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Truth behind 'Lady of Fatima' - Last Part (6)

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Truth behind ‘Lady of Fatima’

Last Part (6)

 

Here it is important to say that we Muslims, believing in the real Hadrat ‘Eesa and the real Hadrat Maryam (PBUT), love and honor them; at the same time, many times unknowingly, we Muslims think that Christians believe in the same Hadrats ‘Eesa and Maryam (PBUT) that we believe in, but unfortunately Christians have actually created imaginary idols and have called them ‘eesa and maryam; as Imam Reda (PBUH) has clarified, we detest a jesus being god and son of god, rather we believe in the real ‘Eesa -Jesus- (PBUH) who was a servant and Abd of Allah and had given glad tidings regarding Hadrat Mohammad (PBUH&HP) …. For more information regarding Imam Reda’s (PBUH) heavenly statements, and the glad tidings of the real Gospel of Hadrat ‘Eesa (PBUH), we cordially invite our friends to read the articles: “The real ‘Eesa -Jesus- (PBUH) or a figment of imagination called jesus!” and “Glad Tidings regarding the AhlulBayt in the True Enjil of ‘Eesa (the True Gospel of Jesus)” in this site: kindfather.com

 

Qur’an 3:79 It has not been so for a man that Allah would give him the Book and the Wisdom and Prophethood, then he would have said to mankind: Be worshippers for me, from other than Allah; but rather (he would have said): Be worshippers of the Lord, for that you have been teaching the Book and by what you have been reading.

Qur’an 3:80 And neither would he have enjoined you to take the angels and the Prophets for Lords; what! Would he enjoin you with unbelief after you are Muslims?!

 

Before we look at how Muslims consider Hadrat Maryam (PBUH), we wish to make another point: it was reported that the Lady in the Fatima apparitions talked about a holy family and her immaculateness. Considering what we have just reviewed, the immaculateness of Mary was actually in the process of being established by the Catholic Church at the time of the apparitions; and about the holy family which the Catholic Church insists that it was Joseph, Mary and Jesus. Firstly Joseph was not Jesus’ father, so this was not really a family; and secondly Joseph is also considered a sinner according to the same concept of the original sin as Mary was also considered so, only a few years before the Fatima apparitions; thus Joseph, Mary and Jesus can not be considered a holy family by the Catholic standards. While the Holy Qur’an says in regard to the AhlulBayt, i.e. Mohammad, Ali, Fatima, Hasan, Hosain and the nine Imams from Hosain (PBUT):

 

Qur’an 33:33 … This is it and nothing but this, Allah has certainly Willed to keep away the uncleanness from you, the AhlulBayt, and to Purify you, a (thorough) purifying.

 

Even the Sunni have narrated that this verse, among many other verses, was revealed regarding Ali and Fatima and their House; here as a sample, we offer one Sunni Hadith:

 

Ibn Abbas said, “I saw the messenger of Allah (a.s.) everyday for seven months come to the door (house) of Ali bin Abi Talib at the time of prayer saying, ‘Peace, mercy, and blessings of Allah be on you, the AhlulBayt (people of the House). This is it and nothing but this, Allah has willed to keep away the uncleanness from you, O the AhlulBayt, and to purify you a (thorough) purifying …”

The Sunni Ad-Durr al-Manthur, vol.5 p.199.

 

Now, let us look at how the True Islam -the Chosen Religion by the One and Only God, the True Religion of all Chosen Prophets and Successors- has presented Hadrat Hawwa and Hadrat Maryam (PBUT):

 

Firstly Hadrat Hawwa -Eve- (PBUH) is absolutely not considered as the source of human sins in Islam; in fact in no place of the Magnificent Qur’an Hadrat Hawwa (PBUH) is addressed alone in regard to the issue of the fruit -which itself has a very profound meaning-, rather in the Surah Baqarah (2), verses 34 to 36, and in the Surah A’raaf (7), verses 12 to 23, both Hadrats Adam and Hawwa (PBUT) are addressed together, and in the Surah Taa-Haa (20), verses 117 to 121 only Hadrat Adam (PBUH) is addressed. Hadrat Adam (PBUH) was a Prophet of Allah; he is very much respected and loved by all Muslims, and so is Hadrat Hawwa (PBUH).

 

 Secondly every one is born sin-free and then each person will be judged based on his own actions as a responsible adult who freely, during his life decides to either commit sins or not, and also to repent or not. In fact both Shi’ah and Sunni have narrated this Hadith from the Prophet Mohammad (PBUH&HP) that: “Every infant is born on Fetrat (the innate nature of monotheism).” Which is an interpretation of the verse 30 of the Surah Rum (30) of the Magnificent Qur’an.

 

And thirdly, in regard to Hadrat Maryam (PBUH) in Surah Aale-Emraan (3) verse 37, it is stated that Allah has accepted the Lady:

 

So her Lord accepted her with a good acceptance and made her grow up a good growing, and gave her into the charge of Zakariya; whenever Zakariya entered the adytum to (see) her, he found with her food. He said: O Maryam! whence comes this to you? She said: It is from Allah. Surely Allah gives to whom He pleases without measure.

 

Also in the same Surah of Qur’an, verse 42, it is stated:

 

And when the angels said: O Maryam! surely Allah has chosen you and purified you and chosen you upon the women of the worlds.

 

It is not complicated at all, rather it is quite simple: there is only one Creator and Lord, the One and Only Allah Whom absolutely no one is like unto Him; He has Chosen certain one of His special creations , and Hadrat Maryam (PBUH) is one of those special and pure ones who were chosen among the women of the worlds and beings of her time.

 

Here it is noteworthy to mention that in some verses of Qur’an, words such as “worlds” are used, many times indicating the peoples of that certain time; for instance in 2:47 using past tense verbs Allah (SWT) reminds the children of Israel that He had previously chosen and preferred them among the worlds and had bestowed upon them many favours which He lists in the next verses, but the Bani Israel were so ungrateful and disobedient that in verse 61 it is stated:

 

2:61 ... And abasement and humiliation were brought down upon them, and they became deserving of Allah's Wrath; this was so because they disbelieved in the communications and signs of Allah and killed the prophets unjustly; this was so because they disobeyed and exceeded the limits.

 

 

Thus it is obvious that they were chosen for Allah’s message among the peoples and worlds of their time but their own disobedience and cruelties cause them to lose their status. So the “worlds” indicated in verse 2:47 absolutely does not mean all the peoples from the beginning to the end rather it only means the peoples of that time, as the Narratives of Mohammad and the AhlulBayt (PBUT) also verify.

 

So Hadrat Maryam (PBUH) was purified by Allah and she was chosen among the ladies of her time; but as both Shi’ah and Sunni have narrated, Hadrat Fatima (PBUH) has been preferred over all women from the beginning to the end; i.e. Hadrat Fatima (PBUH) holds the highest possible status among all women, past, present and future. Here as a sample we wish to present a few Sunni Hadiths which they usually do not like to disclose:

 

Sahih al-Bukhari Hadith: 4.819:

Narrated 'Aisha:

 

The Messenger of Allah said to Fatimah (who was crying at her father's deathbed): "Are you not pleased and happy that you are the chief of all the ladies of Paradise, or the chief of all the believing women?"

 

The Sunni Tafsir al-Durr al-Manthoor:

 

Ibn Abbas narrated that The Messenger of Allah said:

 

“Four women are the mistress of     the worlds: Maryam, Asiya (the wife of Pharaoh), Khadija, and Fatimah.     And the most excellent one among them is Fatimah."

 

The Sunni Jowayni in his book “Faraa’ed-O-Ssemtayn” narrates a Hadith from the Messenger of Allah:

 

“And about my daughter Fatima; she is surely the master of all ladies of the all worlds from the ones in the past and the ones of the future; and she is a part of me and she is the light of my eyes and she is the fruit of my heart. And she is my soul and spirit between my two sides. And she is a (heavenly) Huriyah who is like Human. Whenever she stands before her Lord in her adytum of praying, her light shines for the angels of the sky as the light of stars of the sky shine for people on earth. At this time Allah, Honored and Glorified, says to His angels: O My angels! Look at Fatimah, master of my servants, who stands before me while her sides and shoulders tremble from my awe and has come to worship Me with her heart. I call to witness you, the angels, that I have surely saved her Shias [followers …] from the Fire … .”

 

The word Fatima in Arabic is derived from the verb which means to wean, draw away and separate; The Prophet Mohammad (PBUH&HP) has said that one reason his daughter has been named Fatima was because Allah would separate and draw those who love her away from the Fire. (Behaar-ol-Anwaar, vol. 43, pp. 12 to 16; Ershaad-ol-Qoloob, vol. 2, p. 232; Oyoon Akhbaar Reda; ‘Elal-ol-Sharaaye’; …)

 

The Prophet Muhammad (PBUH&HP) has also said that the Light of Fatima was created before the creation of the earth and skies … and her followers and Shias would be saved from the Fire and her enemies would be deprived of her affection … . (Behaar-ol-Anwaar, vol. 43, p. 4, ch. 1; …)

 

O ALLAH! WE IMPLORE YOU IN THE NAME OF FATIMA TO HASTEN THE GLORIOUS APPEARANCE OF MAHDI OF FATIMA (PBUT) WHEN ACCORDING TO THE PROPHET MOHAMMAD (PBUH&HP):

 

'Eesa (Jesus) will descend to the Moqaddas land, upon a passage way called 'Afiq'; then he ('Eesa) shall enter the Bait-Ol-Maqdas while people will be in (preparation of ) the Morning Salaat (Prayer); and the Imam (Mahdi) will step back, but 'Eesa shall give him (Mahdi) the lead, and ('Eesa) will perform the Salaat behind him (Mahdi) based on the Shari'at of Mohammad, and ('Eesa) will say:

 

YOU ARE THE AHLUL BAIT THAT NO ONE SHOULD TAKE PRECEDENCE OVER.

 

(Shi'ah documents: Montakhab-Ol-Athar, p. 316; Yawm-Ol-Khalaas, p. 552; …; Sunni documents: Sahih Moslem, vol 1 & vol 8; Sawaa'eq-Ol-Mohraqah, p. 162; …)

 

AAMEEN.