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Fatima (A) acquired her divine knowledge from the clear spring of
Prophethood and received the excellence of truth from the house of
revelation. So her attentive heart was embellished with wisdom and
her brilliant reason together with her brightness realized to the fullest
extent the real meaning of every fact. Yet, despite the fact that Fatima heard an abundant volume of
narrations from her father what has been reported on her authority is
limited to certain issues. The reason for this will be explained later. Among the narrations reported on Fatima's account are:
Imam Askari (A) said: "A woman came to Fatima Zahra (A) and said: `I
have a weak mother who has become confused about a matter related
to her prayer; she sent me to inquire from you about it.'
Fatima Zahra (A) answered her; the woman repeatedly came with
questions for Fatima, and she (A) kindly answered her every time. One
day the lady again approached Fatima (A) with another question from
her mother and said to Fatima: `I shall not inconvenience you (any
more), daughter of Allah's Messenger.'
Fatima replied: 'Ask me regarding anything, which comes to your
mind. Because if a man had been hired to transport a heavy load to
the top of a mountain for a reward of one thousand dinars, do you
Fatima continued: `My reward for (answering) every inquiry is more
than that which fills (the space) between the ground and the Throne
with pearls; thus, I should be more apt to answer your questions. `When the scholars of our Shiite (followers) are gathered (on the Day
of Resurrection), they will be bestowed with garments of honor equal
in quantity to their knowledge and struggle to guide Allah's
worshippers, up to the point that anyone of them will be gifted with one
million garments of light.' Then the caller of our Exalted and Glorified
`O you guardians of the orphans of Muhammad. (You) who inspire
them when they are separated from their fathers, who are their Imams;
these are your pupils and the orphans whom you guarded and
inspired, therefore bestow them with garments of knowledge in life. Thus, they will bestow each orphan with that which corresponds to the
amount of knowledge he received from them (the scholars); up to the
point that some orphans are bestowed with one million garments.
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