Masrouq reports that Aisha told him...
Masrouq reports that Aisha told him: "We, the Prophet's wives, were
gathered around him when Fatima walked towards us; by Allah her
walk is exactly the same as that of the Messenger of Allah when he
saw her, he greeted her by saying: `Welcome my daughter.' He then
asked her to sit to his right or left. He then whispered something to her
that caused her to cry; when he saw her sadness, he whispered
something else to her which caused her to laugh. (When I saw this) I
said to her: `The Messenger of Allah bestowed you with a special
When the Prophet left I exclaimed: "What did he whisper to you?"
Fatima answered: `I would not announce the secret of the Messenger
After the Prophet's death, I said to her: `I insist on you-by my right over
you-to tell me (what he told you)!'
She said: 'Yes, I will tell you now. The first time he whispered to me,
he told me that Gabriel used to review the Quran with him once a year,
but this year he reviewed it twice. So, he said, I think the time of my
departure is near. Therefore, fear Allah and be patient, for I will be a
good (person) to proceed you.' Fatima added: `so I cried, as you saw. When he noticed my sadness, he once again said to me: 'Fatima, is it
not satisfying to you to be the Mistress of believing women (or the
Mistress of the women of my Ummah)?"
1.Baghawi in his book Masabeh As-Sunna writes that the Prophet
said to Fatima: "Is it not satisfying to you to be the Mistress of the
2.Hakim Nishabouri reported in his book Mustadrakthat he said to
Fatima: "Is it not satisfying to you to be the Mistress of the women of
the world, this Ummah and believing women?"
Although there is a large number of narrations, which state that Fatima
(A) was the Mistress of all women. Ahmad Ibn Hanbal mentions at the
end of the first narration that he also informed Fatima (A) that she was
the first one to follow him after his death. 3. Bukhari reported in v.5, p.21 and 29 of his Sahih that Allah's
Messenger said: "Fatima is part of me, he who harms her harms me."
This narration has been reported with a variety of words which all have
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the same meaning; it has been reported by more than fifty narrators. For instance, Abu al-Faraj wrote in his Al-Aghani v.8, p.307: "When
Abdullah Ibn Al-Hassan was still young, he visited Umar Ibn Abdul
Aziz who sat him in an honorable place, paid much attention to him
and fulfilled his wishes.
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