Fatimiyyah is ʿAshuraʾ

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Author(s): Ayatullah Lutfullah as-Safi al-Gulpaygani

Translator(s): Shaykh Saleem Bhimji

Category: Fatima al-Zahra

Topic Tags: Fadak Miscellaneous information: Translated by Saleem Bhimji for www.al-mubin.org

e-Published on May 27th, 2012

Featured Category: Introducing the Ahlul Bayt

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This text authored presents an analysis of the historic Fadak sermon of Sayyida Fatima (sa).

‘Fatimiyyah means to oppose the chiefs of oppression…’

In one of his writings, Grand Ayatullah Shaykh Lutfullah Safi Gulpaygani elucidated upon some issues in regards to the personality of Sayyidah Zahra, peace be upon her. In speaking about commemorating the [days] of Fatimiyyah(1), he stated that, “…in every religious event and at every opportunity [which we are given], we must speak about her standpoints, life, her traits of asceticism, worship [of God], and her knowledge…”

In the Name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful

What can be said when trying to express the status of the Ahlul Bayt, peace be upon them, specifically the eminence of Sayyidah Fatima Zahra, peace be upon her, and the blessings which emanate from all of them – and from where shall we start!?

These people are individuals whom God, the Most High, had created the entire world of existence for, just as the Messenger of God, peace be upon him and his family, had stated:

لَوْ لاَ نَحْنُ مَا خَلَقَ اللهُ آدَمَ وَ لاَ حَوَّاءَ وَ لاَ الْجَنَّةَ وَ لاَ النَّارَ وَ لاَ السَّمَآءَ وَ لاَ الأَرْضَ

Had it not been for us (the Prophet and the Ahlul Bayt), God would not have created Adam nor Eve nor the paradise nor the hell-fire nor

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