Surely this is better for you than that which you wanted and...
Surely this is better for
you than that which you wanted and the world and its belongings.'
Thus, Fatima adhered to this glorification after every prayer; and it
came to be known as `Tasbih Fatima.'
'Abu Haroun, surely we command our children to adhere to `Tasbih
Fatima' the same way we command them to perform prayers. So
perform the tasbih, for whoever adheres to it shall never be
In reference to Fatima's beads, it was reported in Makarim al-Akhlaq
that it was made of woven wool threads which had knots by the
number of Takbir (Allahu Akbar), until when Hamza Ibn Abdal Muttalib
(A) was martyred, she made them from the mud of his grave. Since the martyrdom of Imam Hussain (A), people have been using
the mud surrounding his tomb for making beads for the great
Imam Sadiq (A) said: "Beads should be made with blue thread and
thirty four (34) beads, which was the way Fatima's beads were made
There are various narrations, which were reported about "Tasbih
Fatima's" importance and order. Yet, the most famous order on which
our jurisprudents agree is to start with Allahu Akbar, then Subhan
Allah, and end with Al-Hamdulillah. When we review the aforementioned narrations, it becomes clear that
Lady Fatima Zahra (A) performed her housework by herself, despite
her honor and nobility, and that Ali (A) helped her to do the housework. It has been reported in Bihar that Imam Ali (A) said: "Once, the
Messenger of Allah came to us while Fatima was sitting near the pot
and I was cleaning some lentils; when the Prophet saw us he said:
I said: 'At your service! O Messenger of Allah!'
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He then said: `Listen to me, for I say not save that which is the word of
Lord: There is not a man who helps his wife in her housework, save
that with very hair on his body a whole year of worship-during which he
fasted the days and kept up the nights in prayer is counted for him....'
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