After the martyrdom of Fatima Zahra (S.

After the martyrdom of Fatima Zahra (S.A), Imam Ali stated, “The messenger of God was the first column of Islam and Fatima was the second and the Islamic Ummah today has lost its second column too. Fatima During the Islamic Battles Fatima was a woman and as such jihad was not obligatory on her. Nonetheless, she was an active participant and a supporter of the Muslim warriors along with her father and husband.

During battles, Fatima had the responsibility of nursing the wounded soldiers and repairing their artillery. When the rumour about the martyrdom of the Messenger of God was spread in Medina during the battle of Ohud, Fatima mobilized some of the ladies of Medina to the battlefield. When she saw her father’s, teeth were broken and bleeding she was in tears and hugged the Messenger of God.

Shia and Sunni’s historians have narrated that during the severe time of the battle of Ohud whereat blood was flowing from the head and the face of the Prophet, the companions had tried to stop the bleeding of the wounds, to no avail. It was Fatima who then immediately burnt a straw mat and poured its ashes onto the wounds and stopping the blood from flowing. (4) Addressing Her Father After the battle of Uhud, an Ayah was revealed to the Messenger of God to discipline his companions.

It was customary for Arabs to call each other by their names without any title and as such, they would only call the Prophet of Islam by his first name, Muhammad, the Messenger of God was also too humble to request them to address him otherwise.

It was under these circumstances that the Almighty Allah revealed: “Make not the calling of the Messenger among you as you are calling one of another.” (5) Upon the revelation of the Ayah, Muslims were commanded to address the Prophet with the title of Messenger of God. Lady Fatima narrated, “After the revelation of the Ayah, I wondered whether I could still address my father as ‘father’ and thus I called him ‘O Messenger of God.

Upon hearing that my father immediately replied, “My dear Fatima, that rule was not for you, you call me O father for indeed this is more reviving for my heart and more pleasing your Lord.”(6) Thus, Fatima was the only exception to the above Ayah of which she gained part of her everlasting title ‘The Mother of Her Father. Continued in the next article: ( Fatima, the Mother of her Father 2 ) NOTES: ______________________________________________________________________________ 1.