Fatimah al-Ma`sumah (as) a role model for men and women

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Author(s): al-Marji Sayyid Muhammad Husayn Fadlullah

Publisher(s): Al-Bakir Cultural Social Centre

Category: Fatima al-Zahra

Topic Tags: Fatima Al-Zahra Role Model

Person Tags: Fatima Al-Zahra

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The daughter of the Prophet (s), a role model for men and women. The aim of this book is to create admiration for her uncompromising protest and stance, and sympathy for the injustice she suffered.

Foreword by the Translator

Any historical figure with a multi-dimensional personality calls for a researcher with a multi-dimensional personality to appreciate, analyze and introduce him or her to the public. But when it comes to the most distinguished individuals, only very few researchers are capable of the task. Otherwise, the personality in question may not be properly evaluated and his or her impact in history may be misrepresented. However, when it comes to people like our Lady Fatimah al-Zahra (as) - who is not only distinguished amongst men and women of all time, but who was chosen by Allah the All-Knowing, and hence His choice was based on absolute knowledge of that personality and all others - then it needs someone really capable, who must not only be an excellent researcher, but who must also have a feeling for the life in question, to live it, love it, appreciate it and - in the case of Fatimah (as) - follow it.

One such person is his eminence Sayyid Muhammad Husain Fadlullah, who has been studying the lives of the infallibles, and digging among the treasures which resulted from their infallibility -

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