Allah, The Omnipotent King, chose the one who was bestowed...
Allah, The Omnipotent
King, chose the one who was bestowed with special Divine Honor, and
the worshipper of His Greatness, for His worshipper, the Mistress of
women and the daughter of the best of prophets, the Master of all
messengers and the Imam of the pious; so He brought into relations
the Prophet with a man from his kin. One who is his believing
companion, and was prompt in answering his call - Ali the devout, with
Fatima the splendid and the daughter of the Messenger. "
Then Gabriel added the following words, which were from Allah, the
Exalted: "Praise is My garment Greatness is My Magnificence All the
creatures are My slaves men and women. I give Fatima, My
Worshipper in marriage to Ali My chosen worshipper. So bear witness
This narration was also reported by a group of Sunni scholars, among
1.AbdurRahman As-Safawi in Nuzhat al-Majalis v.2, p.223, reported
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that Jabir Ibn Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "Umme
Ayman came to the Prophet crying; the Prophet asked her why she
She replied: "A man from the Ansar just informed me that his daughter
has just been married, and that sprinkled sweets and almonds on her. Thus, this reminded me that when Fatima married Ali, you did not
There-upon the Prophet (S) said: "By Allah Who sent me with honor,
and gifted me with the Messengership; when Allah gave Fatima to Ali
in marriage, He ordered the nearest angels to surround the Throne-
including Gabriel, Michael and Israfil. He also commanded birds to
sing and ordered the tree of Tuba to sprinkle them with fresh pearls,
white gems, green chrysalides and red rubies."
According to another tradition, he said: "The marriage took place near
the Lotus tree in the seventh Heaven, on the night of Ascension. (On
that occasion) Allah revealed to the tree: `Sprinkle all that you bear on
them.' So it sprinkled them with gems, jewelry and corals."
2.Al-Hafiz Abu Nu'aym reported in Hilyat al- awliya v.5, p.59, that
Abdullah Ibn Masoud said: "...then Allah commanded the Tree of
Paradise to bear gems and jewelry; He then ordered it to sprinkle them
over the angels. So whoever received more than the others on that
day, will be proud of it until the Day of Resurrection."
3.This narration was mentioned by: Kharazmi in Maqtal al-Hussain,
Asqalani in Lisan al-Mizan and Tahdhib al-Tahdhib, and Qandouzi in
4.
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