When Fatima al-Zahra was told that her personal property had been taken away, she went to the caliph to prove her ownership. Bringing her witnesses to prove that this was indeed her property, he accepted the argument put forth and the land of Fadak was returned to her. However when the individual who would later on become the second caliph was informed of what had transpired, not only did he snatch the title-deed from her hand, tearing it to pieces, but he went on to quote the famous and grossly inaccurate statement attributed to the Prophet in which it is stated that he purportedly said, “We the group of prophets do not leave anything as inheritance, whatever we leave behind is In such a tense climate in Medina, Fatima al-Zahra delivered her famous speech in the masjid of the Prophet in which she noted that her claim to ownership of Fadak was not only based on witnesses but also on verses of the Quran and a logical understanding of their contents. As such, she is quoted as saying, “You assume that I do not have a share in the inheritance and that I should not inherit from my father and that there is no relation between us? Has God in His verses (of the Quran) not taken into consideration everyone in general and are not all Muslims included in these verses? Is my father discharged from the applicability of this verse? Or do you say that two people of the same community do not inherit from one another? Are my father and I not from one community?” All of these actions took place in the direct sight of the Muslim community - with only a few of the loyal companions Fatima al-Zahra: The Spring of Inspiration Sadly, not only was the gift or inheritance which was given by the Prophet of Islam taken away from her, but she also saw the rights of her husband, the Commander of the Faithful Ali, taken away - namely his God-given leadership after the demise of the Prophet of God. Thus, Sayyida Fatima, as the unique and unparallelled woman that she was, used this golden opportunity of the transgression of her right of inheritance / possession to further advance the right of her husband, Imam Ali, to the caliphate of the Muslim community after the tragic demise of Prophet However this would fall on deaf-ears and the injustice and oppression against her and her husband would continue. Little did she know that this would be one of her final actions in this world, as her days were numbered. The verbal, mental and physical attacks against the family of the Prophet continued - the next target which the opponents had their eyes on was none other than the beloved daughter of the Prophet - BBBBeeeeaaaatttteeeennnn............ NNNNooootttt LLLLoooovvvveeeedddd The Quran clearly articulates that when was asked by his community as to what they should pay him for his services of bringing them out of the depth