of hell to the gardens of bliss, that he should ask them for However, before we provide the answer to what God told the Muslims they should give to the Prophet in return for his services, let us pause for a moment. If we really think about Fatima al-Zahra: The Spring of Inspiration it, what could ANYONE offer the Prophet for his 23 years of What could the Muslims possibly gift a man who saved them and generations to come that would in any way repay The of the Prophet was succinct – all he sought – and that too by the order of God, was for the Muslims to love, respect and honour his immediate family members - the. Thus, God commanded the Prophet to say to the masses that, “Say: I do not ask of you any reward for it but love for my near relatives… (Quran, 42:23)” However when we glance through the history of Islam from the moment that the Prophet left this world, we see that Historians narrate that after the death of the Prophet, his only child, Fatima al-Zahra, did not step out of her house for seven days. On the eighth day, in a state of intense lamentation and grief, she went to visit the grave of her father, the final Prophet of God. Resting on the grave, due to the sorrow of the separation from her beloved father, she passed The women of Medina ran towards her and sprinkled water on her face to bring her back to consciousness. She then began to lament while addressing the Prophet saying, “My strength has parted away and my patience has left me, I have turned restless while my enemies rejoice. A heart- rendering sorrow has taken hold of me. O respected father! I have been left lonely, in perplexity and without an aide. My voice has become silent and my back is broken, my life has overturned and has become dark. After you, O father, I do not have any companion in these times of fright and there is no She then recited the following verses of poetry with a touching lamentation, “O dear father! Indeed everyday, sorrow is a new sorrow, and by God, my heart has turned restless; each day, there is an increase in my grief, and your separation has not been easy for me; O father, who remains for the widows and indigent, and who remains for the nation until the day of Resurrection? O father, we have been weakened Fatima al-Zahra: The Spring of Inspiration after you; O father, we have awoken in such a state that the people have turned their faces away from us; which tears are there that do not flow upon your separation, what sorrow is there that does not continue after you; what eye is there that shuts (to sleep) after you, O father, upon you came a gracious The lack of love towards Fatima al-Zahra continued - with the confiscation of Fadak being only the first in a series of acts against her and the which would eventually