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ually however, she confessed to Fatima al-Zahra

that she was embarrassed at inconveniencing her so much and

responded saying, “Ask me regarding anything which comes

to your mind. Do you think that if a man had been hired to

transport a heavy load to the top of a mountain for a payment

of one thousand dinar that the job would bother him?”

The woman said: ‘No, of course not.’

Fatima al-Zahra continued by saying: ‘My reward for

answering every inquiry is more than that which fills the space

between the ground and the Throne of God with pearls. Thus,

I should be more inclined to answer your questions as I heard

my father, the Prophet, say: ‘When the scholars of our

followers are gathered on the Day of Resurrection, they will

be bestowed with garments of honour equal in quantity to

their knowledge and struggle to guide God’s worshippers up

to the point that each one will be gifted with one million

Sayyida al-Zahra went on to quote her father, telling this

woman, “Then the caller of our Exalted and Glorified Lord

will say, ‘O you guardians of the orphans of Muhammad! You

who inspire them when they are separated from their

(spiritual) fathers and are their leaders! These are your pupils

and the orphans whom you guarded and inspired, therefore

grant them garments based on the knowledge which they

gained from you in life. Thus, they will give each orphan that

which corresponds to the amount of knowledge they received

from the scholars up to the point that some orphans will be

given one million garments. The orphans in turn will give to

those who learnt from them.’ Then God, the Exalted will say:

‘Repeat upon these scholars, the guardians of the orphans, the

bestowment - and double and complete it for them and for

Fatima al-Zahra: The Spring of Inspiration

Fatima al-Zahra then added: ‘Worshipper of God! Surely

a thread of those garments is better than that on which the

We see that Fatima al-Zahra played multiple roles in her

short life and that her method of educating others was unique

and that she took into account whom she was guiding and