{"id":1221,"date":"2023-04-13T00:08:01","date_gmt":"2023-04-13T04:08:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ihyapublishing.org\/?p=1221"},"modified":"2023-04-13T14:49:01","modified_gmt":"2023-04-13T18:49:01","slug":"our-lady-fa%e1%b9%adima-al-zahra%ca%be","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ihyapublishing.org\/our-lady-fa%e1%b9%adima-al-zahra%ca%be","title":{"rendered":"Our Lady F\u0101\u1e6dima al-Zahr\u0101\u02be"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"1221\" class=\"elementor elementor-1221\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4a16d6f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4a16d6f\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-afb9ad6\" data-id=\"afb9ad6\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-66234d9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"66234d9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.21.0 - 25-04-2024 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<h4>Help bring Syeda Fatima\u2019s story to life<\/h4>\n<p>She was the eminent lady F\u0101\u1e6dima al-Zahr\u0101\u02be, the blessed pure part of the Prophet, the faithful daughter, the steadfast striver. She was F\u0101\u1e6dima al-Bat\u016bl. When we examine her lineage, the vital question presents itself: Whose daughter was she? Whose wife? Whose mother? Who could lay claim to any lineage as noble and pure as hers, she whose father was the Prophet&nbsp;and whose mother was the great Khad\u012bja? She was F\u0101\u1e6dima al-Zahr\u0101\u02be, scion of eminent ancestors, of the fragrant and noble Prophetic pedigree. Everything about her resembled the Messenger of God, and of all people she was the dearest to his heart, though he loved them all.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-c8c3920 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"c8c3920\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-886433a\" data-id=\"886433a\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b027f2b elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"b027f2b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.21.0 - 25-04-2024 *\/\n.elementor-widget-image{text-align:center}.elementor-widget-image a{display:inline-block}.elementor-widget-image a img[src$=\".svg\"]{width:48px}.elementor-widget-image img{vertical-align:middle;display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/launchgood.com\/SyedaFatima\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"684\" src=\"https:\/\/ihyapublishing.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/project_149239_body_image_3-1-1024x684.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1259\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ihyapublishing.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/project_149239_body_image_3-1-1024x684.png 1024w, https:\/\/ihyapublishing.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/project_149239_body_image_3-1-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/ihyapublishing.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/project_149239_body_image_3-1-768x513.png 768w, https:\/\/ihyapublishing.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/project_149239_body_image_3-1-1536x1026.png 1536w, https:\/\/ihyapublishing.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/project_149239_body_image_3-1-2048x1369.png 2048w, https:\/\/ihyapublishing.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/project_149239_body_image_3-1-600x401.png 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0e59289 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0e59289\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: 'Gentium Book Plus', sans-serif; font-size: var(--g5-body-font-size); font-style: var(--g5-body-font-style);\">Our lady F\u0101\u1e6dima, through whom the blessed lineage of the Messenger of God\u00a0was preserved; this amazing woman whose life story must be considered as a fundamental part of the life story of the Prophet and the story of Islam itself. She stood with the Messenger of God\u00a0and struggled alongside him. Throughout the persecution she endured, she strove always to serve and aid her father, and to take care of him after the death of her mother, may God be pleased with them all.<\/span><\/p><p>When speaking about this illustrious lady and her life, we concern ourselves with a foundational part of the history of the Islamic Community from the very earliest tribulations, the first years of struggle in Mecca, and the harsh and merciless persecution at the hands of Quraysh. At her father\u2019s side she was brave, strong, forbearing, dutiful, gracious, and protective. He bore this task steadfastly and strove in God\u2019s cause until God Most High permitted him to emigrate to Medina. There he completed his journey until he met his Maker, having delivered the Message, fulfilled the Trust, guided the Community, and struggled in God\u2019s cause until the final certitude [of death] came his way.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-edd253a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"edd253a\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-0ea06d0\" data-id=\"0ea06d0\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8f5dfe9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"8f5dfe9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/launchgood.com\/SyedaFatima\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"759\" src=\"https:\/\/ihyapublishing.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/image-2-1024x759.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1232\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ihyapublishing.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/image-2-1024x759.png 1024w, https:\/\/ihyapublishing.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/image-2-300x222.png 300w, https:\/\/ihyapublishing.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/image-2-768x569.png 768w, https:\/\/ihyapublishing.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/image-2-1536x1138.png 1536w, https:\/\/ihyapublishing.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/image-2-600x445.png 600w, https:\/\/ihyapublishing.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/image-2.png 1927w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-3c2e496 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3c2e496\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-afb80d5\" data-id=\"afb80d5\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-53ef3e5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"53ef3e5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 The story of our lady F\u0101\u1e6dima is replete with major events, illustrious moments, noble ethics, and sincere struggles. It is a great honor for us to present this authentic narrative and shed further light onto it, and then try to connect the readers to the life of this eminent woman, and to take them by the hand and guide them so they may know who F\u0101\u1e6dima was and what she accomplished. We aim to show them the momentous events she experienced during the struggle to establish Islam, and how she participated in them all with steadfastness, sincerity, hopefulness, and eagerness.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-f4b9119 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"f4b9119\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7e39dec\" data-id=\"7e39dec\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-002563a elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"002563a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/launchgood.com\/SyedaFatima\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"687\" src=\"https:\/\/ihyapublishing.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/image-6-1024x687.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1238\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ihyapublishing.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/image-6-1024x687.png 1024w, https:\/\/ihyapublishing.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/image-6-300x201.png 300w, https:\/\/ihyapublishing.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/image-6-768x515.png 768w, https:\/\/ihyapublishing.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/image-6-1536x1031.png 1536w, https:\/\/ihyapublishing.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/image-6-2048x1374.png 2048w, https:\/\/ihyapublishing.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/image-6-600x403.png 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-badb8dc elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"badb8dc\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-cd4008b\" data-id=\"cd4008b\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-98aa387 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"98aa387\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 We will then shed light on the period that followed the tribulations in Mecca and how F\u0101\u1e6dima\u00a0lived alongside the Prophet\u00a0in Medina and truly earned the title which he bestowed on her: \u201cHer father\u2019s mother.\u201d Even in the way she walked and sat, she resembled her father as closely as can be. Truly she was a part of the Messenger of God.<\/p><p>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 I dedicate this book to my young readers, and I ask God to make it a cause of benefit and a means of telling the story of this noble woman in a manner that is easy to understand, so that our children may become connected to it and thereby learn a fundamental part of the luminous history of F\u0101\u1e6dima, her mother, her father, and her children \u2014 a pure and noble line, Descendants one from another (Qur\u2019\u0101n 3:34).<\/p><p style=\"text-align: center;\">My Lord, by the rank of the children of Fatima<br \/>Allow my final words to be the testimony of Faith<br \/>Whether my supplication is accepted or denied,<br \/>I will cling onto the family of the Messenger, without break.<br \/>Sa\u2018di of Shiraz (d. 690\/1292)\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-78cae66 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"78cae66\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4>Who is Ihya Publishing?<\/h4><p>Ihya is a non-profit independent publishing house that specializes in publishing traditional Islamic texts that resonate with the heart, mind, and soul of Muslims. We achieve this by publishing texts from our rich tradition and by supporting writers in creating new books and texts that address the needs of Muslims in the English language.<\/p><p>In today&#8217;s world, many Muslims are in dire need of literature that speaks to their lived reality. At Ihya, our goal is to bring the tradition to life and meet this need. Our name, derived from the Arabic word for &#8220;life,&#8221; reflects our mission to give life to the tradition in a world that needs it.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-40e0d9c elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"40e0d9c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/launchgood.com\/SyedaFatima\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"687\" src=\"https:\/\/ihyapublishing.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/project_149239_body_ihya_banner-1024x687.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1257\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ihyapublishing.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/project_149239_body_ihya_banner-1024x687.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ihyapublishing.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/project_149239_body_ihya_banner-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ihyapublishing.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/project_149239_body_ihya_banner-768x515.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ihyapublishing.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/project_149239_body_ihya_banner-1536x1031.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/ihyapublishing.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/project_149239_body_ihya_banner-2048x1374.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/ihyapublishing.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/project_149239_body_ihya_banner-600x403.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-50bb724 elementor-button-info elementor-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"50bb724\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-md\" href=\"https:\/\/launchgood.com\/SyedaFatima\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Support Today<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Her Life in the Context of the Blessed S\u012bra<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":1224,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[105],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ihyapublishing.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1221"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ihyapublishing.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ihyapublishing.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ihyapublishing.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ihyapublishing.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1221"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ihyapublishing.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1221\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ihyapublishing.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1224"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ihyapublishing.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1221"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ihyapublishing.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1221"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ihyapublishing.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1221"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}