At that moment, Lady Fatima (a) uttered,
‘Ana Fatima bint e Muhammad Rasool Allah (s)’. She said, ‘I am Fatima, the daughter of Prophet Muhammad (s)’.
You will not find these things in the books because this is about the eminence of the Household of the Prophet (s).
Do you know what those women said?
Those women declared, ‘O Muhammad (s), your daughter has performed miracles that even the idols we worship have not performed. Therefore, we believe your daughter is our God.’
The Sublime Character of Lady Fatima tuz Zahra (a)
What happened one day was
You see, the Quraysh tribe were the relatives of the Prophet (s).
So, one day a woman from the Quraysh tribe was getting married;
it was the days (prior to the wedding),
and the women of the Quraysh tribe felt mischievous.
They decided to invite Lady Fatima to the wedding knowing that she was impoverished so she would attend wearing worn-out clothing.
They intended to mock her old and worn clothing when she would arrive at the wedding.
So they decided to go and invite her.
So these infidel women went to meet Lady Fatima (a) with the intention of persuading her with flattery
Such is the case in our society back home.
So they went to flatter Lady Fatima (a) by flaunting an invitation to the wedding at her.
Lady Fatima (a) told them she would respond to their invitation after asking her father for permission.
She sent them away and went to Prophet Muhammad (s), and she said, ‘Father, these ladies came to me and invited me to the wedding’.
The Prophet (s) said, ‘Really? And what would you like to do?’
Lady Fatima (a) said, ‘If I don’t attend, they will mock me and say ‘’look, we invited her and she didn’t attend.
They preach the religion but they did not partake in our celebration despite being invited’’,
but if I do attend, they will mock my tattered clothes’.
So, the Prophet (s) said, ‘Well, then you should definitely attend or else people will make a mockery. You should go’.
Lady Fatima (a) responded, ‘Yes, I shall go’.
Then, the Prophet (s) said, ‘I shall ask Gabriel to bring a dress from paradise for you’.
Lady Fatima (a) responded, ‘No, Father.
If I attend the wedding wearing a gown from paradise, they would never have seen such a beautiful outfit and it may break their hearts’.
Despite their infidelity, Lady Fatima (a) cared for their sentiments. What a sublime character! Right?
So then the Prophet (s) insisted upon her wearing the gown from paradise to the wedding.
Lady Fatima (a) said, ‘Dear Father, I have an idea. I shall wear the gown from paradise but I shall don my tattered clothes over it.’
What a beautiful personality!
Hundreds of thousands of salutations upon our Lady!
So Lady Fatima (a) said, ‘O Messenger of God, I shall don my tattered clothes over the gown from paradise’.
The Prophet (s) asked, ‘Why would you do that?’
She responded, ‘Well, I wish to wear my old and torn clothes to hide the gown from paradise so that they insult me.
And then, when they have insulted me, I shall remove the tattered clothing and show them my beautiful outfit’.
Now, Lady Fatima (a) left. When the gown from paradise arrived, she wore it and covered it with her old and worn-out clothes.
As soon as she arrived at the wedding, those women began hooting at her.
‘Look! Here comes the daughter of a prophet! She doesn’t even have proper clothes to wear!’
‘Look! The daughter of a prophet who has no clothes to wear! What a shame!’
They mocked her continuously but our Lady remained silent. She sat quietly and met everyone with a smile on her face.
In the meanwhile, the bride was getting ready inside.
When she was ready, she had a desire to make Lady Fatima (a) burn with jealousy by flaunting her beautiful wedding gown.
So she came out, all glammed-up, wearing her brand new wedding gown.
She walked down and came to a stop in front of Lady Fatima (a) and sarcastically asked, ‘Who is this in our house?’
At that moment, Lady Fatima (a) uttered,
‘Ana Fatima bint e Muhammad Rasool Allah (s)’.
She said, ‘I am Fatima, the daughter of Prophet Muhammad (s)’.
When our Lady said these words,
rays of divine light began to emanate from Lady Fatima's countenance with such brilliance that the bride fell unconscious.
Lady Fatima (a) ran to get water to splash on the bride’s face and bring her back to consciousness,
but with her movements, her old and tattered clothes were further torn and her gown from paradise beneath began to show.
And when the bride regained consciousness, she saw the beautiful gown and fainted once again!
Lady Fatima (a) healed her and brought her back to consciousness again.
So the bride regained consciousness, she gazed at Lady Fatima’s face, then lowered her gaze to the gown and what she saw was something else entirely.
The bride sighed deeply and passed away.
Now, the infidel women began to weep and wail and regretted their decision of inviting Lady Fatima (a).
Firstly, it was so hard for them to digest the beauty of the gown adorned by Lady Fatima (a).
So, the weeping began. The taunts began.
Some said that Lady Fatima (a) had cast magic.
Others made other accusations.
So Lady Fatima (a) stood up and said, ‘All of you, sit down! We are not magicians!’
Lady Fatima (a) declared, ‘My Father has brought the light of God and the light of God does not perish’.
So the people said, ‘Then give the bride some of that light. She died after looking at you!’
Lady Fatima (a) then unveiled her own divine manifestation as she spoke of her beloved Father.
Lady Fatima (a) said, ‘Stand, daughter’. I swear by God’s honour, that woman was alive once again.
And all those women who had been taunting her approached Lady Fatima (a) and said,
‘Our Lady, take us to your father. We shall become Muslima today’.
All those women went with Lady Fatima (a) and presented themselves before Prophet Muhammad (s).
And they told the Prophet (s), ‘Our bride had passed away. O Muhammad, your daughter revived her!’
Do you know what else those women said?
You will not find these things in the books because this is about the eminence of the Household of the Prophet (s).
Do you know what those women said?
Those women declared, ‘O Muhammad (s),
your daughter has performed miracles that even the idols we worship have not performed.
Therefore, we believe your daughter is our God.’ That’s what they said.
So all those women who went with Lady Fatima (a) then had faith in Prophet Muhammad (s),
and there are some renowned names among those women.
I shall reveal their names to you one day and tell you who they were and what their future progenies did.
Lady Fatima (a) is a highly eminent personality.
May God grant us to be in her servitude for our heads are eternally bowed at her feet.
May God increase her love in our hearts and grant us to glorify her ever more.