riage of her son, Mohsin, and her untimely A woman who should have been given the utmost level of respect by the entire society, not only due to her blood relationship with the Prophet, but due to the status which God had granted her in the Quran and the countless statements of the Prophet of her unique status, was left bruised and battered – mentally, emotionally and physically… A religion which had empowered women, granted them rights which they did not have in the pre-Islamic area was now being disregarded as the masses went back to the pre-Islamic ways of judgement leaving the family of the Prophet and a group of the noble companions of the Prophet to fend for A woman who should have been loved, cherished and honoured by the society was now being beaten down in every Many people have had to pray the price for their faith - prophets, messengers and saints and the next one would be Fatima al-Zahra - the only daughter of - paying the ultimate price for the preservation of Islam, Propethood (Nubuwwah) and Divinely-Appointed Mastership (Wilayah). FFFFrrrroooommmm OOOOnnnneeee DDDDoooooooorrrr ttttoooo tttthhhheeee NNNNeeeexxxxtttt After the death of her beloved father, the pains and agonies which Fatima al-Zahra had experienced only continued to grow. Although she was in the privacy of her own home, even there she was not free from the verbal insults from some of It seems that to some, the passing of the Prophet was something insignificant – they grieved for a few hours but they lived by the ethos that, “life goes on.” Fatima al-Zahra: The Spring of Inspiration Fatima al-Zahra, was not only lamenting the death of her Prophet, but this was her father: her genesis; her origin; her He was the one who brought her up after the death of her mother, Khadijah binte Khuwaylid. He was the one who introduced her to her husband, the Commander of the Faithful Imam Ali. He was the one who rejoiced in playing with his beautiful grand-children: Hasan, Husayn, Zaynab and Umm Kulthum. Above all, he was the one to comfort and soothe her when She left the masjid of the Prophet and his grave and returned to her house, however she kept weeping day and night out of the separation from her father - a very natural Her lamentation did not subside, nor did the flow of tears end. In fact, her display of emotions reached to a point that one day, a group of elders of Medina came to Imam Ali and said, “Fatima weeps day and night. We cannot sleep at night and we cannot find respite during the day. Please tell Fatima to either weep at night and remain silent during the day, or weep during the day and remain silent at night.” Ali replied, “I will convey your message to her.” Ali came to his dear wife, Fatima, and saw her deep in sorrow. When her sight fell upon her husband,