arab countries.

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Short history of Hazrat Zainab’s birth and meaning of her name. Few words about her characters and her speech in different places.

The glorious birthday of the holy Prophet’s nephew, Hazrat Zainab is a pretext for reviewing a few points so that we acquire some knowledge.
Zainab is the daughter of Hazrat Ali and Fatemah Zahra. She was born on the 5th of Jamadi-ul-Awwal 5 Hijri in Medina. At the time of her birth, the holy Prophet was busy travelling. Since the children of Amir-ul-Mumineen and Fatemah were named by the holy Prophet, thus they awaited the Prophet’s return. When the holy Prophet returned, he was rejoiced by seeing the new-born infant and he named her “Zainab”. This name comprises of two parts: “Zain” (adornment and ornament) and “ab” (father). Thus, Zainab means “father’s ornament”. When Zainab would spoke, everybody thought as if hazrat Ali (p.b.u.h.) was speaking.

In 17 Hijri, she married her cousin, Abdullah-ibn-Jafar-ibn-Abi Talib. Abdullah was the first child born in Habasha at the time of the Muslims’ migration.
In the words of Imam Sajjad, hazrat Zainab is portrayed as a learned and wise women who was without a teacher. Due to her extraordinary intelligence and her safeguarding of the holy aims, she was given the title: “the wise one from the progeny of Hashim” and the champion of Karbala.

Her lofty virtues are worthy of analysis from various aspects. We shall refer to some of them as follow:
Knowledge and insight: During the era of hazrat Ali’s caliphate, a group of learned women from Kufa sent their respective husbands to hazrat Ali with a message as follow: “We are informed that hazrat Zainab, like her mother, hazrat Fatema, has umerous knowledge. Thus, if you allow us, we would like to seek benefit from her knowledge.”

Hazrat Ali agreed their request. The women of Kufa attended her classes and benefited from the ocean of her knowledge. Among the lessons, one could find “Tafsir” (interpretation) of the holy Quran.
In the post-Ashura time, her wise speeches and sermons in Kufa as well as in the court of Ibne Ziyad and Yazid, together with her reasonings from the holy Quran, all and all shows her immense and valuable knowledge. She was a narrator of traditions too. People like “Jabir-ibn-Ebad Aameri” have narrated from her.

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