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Shiavault - a Vault of Shia Islamic Books Uyun Akhbar Al-reza the Source of Traditions On Imam Reza (a.s.) Chapter Twenty-one: Al-reza’s Words On the Marriage of the Blessed Lady Fatima (s) 21-1 Abul Hassan Muhammad ibn Ali ibn al-Shah in Marvrood narrated that Abul Abbas Ahmad ibn Al-Mudhaffar ibn Al-Hussein quoted on the authority of Abu Abdullah Muhammad ibn Zakariya al-Basri, on the authority of Muhammad ibn Sabiq, on the authority of Ali ibn Musa ibn Ja’far (al-Reza) (s) on the authority of his father (Imam Kazim) (s), on the authority of his grandfather (s), on the authority of Ali ibn Abi Talib (s), “When I decided to get married, I did not dare to tell God’s Prophet (s).

This issue was on my mind for many days and nights until one day I went to see God’s Prophet (s) and he (s) said, “O Ali!” I said, “Prophet of God! Yes.” He (s) said, “Are you interested in getting married?” I said, “God’s Prophet (s) knows best.” I thought that God’s Prophet (s) would marry off one of the women from the Quraysh tribe to me. I was worried that I might lose the chance to marry (the Blessed Lady) Fatima. I did not understand what happened and God’s Prophet (s) called me in.

I went to see him in the house of Umm Salama . When he (s) saw me his face got bright and he smiled such that his white teeth were shining. He (s) told me, “O Ali! Here are the glad tidings. The Blessed the Sublime God took care of the issue of your marriage which was on my mind.” I asked, “O Prophet of God! What is the result?” He (s) said, “Gabriel descended to me and gave me some heavenly hyacinth and clove gillyflower. I took them and smelled them and said, O Gabriel!

What is the occasion for bringing me this hyacinth and gillyflower? He (s) said, “The Blessed the Sublime God has ordered all the angels and others residing in Paradise to decorate all the trees, rivers, fruits and palaces in Heaven. He has ordered the winds to blow there with the scent of various perfumes. He has ordered the houri-eyed ones to recite the Chapters of Ta-Ha (No. 20) the three chapters beginning with Ta-Sin (al-Shu’ara, al-Naml, and al-Qasas -No.

26,27,28-) and the chapter of Ya-Sin (No. 36) and the chapter of Ha Mim Ayn Sin Qaf (al-Shura, No.42). The Honorable the Exalted God has ordered the callers to call out, ‘Verily, today is the banquet of Ali ibn Abi-Talib. Bear witness that I marry off (the Blessed Lady) Fatima, the daughter of Muhammad, to Ali ibn Abi Talib. I am pleased with this.