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A Brief biography of Hazrat #FatimaBinteRasoolullah and her birth 🧵...,

Name: Fatima
Title: al-Zahra; al-Batul (The Pure One)
Kunya: Umm Abiha; Umm al-A’immah (Mother of her father; Mother of the Imams)
Father: Muhammad ibn Abdullah (Pbuh)
Mother: Khadijah bint Khuwaylid (sa)
Born: 20 Jamadi al-Thani,
Died: 13 Jamadi al-Awwal, Jamadi al-Thani,1/17

EVENTS LEADING TO HER BIRTH
Allah made special arrangements so that Hazrat Fatima (S.A) would be born pure in body and in spirit.
▪️Allama Majlisi, a well known scholar, reports in his book Bihar-AI-Anwar ("The Seas of Light"), +/2

that before Hazrat Fatima (S.A) was conceived in her mother's womb, the Archangel Gibrael came to the Prophet (S.) telling him that Allah wished him (the Prophet) to stay away from his wife Khadija for fourty days. He did as he was told.+ /3

On the fortieth day, Gibrael came back to congratulate the Prophet (S) for the heavenly gift that he was about to get from Allah Then came the Angel Michael with heavenly food, letting the Prophet (S) know that it was Allah's wish that on that night + /4

the Prophet (S) should break his fast with the heavenly food. The Prophet did what Allah wished He broke his fast with the dates and grapes from heaven.
After that, the Prophet was told to go to his wife Hazrat Khadija. They stayed together. + /5

Hazrat Khadija became pregnant that night. Hazrat Fatima (S.A) was thus conceived in her mother's womb that night One of the miracles of Hazrat Fatima is: while she was still in her mother's womb she spoke with her!/6

The Sunni Scholar,▪️Abdulrehman Shafie says in his book, "Nuzhat Al-Majils",
that Hazrat Khadija said, "When I was pregnant, she would speak with me from within my womb”.
She was born in Mecca on 20th Jamadiul Akhar on I'riday AD 615)./7

When the time of the birth of Hazrat Fatima came near, she called them to help her deliver the child but they all refused to come. At that time four beautiful though strange looking women came to help Hazrat Khadija (sa)+ /8

They introduced themselves as Hawwa (Nabi, Adam's wife), Kulthum (Nabi Musa's sister), Mariam (Nabi Isa's mother), Asia (The Pharo's wife). They told Hazrat Khadija that Allah had sent them to help her in the delivery of the child.+ /9

NAMING OF THE CHILD.
▪️Allama Majlisi reports in his book, "Bihar-ul-Anvar", that Imam Jaffer Sadiq (A.S.) says that, "When Fatima (S.A) was born, Allah instructed an Angel to utter this name (FATIMA) with the Prophet's tongue,+ /10

Several leasons have been given to explain why she was named Fatima; some of these reasons are as follows:

Abdulla B. Abbas reports that he heard the Prophet iS.A.W.W) say Fatima was given that name "because she and her followers are protected from heir./11

For the Muslim women Hazrat Fatima (S.A) was the perfect example; for says the Prophet (S.A.W.W), 'The best of your men is Ali Ibn Abu Talib and the best of your women is Fatima Bint Muhammad."+ /12

This idea is also found in the famous Sunni book ▪️"Mustadrak" (the writer was Malik Naishapuri) which reports the Prophet (S.A.W.W) addressing Hazrat Fatima (S.A) as "The leader of the Women of the World, this Ummah and the believing women."/13

The Prophet used to say that Fatima is Houri of Paradise but in human form. She has been praised by Allah in the Holy Quran in the following verse:

"And Allah wished to keep you away from uncleanliness, you members of the family and to make you pure and spotless.”(33:33) /14

Imam Hasan Askari(a.s.) reported that his father quoted Jabir Ibn Abdullah as saying : ‘ The Messenger of Allah, said : ‘ When Allah created Adam and Eve, they strutted through paradise and said : ‘ Who are better than we ? +
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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 ? +/16

He answered : ‘This is the Image of Fatima(s.a.), the mistress of your women descendants.
▪️Lisan Al Mizan Volume 3 page 34
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Fatima Zahra’s other names:
Az-Zahra: She was named by Allah,
as Az-Zahra because her Holy Light used to shine among those brighter in all The Heavens./17