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Nevertheless, some scholars-may Allah forgive them--misunderstood

these narrations, which leads them to doubt their authenticity despite

seeds (which is also called the world of Covenant) that the Messenger

have been successively reported by scholars of both sects (Sunni and

Shiite). All these narrations support this affair; the traditions that have

been mentioned by the Shiite scholars are too numerous to include

here. As for those, which have been reported by the Sunni scholars,

Safuri Shafe'i mentioned in his book Nuzhat al-Majlis v. 2, p. 223, that

Kesae and others said: "When Allah created Adam... (until he said)

there was a brilliant girl from whom light was illuminating and on her

head was a golden crown ornamented with diamonds; the like of

Adam asked: `My Lord who is this girl?'

Allah said: 'Fatima Bint Muhammad.'

Adam said: `My Lord, who is her husband?' Allah said: `O Gabriel,

open the gate of the ruby palace;' when Gabriel did, Adam saw a

dome of camphor and inside it was a golden bed equipped by a young

He then said: "this is her husband, Ali Ibn Abu Talib."

Also, Asqalani in his book Lisan al-Mizan v. 3, p. 346, writes that Imam

Al-Hassan Ibn Ali Al-Askari (A) reported that his Fathers quoted Jabir

Ibn Abdullah as saying: "The Messenger of Allah (S) said: 'When Allah

created Adam and Eve, they strutted through paradise and said: `Who

are better than we?' At that moment they noticed an image of a girl like

they had never seen before; from this girl came an illuminating light so

bright that it almost blinded the eyes. They said: 'O Lord, what is this?'

He answered: 'This is the image of Fatima, the mistress of your

Adam asked: 'What is this crown on her head?'

Adam then asked: 'What are her two earrings?' Allah replied: 'Her

(two) sons, they were ordained in My ever-existent knowledge two

thousand years before I created you'