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In the name of Allah, The Beneficent, The Merciful. All praise is for Allah, who created mankind, and made for them an
example to follow throughout their fierce battle with evil. (S) was the last apostle sent by Allah to communicate
to mankind Allah’s Divine code (i.e. Islam). Because this code was a
comprehensive one, it also dealt with the needs of women throughout
history, and assigned a perfect example for them to prove beyond doubt
that what Islam preaches is practical, and if properly followed, leads
to everlasting felicity. This example set by Islam to women was
manifested in the person of Lady Fatima az-Zahra (sa), daughter of
Yet, the English Library lacks a comprehensive book in regard to her
life; so I was asked to take upon myself the duty of translating the
work of a profound Shiite speaker - Muhammad Kazim Qazwini- entitled
“Fatima az-Zahra Min Al-Mahde Ila al-Lahd”, into English. As I was translating, I found the book to be in the form of speeches
regarding the successive events of Fatima's life; therefore I decided to
depend mainly on the said book for recording Fatima's biography until
the time of the Prophet's death. Because of the extremely sensitive
period which followed the prophet’s death, and the everlasting effects
which the events thereafter left upon the Islamic ideology and the
structure of various Muslim sects, and issues, I deemed it necessary to
study various historical books, especially those which dealt with Lady
Fatima Zahra's life, to come up with the most accurate information
regarding the prime of the period after the Prophet's death.
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