Aḥādīth
Selections from the Qurʾān and from the Shi'a collections of ḥadīth — al-Kāfī, Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh, the Amālī of Shaykh al-Ṣadūq, and Biḥār al-Anwār — describing the station of Sayyidah Fāṭimah az-Zahrā (s.a.).
فَاطِمَةُ بَضْعَةٌ مِنِّي، فَمَنْ أَغْضَبَهَا أَغْضَبَنِي
"Fāṭimah is a part of me; whoever angers her has angered me."— al-Kāfī, vol. 1, Kitāb al-Ḥujja; Biḥār al-Anwār, vol. 43; also in Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī and Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim — a narration agreed upon by all schools
أَمَا تَرْضَيْنَ أَنْ تَكُونِي سَيِّدَةَ نِسَاءِ الْعَالَمِينَ
"Are you not pleased to be the leader of the women of the worlds?"— al-Kāfī; Amālī of Shaykh al-Ṣadūq; Biḥār al-Anwār, vol. 43 — the Prophet (s.a.w.w.) to his daughter Fāṭimah (s.a.)
اللَّهُمَّ هَؤُلَاءِ أَهْلُ بَيْتِي، فَأَذْهِبْ عَنْهُمُ الرِّجْسَ وَطَهِّرْهُمْ تَطْهِيرًا
"O Allah, these are my Ahl al-Bayt — remove impurity from them and purify them with a thorough purification."— al-Kāfī, Kitāb al-Ḥujja; Amālī of Shaykh al-Ṣadūq; Biḥār al-Anwār, vol. 35 — the Ḥadīth al-Kisāʾ (Event of the Cloak)
إِنَّمَا يُرِيدُ اللَّهُ لِيُذْهِبَ عَنكُمُ الرِّجْسَ أَهْلَ الْبَيْتِ وَيُطَهِّرَكُمْ تَطْهِيرًا
"Allah only desires to remove impurity from you, O People of the House, and to purify you with a thorough purification."— Qurʾān 33:33 (Āyat al-Taṭhīr) — revealed concerning the People of the Cloak. See Tafsīr al-Qummī, Tafsīr al-Mīzān, Tafsīr Nūr al-Thaqalayn
إِنَّا أَعْطَيْنَاكَ الْكَوْثَرَ
"Indeed, We have granted you al-Kawthar."— Qurʾān 108:1 — in the Shi'a tafsīr tradition, al-Kawthar is identified with the abundant good granted to the Prophet, among which is his daughter Fāṭimah (s.a.) and her progeny. See Tafsīr al-Mīzān, Tafsīr Nūr al-Thaqalayn
أَفْضَلُ نِسَاءِ الْعَالَمِينَ أَرْبَعٌ: خَدِيجَةُ، وَفَاطِمَةُ، وَمَرْيَمُ، وَآسِيَةُ
"The best of the women of the worlds are four: Khadījah, Fāṭimah, Maryam and Āsiyah."— Amālī of Shaykh al-Ṣadūq; Biḥār al-Anwār, vol. 43 — narrated from Imām al-Ṣādiq (a.s.)
كَانَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ إِذَا قَدِمَ مِنْ سَفَرٍ بَدَأَ بِفَاطِمَةَ
"Whenever the Prophet (s.a.w.w.) returned from a journey, he would begin with Fāṭimah."— al-Kāfī; Biḥār al-Anwār, vol. 43 — describing the Prophet's tenderness towards his daughter
إِنَّ فَاطِمَةَ أَحْصَنَتْ فَرْجَهَا فَحَرَّمَ اللهُ ذُرِّيَّتَهَا عَلَى النَّارِ
"Verily Fāṭimah guarded her chastity, so Allah forbade the Fire from her progeny."— Amālī of Shaykh al-Ṣadūq; Biḥār al-Anwār, vol. 43 — narrated from Imām al-Ṣādiq (a.s.)
فَاطِمَةُ بَضْعَةٌ مِنِّي، يَرِيبُنِي مَا رَابَهَا، وَيُؤْذِينِي مَا آذَاهَا
"Fāṭimah is a part of me; what disturbs her disturbs me, and what harms her harms me."— al-Kāfī; Biḥār al-Anwār, vol. 43 — a narration transmitted through the Ahl al-Bayt (a.s.)
وُلِدَتْ فَاطِمَةُ فِي عَهْدِ قُرَيْشٍ وَهِيَ بِنْتُ خَمْسٍ وَثَلَاثِينَ سَنَةً
"Fāṭimah was born in the time of Quraysh, when the Prophet was thirty-five years old."— al-Kāfī; Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh; Biḥār al-Anwār, vol. 43 — on the date of her birth
The Khutbah al-Fadakiyyah, and other sayings transmitted from Sayyidah Fāṭimah (s.a.) through the Ahl al-Bayt (a.s.), are collected together.
