The events surrounding the death (Martyrdom) of Syeda Fatima Zehra have been mentioned in various books and can be logically deduced. This post has 14 videos and highlights the following:
- Overall analysis approach of the event (historical context and logical perspective)
- Historical references from Sunnah books [Shehanshah Naqvi in Urdu, Mehdi Moderressi - English, Youtube video in Arabic ]
- Logical analysis approach and hypothesis testing [Sheikh Hatem, Farhan]
Hope this will act as a Hujjah on the Muslims so that everyone is answerable for their own judgement and cannot attribute their ignorance to lack of info or blindly following their leaders.
For a detailed discussion on the diverging opinions on the movie - The Lady of Heaven please read a detailed post on this topic
OVERALL SUMMARY
S3E19: Investigating the death of Syeda Fatima AS – Logical Deductions through Historical Facts
If anyone doesn't have the time to review the content of this page, they should watch the following video at 1.25 speed. It summarizes the analysis of the events surrounding the martyrdom of Syeda Fatima Zehra SWT. It covers:
- Framework for evaluation
- Historical facts and the arguments against historical narrations
- Logical deductions based on the house that was violated, documentation of hadith, intentional confusion
- Role of the key perpetrator
- Summary of findings and key questions
- Scenario planning if the leaders of the Heaven ask us a key question on the door of the Heaven
- Overall implications for every Muslim
OVERALL APPROACH
This episode will focus on the overall approach of the analysis that we have started. There are 8 parts to this analysis. It starts with the situation, leads to the reactions of Shia and Sunnah to the Movie "Lady of Heaven," discusses the historical context, logical arguments and key insights that will generate questions that every Muslim should ask. Followed by the contextual understanding of the events before the death of the Prophet.
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Urdu - Maulana Shehansha Hussain Naqvi - Historical Analysis from the Books of Ahl-e-Sunnah
English - - Sayed Mahdi Modarresi
Arabic (English Sub-title) - Synopsis of the events
Arabic (w/ English Sub-title) - Authenticity of the Hadith
Maulana Ishaq - Sunni Scholar on the actions of Umer from history
The Movie - The Lady of Heaven (2021)
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S3E15: Investigating the death of Syeda Fatima –
Syeda Fatima Zehra was the most powerful force of that time at the intersection of religion and politics. As a result, the conspirators could not achieve their ambitions without Syeda Fatima Zehra AS being removed from their way.
Before understanding her role in Politics and Religious, we should first understand the definitions of these two terms:
Politics: A group of laws, rules and regulations designed to control society and to define the interaction model between different parts of the society along with the sources of power. The Source of power are the people and they elect representatives to make rules/regulations which are executed by the Executive branch
Religion: It is the message of the creator who defines a group of laws and regulations to organize the functions of society. In religion, the creator is the only source of power. Whoever he wants, he can assign this power to. Only the creator determines who will carry out these rules through the power of Allah. In presence of the Prophet, this is the role of the Prophet. After the Prophet, he should appoint a Wasi - the Imam to carry out this power of execution by the direct order of Allah. The function of the Imam is the executor of the power, which is given by Allah
In modern society, the executive branch like the President is given this power through the constitutional branch like Congress.
Relationship between Politics and Religion:
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1. Both religion and politics are the two faces of the same coin.
2. Both religion and politics are very similar to each other and intersect with each other in every aspect of a human
3. The relation between Politics and Religion is like the body and the soul
- Politics without religion is a perishment for the human being, as it is complete injustice.
- Religion without Politics only becomes a group of rituals without any impact (not designed by Allah, rather by people). Allah mentions this as Shirk in Surah Al-Maidah - "Those who rule with rules and regulations not designed by Allah"
Role of Syeda Fatima Zehra AS:
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Syeda Fatima Zehra AS represents this intersection.
From a religious perspective:
1- She is the daughter of the seal of the Prophet (saww)
2- She is the Master of all females of the universe
3- Allah becomes upset when she is upset and is pleased when she is pleased
4- She is the role model for all the people - She was the Quran walking on the Earth
5- She was the mother of all the Imams who were responsible for applying the rules/regulations of Allah on Earth
From a political perspective:
1- She was the wife of the Imam/Khalifa appointed by Allah. Hence, she was the First Lady of Islamic society.
2- The only living daughter of the leader of the Islamic society and the mother of the progeny of the Prophet
3- Her input on the general policy of the Islamic state would be critical
Because of this unique status of Syeda Fatima Zehra AS, she was the coin with one side the core of Religion and the other side the epitome of political strength. As a result, both religion and politics intersected in Syeda Fatima Zehra AS.
S3E1: Perspective of Sunni Muslims on the Burning of the House of Syeda Fatima Zehra
Detailed discussion on the perspective of Sunni Muslims on the events surrounding the death of Syeda Fatima Zehra, and how the arguments go. This is based on a series of Twitter and Youtube discussions that I had with Sunni brothers. These discussions started with the events surrounding the death of Syeda Fatima Zehra and then went into all the different arguments that Common Muslims (aka Sunni) have on Shias. In summary, I felt like all of their counter-arguments were a part of an effort to hide what actually happened after the death of the Prophet. All of these discussions are saved as part of Twitter threads that can be read at @reflectin_light
LOGICAL ANALYSIS / EVIDENCE
S3E6: Investigating the death of Syeda Fatima
- Background, Approach, & Evidence (1/n)
Cause and Effect; The political situation after the migration of the Prophet to Madinah with examples from the broader world affairs. How to use 5 Whys. Key events that were the primary cause of this political struggle that resulted in the event of the burning of the house of Syeda Fatima. Key questions to be discussed going forwardS3E7 (Video): Investigating the death of Syeda Fatima
- Importance, recap & upcoming topics (2/n)
- Importance, recap & upcoming topics (2/n)
Discussion around the importance of this investigation into the death of Syeda Fatima Zehra while recapping the last discussion and setting up the next three themes to be explored. Please remember in your prayers.
S3E8: Investigating the death of Syeda Fatima -
Detectives follow the Leads, Political History (3/n)
Politics was at play at the beginning of Islam after the death of the Prophet and the proof. Investigating a pre-mature death: Approach, following the leads, series of events, and different aspects of the leads. The goal of an investigator is simple: 1- Identify if there was foul play; 2- Identify culprits
S3E9: Investigating the death of Syeda Fatima -
Pivotal Importance of Fatima Zehra (4/n)
The importance of Syeda Fatima. Efforts to undermine the marriage of Syeda Fatima Zehra. The context of the hadith - whoever angers Fatima (AS), angers Me (SWT), and whoever angered Me, angered Allah. Hujjah on the people to understand the truth
S3E10: Investigating the death of Syeda Fatima -
Undermining Imam Ali (5/n)
Discussion about the concentrated effort to undermine Ali Ibn Abu Talib to reduced his stature and ability to succeed the Prophet during the life of the Prophet. Sakeefa was not an accident. Its seeds were planted much earlier and the actions show the intention.
S3E11: Investigating the death of Syeda Fatima –
Responsibility of every individual (6/n)
Summarize the approach of investigation - Two contradictory stories regarding the death of a young lady. The investigation approach in today's society including initial investigation, detailed investigation, indictment, trial, jury, judge, and judgement/conviction. The role of the initial investigation is to follow the leads and exhaust all doubts. Each individual is answerable for their own investigation and analysis, and they will be answerable in front of Allah for their own conclusions. There are inherent beliefs that need to be tested and that's what Allah did with Quran. It tested the inherent beliefs of the non-believers with many examples and proofs e.g. Prophet Ibrahim's discussions. The final verdict and realization will be after death.
S3E12: Investigating the death of Syeda Fatima –
Nature of the Case & Crime (7/n)
Foundational building blocks of the investigation and the case;
Civil vs Criminal charges; Example of a famous case in the US
Responsible for the circumstances that led to the death of the victim
Different types of crimes: Political, hate, and war etc.
Political nature of the crime & wrongful death of Syeda Fatima AS
S3E14: Investigating the death of Syeda Fatima –
Setting-up the evidence (9/n)
Overview of the evidence: Importance of the clues left behind by the victim. Any last messages, notes, communications, or signs of struggle. Overview of the evidence - last speech by Syeda Fatima Zehra AS. How brain could ignore all the evidence? The role of this evidence on the Day of Judgement. Role of the doubt and the story of Prophet Ibrahim AS. Shake the belief that Syeda Fatima Zehra AS died of natural causes
S3E15: Investigating the death of Syeda Fatima –
The Eye-Opening Speech (10/n)
Every intellectually free human should start their own investigation based on the evidence. Key evidence is the speech of Syeda Fatima Zehra in the court of the usurpers. Key Components of the Speech: Glory of Almighty Allah and the struggles of the Prophet and Imam Ali AS for Islam while outlining the state of pagan customs; Discuss the Political scenario after the death of the Prophet and how people moved towards Satan; Tyranny, deception and fear to get oath of allegiance (Beyah); Detailed discussion on the Inheritance, which Muslims mistakenly limit to Fadak; Woe on the Ansars and the overall state of the mind after political assault; Abu Bakr's political excuses and the climax of Syeda's complaint to the Imam of her time
S3E18: Investigating the death of Syeda Fatima AS
Critically Important for Hereafter (11/n)
In this episode, we discuss the significance of investigating the events leading to the death of Syeda Zehra AS because people ask questions like the victim passed away 1400 years ago, why should we investigate what happened to the Lady of Heaven - Syeda Fatima Zehra AS? Is it critical for our hereafter? According to the Quran, whoever hurts the Prophet, hurts Allah; and according to Shahih Hadith that whoever hurts Syeda Fatima Zehra AS hurts the Prophet. Therefore, whoever hurts, injures, upsets Syeda Fatima Zehra AS, hurts Allah. Furthermore, whoever supports the action of a criminal will be judged with them like Allah mentioned Banu Israel in Quran. This topic is discussed in great detail here.
S3E20: 20 Masaib that befell Syeda Fatima Zehra AS in 3 months | Investigating the Death
Key Questions Surrounding the Martyrdom of Syeda Fatima Zehra (as)
S11E1: THE MOST IMPORTANT QUESTION - Who is the audience for & can bear the Truth?
S11E2: Truth Behind the Betrayal of Prophet's companions after pledging allegiance at Ghadeer
S11E3: Question 3 - How did the attack on Syeda Fatima Zehra's House unfold?
S11E4: Question 4 - Was Abu Bakr jealous of Ali Ibn Abu Talib AS?
S11E5: Question 5 - Did Abu Bakr and Umer rebel & change the orders/sunnah of the Prophet?
S11E6: Q6 - 3 Powers of Syeda Fatima Zehra AS which frightened the conspirators
S11E7: Q7 - Which 4 of the 7 Groups of Muslims of Madinah did not Support Syeda Fatima Zehra AS?
S11E8: Q8 - What are the Muslim Narrations regarding the attack on Syeda Fatima Zehra AS ( Part 1)?
S11E9: Q8 - Muslim Narrations proving the attack on Syeda Fatima Zehra AS ( Part 2)?
S11E11: Q10 - Why did Syeda Fatima Zehra AS keep her burial and grave a secret?
S11E12: Q11 - What is the intersection of Syeda Zehra AS between religion and Politics?
S11E12: Q11 - What is the intersection of Syeda Zehra AS between religion and Politics?
Question 11: How to understand the intersection of Syeda Fatima Zehra AS's intersection between religion and politics?
Therefore, anyone who wanted to accomplish any political goals, couldn't achieve them without getting rid of this figure. And that's exactly what happened.
S11E13: Q12 - How does positioning on the affair of Syeda Fatima AS impacts the hereafter?
Question 12: How can our position and our reaction now towards the calamities and the tragedy of Al Sayeda Fatima Zehra (AS) affect our Hereafter and our fate and destination?
Situation:
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Regular Muslims and even Shias ask how does this position impact our hereafter because according to them the hereafter is based on Salah, Fasting, Zakat, Akhlaq, and other actions. How can the understanding of what happened to Syeda Fatima Zehra impact this?
In order to understand this concept, we need to understand three individual concepts:
1- Shaheed
2- Shifa'at
3- Special Place of Syeda Fatima Zehra AS
Shaheed - Martyrs:
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Understanding the concept of Shaheed vs any regular person dying. The true Shaheed (Martyrs) are different. Allah says in Quran that those who die in the path of Allah, are not dead. Rather, they are alive and get sustenance (Rizq) from their Lord but we don't understand. Imam Husain AS also said that for Shuhudah there is no difference between life and death.
Syeda Fatima Zehra AS is superior in all aspects, as discussed previously. The way she was killed confirms that she was a martyr. As a result, she is alive like all other Imams. Therefore, she is alive and sees/reacts to our actions.
Shifa'at - Intercession:
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We will not enter Jannah with our own deeds according to a famous Hadith of the Prophet. Only we can enter Jannah through the Rehmah of Allah. All our deeds are a means to gain the Rehmah of Allah. One primary doors of Allah's Rehmah is Mohammad and Aal-e-Mohammad based on the verse of Quran where Allah says that the Prophet was sent as Rehmah for the entire Universe. This Rehmah of Allah will come from the Prophet and his Household AS through intercession.
Even Shia's think that our actions will be sufficient to take us to Jannah.
Special Place of Syeda Fatima Zehra AS:
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There are several narrations from the Prophet where he highlighted the important level of Syeda Fatima Zehra AS. Two are:
1- Fatima (AS) is a part of me. Whoever angers Fatima, angers me and whoever angers me, angers Allah. Whoever pleases Fatima, pleases me, and whoever pleases me, pleases Allah.
2- Allah is pleased with whom Fatima is pleased. Allah is angry with whom Fatima is angry.
In Quran, Allah mentions that Allah's wrath is something to be afraid of. Therefore, one should be very careful to not hurt or anger Syeda Fatima Zehra AS.
Conclusion:
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Now if you combine the fact that She is alive, Allah is pleased with whom she is pleased, and She can bring the Rehmah of Allah through intercession, this places her in a very unique position.
This is possible when we have:
- Anger for what happened to her as if it happened today
- Willing to take revenge against the oppressors as it happened today
- If you aggressively stand with her even after 10,000 years
This will prove to her that we are sincere in our commitment. This will please her now because she is alive now. As a result, she will include us among her supporters. Then she will bring the Rehmah of Allah through intercession on the Day of Judgement when we are in trouble whether on Seerat or other places. And Allah will approve her intercession.
However, in order to gain the intercession of Syeda Fatima Zehra AS, it is not enough to call yourself a Shia. Rather, we need to be active and stand with her as if this attack happened now or yesterday. So that our position is not denying, neutral, or ignoring e.g. yes I know but what can I do.
We have to be active and take a stand. Be against all the attackers and oppressors who caused these masaib on her, her husband, and her progeny. Then she will include us in her book and refer to it on the Day of Judgement.
It is not enough to cry, go to Majalis. Have to be actively involved in defending Syeda Fatima Zehra and widespread the injustice that happened to her. Stand aggressively against the conspirators and enemies who inflicted this oppression on her. Only through this we get the Shifa'at of Syeda Fatima Zehra, Rehmah of Allah, and entry into the prmosed Paradise.
S11E14: Testing of the Prominent Companions of the Prophet: The Battle of Chains and Other Events
Some of the events where the prominent companions of the prophet were tested
The battle of chains:
There was a tribe in Najd who was a bitter enemy of the prophet. The Prophet has said that the Satan’s horn will rise from Najd. This tribe took protection of the mountains and prepared an army to fight the Muslims and the Prophet Muhammad PBUH. the prophet gave leadership of an army to Abu bakar and ordered to fight them tell they were finished. Abu Baker wasn't considered a strong fighter or general the enemy asked who he was and Abubakar replied I'm here to finish you they told him that we are large in number and if he doesn't leave we will kill him and send his head and body to Medina upon hearing this he'd retreated the prophet upon seeing Abubakar scolded him and as dinner didn't they tell you to stay there and fight till the end
After this the prophet gave the flag to Omar and asked him to go to fight the enemy. It was again a test of Omar and his bravery but the same thing happened the army kept going back and forth and Omar came back empty handed as he was scared. The prophet blamed him that I had given explicit orders to fight those people and not to return till they were defeated.
After this the prophet gave the commandership to Amir Abbas to lead the army Amir was considered a skillful general but he also retreated. Next slide after three failed attempts prophet gave the flag to imam Ali al Salam hey Mama Lee went to the army who asked who was he and he replied I am Ali son of Abu Talib. He did not retreat he camped nearby and then the next morning he started the sudden war one hour before the dawn. Victory was given by Allah and imam Ali tied all of the enemy in chains and brought them to Medina. This is also the point when the Surah al Hadid was revealed.
Upon seeing the victory of imam Ali AS the prophet said that if I wasn't worried that what will people do after hearing what I know about your attributes I would tell them your blessings and they would start truly revering you.
Another event discussed in this podcast is the story of the father of the Khawarij.
the prophet asked Abu Bakar to go and kill this person but he came back and said prophet how can I kill that person because I saw him in Salah then the prophet asked Omar to kill that person and Omer came back saying I could not kill that person because he was in sujood. Then the prophet asked him out earlier list Salam to go and kill that person but imam Ali al Islam came back and said I could not find that person then the prophet told immaterial Islam that you will see that person in the battle of nahrawan and you will kill that person. After the battle of Nahrawan, Imam Ali AS asked this companions if they found that person the companions came back in they said they did not find that person. So Imam Ali AS himself vent and found the person and told them that the prophet did not lie and this is the person. The way I recognize this person is with his third breast.
Another point when both Omar and Abu Bakar disobeyed the prophet was when they were ordered to go under the army of Osama and they did not go but hey mom was not asked to do so. This shows that imam Ali AS was both superior to both Omar and Abu bakar and he completed the orders of the prophet which others fail to do so.
S11 E15: Why This Forgotten Event in Islamic History Still Matters Today!
What is the true story behind the secret burial of Sayyida Fatima Zahra (AS), the daughter of Prophet Muhammad (PBUH)? This episode of Light of Reflection uncovers one of the most controversial and hidden chapters in Islamic history. Discover the powerful symbolism behind her hidden grave and its enduring message for justice, courage, and truth.
We explore the trials of Sayyida Fatima (AS) and the legacy of Imam Ali (AS), with thought-provoking insights into betrayal, loyalty, and standing up for what's right. Dive into the connections between this historical event and the struggles faced by people in today's world. If you've ever wondered why Fatima's story remains relevant after 1400+ years, this is the episode you cannot miss.
This discussion delves into the significance of love for kin and the true essence of faith as conveyed in Surah Shuraa. Discover how genuine adherence to spiritual values leads to rightful ownership of one's beliefs and the imperative of standing for justice in today's world. #FaithAndJustice #SurahShuraa #SpiritualConnection #AhlulBayt #JusticeInIslam #SayyidaFatima #IslamicTeachings #TrueFaith #CommunityAwareness
This discussion is continuing and will cover the following topics:
- Answers to some of the questions
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