Fatima Zahra
Fatma Zohra (fātma, rear RTL فاطمة, which separates ; will zohra, rear RTL زهرة, flower; beauty; spendor ), is the girl of the Prophet of Islam Muhammad and his first wife Khadija, born with Mecque towards 606 and died in Médine in 632. " Zahra" or " Azzahra' a" mean the Resplendent one.
According to the tradition, it was the preferred girl of the Prophet Muhammad, who called it noblest of the women of the Paradise, in a Hadith. In another Hadith, the Prophet known as: " There were only four accomplished women: Assiya (wife of the Pharaon which chose to follow Moise), the Virgin Mary, Khadija (first wife of the Prophet) and Fatima".
She married Ali, cousin of the Prophet Muhammad and future 4th and the last Caliph, which gave him two boys, Hassan and Husayn (Husayn or Hussein) and two girls Zainab (Zainab the Large one) and Oum Kaltoum (Zainab the Small one).
The various nicknames (Zahra “it dazzling”, Batul “the virgin”…) that one allots to him testify to the respect that carry to him the Shiite Moslems and in particular the , but also the other schools of jurisprudence, which dedicate a great veneration to him being able to point out to the worship marial catholics. Its name is at the origin of the Arab dynasty of the Fatimides (909 - 1171), which claimed to be the descendants about it.
Other etymologies
According to " Lissan Al-arab" , its name would mean “That which was separated before two months”. One also gives him as interpretation “that which keeps away from the sin”.
In black Africa, one finds the forms Fatimata, Fatoumata and Fatou.
See too
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Hand of Fatma
Sources
- Vacca, V. " Fāṭima". Encyclopedia off Online Islam. ED. P.J. Bearman, Th. Bianquis, E.C. Bosworth, E. van Donzel and W.P. Heinrichs. Brill Academic Publishers. ISSN 1573-3912.
- Amin, Hassan (1968-73). Islamic Shi'ite Encyclopedia. Beirut: SLIM Near.
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