Fatima ground one (1) sa'a (singular of aswu) of the barley...

Fatima

ground one (1) sa'a (singular of aswu) of the barley and baked five

loaves of bread for her family's meal at sunset. As sunset approached,

a needy man knocked on the door and said: Assalamu Alaikum,

Family of Muhammad. I am a needy man from among the Muslims,

feed me, may Allah feed you from the food of Paradise.' The holy

family preferred the needy man over themselves and spent the night

with nothing in their stomachs save water.'

'They fasted the second day, and again at sunset, when they were

waiting for their food, an orphan asked them for help and they again

preferred him over themselves. The third evening a captive

(prisoner of war) asked them for help and they repeated their

preference for the needy above themselves.'

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'The following morning, Imam Ali (A) took Al- Hassan and Al-Hussain

to the Messenger of Allah (S) who said the following when he saw

them shaking like little chicks from hunger:

"The Prophet said: It displeases us to see you in this condition.'

Then he went with them, for he wanted to see Fatima. When they

arrived, Fatima (A) was in the Mehrab (prayer place), and her

condition was such that it further displeased the Prophet (S). At this

time, Gabriel descended and said: `Take this chapter Muhammad, -

Allah surely congratulates you for having this family. "

It is worthy to state that the Good ones mentioned here are Ali, Fatima,

Hassan and Hussain; who deserve Paradise because of their act of

description of Paradise given in the verses, Allah, the Exalted, does

not mention the huris. This understood to be in honor and exaltation of

Fatima (A) the wife of Imam Ali, and the mother of Hassan…