Fatima (A) taught the following supplication to Salman...

Fatima (A) taught the following supplication to Salman al-Farsi (may

Allah be pleased with him) and said to him: "If it pleases you not to be

inflicted with fever as long as you live in this world, then read these

words, which my father, Muhammad, taught me and I say every

'In the name of Allah, the Most Beneficent, Most Merciful In the Name

of Allah the light; In the Name of Allah the light of light In the Name of

Allah, light upon light In the Name of Allah, the planner of affairs In the

Name of Allah, Who created light from light And Revealed light upon

the Turr By a decree inscribed In a scroll unfolded According to a

decree fore-ordained Unto a Learned Prophet Praise be to Allah, Who

is known with Might Whose Glory is established Who is praised during

times of prosperity and infliction And may Allah's grace be upon our

Master, Muhammad And his purified progeny'

Salman later said: "By Allah, I have taught this supplication to more

than a thousand souls in Mecca and Medina who were inflicted with

fever, and they were all relieved by the will of Allah."

Ibn Tawoos (may Allah bless his soul) wrote in his book Muhaj Ad-

Da'awat, that Allah's Messenger (S) taught Fatima the following

'O Allah, Our Lord and the Lord of Everything (He) Who revealed

Tawrat, Injeel and Furqan (Quran) (He) Who causes the seed-grain

and the date-stone to split and sprout I seek refuge in You from every

beast that you shall seize by its forelock Surely You are the First,

where nothing has succeeded (You) And the last, where nothing shall

come after (You) You are the Evident, there is nothing more Manifest

than You And the Eminent, there is nothing more Eminent than You

Send your grace upon Muhammad and his Ahlul-Bayt May Peace be

upon them And settle my debts for me Make me free from poverty

And decree easy for me all my affairs O You! Most Merciful of all'

In conclusion, we can easily state that had Fatima Zahra (A) been

given the chance to manifest her knowledge and had she lived for fifty

or sixty years, we would have been able to inherit a treasury of

knowledge and information pertaining to various subjects and

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sciences. Unfortunately, Fatima (A) was neither given the chance to

teach us, nor did she live more than twenty years-as you will come…