They have repeatedly come to see you...

They have repeatedly come to see you, but you have not given them

permission to enter, now they have asked me to ask you to give them

She said: "By Allah, I shall not give them permission, nor will I speak a

word to them until I meet my father and complain to him about that

which they have done and committed against me."

Ali then said; "But I have assured them that I will (acquire your

Now Fatima replied: "Now that you have assured them of something,

the house is yours, and women follow men (in their commands); I shall

not disagree with you in anything, so allow whoever you wish (to enter

When Ali heard Fatima's reply, he (A) left the house and gave

permission to enter. The two men entered the house; when they saw

Fatima (A) they submitted their greetings to her, but she did not reply,

only turned her face away from them; in turn, they followed her face

and she constantly turned away from them. The two parties repeated

this action several times until Fatima (A) said: 'Ali cover me with your

garment;" she then said to some women who were present: "Turn me

When this was done, Abu Bakr said: "Daughter of Allah's Messenger,

we have only come to you in an attempt to achieve your satisfaction

and avoid your wrath; we ask you to requite and forgive us for the

misdeed which we have committed against you."

Fatima said: "I shall not speak a word to either of you until I meet my

Lord and complain to Him about you. I shall then complain about your

actions and everything which you have committed against me."

Fatima then turned towards Ali and said: "I shall not speak to them

until I ask them about something which they heard from Allah's

Messenger. If they tell the truth regarding it, then I will decide to speak

They said: "By Allah, she has the right to do so. Besides, we only

speak that which is right and testify to that which is true."

She said: "I ask you by Allah, do you remember when the Messenger

of Allah called you out in the middle of the night regarding a matter

They answered: "Yes, By Allah."

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Fatima then said: "I ask you by Allah, did you hear him say: 'Fatima is

part of me and I am from her; he who offends me offends Allah. He

who offends her after my death is the same as he who offends her

during my life; and he who offends her during my life is the same as he

who offends her after my death'?'

They both answered: "Yes, by Allah, we remember."