Prophet Mohammad

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Mohsin Aziz

Hazrat Fatima, daughter of the Prophet, was facing physical hardship. It was gruelling household chores. Constant use of handmill to grind grains bruised her hands, and her shoulders were hurt carrying water.

One day, Hazrat Fatima learned that the Prophet has received prisoners of war. Hazrat Fatima and her husband Hazrat Ali decided to go and ask for a prisoner so that he may work as a domestic help.

When the Prophet was asked, he turned down the request. The request was not turned down due to anger but out of love. Rasulullah said that the need of ashab e suffa was greater at that time and took precedence over family. Instead, the Prophet gave them a supplication  to recite at bedtime. The servant would have helped with physical fatigue, but the Prophet gave a supplication routine for spiritual health.

Hazrat Fatima was told to recite SubhanAllah (Glory be to Allah) 33 times, Alhamdulillah (Praise be to Allah) 33 times, and Allahu Akbar (Allah is Great) 34 times. He told them that reciting it would be better for both of them than a servant. From that moment, Hazrat Ali never forgot to recite it before bedtime for the rest of his life. Because the Ummah got this precious gift due to Hazrat Fatima, it is also called Tasbeeh Fatimi.

Yoon ki hai ahley bait mut’har ne zindagi

This is how pure family of Prophet lived

Ye maajra e dukhtar e khairul anaam tha

This is the story of the daughter of the best of the creations

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It was almost six years since Mohammad ibn Abdullah had declared that he was a prophet and was inviting Makkans to Islam. Slowly the number of believers in his message was increasing and upsetting the social order of Makkah. Established power centers were worried. One of them was Umar Ibn Khattab. One day Umar decided that enough was enough and set out to kill the Prophet with a sword in his hand. On the way he was informed that his sister Fatima Ibn Khattab and her husband have already accepted the message and were Muslims. This enraged him no end and his anger was redirected towards his sister. He decided to first tackle his sister.

Furious Umar went straight away to his sister’s house and found them listening to the Quran. Seething with anger he stuck his brother-in-law and also hit his sister and injured her. Seeing blood dripping from her face, Umar was shaken. Fatima told him that he may kill her, but she would never leave Islam. Seeing her courage and blood he softened and asked her to let him read what they were reading. He read the following passage:

“Indeed, I am Allah. There is no deity except Me, so worship Me and establish prayer for My remembrance.” (Quran, Surah TaHa:14)

Umars heart changed that moment. He asked to be taken to the Prophet. Umar accepted Islam that day. The rest is history. He went on to become the second caliph after the death of the prophet, and it was during his caliphate that the Roman and the Persian empires were defeated. From these victories emerged a new Islamic Civilization and transformed the economic, cultural and political map of the old world in way unmatched in world history.