In a panic she grabbed two twigs but these too gave way and...

In a panic she grabbed two twigs but these too gave way and she was left falling with no support. Then she woke up. When she told her grandfather, the Prophet [s.a.w.], about this dream he wept bitterly and said, "O my daughter that tree is me who is shortly going to leave this world. The branches are your father Ali and your mother Fatima Zahra, and the twigs are your brothers Hasan and Husayn.

They will all depart this world before you do, and you will suffer their separation and loss." Previous…