Title :

Educational Role of Fatemeh Zahra (peace be upon her) among the relatives of prophet of God (peace be upon him and his progeny)

Goal of Essay:

Role of Fatemeh Zahra (p.b.u.h.) in Family

Statement of Problem:

Subject of essay is presented in two sectors:

1. Before marriage of Fatemeh Zahra (p.b.u.h.)

2. After marriage of Fatemeh Zahra (p.b.u.h.)

In the first section, two points are mentioned:

1. Speaking of Hazrat Fatemeh Zahra (p.b.u.h.) with her respectful mother when she was and embryo.

2. Creation of atmosphere of safety and support of prophet (p.b.u.h.) against pagans of Mecca.

 In the second part, five points are mentioned:

1. Taking care of prophet of God (p.b.u.h.) and protecting his health in war of Ohod.

2. Severe abstinence of mistress of both worlds from aliens.

3. Severe attention of the mistress of both worlds to prophet at the time of his life.

4. Expression of realities and defending testimonies of prophet and the principle of prophecy by her, after death of prophet (p.b.u.h.).

5. Severe attention of mistress of both worlds to her husband and children during her disease and martyrdom.

 Particulars of Writer:

MARJAN AMOUKHALILI, an academic member of group: Islamic Culture, Islamic Azad University, Roode Hen Branch.  

We hope, we are able to fulfill goal of the essay in its content, by better elaboration of the subject and goal.

 This essay writes about a lady who served as the flamed candle of prophet of God. She was the first one who created the first point of kindness in the world of religion between herself and her father. Her breath was connected to that of her father’s and her body and soul, her deeds and thoughts were the most similar to those of prophet of God. She was one with whose visit prophet of God would commence his first daily program by kissing her throat and chest and in the last minutes of his social program, before he could rest in his house, he would kiss her throat and her chest and his act warns us to appeal prophet in the beginning of our acts and in the end of our acts.

 Language, body, soul, and pen of one’s thought is unable to express greatness of this lady and her role among the people around her, but what shall not be neglected is expression of the same two points and we shall express the same as much as possible. Though, we are short in ability and knowledge, but the mistress of both worlds is so distinct and grace of God is so unlimited.

 Thus, expressing the effect of presence of lady among the relatives of prophet, one should take a look at her life. Her life could be divided into two sections:

 1. Before Marriage. 

 2. After Marriage.

 The period before marriage of Hazrat Zahra (p.b.u.h.):

 It begins immediately after her conception until she married her cosine, saint of God. If Fatemeh (p.b.u.h.)  was an ordinary girl, to fulfill only her duties as an ordinary woman of Bani Hashem or Qoraysh or other Muslims, to lead a matrimonial life, fulfilling her duties as a wife or at most education of a pure generation, benefiting from characteristics such as brevity, chastity, piety, God would not enjoy in her conception of the hidden power of Gabriel and spiritual training of prophet (p.b.u.h.) and Hazrat Khadijeh Kobra (p.b.u.h.).

 The first and the most important effect on education of Hazrat Zahra (p.b.u.h.) was on the part of her sacred parents. 40 days and nights prophet of God (p.b.u.h.) and Khadijeh Kobra (greetings of God to her) two faithful friends and companies who would not avoid in expansion of Islam their greatest gifts and divine sacrifices, would travail being far from each other; but they were patient since God had ordered them to do so.

Being on fast and worshiping God round the clock by the prophet (p.b.u.h.) in Hara cave and in the house of Fatemeh bint Asad, make him purer and purer and made his soul ready for formation of the fundamentals of nation and also, isolation of Khadijeh made her more thirsty for acceptance of architecture of nation in her body and this is a deep effect on souls and bodies of two unique human beings. ¹

 Following this divine readiness, Hazrat Khadijeh (greetings of God to her) became pregnant and passed it with difficulty. The women of Mecca and even the friends and relatives of Khadijeh had left her and this was a punishment for her wrong selection. She should not choose as her husband the orphan young son of Abdolmotaleb. The same youth that made too many differences among the tribes and relatives, fathers and sons, women and the husbands. The young man who had precipitated the 300 gods of Mecca and invited all the people to worship the only God.

 Khadijeh, was suffering from her isolation and her embryo felt the heavy shadow of loneliness in the womb of her mother. She brought to her parents a peace and love which could not be described and this was the second effect of education of the spiritual presence of the lady of both worlds for her parents. The master of women was speaking with her mother and was making her assured. She was filling all the lonely moments of her mother with the light of her existence.

 Following the same association of the daughter and mother, her birth opened the eyes of Khadijeh to seeing the four superior women in paradise (Eve, Virgin Mary, Asieh, and Kolsom). In fact the spiritual existence of this innocent daughter of prophet (p.b.u.h.) was a great spiritual factor for prophet and for Khadijeh who were lonely and encouraged them to be resistant in propagation and expansion of religion and hoping for firmness of generation of prophet and the pure tree of prophecy and imamate.²

 Existence of the lady of Islam (p.b.u.h.) in the whole stages of growth, created the sense of security among the family of prophet of God (p.b.u.h.). Prophet of God (p.b.u.h.) received the news for birth of Fatemeh through sura: Kosar and knew that the same daughter was a spring of philosophy, mysticism, imamate, prophecy, guidance, prosperity, and finally a rare jewel in the shell of chastity. When the pagans called prophet ABTAR (barren) God separated from the body of His kindness, a piece and threw it to the warm bosom of Khadijeh and the prophet and this was itself a factor for strengthening of spirit of seeking Islam and fighting in the way of preserving Islam.

 Thus, the greatest effect of education of Sedigheh Kobra (p.b.u.h.) was her creation which had been promised through a sura of Koran.

 The lady of both worlds, witnessed during the whole term of her childhood, the disturbances, insults, revenges of pagans of Mecca, and even all the island of Arab, thus, like the mother who is kind to his child and do not avoid sacrifice for his child, she was a manifestation of divine characteristics. Being very sympathetic, she was washing the face of her father from all pollutions and salved the wounded heart of that great man.

 In fact by such a behavior, Hazrat Fatemeh (p.b.u.h.) was asking others to witness that the borders of prophecy and imamate should be defended and he was always supporting this sacred scope and when his sacred shoulders were cleaned of the dirt, she was in fact playing another education role among the family of prophet of God. ³

The period after marriage of Hazrat Zahra (p.b.u.h.):

Hazrat Fatemeh (p.b.u.h.) after marriage played her most important education role as a wife and mother of Imam and prophet among the family of prophet. In fact, she, as a model Moslem woman, she presented the best type of treating a husband, child, and supporting the prophet (p.b.u.h.), execution of divine verses and orders of honorable prophet (p.b.u.h.) throughout her the life.

 At this sector, we express the roles and education effects of presence of Fatemeh Zahra (p.b.u.h.) in Islamic society and among his family and family of holy prophet (p.b.u.h.) whether at the time of her life or after her martyrdom and later.

 One of the greatest roles of Hazrat Zahra (p.b.u.h.) was her presence in society. For example we might refer to her presence after war of Ohod among the injured people, when she was cleaning face of the prophet of the dust and bandage of his wounds. ⁴

 This act of Hazrat Fatemeh (p.b.u.h.) revived the memory of her supports of her father in Mecca and against the offences of pagans and in fact, by this act, she taught to the women of family of prophet of God (p.b.u.h.) a great lesson.

Thus, assisting the last prophet of God and the origin of divine prophecy was the point of commencement of imamate on the land⁵ , creation of atmosphere of assurance, support, nursing, lenity of the wounds imposed on the body and soul and showing the company of family and the relatives of a Moslem with a Moslem man of the family at each stage of life, even at war, were all the impacts of her education at this war.

If she was not taking such an act, her daughter Zeinab (p.b.u.h.) and in a narrative, Om-e Kolsoom (p.b.u.h.) would not instruct the lessons of nursing, sympathy, defense of scope of Imamate at the scene of Karbala and then establishment of a secure space among the group of captives of the family of prophet and this way, Islam would be in danger.

 From the other cases cautionary in the matrimonial life of lady of the world’s women (p.b.u.h.), her following her husband, sympathy with him, in the whole stages of life, limitation of expectations, keeping her chastity and those of daughters of Imam Ali (p.b.u.h.) at home, for sympathy with him and making peace.

 In making house chores she was making her best, and even when she was dividing the works among herself and her husband, she selected to work inside home for two reasons: ⁶  

1. Avoiding any encounter with aliens.

2. The special attention and skill which the ladies have instinctively in making house chores and education of the children. Hazrat Zahra’s following up her husband and her being kind to him, was to the extent that even she was not revealing her hunger to him, so that he might not be aware of a case he could not fulfill. Her concealing her body wounds and the pains resulted, lack of requesting for any ordinary materialistic case, even for removing her needs, totally showed her education and spiritual role within her short term life and the effects of her life on family of prophet and all the Moslem women.

 This matrimonial life, had effects on the life of lady of both worlds. If the way of life of his daughters and the other family of prophet are observed, this method of life is reflected in different ways in his matrimonial life and this is a deep and spiritual lesson of the sample mother of both worlds to this pure progeny.

 The other point which should be separately mentioned, was her severe abstinence of any encounter with the aliens.⁷ House of Hazrat Zahra (p.b.u.h.) had a door to mosque of prophet of God so that she would not pass through the people to attend Friday and public prayers and speeches of her father. Her being interested in working at home, was the other sing of his abstinence of aliens. Her encounter with the blind beggar and her concealing her body and face, expressing the reason that she could see herself the beggar and God would also observe the case, is another sign of this case.

Such cases had deep effects on her children and on all the family of prophet, while presence of prophet wifes at general assemblies was not a good act and she was not allowed by God to attend such meetings, so in the event of Karbala, Zeinab Kobra (p.b.u.h.) and the ladies of family of prophet, considered the greatest catastrophe as being seen¹¹ by the men prohibited to observe women, though they were all wearing long dresses and scarves.

 From the other cases reflecting the effective role of Hazrat Sadagheh among the family of innocents (peace by upon them) was her presence in the community; after prophet of God passed away. When prophet left the family and they lacked his kind presence in the world of Islam, many painful events occurred including the trick of Saghifeh, struggle on the place the prophet should be buried, making delay in his burial, arrest of Fadak, making fire at the door of house of Imam, injury of Fatemeh Zahra (peace be upon her) and her child abortion, bothering Imam Ali (peace be upon him) for making him approve them, prevention of the people of Medina in accompanying the master of ladies at both worlds and their protesting to her cries, the sheikhs making policies, when visiting the lady of both worlds, the moments of her martyrdom, her washing before burial, her wrapping in the shroud, and her burial quite lonely, the attempts made by the sheikhs and their associates for exit of the body of prophet’s daughter, praying at her grave, loneliness of Imam Ali (p.b.u.h.) and wrest of his government, his imprisonment, and stop of collection of prophecy and Imamate or the government and caliph after prophet passed away. The lady of family of prophet (p.b.u.h.) played an education role in the society as a defender of divine verses and words of prophet and a defender of Imamate and a base of Imamate and Prophecy, until she was martyred, even at the costs of losing her health and her soul and the effect of such a role has remained among the family of prophet and Imams and all her children learned the lesson so that they would never lose Imamate and prophecy, rights and justice. Even if they were martyred for this and would make a Karbala or would tortured or killed at the jails of Haroon Alrashid or would be martyred strangely at Tous or would live in the suffocating realm of Samera or would pass the small and the great absences, waiting for the proper time to erect the flag of divine justice.

 One of the important cases was the extraordinary kindness and respect of the father to his unique daughter. Prophet (p.b.u.h.) was made much happy by visiting Fatemeh (p.b.u.h.) and would be satisfied if she was satisfied. Such a respect and kindness of the father to his daughter, served as a moral instruction to the family of prophet and the other Muslims so that they would be kind to the family of prophet and would observe the respect of his house. The prophet’s daughter’s being kind to his father and wishing his visit ¹² reflecting the permanent connectivity of Imamate and prophecy, even after death of prophet (p.b.u.h.) is a lesson for the Muslims to pay attention to lack of separation of prophecy from Imamate. So, how is it possible that after prophet passed away the people disregarded the family of Imam and offended him so much?

 The cries of Zahra Marzieh (p.b.u.h.) on his father’s death ¹³, her speeches and her day and night cries after the prophet passed away, was not a sign of separation of a daughter from her father, but, it was a sign of protesting to the oppressions imposed on the family, protesting to her separation from state policies, abusing her divine rights, protesting to the disharmony and divisiveness of the religion made by the sheikhs and their innovations in Islam.

 Her defending her husband, her standing against the attackers to make Ali (p.b.u.h.) agree with them, her tolerating the stroke of Mesmar¹⁴ on her chest and side, her tolerating the pains on her body and her soul after prophet died and her waiting, were reasons for her respecting the principles of Imamate and her respecting the fact that there was nothing more important than defending the religion and standing against oppression and making attempts for protection of the religion and erection of justice.

 Patience of Hazrat Zahra (p.b.u.h.), was not due to her losing the father, but it was the pains of Imamate and prophecy and divisiveness in the religion and attacking to the bases of Islam. If the master of ladies of both worlds had not protested this way, her children would not tolerate so much tortures to keep the religion, to establish it, to order the goodness and to prohibit the people to do evils, to fight with injustice, to struggle for establishment of justice, and they would not bear the tricks, the threats, the wars, the tortures and martyrdom and bondage.

 The last point which should be mentioned considering the effective and educational role of Hazrat Zahra (p.b.u.h.) among the innocent family of prophet, was the attention of Hazrat Zahra to her husband and her children, before she was martyred and her suggestions to others, before she died.

 Daughter of God’s prophet (p.b.u.h.) dreamed her father who promised to her she would join him. She got up, cleaned herself and her children and washed her self to be ready for martyrdom. Maybe, she wanted to clean the bloods and scars on her body, so that after she died, her clothes and her injured body would not bother the sensitive soul of Imam Ali (p.b.u.h.) and then she prepared her will.

 Firstly, she asked Imam to marry after she died, so that she would not stay alone. Then she introduced for her children a kind mother. She was Amameh, the cosin of her children. Then, asked him to keep concealed her shrouding, praying for her, her burial and her grave from those who had not fulfilled suggestions of prophet (p.b.u.h.) and had betrayed the testimony of prophet and the rank of imamate. She said that all her acts and speeches and suggestions were for defense of family of Imamate and warning for protection of health of body and soul and respect of children of prophet of God (p.b.u.h.).

Her testimony reflects her protest to those who tortured her and bothered the ranks of prophet and Imamate. All the movements of Hazrat Zahra (p.b.u.h.) specially in the last night of her life, serve as educations for her children and if she was not paying attention to her children’s education in this way, Zeynab Kobra would not emphasize so much on accompanying Hossein ibn Ali in all the stages of her life, so much and then all the children of prophet would not respect Imamate and would not defend the family and would not tolerate so much oppressions, jails, martyrs, loneliness.

 They made all the education effects of presence of the lady of both worlds on this family and on the whole Muslims of the world. They make a great lesson for all the world’s ladies, all the Muslims of the world and all the human beings on the earth.

Though we are not able to express all the effects of the behaviors and moral speeches of Sedigheh Tahereh (p.b.u.h.), but, we have made their best to express a small part of such spiritual effects.

 We wish, the present brief text is confirmed by Almighty God and accepted by Sedigheh lady of both worlds and her great son, Saheb Alzaman (May Almighty God Hasten in His Coming).