ually however, she confessed to Fatima al-Zahra that she was embarrassed at inconveniencing her so much and would stop coming to her, asking her questions. When al-Zahra heard this, she was taken aback 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 used the appropriate means of teaching for them. She used practical methods with everyone she interacted with – whether it was her own children or the women of the Fatima al-Zahra was a spiritually and intellectually strong woman who stood up in defiance to the intrigues of the time, endorsing the status of her husband and standing up for his rights. IIIInnnn DDDDeeeeffffeeeennnnsssseeee ooooffff IIIImmmmaaaammmmaaaatttteeee It was the 28th of the month of Safar in the 11th year after the migration to Medina. The Prophet of Islam, the man who gave all that he could to guide not only his community, but Death is nothing new as previous prophets had also died