SERMON of FADAK by BIBI SYEDA HAZRAT FATIMA AL- ZAHRAASWS in Medina Mosque
Give the kinsman his due .... ( 17 : 26)
In tafaseers it is mentioned that when this verse was revealed the Holy Prophetsaww asked the Angel Gibrael :“Who are the kinsmen and what is their due? The Angel replied: Give Fadak1 to Fatimaasws for it is her due, and whatever is due to Allahazwj and the Prophetsaww out of Fadak; that also belongs to her, so entrust it to her also.”2
Thereupon the Holy Prophetsaww called Bibi Syeda Fatimaasws and wrote the deed of gift, giving Fadak to Herasws.
After the demise of The Prophetsaww, Fatima Al-Zahraasws exhausted all possible avenues in pursuit to reclaim Herasws rightful inheritance to the Fadak, given to Herasws by Her Fathersaww. But sadly Herasws pleas fell on deaf ears. For this reason and on the grounds of proving that sheasws has been oppressed by those who professed righteousness under false pretences of faith and piety, at a very last resort, the holy Lady Fatima Al- Zahraasws, went to her Fathersaww's Mosque, to face Herasws adversaries and delivered to them the most eloquent of words in Herasws defence, which left the assembly speechless. She chose to proceed to the Mosque at a time when it was crammed with people, in order that her words reached the ears of all the people, who were somewhat accessories due to their silent approval of the events that occurred after the Holy Prophet's demise. She addressed the assembly as;
“O People! Be informed that I am Fatimaasws, and my father is Muhammadsaww. Whatever I say, I will say it till the end and will initiate it continually; be informed Iasws say not anything but the omniscient. Iasws seek My Allahazwj’s willingness and gratification in everything Iasws do.
Now hath come unto you an Apostle from amongst yourselves; It grieves him that you should perish; ardently anxious is he over you; to the believers he is most kind and merciful. Thus, if you identify and recog- nize him, you shall realize that he is my Fathersaww and not the father of any of your women; the brother of my cousin (Aliasws) rather than any of your men. Can there be an epitome of goodness in the entire universe other than the one associated with The Prophetsaww?
Thus, Hesaww propagated the Message, by coming out openly with the warning, and while inclined away from the path of the polytheists, whom he struck their strength and seized their throats, while he invited all to the way of his Lordazwj with wisdom and virtuous preaching. Hesaww destroyed idols, and defeated protagonists, until their group fled and turned their backs. So night revealed its dawn; righteousness uncovered its genuineness; the voice of the religious authority spoke out loud; the evil discords were silenced; the tightening of infidelity and desertion were untied. So you spoke the statement of devotion amongst a band of starved ones and you were on the edge of a hole of fire; you were the drink of the drinkers; the opportunity of the desiring one; the fire brand of him who passes in haste; You had fallen lower than the dirt under the feet; you used to
1 Fadak was a city, which was situated thirty miles from Medina There were wells of water and trees of dates in it. This city was named Fadak, while Ham, the son of Noah, first came to this place and put the foundation of the city.
2 Tafseer Durr e Mansoor ( Volume 4 page 177 )
Imam Jaffer-e-Sadiqasws said:
"Bibi Fatimaasws has nine names near Allahazwj, they are: Fatima, Siddiqah (the honest), Al Mubarakah (the blessed one), AlTahirah (virtuous), Al Zakiyah (the chaste), Al Radhiatul Mardhiah (she who is gratified and who shall be satisfied), Al Muhaddathah (a person, other than a prophet, that the angels speak to), and
Al Zahra (the splendid)." drink from the water gathered on roads; eat jerked meat. You were despised outcasts always in fear of
abduction from those around you.
Yet, Allahazwj rescued you through my father, Hazrat Muhammadsaww after much ado, and after Hesaww was confronted by mighty men, the Arab beasts, and the demons of the people of the Book Who, whenever they ignited the fire of war, Allahazwj extinguished it and whenever the thorn of the devil appeared, or a mouth of the polytheists opened wide in defiance, Hesaww would strike its discords with His brother Aliasws, who comes not back until Heasws treads its wing with the sole of His feet, and extinguishes its flames with His sword. Aliasws is diligent in Allahazwj's affairs, near to the Messenger of Allahazwj, a master among Allahazwj's worshippers, setting to work briskly, sincere in His advice, earnest and exerting Himself in service to Islam.
While you were calm, happy and feeling safe in your comfortable lives, waiting for us (Ahlulbaytasws) to meet calamities. You aspired for adversities to fall upon the Prophet’s Ahlulbaytasws; like foes you desired and yearned for the demise of The Prophetsaww and craved for the calamities and grievances to strike us. Awaiting the spread of news, you fell back during every battle, and took to your heels at times of fighting. Yet, when Allahazwj chose His Prophetsaww from the dwell of His prophets, and the abode of His sincere servants; the thorns of hypocrisy appeared on you, the garment of faith became worn out, the misguided ignorant(s) spoke out and the sluggish ignorant came to the front and betrayed. Then the camel of the vain wiggled his tail in your courtyards and the Devil stuck his head from its place of hiding and called upon you, he found you responsive to his invitation, and observing his deceits. He then aroused you and found you quick to answer him, and invited you to wrath, therefore; you branded other than your camels and proceeded to other than your drinking places. Then while the era of the Prophetsaww was still near, the gash was still wide, the scar had not yet healed, and the Messengersaww was not yet buried, there was a quick undertaking as you claimed, aimed at preventing discord trial. Surely, the unbelievers have fallen into trial already and indeed hell surrounds them. What befell upon you and why did you turn away from veracity?
For Allahazwj's Book is still amongst you, its affairs are apparent; its rules are manifest; its signs are dazzling; its restrictions are visible, and its commands are evident. Yet, indeed you have casted it behind your backs! What! Do you detest it? Or you wish to rule according to something else? Evil would be the exchange for the wrongdoers! And if anyone desires a religion other than Islam (submission to Allahazwj), it never will it be accepted from Him; And in the hereafter, he will be in the ranks of those who have lost. Surely you have not waited until its stampede seized, and it became obedient. You then started arousing its flames, instigating its coal, complying with the call of the misled devil, quenching the light of the manifest religion, and extinguished the light of the sincere Prophetsaww. Ostensively you have embraced Islam but in reality you are still infidels.
You concealed sips on froth and proceeded towards His (the Prophetsaww) kin and children in swamps and forests but Weasws were patient with you even when we were being notched with knives and stung by spearheads in our chests, Yet-now you claim that there is no inheritance for us! What! "Do you then seek after a judgment of the days of ignorance? Is anyone a better judge than Allahazwj. But how, for a people whose faith is assured, can anyone give better judgment than Allahazwj? Don't you know? Yes, indeed it is obvious to you that I am Prophetsaww‘s only daughter.
O Muslims! Will my inheritance be usurped? O son of Abu QuhafaL.A! Where is it in the Book of Allahazwj that you inherit your father and Iasws do not inherit mine? Surely you have come up with an unprecedented thing. Do you intentionally abandon the Book of Allahazwj and cast it behind your back? Do you not read where it says: “And Sulemanas inherited from his father Dawoodas?”
And when it narrates the supplication of Zakariyaas and says: `So give me an heir as from you! One that will inherit me, and inherit the posterity of Al-Yaqoobas'
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