FATIMAH Al-Batuul

(The chaste one)

Fatimah daughter of the last

messenger Muhammad (pbuh).

by
Fatma Omar Al-Mashjary
Fardousa Ahmed Abdullahi

Revised by
Al Ustadha Sultana Alamoody

Edited by
Barke Omar Al-Mashjary
 Author's Note.

‫بسم هللا الرحمان الرحيم‬

In the name of Allah, The Most Gracious, The Most Merciful.
All praises are due to Allah the Almighty the Lord of all that
exists. May Allah's peace and blessings be upon his final messenger,
Muhammad his family and his companions.

At that moment when I happened to realize that nothing is more

important in this world than being religious. I then found myself
interested to learn and seek knowledge from different teachers.
 This is when I got motivated to write the biography of the great
lady Fatimah Al Batuul daughter of the prophet (pbuh) by my
inspiring teacher, and I thank Allah SWT for gifting me such a
wonderful teacher as my guide. May Allah bless her with His
protections and grant her long age with taqwa.

During this journey of writing about Fatimah Al batuul, I decided

to include one of my close friends to help me in this good deed since
she is always interested and is motivated to follow the path of the
great lady Fatimah Al Batuul (The chaste one).

Lastly, the aim of writing this beautiful biography of the great lady
Fatimah Al Batuul RA is hoping that it will encourage our fellow
Islamic sisters to get more knowledge about her, hoping they will all
study it thoroughly and we will all try our best to follow this noble
lady Fatimah Al Batuul RA.
May Allah SWT always allow us to be an inspiration for good and
may He accept the good that we do.

Her Birth and Titles:

She was born on 20th of Jamaad II, five years before the prophet-
hood of the messenger of Allah (pbuh). She was born in Makkah.
Her birth was set on the day of the rebuilding of the Kaaba. At this
time the prophet (pbuh) and Khadija RA already had 3 daughters
before they expressed great happiness at her birth.

The prophet was overjoyed by her birth and said to Khadija "O
Khadija, she is a pleasant soul, she is a blessed soul!" and he carried
the blessed daughter and kissed her.
 Khadija RA on her side was overjoyed too because her youngest
daughter strongly resembled the prophet (pbuh). It was the outer
resemblance and later it was followed by inner resemblance.

Going against the accepted custom her mother did not send her
beloved youngest daughter away to be breastfed in any of the
surrounding villages, but kept her with her and nursed her herself.
That showed how much she loved her to not entrust her to anyone
else's care.

The prophet (pbuh) named her Fatimah (The weaned one)

because Allah has averted the fire from her. She was also titled as al-
Batuul (The chaste one) meaning she was separated from anything
other than Allah SWT. She was a woman who did not have
menstruation as she was devoted to worship.

Amongst her names: at-Tahira (the pure one), al-Mubaraka (the

blessed one), az-Zakiyya (the sinless), al-Muhaddatha (the one
addressed), as-Siddiqa (the veraciously truthful), ar-Radiya (the one
well-pleased with Allāh), al-Mardiya (the one pleasing to Allāh). She
is called az-Zahra because she is unquestionably the flower and
splendour of the most superior of creation. The other name was
Umm Abiha (the mother of her father) because when lady Khadija
RA passed away Fatimah RA took care of her father and served him
during day and night

Who is she?
Fatimah is the daughter of Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) from his
first wife Khadijah. She is the youngest daughter of the prophet
(pbuh) and she was his favorite.

Fatimah Al Batuul RA had three sisters, Zainab RA, Umm

Kulthum RA and Ruqayyah RA. She also had three brothers named
Qasim RA, Abdullah RA and Ibrahim RA but all of her brothers died
in childhood.

She was the purest and best of women-kind. The prophet (pbuh)
said: “Sufficient for you among the women of mankind are Mariam
bint ‘Imran, Khadijah bint Khuwailid, Fatimah bint Muhammad and
Asiyah the wife of Fir’awn.” Al Tirmidhi (Sahih)

She combined the honour of her noble lineage with the honour of
being a great servant of Allah, a great daughter, a great wife, a great
mother and a great example to the women of the world.
 Prophet’s (pbuh) love for Fatimah Al Batuul RA:
She was the most beloved person to the prophet. When asked
who is the most beloved person to the prophet we should proclaim
Fatimah Al-Batuul RA. When Aisha RA was asked “who is the most
beloved person to the Messenger of Allah?” she replied, “Fatimah,”.

Prophet (pbuh) said “Fatimah is part of me. What pleases her

pleases me. What displeases her displeases me. What distresses her
distresses me. what brings her joy brings me joy.” (Sahih Bukhari)
Fatimah is a piece of him. That is how the connection was between
her and the Messenger of Allah. The pleasure of Allah’s Messenger
was connected to her pleasure, and his anger was connected to
hers.
This is why she is never compared to anyone. She is a part of the
messenger of Allah (pbuh), which cannot separate from him so we
can never compare her with anyone.
She is a role model of faith, humility, purity, sacrifice and
patience.
 How will the women follow the Messenger of Allah
(pbuh)?
Fatimah Al Batuul RA is the Muhammadan copy for women.
The women of Islam should follow the great lady Fatimah RA as
she is a part of the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) so emulating her is in
essence of emulating our prophet (pbuh).

The meaning of part of me is deep. Women of Islam should

reflect on it absorb it so as to strengthen the connection to the
Messenger of Allah (pbuh) .

The prophet (pbuh) said,” verily, Allah is pleased by what pleases

you and is angered by what angers you,” she has a very high rank in
the eyes of Allah The most glorified, the Most high.

Her courageousness:
She was a brave and courageous girl who grew up witnessing
from a very young age the cruelty and misbehavior of the Quraysh
and hence turned out stronger to believe that she had to be
courageous with her parents.

She entered the valley of Abi Talib with her mother Khadija RA.
Her age was 11 to 12 years such a young age! She would endure
severe hunger to the extent that her stomach shrunk so much that it
stuck to her back and she became very thin. Yet her and her sister,
Umm Kulthum, would nurse their mother Khadija RA.

She witnessed her sisters Umm Kulthum and Ruqayya returned

home divorced in her young age.

She grew up in hardships during the Year of Sorrow, when her

mother died and the Quraysh were cruel to her father. Even though
she was just 15 years old at the time, she helped her father and
family as much as she could in taking care of their home with Umm
Kulthum.

'Aishah RA said that she never saw anyone more devoted to the
truth than Fatimah RA. She stood shoulder to shoulder with the
other muhajir and Ansar women of Makkah and Al-Madinah tending
to the injured and the dying in the Battle of Uhud.

When she saw her injured and bleeding father, the prophet (pbuh)
in the battlefield at Uhud she just could not take it. She helped to
stop the bleeding and bandaged his wounds.

She was dedicated to her religion, Islam, and those qualities

enabled her to be at the forefront of Islamic political movements.
She never stepped back to fight injustice RA.
 Her truthfulness:
She had a restrained tongue. She does not speak wrongfully of
others nor does she speak of anything other than the truth. She did
not lie nor backbite not slander she had only truth in her words and
actions.

Aisha RA said, “I have never seen anyone more truthful than

Fatimah other than her father, peace and blessings be upon him and
his family.” She got her truthfulness from her father who has the
most superior character (pbuh) .

Her chastity and veiling:

Fatimah Al Batuul RA is the highest example in chastity, honor
and veiling for all Muslim women around the world. Islam considers
the protection of the dignity and character of women as their
happiness and sincerity.

When we learn about the life of Fatimah Al batuul RA, we come

to know that she was very active in her personal and social life but
with all this, she was so careful in safeguarding her dignity and self-
respect that in spite of her activities, she never associated with any
strangers.

The chastity and veiling of Fatimah Al Batuul RA is the highest

example that every woman who wants to live an honorable life in
the society should follow.

Once the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) asked: “what is best for

women?” the companions did not know how to answer the prophet,
so Ali RA asked Fatimah RA about the prophet’s question.
Fatimah Al Batuul RA answered: “it is best for them not to see men
and not to let men see them.” Ali RA returned to the prophet (pbuh)
and conveyed Fatimah's answer to him. When the prophet (pbuh)
heard the answer, he said: ‘surely she has spoken the truth, for she is
part of me,’

Her marriage with Ali bin Abi Talib:

After the battle of Badr, many great companions of Prophet
(pbuh) betrothed Fatimah Al -Batuul RA like Abu bakr assidiq RA
and Umar ibn Khattab RA but the Prophet (pbuh) kindly apologized
to them saying that he was waiting for a sign from Allah. Then Ali
bin Abi Talib RA came and asked Prophet (pbuh) to betroth her.

The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) gave her to Ali in marriage when

she was eighteen years old. Ali RA had nothing to pay as dowry
(Mehr) but a shield, which was the Prophet's gift to him. Ali RA sold
his shield to Uthman ibn Affan RA in return for approximately four
hundred and eighty dirhams, in order to give the price as a dowry to
the Prophet (pbuh).

Preparing the house of Fatimah Al Batuul RA:

Ali bought Fatimah Al Batuul a room and furnished it. The most
dignified girl in the entire world married the most dignified person.
How was her marriage? How did her house look like? How was the
furniture of the house of the prophet’s daughter? They wanted to
carpet the house but they didn't get enough of it so they carpeted
the house with fine sand. Fine sand! that was the carpet.

Part of the floor was covered with a mat and the rest with fine
sand. And there were two water-skins and two hand-mills for
grinding grain. And they inserted a wooden rod between one wall
and another, so this rod was that they hung their clothes on.
 This was the furniture of the house of the leader of the women of
the world, the mistress of the women of paradise and the daughter
of the Messenger of Allah, (pbuh).

The Messenger of Allah conveyed her to her marital home: an

extremely simple room with extremely simple furniture. Such a
home in its simplicity cannot be found in the world today.

Contracting the Nikah:

There were women with her in her wedding giving her company
by composing poetry. Ummu Salama recited some poetry to make
her happy. The mothers of the believers were all at her service to
make her happy. Because they knew how much the prophet (pbuh)
loved her greatly and they felt for her because she was orphaned of
her mother.

It was a blessed wedding and the prophet (pbuh) prayed for her
to have a blessed, pleasing offspring.
The prophet visited them a lot.

Her children:
A year after the marriage comes a blessed son Hassan followed
by Hussein, Mohsin, Zainab and lastly Umm Kulthum RA. It is said
that Mohsin died in his infancy. The prophet (pbuh) loved these two
grandchildren dearly. He used to say that they were like blossoms
and would be the leaders of the youths of paradise. When Zainab
daughter of Ali RA grew up she married ‘Abdullah bin Ja’afar bin
Abi Talib RA’ and Umm Kulthum married ‘Umar bin Khattab RA’
Requesting for a Servant for Household Chores:
Fatimah Al Batuul RA was suddenly overwhelmed with work. She
had children, she would grind grain on the mill-stone at home,
sweep, draw water and raise the children and nurse them. While Ali
RA was busy, he would go out to call to Allah and for Jihad. He was
busy accompanying the prophet (pbuh). It wasn’t an easy matter!

Then a day comes and our Master Ali RA felt pity. He found her
hands had become rough and blistered from heavy grinding on the
mill-stone, doing work at home and caring for the children. With all
that she would spend the night standing in prayer and fast the day
and strive spiritually. So, he said to her: O Fatimah, some captives
have been brought to your father, why not go and ask him for a
servant? So, she went in embarrassment to her father.

She said: O Messenger of Allah! Ali informed me that some

captives have been brought to you and work for me has become
unbearable. The prophet went to visit them in the night later and
said to them: O Fatimah and Ali! You want a servant? They said:
yes, O Messenger of Allah. He said: “Shall I not guide you to what is
better for you than a servant?” they said: Yes, O Messenger of Allah.
He said,” When you prepare to sleep, say Subhan Allah (Glory be
to Allah) thirty-three times, Alhamdulillah (All praise is for Allah)
thirty-three times, and Allahu Akbar (Allah is Supreme) thirty-three
times_ and in a narration thirty-four times. _ That is better for you
than a servant.” Ali RA said that no night passed him by leaving this
tasbih. (Sahih Bukhari) This is why they call it ‘the Fatimi Tasbih’
Because the prophet gave it as a gift to Fatimah and her house. It
also not for us to leave such a great gift given to our liege Lady
Fatimah Al Batuul. And this is better than a servant.

Marital life of Fatimah Al Batuul RA:

From her special qualities, Allah distinguished her husband with
clear excellence and established rank. The Master of Messengers,
peace and blessings be upon him and his family, said to her: “Your
husband is a leader in this world, and he is surely among the
righteous in the Hereafter."

Between Ali and Fatimah Al Batuul RA, there was total identity of
interests. Both were brought up and educated by the prophet (pbuh),
and Khadijah RA the mother of Fatimah Al Batuul. Both, therefore,
shared the ideals of their parents. Both put service to Allah SWT
ahead of everything else. There was absolutely no room for any
disagreement between them. Their thoughts, words and deeds, all
were “conditioned” by the Qura'n. Their marriage therefore, was just
as perfect and just as happy as the marriage of the prophet (pbuh)
and Khadija had been.

The demise of The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) and

Fatimah Al Batuul
‘Abdullah bin ‘Abbas RA says that when surah An-Nasr was revealed
the prophet (pbuh) sent for Fatimah RA and told her that Allah had
intimated to him that his life on earth was now drawing to a close.
Islam was spreading and hordes of people were turning to it. When
Fatimah RA heard this, she started to weep at thought of separation
from her beloved father. Then he told her that from among his family
members she would be the first to meet up with him. At this she
started smiling.

When he fell ill and his condition started to deteriorate, she could
not bear to his suffering. He then told her that after that day he would
never have to suffer again, as he felt he was about to leave for a better
Hereafter.
 It's narrated that after the prophet (pbuh) passed away no one ever
saw Fatimah RA smile. And her grief remained visible on her face till she
passed away, six months later.

“To Allah we belong and to Him we return.” (2:56)

Ali RA and her four children – Hassan, Hussain, Zainab and Umm
Kulthum RA were left to mourn her death at a very young age. She
was given her final bath and shrouded by Ali, Asma bint Omais and
Salamah Umm Raf RA and buried at night in Jannatul Baqi and it
was also said that she was buried in her house next to the chamber
of her father (pbuh). Ali, Abbas and ‘Fadhal bin Abbas RA placed her
into her final resting place. Thus, the leader of the virtuous women
of Paradise set out on her journey to Paradise.

Her passing away was on Monday the 2nd of Ramadhan in the 11th
year after prophetic Hijra. Her age at that time was 28 lunar years
and it's also said 30 years.

“O the one in (complete) rest in satisfaction! Come back to your Lord –

well pleased and well pleasing. Enter you then among My (honored)
servants, and enter you, My Paradise.”

Lessons we get from Fatimah Al Batuul RA:

Fatimah Al Batuul RA is our model. She sets an example and we
have to follow it as much as possible. She is the most important lady
on this universe and shall always be. When we wear our hijab, we
should be proud because we are copying Fatimah RA, who after all
is the Mistress of All Women. When we help others and give charity,
we again should be proud because we are doing as Fatimah RA
would have done.

An example of her generosity is when on her wedding day; a poor

lady came and asked for some clothes. Fatimah RA had only two
dresses, the new one that she was going to wear on the wedding
and an old one. Fatimah RA gave her the new wedding dress
instead of the old one. Fatimah Al Batuul is, and should be the
inspiration of all women and should be emulated. She was exactly
like her father, Prophet Mohammad, and we too should strive to at
least be like her. We should learn from her honesty, modesty and
loyalty.

It is understandably difficult to break our routine or lose our bad

habits, and suddenly follow the footsteps of our beloved Prophet
(pbuh) or even embody the traits of his daughter, Fatimah Al Batuul
RA. However, we should strive to begin somewhere, and take one
step at a time.

Perhaps, we can start by reading more about our Prophet (pbuh),

his family, and companions. While times have changed and our
challenges differ greatly, there are certainly many life lessons and
meaningful reminders we can gain from their stories.

Let us adopt the morals and character traits of Prophet

Muhammad (pbuh), and also that of his youngest daughter Fatimah
Al Batuul RA, who was not only born and grew up in Islam, but also
perfected her faith in every way possible and hence given the glad
tiding of becoming the queen and leader of the women in paradise.
 It is time for us to follow the way of Fatimah Al Batuul RA. Prove
our love for our prophet (pbuh) and our love for Fatimah RA by
following their footsteps, whenever and wherever possible.
May Allah SWT grant us His Mercy throughout our lives and
allow us to prove our love for Him and His Messenger through our
words and actions. Āmīn.
And Allah knows best.

This is a brief arrangement of Fatimah Al Batuul RA (The chaste

one). I praise and thank Allah. And whatever was correct was from
Allah SWT and whatever was a mistake was from me. I repent to
Allah and seek His forgiveness and Allah forgives and rewards.