The Prophet (a.

The Prophet (a.s.) asked her, ‘Why are you crying?’ She said, ‘I see that you have turned pale.’ The Prophet (a.s.) calmed her down and said, ‘O Fatima, Allah the Almighty has delegated your father with a mission that no house on the face of the earth remains until it is entered into it with glory or with meanness. It will reach wherever night reaches.’ [1] “With glory” is for those who believe in him, and “with meanness” is for those who deny his mission and fight him.

She highly revered her father. She addressed him by saying “O messenger of Allah” especially after the revelation of this verse (Make not the calling of the messenger among you as your calling one another. 24:63). That was difficult for the…