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Our Lady Fatima Al-Zahra: Chieftain of Womankind and First Pole in Islam

Details Published on Friday, 30 December 2011 00:00 Written by El Hassane Debbarh O Household of the Prophet of Allah! Love for you, has been made obligatory for us by Allah, as revealed in the Quran. It is sufficient for your dignity that if one does not send salutations to you in the ritual prayers, his prayers will not be accepted. - Al-Imam al-Shafi'i "O family of the House, Allah only wishes to distance fault from you and cleanse you." (Quran 33:33) Yes, I swear it by the Moon, and by the night when it retires, and by the dawn when it rises, this Sign is one of the greater Signs, one of those which warn human beings (Quran 74:32-36). Abdullah bin Abbas and others reports that when the following verse of the Holy Quran was revealed, "Say: I do not ask of you any reward for it but love for my near relatives; and whoever earns good, We give him more of good therein," (Quran 42:23) a group of companions asked, "O Messenger of Allah, who are those of your relatives whose love has been made obligatory on us by Allah?" The Prophet replied, "They are Ali, Fatima, Hassan, and Husayn." Some hadith contain the words "and their sons," meaning Hassan and Husayn. The Prophet (peace and blessing be upon him) said to Sayyida Fatima: "O Fatima, I give you the good tidings that Allah made you superior to all the women of the world, and made you the purest of all the women of Islam" (Bukhari and Ahmad); "You are (Fatima) the mistress of the women of all the worlds!" (Shifa); Fatima is a part of me, and whoever angers her, angers me. (Bukhari & Muslim) "'I am leaving you with something. Take hold of it and you will not go astray: the Book of Allah, my family and the people of my House. Take care to follow my instruction regarding them.'" (Shifa) Referring to his two grandsons, Al-Hassan and Al-Hussayn, the Prophet (peace and blessing be upon him) said, "Whosoever loves these two, their father and their mother will be with me on the Day of Resurrection." (Shifa)

. Praised be to Allah who by the Uncreated Light of the Morning-Dawn of Pre-Eternity upraised the firmaments of existence from the illuminative horizons of transcendental resplendence and spread them upon the watery expanses of being and Self-Disclosed the Theophany of Its Mercy to the empyrean realms of beautific magnificence and majestic scintillance clothed with the garment of Compassion. Blessings and Peace be upon the Splendor of Allah Most High be upon the Best of Its Creation, the Foremost of Its Cosmocration and the Pinnacle of Its Emanation, He Who is the One Who stands as the eternal christophany of Adam, Mawlana Mohammed ibn Abdellah (peace and blessing be upon him). Glory be upon the celestial Fatima Zahra (the Radiant), the First Pole (Qutb) in Islam, the Imam of her Age, the Houri and Mother of the Cosmos and the Womb of Contingency: She who is both the conjunction as well as the progenitor of the Twin Divine Lights and all creation. Blessed be Our Lady, Sayyida al-Batul, Fatima Zahra', alQurashiya al-Haashimiya, Umm al-Hassanayn [the mother of Sidna al-Hassan and Sidna

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al-Hussayn], the Cosmocrator, the Logos-Self and Face of divinity, the Mother of Her Father, the origin and the return; then upon the Lion of Allah and Gate to the City of AllKnowledge, Mawlana Ali ibn Abi Talib (may Allah glorify his face); and, then, upon the Righteous House of Their Progeny and Excellence be infinite peace, blessings and glory constantly, absolutely! The consummation of laudation within the Luminous Divine Radiance of Eternal Peace be upon the First Unity in every moment, before every moment and after every moment! And praised be Allah, the Lord of all the Worlds! Sayyid Fatima Zahra (may Allah be pleased with her) was born in Mecca, on the twentieth of Jumada al-Akhirah, in the fifth year of the Prophet's apostolic career. She was born in the forty-first year of the Messenger of Allah's life. This means that she was born one year after the Prophet was sent by Allah as a messenger. This also means that all the children of the Messenger of Allah were born before Islam except Sayyida Fatima and Sidna Ibrahim (may Allah be satisfied with all of them), who were born in Islam. When the Prophet died, Sayyida Fatima was eighteen years and seven months old. When Sidna al-Baqir (may Allah be pleased with him) was asked: "How long did Fatima live after the Messenger of Allah?" He answered: "Four months; she died at the age of twenty-three."

The Names of Our Lady Fatima (God be pleased with her)

Sayyida Fatima has many names. According to Mawlana Jaafar as-Sadiq (may Allah be pleased with him): "Fatima has nine names with Allah. They are: Fatima, as-Siddiqa ( the Champion of the Truth), al-Mubarakah ( the Blessed), at-Tahirah (the Pure), az-Zakiyyah (the Unblemished), ar-Radiyah (the one content with Allah's pleasure), al-Mardiyyah (the one pleasing to Allah), al-Muhaddathah (the one spoken to by angels) and az-Zahirah (the Luminous)." Sidna ar-Rida (may Allah be pleased with him) reports that his ancestor the Chosen (peace and blessing be upon him) declared: "I named my daughter Fatima (the Weaned One) because Allah weaned her and those who love her from the Fire." The Prophet also called her al-Batul (pure virgin), and said to 'A'ishah: "O Humayra' ( a redish white, a well-known epithet of 'A'ishah), Fatimah is not like the women of human kind, nor does she suffer the illness you (women) suffer! " This is explained in another prophetic tradition which asserts that she never menstruated. It is likewise reported by on the authority of Anass ibn Malik, who heard Umm Salim, the wife of Abu Talhah al-Ansari, say: "Fatima never experienced the blood of menstruation or parturition, for she was created from the waters of Paradise." This is because when the Messenger of Allah was transported to heaven, he entered Paradise, where he ate of its fruits and drank its water. Sayyidah Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) says: "I have never seen anyone whose habit, character and the manner of speech were as similar to the Prophet (peace and blessing be upon him) as Fatima's". "When the prophet (peace and blessing on him and his family) went one day to Sayyida Fatimas, whereas Sidna Ali was sleeping in the room and Sidna Al-Hassan and Sidna Al-Hussayn were playing next to her: In fact, you, these two and the sleeper, will be with me in the same level in paradise, but this isn't true for others even among the prophets and messengers." (Jawahir al-Maani) "We were, me and Ali two lights before Allah and then He left us in the loin of Adam and kept moving us from loin to loin until we reached our grandfather Abd al-Muttalib. Then I moved to the loin of Abdellah and he moved to those of Abu Talib. Then, our light reunited in AlHassan and Al-Hussayn: they are in fact two lights of the light of the Lord of the worlds". (Jawahir al-Ma'ani)

Sayyida Fatima: First Pole in Islam

Our Master Abu'l-Abbas Ahmed al-Tijani (may Allah sanctify his precious soul) said as reported in Kitab Jawahir al-ma'ani wa-bulugh al-amani fi fayd Sidi Abil al-Abbas at-Tijani (Gems of Indications and Attainment of Aspirations in the Overflowings of Sidi Abil Abbas Tijani), You should know that femininity does not prevent inclusion among the best of Allah's chosen servants, for Allah has not referred to the men in any of the spiritual stations without combining the reference to them with reference to the women as in His saying: "Men who surrender and women who surrender and men who believe and women who believe and men who obey and women who obey and men who speak the truth and women who speak the truth and men who are patient and women who are patient and men who are humble and women who are humble and men who give in charity and women who give in charity and men who keep the fast and women who keep the fast and men who guard their private parts and women who guard theirs and men who remember Allah frequently and women who remember Allah has prepared for them forgiveness and a vast reward (33:35) Of all the spiritual stations

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attained by men, other than Messengership (Risala), Prophethood (Nubuwwa) and Poleship (Qutbaniya), there is not one that is not teeming with good women who are true believers, devoutly pious, righteous and obedient. Consider what is related in the Mighty Quran of which we are told "Falsehood cannot approach it from before it or behind it". (41:42) About Mary and her condition. She is mentioned in the Quran in thirty places, and this has resulted in difference of opinion as to whether or not she was endowed with Prophethood. The fact is that she was a Champion of the Truth (Siddiqa) since Prophethood is peculiar to men, as indicated by Allah's saying: The Messiah, son of Mary, was only a Messenger, and his mother was a Champion of the Truth. So it has been made known that women are not denied access to Championship of the Truth (Siddiqiyya) nor to any of the spiritual stations below it, down to the lowest of them. There have been many women who attained to spiritual stations to which very few men have attained." . The Holy Khalifa Sidi Ali Harazem Berrada (d. 1212/1797) asked Sidna Shaykh about the meaning of Allah's saying in Quran: "And when the angels said" O Mary, Allah has chosen you and made you pure, and has preferred you above the women of all the worlds"(3:42) and "We inspired the mother of Moses, saying: "Suckle him, and when you fear for him, then cast him into the river and do not be afraid, and do not grieve, for We shall bring him back to you, and We shall make him on of the Messengers" (28:7). I asked him: "Does the speech of the angels necessarily imply her Prophethood, and does the inspiration given to the mother of Moses likewise necessarily impeller her Prophethood or not? As for the Lady Mary and our Lady Fatima, which of them is superior? What about the women of all the worlds? What about Asiya bint Muzahim, then Khadija, then Aisha, then Fatima (May Allah be pleased with them all). Shaykh Tijani gave me the following response as read in Kitab Jawahir al-ma'ani wabulugh al-amani fi fayd Sidi Abil al-Abbas at-Tijani (Gems of Indications and Attainment of Aspirations in the Overflowings of Sidi Abil Abbas Tijani): "Allah is the Enabling Guide, by His grace and His noble generosity, to the straight path! You should know that the Prophethood attributed to the Lady Mary, and the argument of those who maintain it is based on Allahs saying: "And when the angels said" O Mary Allah has chosen you and made you pure, and has preferred you above the women of all the worlds" (3:42) and the attribution of Prophethood to the mother of Moses is likewise related to His saying: "And We inspired the mother of Moses" (28:7). These assertions are invalid, however and no reliance can be placed upon them. The true assertion, which must be regarded as definitive, is that Prophethood is impossible for women, who have no means of access to it. As for Mary and Asiya, the Prophet (Allah bless him and give him peace) said about them: "Many of the men have achieved perfection, but none of the women have achieved perfection other than Asiya, the daughter of Muzahim, and Mary the daughter of Imran". And the meaning thereof is that they attained to the degree of Championship of the Truth (Siddiqiyya), which is the highest degree of Knowledge of Allah, familiarity with Him and thorough grasp of knowledge, with the exception of Poleship (Qutbaniya) and Prophethood (Nubuwwa). This is the farthest point to which they attained. As for Khadija, the Prophet spoke frankly about her superior merit, until Aisha said "I was never jealous of any woman among his women, with the exception of Khadija, because he so often mentioned her and venerated her". Ibn Sabu has reported in his Shifa that the Prophet told the people one day: "My favourite among my women would surely be Aisha, the daughter of Abu Bakr Siddiq, were it not for the superior merit that Allah bestowed upon Khadija, the daughter of Khuwaylid!" So he thereby proclaimed Khadija's superiority over Aisha." In another Prophetic tradition reported by Ibn Sabu in his Shifa, he said the Prophet said (peace and prayers be upon him) said to Fatima, "You are the mistress of the women of all the worlds!" So she placed her hand upon her head in bashful modesty, and she said to him: "But what about Asiya the daughter of Muzahim, Mary the daughter of Imran, and Khadija the daughter of Khuwaylid?" He told her: "Asiya the daughter of Muzahim is the mistress of the women of her world, Mary is the mistress of the women of her world, Khadija is the mistress of the women of her world, and you are the mistress of the women of your world. "He (the Holy prophet) said one day to Ali ("ibn Abi Talib"; may Allah be pleased with him), after he had contracted his marriage
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to Fatima: "I have given to you in marriage the mistress of the women of all the worlds" As for Aisha, he once said (Allah bless him and give him peace): "The superiority of Aisha over all other women is like the superiority of meat and broth over all other food".

. The scholars have adopted conflicting opinions with regard to the assignment of precedence to Fatima or Aisha. Each school has inclined to favor the preferment of one of the two, basing the argument on these two Prophetic traditions. Malik said " As for myself I do not consider anyone superior to Fatima, whom he described as a part of him (the Prophet). As for the gnostics (arifin), they have generally reached the conclusion, by means of mystical revelation, not by means of listening to reports, that Fatima attained after her father to the loftiest degree of Poleship (Qutbaniya) and since that is the case, there is no comparability between Fatima and Aisha. Allah has said: "Surely the noblest of you in the sight of Allah is the one of you who is most truly devout". (49:13) And in the whole of Allah's creation, absolutely and without exception there is no one among humankind and the angels after the Prophets, who could possibly attain to as much as one thousandth part of the true devotion of he Pole of the Poles (Qutb al Aqtab), however much he might achieve. He is the most excellent of al the Muslims in every era, apart from any Keys of the Treasures (Mafatih Kunuz, i.e. Afrad) that may exist, for he is superior to them in some respects,, and they are superior to him in some respects. If you have comprehended this fully, you must acknowledge that Fatima is absolutely superior to Aisha and to Mary and Asiya. The fact that she attained to Qutbaniya from which all other women are excluded, is due to the fact that she did not menstruate, and to the fact that she received from her father a degree of perfection to which other women could not aspire. That explains why she attained to Poleship. The Pole (Qutb) is the chieftain of existence in every era, apart from the Keys of the Treasures (Mafatih Kunuz, i.e. Afrad) that may exist. As for the fact that she did not menstruate, it was due to the formation of her genital fluid, which originated from the Prophet eating one of the apples of the Garden of Paradise. That is why the Prophet said about her "She is a human houri". Her being a houri was due to the fact that she was not created from the specks of dust transmitted from the body of Adam (peace be upon him) to the rest of his offspring, for the substance of her genital fluid was formed from the mysteries and secrets of the Garden, from which Allah created the houris. This resulted in the perfection of her purity, for she was unsullied by wearing he conditions of human nature that other women wear. She thus became a human houri, and she thereby attained to the highest degree in the presence of the Lord of Truth, above which there is no degree except Prophethood. Aisha and the others could never aspire to this, so it must be clear to you that Fatima is more excellent than all excellent women. As for the attribution to Prophethood to Mary, we have said that it is invalid, and its invalidation is based on the nature of the Pole (Qutb). In ever era, the Qutb brings an influence to bear on every atom among the existing entities, assisting and improving everything in existence, atom by atom, Whenever a worshipper prostrates himself for the sake of Allah or bows for the sake of Allah or stands erect for the sake of Allah or remembers Allah with any remembrance, the Pole is he one who directs his performance. Because of him the Shaykh performs his glorification, because of him the worshipper performs his worship, because of him the one who prostrates himself performs his act of prostration and because of him the other influence, which cannot be described is brought to bear. To put the matter in a nutshell, his relationship to the whole of existence is that of the spirit to the body. The body has no vitality and no intelligence without the spirit, nor any movement without the spirit, for all the faculties of the physical body, external and internal, are motivated by he animal spirit that is attached to it. If the spirit departs from the physical body, all of its faculties cease to function, and it becomes an extinct corpse. The same applies to all the elements in existence, with regard to their relationship to the Qutb, for he is for them like the spirit for the physical body. If his spirituality departed from them, the whole of existence would become extinct, for he is the spirit for existence and of all the properties of existence in their entirety, responsible for their combination and their separation, their commonality and their peculiarity, their liberation and their confinement. Since the elements of existence cannot survive unless the spirituality of the Qutb exists within them, if the Qutb removed his spirituality from them, the whole of existence would cease and it would become a useless corpse.

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This power of his comes from his bearing the burden of the supreme secret, and his travelling in the entirety of it domains. By means of the secret of the Supreme Name (alIsm al-Aadham), he has come to be steadfast in the presence of Allah, perfectly observing the modes of conduct prescribed by the Divine presence, and perfectly fulfilling His rightful dues in all of the manifestations pertaining to His Names, His Attributes, His Essence at all times and in every instant measured by the blink of an eye. There is no limit to the ways in which our Lord is constantly manifesting Himself in every instant measured by the blink of an eye, through His Names, His Attributes, His Essence and the variation of His affairs. In all of that, the Qutb remains steadfast in the presence of Allah, according all those manifestations what they rightfully deserve in the form of proper modes of conduct, dutiful tasks, and service, in every instant measured by the blink of an eye. Even if the manifestations keep multiplying endlessly, he fulfils all their rightful dues and their proper modes of conduct, so there is no one in existence who can bear the burden of everything by which the Lord of Truth manifest Himself apart from him, for he is engaged in this throughout his life, in every instant measured by he blink of an eye. if all the Champions of Truth (Siddiqun) stood in Allah's presence on these terms they would become extinct in less time than it takes to blink an eye, yet this is his regular habit (the Qutb). If you have understood this well, you must realize that women are incapable of bearing this burden, because of their frailty, and because of menstruation distracts them from the performance of the Divine duties. If a woman assumed the station of Poleship (Qutbaniya), she would surely neglect the fulfilment of the rightful duties of Allah's rightful duties in His manifestations on certain days of her life, they being the days of menstruation. Then, when she neglected the fulfilment of obligations rightfully due to Allah, the office would be annihilated--I mean the office of Qutbaniya--and its annihilation would result in the extinction of existence. If you have understood this well, therefore, you must realize that women are not qualified to assume the office of Qutbaniya. While this is true of Poleship, the abandonment of their aspiration to Prophethood is even more appropriate and more logical because Prophethood is even more appropriate and more logical, because Prophethood is weightier than Qutbaniya. As for Fatima (may Allah be pleased with her) she attained the degree of Qutbaniya because she acquired the Divine perfections that make it possible to bear the burden of the secret of the Supreme Name."

. This article is an edited reprint from the Dar Sirr website, originally authored by Sayyid El Hassane Debbarh. Any differences from the original are merely grammatical and layout adjustments. May Allah Ta'ala bless the author of this article and his family. Add comment Name (required) E-mail (required, but will not display)

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