When Fatima az-Zahra (sa) fell...
When Fatima az-Zahra (sa) fell, the people requested Bilal to stop Adhan, because they believed that Fatima az-Zahra (sa) had died. Now, the voice of rejection seized to reveal that which was in Fatima’s (sa) heart, the language of tears spoke out for her; and as it is correctly said: "The “language of tears”, is more painful to the heart and bereaving to the eyes"!! Fatima az-Zahra (sa) -The Withering Rose It was a short life... As short as the lives of fragrant roses...
A life that Lady Fatima (sa) endured and now it is coming to an end even before it was given the chance to completely blossom!! Surely the successive calamities and severe hardships which befell Lady Fatima az-Zahra (sa), while she was still young, left her with a broken rib and confined to bed, suffering from her broken rib and remembering what had come to pass, and her devoted husband who was her safe refuge in whom she took refuge whenever abused. She remembered her usurped rights...
She remembered her oppressed husband and his stolen position... She remembered him being led by his turban to the Mosque while she followed him... She remembered all this and a gloomy picture appeared before her tired eyes... then a sigh becomes imprisoned deep in her heart... That heart which longs for the great Messenger who gave her the good news of her speedy departure after him... Oh! How forsaken she was?! But. she was the Prophet's daughter! She was his favorite child!
She whom the Prophet repeatedly expressed the importance of observing her rights!! And, as he said: "Man is observed by respecting his children". Yet, this did not stop the arrogant ones from encroaching on her rights, nor, did it stop the sinful hands from reaching out to strangle the beautiful rose before it completely blossomed!! Thus, the tree, which the Prophet left among his nation, withered away, its flowers became scattered, its branches wilted.
Fatima az-Zahra (sa) appeared pale, and faint!! Allah (SwT) is with you Umm al-Hasan (as). You shall depart towards a generous Lord, and a great Father... then you shall complain to him about what you have encountered... Yes! Umm Al-Hasan... only ninety (90) days are left... But, you, Muhammad's Ummah, remember her... Write this in the pages of history... and tell the generations about Fatima’s (sa) sad story!! On the Death Bed The moment when eternal separation starts, is anguishing.