just entered to find their mother no longer alive, “Go to your father Ali and inform him about your Hasan and Husayn stepped out of their house calling, “O Muhammad! O Ahmad! Today your death has become more severe upon us as our mother has (just) died!” They entered the masjid and found their father, Ali, and shared the tragic news about the demise of their mother. Hearing this news, Ali was so stunned that he fell down, unconscious. Water was sprinkled on his face and when he regained consciousness, he called out it a grievous voice saying, “How should I console myself, O daughter of Muhammad! I found comfort in you while you were alive, but now where That evening, Ali prepared the body to be buried - only allowing the close family members and some women of After shrouding the body, Imam Ali called out, “O Umme Kulthum! O Zaynab! O Sakinah! O Fidhdhah! O Hasan and O Husayn! Come and behold your mother for the time of It is quoted in the book, Rawdhat al-Wa’izin, that when darkness covered the city of Medina and the people were deep in sleep, Imam Ali along with Hasan, Husayn, Ammar ibn Yasir, Miqdad ibn Aswad, Aqil ibn Abi Talib, Zubayr ibn al- Awwam, Abu Dharr al-Ghifari, Salman al-Farisi, Buraydah and a few other men brought out the coffin of Fatima al- Zahra. They recited the final prayers upon her and buried her in the middle of the night. Imam Ali proceeded to built seven more graves around the real grave so that her actual place of burial would not be known to anyone. The tragedies of Fatima al-Zahra are many, however perhaps one of the most grievous is that despite being the only daughter of the Prophet of Islam and the Leader of the Women of the World,till this day,her grave remains She is a woman who,just as we read in her visitation )ziyarah,(is one whose worth is shrouded in secrecy and whose grave is also concealed from her followers. The importance of commemorating the death of Fatima al-Zahra can never be understated. It is one of the foundational events in the history of Islam through which we can better under the past, FFFFaaaattttiiiimmmmiiiiyyyyyyyyaaaahhhh IIIISSSS AAAAsssshhhhuuuurrrraaaa Commemorating the event known as Ayaam-e Fatimiyya – literally the days of Fatima is a time in which we remember the tragic martyrdom of the only daughter of Prophet Muhammad. It is not merely a ‘traditional act’ which is carried out but rather, a golden opportunity to learn more about this great personality and what we can learn from her short life. In the current era, many communities mark two different dates for her martyrdom – 75 days and 95 days after the death of the Messenger of God - and this is done due to the Fatima al-Zahra: The Spring of Inspiration difference in the historical narratives about when she left this However, what is important is to ensure that