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The Prophet's daughter
Her father said: "Fatimah is a part of me."
3 min, Intro, Draft written with AI help: awaiting scholar review
Part 1 of 3
Fatimah grew up through the persecution in Makkah, caring for her father. The Prophet said: Fatimah is a part of me; whoever angers her angers me. She was said to walk and speak just like him.
Lesson
The Prophet said whoever angers Fatimah angers him.
Part 2 of 3
Fatimah married 'Ali and they lived in poverty. When she asked her father for a servant, he taught them instead to say Subhan Allah, al-hamdu lillah and Allahu akbar before sleep. Her sons Hasan and Husayn were his beloved grandsons.
Lesson
Instead of a servant, Fatimah was given words of remembrance before sleep, which the Prophet called better.
Part 3 of 3
When the Prophet was dying, he whispered to Fatimah. She wept, then smiled: she would be the first of his family to follow him. She died months later. Sunni and Shi'a Muslims read a dispute over her inheritance differently.
Lesson
Sunni and Shi'a read the Fadak dispute over Fatimah's inheritance differently.
Reflect, just for you
Seen by lamplight. It gives more each time.
Her father said: "Fatimah is a part of me."