Author: shiafollowers

Hazrat Fatimah was the only daughter of the Holy Prophet and Hazrat Khadijah. The circumstances of her birth are described by Hazrat Khadijah Hazrat Fatimah was the only daughter of the Holy Prophet and Hazrat Khadijah. The circumstances of her birth are described by Hazrat Khadijah as follows: At the time of the birth of Hazrat Fatimah, I sent for my neighboring Quraishi women to assist me. They flatly refused, saying that I had betrayed them by supporting Muhammad. I was perturbed for a while, when, to my great surprise, I sighted four strange tall women with halos around them, approaching me. Finding me dismayed, one of them addressed me thus, “O, Khadijah! I am Sarah, the mother of Ishaq, and the other three are, Mary the mother of Christ, Asiyah the daughter of Muzahim, and Um Kulthum, the sister of Moses. We have all been commanded by God to put our nursing knowledge at your disposal.” Saying this, all of them sat around me and rendered the services of midwifery till my daughter Fatimah was born. The motherly blessings and affection received by Hazrat Fatimah were only for five years, after which Hazrat Khadijah left for her heavenly home. Hereafter the Holy Prophet brought her up. When Hazrat Fatimah came of age, there came forward a number of aspirants to ask for her hand in marriage. The Holy...