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Opinions of the historians and narrators differ from one to another
regarding the year of Lady Fatima Zahra's marriage. Sayid Ibn Tawoos wrote in Al-Iqbal on the authority of Sheikh Mufid:
"Fatima's marriage took place on the night of the 21st of Muharram, 3
Al-Misbah: "Zul Hijja first or sixth." and, Al-Amali: "Her marriage took
place sixteen (16) days after the death of Ruqiyya, Uthman's wife,
after he returned from Badr. This means that it took place at the
Ambiguous Findings: Asma Bint Umais and Umme Salama under
Asma was Ja'far Ibn Abu Talib's wife. It is a given fact that he had
immigrated to Habashah with his wife and a group of Muslims several
years before Hijrah. It is also known that Ja'far returned to Medina
after the Muslims conquered Khaibar in 5 A.H. These findings are
unanimously agreed upon by all historians. Nevertheless, we have seen that Asma was present when Khadijah
passed away in Mecca, and at Fatima's wedding ceremony according
to many narrations, which state her name as Asma Bint Umais al-
The following historians state that she was present at Fatima's
wedding ceremony: The author of Kashf Al-Ghummah, Hadhrami in
Rashfat al-Sadi, p.10, Ahmad Ibn Hanbal in al-Manaqib, Al- Haithami
in Majma' Az-Zawaed, Nisaee in Khasaes pg 31 and Muhib Ad-Din
Tabari in Dhakhaer al-Uqbi. They depend on the narrations of: Abu
Abbas Khawarazmi from Al-Hussain Ibn Ali (A), Sayid Jalal al-Din Abu
al-Hamid Ibn Fakhr al-Musawi, and Dulabi from Imam Baqir and his
How can we comprehend the contradiction between these narrations
and the fact that Fatima's marriage took place after the battle of Badr,
Actually, this is a historical problem that has not yet been solved
despite the various attempts made by Sheikh Majlisi in Bihar v.10. More interesting is the following statement that was mentioned in
Safinat al-Bihar on the authority of Mujahid in which Asma was said to
have been present at Aisha's marriage. In the statement it was
claimed that Asma said: "I was the one who, in the company of other
women, prepared Aisha and brought her to the Messenger of Allah. By
Allah, he had not but a cup of buttermilk which he drank and gave to
Aisha; but she was too shy to take it, so I said to her: 'Do not reject it; it
is from the hand of the Prophet.'
She then took it and after drinking some, he (S) said: `Give some to
your friends.' But the women did not desire any.
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