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Shiavault - a Vault of Shia Islamic Books Fadak in History Chapter Two Fadak in Its Real and Symbolic Meaning Yes, Fadak was in our hands out of all what was under the sky but some people felt greedy for it and others withheld themselves from it. (Fatima’s husband) Amirul Mu’mineen *[1]*** The location Fadak was a village in Hijaz. Between Fadak and Medina there was a distance of two days and it was said three days. It was a Jewish land in the beginning of its history.

[2] It was inhabited by some Jews until the seventh year of hijra when Allah cast terror into their hearts and they made peace with the Prophet by giving him a half of Fadak. Also it was mentioned that they gave him the entire Fadak. [3] [1] Nahjul Balagha; Arranged by Subhi as-Salih, p.416 [2] Mu’jamul Buldan by Yaqout al-Hamawi, vol.4 p.238-239.

[3] Refer to Futoohul Buldan by al-Balatheri p.42-46 to see that the people of Fadak had made peace with the Prophet for the half of Fadak and that it was a pure property of the Prophet because he did not get it by war to be considered as booty for the Muslims. In page 46 the author said: “In two hundred and ten of hijra the Abbasid caliph al-Ma’moon bin Haroon ar-Rasheed paid it back to the Fatimites.

He wrote to his wali of Medina Qathm bin Ja’far ordering him to do that…” Fadak in its first stages The Islamic history of Fadak started from that when it became a property of the Prophet (s) because it was not possessed by war. [1] Then the Prophet donated it to Fatima. [2] It remained in Fatima’s possession until her father died.

Then the first caliph (Abu Bakr) snatched it from her according to the author of as-Sawa’iqul Muhriqa **[3]** and became as part of the general finance and source of the state’s income. When Omar became the caliph, he gave Fadak back to the heirs**[4]** of the Prophet (s). It remained in the Prophet’s heirs’ hands until Othman became the caliph. He took it from its real possessors and gifted it to Marwan bin al-Hakam.

[5] Then history ignored the matter of Fadak after Othman without mentioning anything about it. But the true fact was that Imam Ali recovered it from Marwan among all the other things that the Umayyads had plundered during the reign of their caliph Othman.