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Shiavault - a Vault of Shia Islamic Books The Sacred Effusion Volume 1 Chapter 4: Peace be on you, O son of Fatima – the leader of the women of the worlds أَلسَّلاَمُ عَلَيْكَ ياَ بْنَ فَاطمَة سَيِّدَةِ نِسَآءِ الْعَالَمِيْنَ Peace be on You, O son of Fatima- the Leader of the Women of the Worlds Commentary أَلسَّلاَمُ عَلَيْكَ ياَ بْنَ فَاطمَة Peace be unto you, O son of Fatima This verse is one of the most radiant verses of Ziyarat ‘Ashura’ , for it reveals the pleasant origin of Imam al-Husayn (AS) and his utter purity.

Not only is the Imam (AS) a physical offspring of the sublimest example of purity and goodness, he is her spiritual artifact ( bina’ ) as well. One of the appellations of Hadhrat Fatima (AS) is al-Tayyiba (the pleasant one). In a well-known Ziyarat of the Holy Prophet (S) we supplicate as follows: ...اَللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلىَ فَاطمَةَ الطيِّبَةِ الطاهِرَةِ الْمُطهَّرَةِ، الَّتِيْ انْتَجَبْتَهَا وَطهَّرْتَهَا وَ فَضَّلْتَهَا عَلىَ نِسَاءِ الْعَالَمِيْنَ...

...O Allah, bless Fatima, the pleasant one ( al-Tayyiba ), the pure, the purified, whom You chose, purified and preferred over all the women of the worlds...[^1] Imam al-Husayn (AS) being the offspring of a pure mother the like of al-Tayyiba , also inherits utter purity. Small wonder it is that one of his appellations is al-Tayyib : Abu Shibl narrates: قُلْتُ لأَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ أَزُورُ قَبْرَ الْحُسَيْنِ قَالَ نَعَمْ زُرِ الطيِّبَ وَأَتِمَّ الصَّلاَةَ فِيه...

He (‘a) said: نَعَمْ يَا أَبَا سَعِيدٍ ائْتِ قَبْرَ الْحُسَيْنِ ابْنِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ أَطيَبِ الأَطيَبِينَ وَأَطهَرِ الطاهِرِينَ وَأَبَرِّ الأَبْرَارِ فَإِنَّكَ إِذَا زُرْتَهُ كَتَبَ اللَّهُ لَكَ بِهِ خَمْساً وَ عِشْرِينَ حَجَّةً.