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Fatimah
was the youngest daughter of the Prophet, peace and blessings be
upon him, and her mother was Khadijah Bint Khuwailid. Fatimah was
born five years before prophethood, i.e. before Muhammad, peace
and blessings be upon him, was sent as Allah’s Prophet. She was
engaged to `Ali Ibn Abu Talib, may Allah be pleased with him, in
the second year after Hijrah (the Prophet’s Migration to
Madinah) in Ramadan, then they got married in Dhul Hijja. She gave
birth to Al-Hasan, Al-Husain, Zainab, Umm Kulthum and Muhsin who
died when he was a child. She
was very dear to the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him.
`A’ishah, may Allah be pleased with her, narrated: “Fatimah,
may Allah be pleased with her, was coming towards our home,
walking exactly like the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him.
The Prophet said: ‘Welcome, my daughter!’ He seated her to his
right or left. Then he told her something in secret, and she
cried. I (`A’ishah) said to her: ‘The Prophet discloses his
secrets to you and you cry, how come? Then the Prophet, peace and
blessings be upon him, told her another thing in secret and she
laughed. Hence I (`A’ishah) said: ‘I’ve never seen a sad
mood turning in a moment to happiness as I see today’. I asked
her about what the Prophet told her, but she said: ‘I am not to
reveal the secrets of Allah’s Messenger, peace and blessings be
upon him.’ Later
on when the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, passed away,
I asked her again. She answered: He (the Prophet) told me:
‘Gabriel used to reveal the Qur’an to me once a year. Yet he
did it twice this year. So I think it is a sign that my days are
numbered, and you will be the first one of my folk who will die
after me. What a good predecessor I am to you!’ Hence, I cried.
Then he told me: ‘Doesn’t it gladden you to be the master of
believing women in Paradise?’ Hence, I laughed.” This incident
is agreed upon. It
is said that she never laughed after the Prophet’s demise out of
overwhelming sadness and eagerness to follow her father, peace and
blessings be upon him. Fatimah,
may Allah be pleased with her, died on the third of Ramadan, the
night of Tuesday, 11 A.H. May Allah be pleased with her.
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