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Hadith-E-Kesa
Hazrat
Fatima Zahra(A.S.) said:
One day, my dear Father, The Holy Prophet
of Allah, came to my house and said to me "Peace be upon you, O Fatima,"
To which I replied: "And upon you be peace." He said "I feel some weakness
in my body." I said "May Allah protect you from your weakness, O my Father."
He said, " 0 Fatima, please bring me, the Vestment of Yemen and cover
me with it." So, I brought my Father, the Vestment of Yemen and covered
him with it. Then I looked at him and saw that his face was shining with
the glow of a full white moon, and with the moon's full glory and splendour.
After
a while my son Hasan(A.S.) came in and said "Peace be upon you, my mother."
I replied: "And upon you be peace, O, the light of my eyes and the happiness
of my heart." He then said: "Mother! I smell a fragrance so sweet and
pure, as that of my Grandfather, The Prophet of Allah." I replied: "Yes.
Indeed your Grandfather is sitting underneath that Vestment." Hasan went
near to the Vestment and said: "Peace be upon you my Grandfather, The
Prophet of Allah. Will you permit me to enter the Vestment with you?."
He replied: "And upon you be peace, my son and the master of my fountain,
I grant you permission to enter under the Vestment with me." So Hasan
entered and sat under the Vestment with my Father.
After
a while my son Husain(A.S.) came in and said "Peace be upon you, my mother."
I replied: "And upon you be peace, O, the light of my eyes and happiness
of my heart." He then said: "Mother I smell a fragrance so sweet and pure
as that of my Grandfather, The Prophet of Allah." I replied, "Yes. Indeed
your Grandfather and your brother are both sitting covered underneath
that Vestment." Hussain approached the Vestment and said: "Peace be on
you, O my Grandfather, The Chosen of Allah, do you allow me to enter the
Vestment with both of you." He replied: "And upon you be peace, my son
and intercessor of my followers, I so grant you permission." So Hussain
entered and sat under the Vestment with them.
After
a while Abul Hasan(A.S.), came in and said "Peace be on you, O daughter
of The Prophet of Allah." I replied: "And upon you be peace, O Abul Hasan,
the Commander of the Faithfulls." He then said: "O Fatima I smell a sweet
fragrance and so pure which is like of my Brother and my Cousin, The Holy
Prophet of Allah." I replied: "Yes. He is sitting covered underneath that
Vestment with both of your sons." Ali(A.S.) then went near to the Vestment
and said: "Peace be upon you, O Prophet of Allah; May I enter the Vestment
with You?" He replied: "And upon you be peace, my brother, my legatee,
my successor and my standard bearer; I give you permission to enter."
So Ali(A.S.) entered under the Vestment with them.
Then
I myself approached the group sitting underneath the Vestment and requested.
"Peace be onto you, my Father, O Prophet of Allah; do you permit me also
to enter." He replied: "And upon you be peace, my daughter, O part of
myself, I give you permission to enter." So I myself entered and sat under
the Vestment with them all.
When
all of us had gathered together covered over and sitting underneath the
holy Vestment, my Father, took hold of the two ends of the Vestment and
raised his right hand in Prayer towards The Heavens saying, "Allah, these
are The People of my Ahlul-Bayt and very specially my Own and my Protectors.
They are of my own flesh and of my own blood. Whoever gives them trouble,
gives me trouble too; whoever makes them unhappy, makes me unhappy too,
I am at war with those who are at war with them, I am at peace with those
who are at peace with them. I am the enemy of those who are at enemy with
them; I am the friend of those who befriend them. Indeed they are from
me, and I am from them. Therefore, send Thy blessings, mercy, forgiveness,
and pleasure upon me and upon them. Remove all blemish from them and keep
away all kinds of impurity from them." Then Allah The Majestic and The
Glorified, spoke to His Angels
Then
The Archangel Jibrael, the Trusted One, asked Allah. "O Lord, who are
these sitting covered under the Vestment?"Allah, The Majestic, The Glorified,
answered, The Archangel Jibrael then requested, "O Lord, may I go down,
and be the Sixth of Them?"Allah replied The Archangel Jibrael Al-Ameen,
decended down to the Earth and said, "Peace be upon you, O Prophet of
Allah. The All Highest conveys His peace on you and His salutation, and
He has sworn by His Honour and Glory that He has not created, but the
erected Sky, the spread Earth, the illuminated Moon, the bright Sun, the
rotating Universe, the flowing Seas, and the sailing Ships but for your
sake and your love. God has given me permission to enter and sit with
all of you underneath the Vestment.. Do you also grant me that permission,
O Prophet of Allah?" The Prophet replied, "And upon you be peace, O thou
who art the Trusted with The Revelations of Allah; yes I grant you permission
to enter." So The Archangel Jibrael entered and sat beneath the Vestment
with us all, and said to my Father that indeed Allah has sent this revelation
to you;
"Verily
Allah desires to keep away all blemish from you, O Ahlul-Bayt, and to
purify you with a perfect purification."
Then
Ali(A.S.) asked my father, "O Prophet of Allah what significance does
Allah attach to this Event of our sitting gathered together underneath
this Vestment?" The Holy Prophet(S.A.W.) replied, "I swear by Him who
appointed me a Prophet and chose me a confident Messenger, that no assembly,
wherever this Event is narrated by our followers and devotees, shall remain
without the Mercy of Allah decending on them, and encircling Angels as
king Allah for the remission of their sins till the assembly has dispersed."
Ali(A.S.) then exclaimed, "I swear by Allah the Lord of The Kaba, that
we have all succeeded and our all followers have succeded too." Again
The Holy Prophet(S.A.W.) said, "I swear by Him who appointed me a Prophet
and chose me a confident Messenger that in any of the assemblies on the
Earth, in which our followers and friends have gathered, wherever this
Event is narrated there shall remain none grieved, but Allah will remove
his grief ; there shall be none distressed, but Allah will dispell his
distress, and there shall be none who seeks a wish, but Allah will grant
his wish." Ali(A.S.) then said, "Verily, by Allah, We have succeeded and
become happy so also all our followers have succeeded and become happy
in this world as well as in the next world by the Lord of The Kaba. O
Allah, send Thy Blessings on to Muhammad(S.A.W.) and The Descendents of
Muhammad(S.A.W.)."
Foot
Note
Below
are the wives of The Holy Prophet(S.A.W.), who have also recalled this
Sacred and very special Event.
·
Umm Salamah
·
Ayesha
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'Her
Prayer'
One
day the Holy Lady Fatimah Al-Zahra(A.S.) was shown by her Father The Holy
Prophet(S.A.W.) a very special kind of Prayer. That he himself was shown
earlier by The Trusted Archangel Jibrael(A.S.).
This
special After-Prayer is to be said after each time, any Prayer of Worship
is concluded.
The
Holy Lady(A.S) in turn began to teach the short Prayer to so many others.
That in the very short time, it became to be known as the 'Prayer of Fatimah
Al-Zahra(as)'.
The
Prayer
Take
any kind of Prayer Bead string, such as shown on the image below. The
Prayer String should have a total of 99 beads, with two dividers and ahead
called the Sheikh.
The
Prayer Bead is taken by the left hand and with the index finger and tumb
of the right hand draws each bead seperately one by one and saying the
words as described below.
For
first set of 33 beads plus counting the first divider. Hence totalling
in all 34 beads. For each bead passed say the clearly the words to yourself:
ALLAHO AKBAR For each of the 34 beads seperately. For the next second
set of 33 beads. For each bead passed say the clearly the words to yourself:
AL-HAMDU LE ALLAH For each of the 33 beads seperately. For the third set
of 33 beads For each bead passed say the clearly the words to yourself:
SUBHANA LE ALLAH For each of the 33 beads seperately.
Totally
100 beads
That
concludes the Prayer of the Holy Infallible Lady of all women, in all
of the worlds and in all of the Seven Heavens, The Lady Fatimah Al-Zahra(A.S.)
Most
or if not all of the Mujtahideen express a great Mustahab (preferable)
as near to as Wajib (compulsory) to say this Prayer after any Prayer of
Worship is concluded.
Many
Muslims carry with them at all times the Prayer Bead String so that they
can recite this prayer numerously at any time of the day and night. Especially
at times when one has nothing to do such as waiting or sitting around
lazily.
So
think about it! What better way of filling your spare and idle time than
to quietly recite this small Prayer to yourself in the rememberance and
in thankfulness of Allah your Creator and Master. And in return Allah
will reward His untold Thawaab and A'jar(reward)!
Thus
it is good to always recite, in One's idle times. For it keeps the mind
away from straying into troubled terrain. But to keep it travelling on
the true and right track of good and steer away from evil with its untold
mischievoius wicked thoughts and ideas etc.
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