Ziyārat & Duʿāʾ — Ayaam-e-Fatima (S.A.)

Ziyārat & Duʿāʾ

Visitation and supplication

Recitations associated with Sayyidah Fāṭimah (s.a.) and with the Imām of the Age (a.t.f.s.), from the Shi'a sources.

السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكِ يَا بِنْتَ رَسُولِ اللهِ، السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكِ يَا بِنْتَ نَبِيِّ اللهِ، السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكِ يَا بِنْتَ حَبِيبِ اللهِ، السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكِ يَا بِنْتَ خَلِيلِ اللهِ

"Peace be upon you, O daughter of the Messenger of Allah. Peace be upon you, O daughter of the Prophet of Allah. Peace be upon you, O daughter of the Beloved of Allah. Peace be upon you, O daughter of the Friend of Allah."

— Kāmil al-Ziyārāt of Ibn Qūlawayh; Biḥār al-Anwār, vol. 97

اللَّهُمَّ كُنْ لِوَلِيِّكَ الْحُجَّةِ بْنِ الْحَسَنِ صَلَوَاتُكَ عَلَيْهِ وَعَلَى آبَائِهِ فِي هَذِهِ السَّاعَةِ وَفِي كُلِّ سَاعَةٍ وَلِيًّا وَحَافِظًا وَقَائِدًا وَنَاصِرًا وَدَلِيلًا وَعَيْنًا حَتَّى تُسْكِنَهُ أَرْضَكَ طَوْعًا وَتُمَتِّعَهُ فِيهَا طَوِيلًا

"O Allah, be for Your representative, the Ḥujjah, the son of al-Ḥasan — may Your blessings be upon him and his forefathers — in this hour and in every hour, a guardian, a protector, a leader, a helper, a proof and a guide, until You settle him in Your earth willingly and let him enjoy it for a long time."

— A well-known duʿāʾ for the Imām of the Age (a.t.f.s.), recited in the Shi'a tradition

Recitation. These texts are provided for personal and communal recitation. For full instructions on when and how to recite them, please consult the works of the scholars, such as Mafātīḥ al-Jinān of Shaykh ʿAbbās Qummī.

The Tasbīḥ of Fāṭimah (s.a.)

After every ritual prayer, the Shi'a recite the Tasbīḥ of Fāṭimah (s.a.), taught by the Prophet (s.a.w.w.) to his daughter:

34 times — Allāhu Akbar (الله أكبر)
33 times — al-Ḥamdu lillāh (الحمد لله)
33 times — Subḥān Allāh (سبحان الله)

Imām al-Ṣādiq (a.s.) said: "The Tasbīḥ of Fāṭimah (s.a.) is among the greatest of remembrances. If I were to find nothing else, I would not leave it." (al-Kāfī)

The two narrations of her martyrdom

The Shi'a sources preserve two narrations regarding the interval between the passing of the Prophet (s.a.w.w.) and the martyrdom of Sayyidah Fāṭimah (s.a.): seventy-five days and ninety-five days. Both are considered reliable. The community holds its main programme during the period corresponding to the longer narration, and a shorter series during the other.

Her burial and grave

In the Shi'a tradition, Sayyidah Fāṭimah (s.a.) asked ʿAlī (a.s.) to bury her at night, in secret, so that those who had wronged her would not attend her funeral. Her grave remains unknown. The most commonly cited possibilities are:

In al-Baqīʿ cemetery, beside other members of the Prophet's family.
In her own house, which is now within the precincts of the Prophet's Mosque.
Between the grave of the Prophet (s.a.w.w.) and his pulpit.

This secrecy was itself a final act of protest and of dignity — a refusal to allow her oppressors to claim a share in her mourning.