10. رسول اللّه صلى الله عليه و آله:
10. The Prophet (SA) said:
إنَّما أنَا بَشَرٌ مِثلُكُم
“I am but a human like you.
أتَزَوَّجُ فيكُم واُزَوِّجُكُم ،
I get married amongst you and marry you off,
إلّا فاطِمَةَ فَإِنَّ تَزويجَها نَزَلَ مِنَ السَّماءِ .
except for Fatimah: her marriage has descended from heaven.”
الكافي : ج5 ص568 ح54 .
Al-Kafi, vol. 5, p. 568, h. 54.
11. الإمام الصادق عليه السلام :
11. Imam al-Sadiq (AS) said:
لَولا أنَّ اللّهَ تَبارَكَ وتَعالى خَلَقَ أميرَ المُؤمِنينَ عليه السلام لِفاطِمَةَ ،
“Had not Allah, the Exalted, created the Commander of the Faithful (AS) for Fatimah (a.s),
ما كانَ لَها كُفوٌ عَلى ظَهرِ الأَرضِ مِن آدَمَ ومَن دونَهُ .
nobody on the face of this earth from Adam onwards would have been equal to her.”
الكافي : ج 1 ص 461 ح 10 .
Al-Kafi, vol. 1, p. 461, h. 10.
12. الأمالي للطوسي عن الضحّاك بن مزاحم :
12. Al-Amali, by al-Tusi, narrating from al-Âahhak ibn Muzahim, who said:
سَمِعتُ عَلِيَّ بنَ أبي طالِبٍ عليه السلام يَقولُ :
“I heard Ali ibn Abi Talib (AS) say:
أتاني أبو بَكرٍ وعُمَرُ فَقالا : لَو أتَيتَ رَسولَ اللّهِ صلى الله عليه و آله فَذَكَرتَ لَهُ فاطِمَةَ .
“Abu Bakr and `Umar came to me and said: “Why do you not go to the Messenger of Allah (SA) and speak with him regarding Fatimah?”
قالَ : فَأَتَيتُهُ ، فَلَمّا رَآني رَسولُ اللّهِ صلى الله عليه و آله ضَحِكَ ،
He said: “So I went to him; when the Messenger of Allah (SA) saw me, he smiled
ثُمَّ قالَ : ما جاءَ بِكَ يا أبَا الحَسَنِ ؟
and said: “What is it that has brought you, O Abu al-Hasan?
وما حاجَتُكَ ؟
And what do you need?”
قالَ : فَذَكَرتُ لَهُ قَرابَتي وقِدَمي فِي الإِسلامِ ونُصرَتي لَهُ وجِهادي ،
He said: “I mentioned my kinship to him, my precedence in Islam, my support of him, and my struggle,
فَقالَ : يا عَلِيُّ صَدَقتَ ، فَأَنتَ أفضَلُ مِمّا تَذكُرُ .
so he said: “O Ali, you are right, and you are even better than what you say.”
فَقُلتُ : يا رَسولَ اللّهِ ، فاطِمَةُ تُزَوِّجُنيها ؟
I said: “O Messenger of Allah (SA), would you marry Fatimah to me?”
فَقالَ : يا عَلِيُّ ، إنَّهُ قَد ذَكَرَها قَبلَكَ رِجالٌ ،
He said: “O Ali, many men have proposed before you,
فَذَكَرتُ ذلِكَ لَها ، فَرَأَيتُ الكَراهَةَ في وَجهِها ،
and I mentioned them to her and saw dissatisfaction on her face;
ولكِن عَلى رِسلِكَ حَتّى أخرُجَ إلَيكَ .
so, wait, and I will come back to you.”
فَدَخَلَ عَلَيها فَقامَت إلَيهِ ،
He went to her and she stood up to receive him.
فَأَخَذَت رِداءَهُ ونَزَعَت نَعلَيهِ ،
She took his cloak off him and took off his shoes.
وأتَتهُ بِالوَضوءِ ،
She brought some water for him for ablution,
فَوَضَّأَتهُ بِيَدِها وغَسَلَت رِجلَيهِ ،
washed him with her hands and washed his feet,
ثُمَّ قَعَدَت ،
and sat down.
فَقالَ لَها : يا فاطِمَةُ ،
He said to her: “O Fatimah.”
فَقالَت : لَبَّيكَ !حاجَتُكَ يا رَسولَ اللّهِ ؟
She answered: “I am at your command, what do you request, O Messenger of Allah.”
قالَ : إنَّ عَلِيَّ بنَ أبي طالِبٍ مَن قَد عَرَفتِ قَرابَتَهُ وفَضلَهُ وإسلامَهُ ،
He said: “Ali ibn Abi Talib is here, and you know his kinship to us, his virtue and his [precedence in] Islam.
وإنّي قَد سَأَلتُ ربّي أن يُزَوِّجَكِ خَيرَ خَلقِهِ وأحَبَّهُم إلَيهِ ، وقَد ذَكَرَ مِن أمرِكِ شَيئا ،
I have asked my Lord to marry you to the best of His creatures and the dearest to Him, and he [Ali] has mentioned you.
فَما تَرَينَ ؟
What do you say?”
فَسَكَتَت ولَم تُوَلِّ وَجهَها ،
She kept silent, but did not turn her face away.
ولَم يرَ فيهِ رَسولُ اللّهِ صلى الله عليه و آله كَراهَةً ،
The Messenger of Allah did not find in it any dissatisfaction,
فَقامَ وهُوَ يَقولُ : اللّهُ أكبَرُ ! سُكوتُها إقرارُها .
so he got up, saying: “Allah is Greater. Her silence is her acceptance.”
فَأَتاهُ جَبرَئيلُ عليه السلام فَقالَ :
Then the angel Gabriel (AS) descended and said:
يا مُحَمَّدُ ، زَوِّجها عَلِيَّ بنَ أبي طالِبٍ ؛
“O Mohammad, marry her to Ali ibn Abi Talib,
فَإِنَّ اللّهَ قَد رَضِيَها لَهُ ورَضِيَهُ لَها .
for Allah has approved him for her and approved her for him.”
الأمالي للطوسي : ص39 ح44 .
Al-Amali, by al-Tusi, p. 39, h. 44.
13. سنن ابن ماجة عن عائشة واُمّ سلمة :
13. Sunan Ibn Majah, narrating from A’ishah and Um Salamah, who said:
أمَرَنا رَسولُ اللّهِ صلى الله عليه و آله أن نُجَهِّزَ فاطِمَةَ حَتّى نُدخِلَها عَلى عَلِيٍّ .
“The Messenger of Allah (SA) ordered us to prepare Fatimah for her wedding to Ali.
فَعَمَدنا إلَى البَيتِ فَفَرَشناهُ تُرابا لَيِّنا مِن أعراضِ البَطحاءِ ،
We covered the house courtyard with soft sand from the desert side
ثُمَّ حَشَونا مِرفَقَتَينِ ليفا فَنَفَشناهُ بِأَيدينا،
and stuffed two pillows with fibre from a palm tree, which we puffed up with our own hands.
ثُمَّ أطعَمَنا تَمرا وزَبيبا ،
We fed dates and raisins,
وسَقَينا ماءً عَذبا ،
give fresh water to drink; then
وعَمَدنا إلى عودٍ فَعَرَضناهُ في جانِبِ البَيتِ لِيُلقى عَلَيهِ الثَّوبُ
and we fixed a wooden stick on the side of the house on which to hang dresses
ويُعَلَّقَ عَلَيهِ السِّقاءُ .
and suspend waterskins.
فَما رَأَينا عُرسا أحسَنَ مِن عُرسِ فاطِمَةَ .
We never saw a wedding better than that of Fatimah.”
سنن ابن ماجة : ج 1 ص 616 ح 1911 .
Sunan Ibn Majah, vol. 1, p. 616, h. 1911.
14. الإمام عليّ عليه السلامـ في ذِكرِ زَواجِهِ مِن فاطِمَةَ عليهاالسلامـ: ...
14. Imam Ali (AS) said, -regarding his marriage to Fatimah (AS)-:
ثُمَّ صاحَ بي رَسولُ اللّهِ صلى الله عليه و آله : يا عَلِيُّ ،
“… Then the Messenger of Allah (SA) called out to me: “O Ali.”
فَقُلتُ : لَبَّيكَ يا رَسولَ اللّهِ !
I said: “Here I am, O Messenger of Allah.”
قالَ : اُدخُل بَيتَكَ وَالطُف بِزَوجَتِكَ وَارفَق بِها ؛
He said: “Go into your house, be gentle with your bride, and be kind to her.
فَإِنَّ فاطِمَةَ بَضعَةٌ مِنّي ،
Fatimah is a part of me.
يُؤلِمُني ما يُؤلِمُها
Whatever hurts her hurts me
ويَسُرُّني ما يَسُرُّها ،
and whatever pleases her pleases me.
أستَودِعُكُمَا اللّهَ وأستَخلِفُهُ عَلَيكُما .
I leave you with Allah, and to Him I entrust your well-being.”
المناقب للخوارزمي : ص 353 ح 364 .
Al-Manaqib, by al-Khwarizmi, p. 353, h. 364.