The Prophet (a.

The Prophet (a.s.) made all his nation, through his repeated sayings, know that Fatima (a.s) was a part from him, and that whatever pleased her would please him and whatever displeased her would displease him. That she was a part from the Prophet (a.s.) means that she was infallible since the Prophet (a.s.) was infallible.

The true traditions that were transmitted from the Prophet (a.s.) confirmed that Allah would be pleased for the pleasure of Fatima (a.s) and would be displeased for her displeasure. These traditions mean that Fatima (a.s) had reached a degree of faith and piety that would take her to the same rank of the infallible prophets who sincerely obeyed Allah and knew Him as He was.

The Prophet (a.s.) compared his progeny to the Book of Allah as in the mutawatir (successive) tradition of “ath-Thaqalayn”, and since the Book of Allah is infallible from any falseness, so are the Ahlul Bayt (a.s.); otherwise, the Prophet (a.s.) would not compare them to the Book of Allah. Fatima (a.s) was at the head of the pure progeny of the Prophet (a.s.) and was the mother of all the infallible imams (except Imam Ali) whom Allah had purified from all uncleanness.

Charity to the poor Fatima (a.s) was charitable and too kind to the poor and the deprived. She, her husband, and her two sons were meant by these Qur’anic verses, (And they give food out of love for Him to the poor, the orphan, and the captive. We only feed you for Allah’s sake; we desire from you neither reward nor thanks. 76:8-9). Fatima (a.s) milled wheat and barley for her poor neighbors who were unable to do that. She carried water to her weak neighbors who could not get water.

On the night of her wedding, Fatima (a.s) had a new dress on. When she knew that a young woman from the Ansar**[1]** could not find a dress to put on, she took off the dress of her wedding and gave it to that young woman. Fatima (a.s) turned away from every material pleasure and preferred the satisfaction of Allah to everything.

Jabir bin Abdullah al-Ansari said, ‘Once, the messenger of Allah (a.s.) led us in offering the Asr (afternoon) Prayer, and when he offered the nafila (a supererogatory prayer), he sat in the qibla and people sat around him. A very old man came complaining of hunger and saying, ‘O prophet of Allah, I am hungry. Feed me! And I am naked (have no clothes). Clothe me!’ The Prophet (a.s.) asked the old man to go to the house of his (the Prophet) daughter Fatima (a.s).