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Marriage of Lady Fatimah and Imam Ali - Al-Shia The Scientific and Cultural Website of Shia belief Marriage of Lady Fatimah and Imam Ali 2023-06-20 2056 Views Imam Ali Lady Fatimah is the beloved daughter and the only surviving child of the noble Messenger of Allah. Ali ibn Abi Talib is the cousin and the son-in-law of . He was raised by Holy (PBUHH) from infancy. He lived with the Messenger of Allah and Lady Khadijah.

He was brought up in the shade of Divine inspiration and graduated from the Prophetic school. While still a boy, he was the first male believer in the mission and message of the Holy (PBUHH).

When Fatimah reached the age of maturity, the great companions from the emigrants and Ansar such as Abu Bakr, Umar and Abd al-Rahman ibn Awf came to the Messenger of Allah (PBUHH) to propose Fatimah in marriage but His Eminence (PBUHH) turned down their proposal and said: “ I am waiting for the decree of Allah regarding her.

” It was reported that when Abd al-Rahman ibn Awf visited , he said, “If you give Lady Fatimah’s hand in marriage to me, I will put as her dowry a hundred camels covered with expensive Egyptian cloth followed by a thousand gold Dinars!” The Prophet (PBUHH) was so displeased with this meaningless proposal that he took a handful of gravel and threw it towards Abdul Rahman and said : “Do you think I am the servant of wealth and money that you try to impress me with these things?” (Tazkirat al-Khawas) Thereafter, the Prophet (PBUHH) announced that the marriage of Fatimah was in the hand of Allah and he himself had nothing to do concerning the matter.

When Muslims knew that, they refrained from asking the Prophet for his daughter’s hand any more. Lady Fatimah’s marriage had been decreed by Allah. And with the descent of the angel of revelation; Arch Gabriel, the (PBUHH) had been commanded to marry Lady Fatimah to Ali ibn Abi Talib.

(PBUHH) has said in this regard that an angel came to him from Allah and said, “The Lord sends his greetings unto you and has said, I have wedded your daughter Fatimah in the Heavens to Ali ibn Abi Talib; you too, therefore, wed Fatimah to Ali ibn Abi Talib!” It is mentioned in the narratives that said: “If Ali didn’t exist, there would be no mate for Fatimah.” Sometime later, some companions met Imam Ali and mentioned to him his close kinship to the Prophet, his great jihad for Islam, and his support to the Prophet in all his battles and situations.