[5] There are other sayings about her birth...

[5] There are other sayings about her birth, but the true saying is the first one mentioned above that determines her old to be eighteen years. Place of her birth Fatima (a.s) was born in Mecca in the house of Khadijah. The house was near the Lane of Perfumers, and now it is a mosque. Her name The Prophet (a.s.) named his newborn daughter as Fatima. It was like the name of Imam Ali’s mother.

It is related to the Ahlul Bayt (a.s.) that once, Imam Ali (a.s.) asked the Prophet (a.s.), ‘O messenger of Allah, why did you name Fatima**[6]** so?’ The Prophet (a.s.) said, ‘Because she and her followers are weaned from Fire.’ [7] [1] A’lam al-Wara, p.148, Jami’ al-Usool, vol.12 p.9-10, Nisa’ an-Nabiy wa Awladuh (wives and children of the Prophet), p.89, Ma’sat (tragedy of) az-Zahra’ by Sayyid Ja’far Murtadha al-Aamily, vol.1 p.37, Bihar al-Anwar, vol.43 p.6, Usool al-Kafi, vol.1 p.458, Safwat as-Safwah, vol.1 p.148.

[2] Al-Kawthar fee Ahwal Fatima, vol.1 p.309. [3] Nisa’ an-Nabiy wa Awladuh, p.90. [4] Ma’sat az-Zahra’, vol.1 p.36. [5] Al-Isabah, vol.8 p.54. [6] Fatima means “a weaned child”. [7] Nisa’ an-Nabiy wa Awladuh, p.91. In Thakha’ir al-Uqba,p.26, it is mentioned that Her epithets Fatima the principal of the women of the worlds was attributed with many epithets expressing the high qualities she had. The following are some of those epithets: 1. As-Siddeeqah It means the truthful woman.

She was the most truthful woman in the world of Islam and other than Islam. 2. Al-Mubarakah It means the blessed woman. Allah had blessed her and all her progeny in the earth. 3. At-Tahirah It means the pure woman. She was the purest one among all the women of the world. Allah had endowed her with this favor by saying, (Allah only desires to keep away the uncleanness from you, O people of the House, and to purify you a (thorough) purifying.

33:33) All commentators say this verse had been revealed about the Ahlul Bayt (a.s.). 4. Az-Zakiyyah It means the chaste, innocent woman. 5. Ar-Radhiyah It means the satisfied woman. She was satisfied with the simple life of asceticism Allah had willed for her in the worldly life. It was narrated from Imam as-Sadiq (a.s.) his saying, ‘Once, the messenger of Allah (a.s.) came to Fatima (a.s) and found her wearing a garment of camel-hair while milling with her hands and suckling her child.

The Prophet’s eyes shed tears when he saw her in that case.