Virtues & Excellences of

SAYYIDĀH
FĀṬIMAH
AZ-ZAHRĀʾ
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ʿAllāmah Sayyid Shāh Turābul Ḥaq Qādirī

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SAYYIDĀH FĀṬIMAH AZ-ZAHRĀʾ
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S ayyidatunā ʿĀʾishah Ṣiddīqah J narrates that the Prophet

G went out one morning. He G wore a
black-coloured cloth sheet made of wool. When Sayyidunā
Ḥasan I came, He G took him inside this sheet.
Then Sayyidunā Ḥusayn I came, he I was also taken
under this sheet. Then Sayyidatunā Fāṭimah az-Zahrāʾ J
came and she too was taken inside the woolen sheet. Then,
Sayyidunā ʿAlī I came and he too was taken inside the
sheet. Then He G said, “Indeed Allāh wills to remove all
the impurities, O people of the (Prophet’s) household and by cleansing
you, make you utterly pure”.1

Sayyidunā ʿAmr ibn Abī Salamah I narrates that the

verse (‫ )إنما يريد الله ليذهب عنكم الرجس‬was revealed in the blessed
house of Sayyidatunā Umm Salamah J . The Holy Prophet
G called upon Sayyidatunā Fāṭimah, Sayyidunā Ḥasan,
Sayyidunā Ḥusayn and Sayyidunā ʿAlī M , He G
wore the sheet of cloth (covering all of them) and made duʿāʾ,
“O Allāh! These are my family members, keep impurity away from
them and cleanse them.”

Sayyidatunā Umm Salamah J said: “O Messenger of Allāh!

Am I with them too?” He said, “You are in your place and you are

1 Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim, Musannaf ibn Abī Shaybah, Al-Mustadrak ala al-

Ṣaḥīḥayn lil Hākim

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on the side of good.”2 On the basis of these Aḥadīth, these blessed

people are called as Panjatan Pāk.

Sayyidunā Anas ibn Mālik I reported that for six

months it was an act of the Prophet G that
when He went out for Salāt al-Fajr, He would pass by the
door of Sayyidatunā Fāṭimah J and say, “Oh people
of the house, offer your prayers.” and then recite the verse
(‫ )إنما يريد الله ليذهب عنكم الرجس‬i.e. Allāh only wills to remove all
impurity from you, O the People of the Household, and by cleansing
you make you utterly pure.3

Sayyidunā Saʿd bin Abī Waqqas I has reported that, when

this verse (‫ )إنما يريد الله ليذهب عنكم الرجس‬was revealed, the Prophet
G called Sayyidunā ʿAlī, Sayyidatunā Fāṭimah,
Sayyidunā Ḥasan and Sayyidunā Ḥusayn M and said, “O
Allāh! They are my family members.”4

Sayyidatunā ʿĀʾishah Ṣiddīqah J narrated that the wives

of the Prophet G were gathered close to the Prophet
G and Sayyidatunā Fāṭimah J came there. Her
walking was the same as of the walking of the Prophet
G. When the Prophet G saw her, He G
said, “welcome my daughter” and then He G made her
sit down and whispered something to her and she cried a lot.
Seeing her in grief, He G whispered something to her
again, and she smiled. I asked, “What is the secret that the Master
G has said to you?” She said, “I cannot disclose the secret of
the Messenger of Allāh.” When the Holy Prophet G left
this world, I said to her, “For the sake of the right I have over you,

2 Tirmidhi, Abwab al-Manāqib

3 Musnad Aḥmad, Musannaf ibn Abī Shaybah, Al-Mustadrak ala al-
Ṣaḥīḥayn lil Hākim
4 Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim

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tell me that”. She said “The first time He G whispered to me,

He G said that the archangel Jibril S used to recite the
Qurʼān with me once every year, this year, it was twice, I think my
last time is near, so fear Allāh and be patient. I am a good precursor
for you. I cried when I heard this. When He G looked at my
grief, He G whispered again and said, “O Fāṭimah! Are you
not happy that you are the leader of the believing women or you are
the leader of the women of this Ummah?”5

In another Ḥadīth, Sayyidatunā ʿĀʾishah Ṣiddīqah J says

that the Prophet G told me (Sayyidāh Fāṭimah az-
Zahrāʾ), “I will pass away from this world from this disease I am in”
and I started to cry. Then He G told me that “You will be
the first to come to me from my family”, so I smiled.6

Umm al-Muʾminīn Sayyidatunā ʿĀʾishah Ṣiddīqah J

narrated that I have not seen anyone who resembled in the
habits and the demeanour of the beloved Prophet G
more than his daughter Sayyidāh Fāṭimah J .7

Sayyidunā ibn ʿUmar L said that when the Holy Prophet

G intended to travel, Sayyidatunā Fāṭimah J would
be the last He G would meet before leaving for the
journey and upon his return, He G would first come
to Sayyidāh Fāṭimah. He G would say to Sayyidāh
Fāṭimah J , “May my parents be sacrificed on you.”8

It is narrated from Sayyidunā Miswar bin Makhramah I

that the Messenger of Allāh G said, “Fāṭimah is a piece

5 Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim
6 Ṣaḥīḥ Bukhari, Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim
7 Al-Mustadrak, Fadāʾil as-Ṣaḥābah
8 Al-Mustadrak ala al-Ṣaḥīḥayn lil Hākim, Ṣaḥīḥ ibn Ḥibbān

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of my body. Whosoever displeased her has indeed displeased me.”9

It is narrated from Sayyidunā Miswar bin Makhramah

I that Sayyidunā ʿAlī I sent a proposal of marriage to
the daughter of Abū Jahl. Then the Prophet G said,
“Fāṭimah is indeed part of my body and I dislike that any hardship
befalls on her. On the oath of Allāh, the daughter of Allāh’s Apostle
and the daughter of the enemy of Allāh cannot simultaneously be in
one person’s marriage.”10

It is also narrated from him I that Allāh’s Messenger

G said, “Banu Hishām bin Mughirah asked permission
from me to allow his daughter to marry ʿAlī ibn Abū Talīb I . I do
not permit him, I do not permit him, and again, I do not permit him.
Yes, if Ibn Abū Talīb I wishes, He may divorce my daughter and
then marry his daughter. Because my daughter is part of my body.
What bothers her bothers me and what hurts her hurts me.”11

It is narrated from Sayyidunā ʿAbdullāh bin Zubayr I that

the Holy Prophet G said, “Fāṭimah is a piece of my liver.
Whoever gives pain to her gives pain to me and whoever hurts her
hurts me.”12

Sayyidunā ʿAlī I reported that the Holy Prophet G

said to Sayyidāh Fāṭimah J , “Indeed, Allāh is displeased at your
displeasure and is pleased at your pleasure.”13

Sayyidunā ʿAbdullāh bin Zubayr ibn Masʿūd L has narrated

that the Prophet G said, “Allāh Almighty ordered me to

9 Ṣaḥīḥ Bukhari, Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim

10 Ṣaḥīḥ Bukhari, Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim
11 Muslim, Tirmidhi, Abū Dawud
12 Musnad Aḥmad, Al-Mustadrak
13 Al-Mustadrak, Ṭabarānī, Majmaʿ az-Zawāʾid

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give Fāṭimah in marriage to ʿAlī I .”14

It is reported from Sayyidunā Anas I that the Prophet

G prayed specially for Sayyidatunā Fāṭimah J on
the occasion of her marriage, “O Allāh! I seek your refuge for my
daughter and her children from Shayṭān the Rejected.”15

It is narrated from Buraydah I that Sayyidāh Fāṭimah J

and Sayyidunā ʿAlī I were sprinkled with water by the
Prophet G on their wedding night and He G
said, “O Allāh! Bless them and send blessings upon them and give
blessings in their offspring.”16

Sayyidunā ʿUmar I narrates that the Prophet G

said, “On the Day of Judgment, every lineage will be disconnected
except mine. Every child’s lineage is towards their father except the
descendants of Fāṭimah of whom I am their father and I am their
ascendant.”17

Sayyidunā Usāmah bin Zayd I reported that the Prophet

G said about ʿAlī, Fāṭimah, Ḥasan and Ḥusayn M , “I
am in confrontation with the one who is in confrontation with them
and I am in peace with the person who keeps peace with them.”18

Sayyidunā ʿAlī I reported that once the Prophet G

asked, “what is best for a woman?”. The companions remained
silent on it. I came home and asked the same question to
Sayyidāh Fāṭimah J . She replied, “It is best for a woman that
no unrelated man (ghayr maḥram) sees her.” When I mentioned the

14 Ṭabarānī, Majmaʿ az-Zawāʾid

15 Ṣaḥīḥ ibn Ḥibbān, Ṭabarānī
16 Ṭabaqāt ibn Sa‘d, Usd-ul-Ghabbah
17 Musannaf ʿAbdur Razzāq, Sunan al-Kubra lil Bayhaqī, Ṭabarānī
18 Tirmidhi, Ibn Mājah

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answer to the Prophet G, He G said, “Fāṭimah

is a piece of my body.”19

Sayyidunā ʿAbdullāh bin Zubayr ibn Masʿūd L has narrated

that the Holy Prophet G said, “Fāṭimah has protected her
chastity so much that Allāh has forbidden fire on her offspring.”20

Sayyidunā ibn ʿAbbās L reported that the Holy Prophet

G said to Sayyidatunā Fāṭimah J , “Allāh will not
punish you and your children with fire.”21 ʿAllāmah Haytami V
has said that the chain of narrators of this Ḥadīth is reliable.

It is narrated from Sayyidunā Huzayfah I that the Prophet

G said, “An angel who had never come to earth before this
night, asked permission from his Lord to be here to greet me and to
give the good news that Fāṭimah is the leader of the Women of paradise.
And Ḥasan and Ḥusayn L are the chiefs of the youth of paradise.” 22

Sayyidunā ʿAlī I reported that once the Holy Prophet

G said to me, “First of all, You, Fāṭimah, Ḥasan and
Ḥusayn M will enter the Paradise.” I asked, “O Messenger of
Allāh! Where will those who love us be?” The Prophet G
said, “They will be following you.”23

It is narrated by Sayyidunā ʿAlī I that the Prophet G

said to Sayyidatunā Fāṭimah J , “You, I, and these two, (Ḥasan
and Ḥusayn) and the one who is sleeping (Sayyidunā ʿAlī, who had
just woken up from his sleep at that time) will be in one place on the

19 Musnad al-Bazzar, Majmaʿ az-Zawāʾid

20 Al-Mustadrak ala al-Ṣaḥīḥayn lil Hākim, Musnad al-Bazzar
21 Ṭabarānī, Majmaʿ az-Zawāʾid
22 Tirmidhi, Musnad Aḥmad, Fadāʾil as-Ṣaḥābah, Al-Mustadrak alā al-
Ṣaḥīḥayn lil Hākim
23 Al-Mustadrak alā al-Ṣaḥīḥayn lil Hākim, As-Sawa’iq al-Muharraqah

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Day of Judgment.”24

Umm al-Muʾminīn Sayyidatunā ʿĀʾishah Ṣiddīqah J says

that when Sayyidāh Fāṭimah J came to visit the beloved
Prophet of Allāh, He G used to say welcome and would
stand up and welcome her, hold her hand and kiss it and make
her sit on his seat.25

Sayyidunā Jumaiʾ bin ʿUmair I narrates that I presented

myself at the service of Umm al-Muʾminīn Sayyidatunā
ʿĀʾishah Ṣiddīqah J ’s place with my aunt. I asked, “Who
was the dearest to the Messenger of Allāh G?” She said,
“Fāṭimah J .” I asked, “Who amongst the men was more beloved?”
She said, “Her husband, ʿAlī I .”26

It is narrated from Sayyidunā Abū Hurayrah I that once

Sayyidunā ʿAlī I asked the Prophet G, “O Messenger
of Allāh! Who is more beloved to you, me or Fāṭimah?” The Master
G said to him, “Fāṭimah is more beloved to me than you,
and you are dearer to me than her.”27

Sayyidunā ʿUmar I narrates that he went to the house of

Sayyidāh Fāṭimah J and said, “O Fāṭimah! I swear to Allāh! I
have never seen a person dearer than you to the Messenger of Allāh
G . And by Allāh! I have no one more beloved to me than your
father, the Prophet G .”28

Before her demise, Sayyidatunā Fāṭimah J said to

Sayyidatunā Asmāʾ bint ʿUmays J , “Keep my Janāzah fully

24 Musnad Aḥmad, Majmaʿ az-Zawāʾid

25 Al-Mustadrak, Fadāʾil as-Ṣaḥābah
26 Tirmidhi, Al-Mustadrak, Ṭabarānī
27 Ṭabarānī, Majmaʿ az-Zawāʾid
28 Musannaf ibn Abī Shaybah, Al-Mustadrak ala al-Ṣaḥīḥayn lil Hākim

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covered at the time of my funeral proceedings and at the time of my

burial”. Sayyidāh Asmāʾ said, “I have seen in Ethiopia, they put
some branches of trees on the Janāzah and lay a veil on them (thus
the appearance of the body figure is not noticeable).” Then, she J
asked for some date tree branches and put a cloth on them and
showed it to Sayyidatunā Fāṭimah J . She liked it and later
after her demise, her funeral took place in the same manner.29

Sayyidunā ʿAlī I narrates that I heard the Messenger of

Allāh G saying that on the Day of Judgment, an unseen
announcer will make an announcement saying, “O People of the
Maḥshar! Lower your gaze, so that Fāṭimah bint Muḥammad J
passes through.”30

29 Usd-ul-Ghabbah, Al-Istiʾab
30 Al-Mustadrak ala al-Ṣaḥīḥayn lil Hākim, Usd-ul-Ghabbah