1- The light of Faatimah’s face

2- Fire does not burn Faatimah

3- The light of Faatimah’s wrapper

4- When Faatimah threatens to curse

5- Angels serve Faatimah

SAYYEDAT NESAA’ AL-^cAALAMEEN’S KARAAMAAT AND MO^cJEZAAT

Supernatural actions that are performed by or for Godly persons are either done in a challenge, etc. by which the Godly person tries to show his or her challenger the right path, in this case the supernatural action is called a mo^cjezah. Or they are done for other reasons, in which case the supernatural action is called a karaamah.

And like the other Fourteen Ma^csoomeen^(AmS)[1], Sayyedat Nesaa’ al-^cAAlameen performed some of the greatest karaamaat[2] and mo^cjezaat[3] ever recorded in history books.

A few examples of her karaamaat and mo^cjezaat are as follows:

1- The light of Faatimah’s face

Bakri scholars narrate from ^cAa’eshah, who said:

((We used to sew and spin and put the thread through the needle-hole, at night, in the light of Faatimah’s face[4].)).

2- Fire does not burn Faatimah

Moslems narrate:

((One day ^cAa’eshah went to Faatimah’s home while she was cooking a kind of pap for Hasan and Hosayn, with flour, milk and fat in a pot.

However, while the pot was boiling on the fire, Faatimah was stirring its contents with her finger.

So ^cAa’eshah left horrified and went to her father and told him: O Father! Indeed, I have seen of Faatimah Zahraa’ a very surprising act. I saw her cooking and stirring the contents of a pot that was boiling on the fire with her hand.

So he told her: O Daughter! Keep this a secret, as this is very significant.

Later, Rasoolollaah ascended the menbar[5], praised Allaah and extolled Him, then he said: The people hold as significant, and regard as too much, what they have seen of the pot and the fire. By Him Who sent me with the Mission, and selected me for the Prophethood! Verily, Allaah, the Most High, has prohibited the fire from burning Faatimah’s meat, and blood, and hair, and nerve, and bone, and has kept away her descendants and followers from Hell.

Verily, of the descendants of Faatimah is whom the fire, and the sun, and the moon, and the stars, and the mountains obey; and the Jinn fight for; and the prophets called their peoples to believe in him; and the earth shall surrender to him its treasures; and the sky shall bring down on him its blessings.

Woe unto him who doubts the superiority of Faatimah. May Allaah keep away from His Blessing he who hates her. May Allaah keep away from His Blessing he who hates her husband, and does not accept the imaamah[6] of her children.

Indeed, Faatimah will be asked [on the Day of Judgment by sinners to intervene], and she will accept, and she will intervene, and her intervention will be accepted by Allaah, despite those who do not like it[7].)).

3- The light of Faatimah’s wrapper

            It has been narrated:

((One day ^cAli asked a Jew to loan him some barely, and the Jew demanded to hold something as security. So he gave him Faatimah’s wrapper, which was made of wool, and the Jew took it to his house and put it in a room.

At night, when his wife entered that room, she saw a dazzling light illuminating the room; she went to her husband and told him what she had seen. The Jew was surprised.

He quickly jumped up and went to the room, and saw the light emitting rays as if it were coming from a shining full moon glowing at a close distance, so he was greatly amazed. When he looked closely at the source of the light, he saw it coming from Faatimah’s wrapper.

Thus he ran to his relatives, and his wife ran to her relatives; and before long more than eighty Jews had gathered, and after seeing the light of Faatimah’s wrapper they all converted to Islam[8].)).

4- When Faatimah threatens to curse

            Bakri and Moslem scholars narrate from Salmaan, who said:

((When Ameer al-Mo’meneen was forcefully extracted from his home[9], Faatimah came out until she reached the grave [of Rasoolollaah], and said: Release my cousin. By Him Who sent Mohammad with the Truth! If you do not release him, I will let loose my hair, and I will put Rasoolollaah’s shirt on my head, and I will cry to Allaah; for surely Saalih’s she-camel[10] is not more precious to Allaah than me, and its young is not more precious to Allaah than my two sons[11].

[Salmaan says:] I was close to her and, by Allaah! I suddenly saw the foundations of the mosque’s walls come out from their places, so high that a man could pass from underneath them. So I went to her and said: O my Mistress! O my Lady! Allaah the Blessed, and the Most High, sent your father as a mercy [to the people], so do not bring them wrath.

Thus she returned, and the walls returned to their places and a lot of dust raised and went into our nostrils[12].)).

It has also been narrated:

((When she was kept away from her rights, she took the jamb of Rasoolollaah’s room, and said: Saalih’s she-camel is not dearer to Allaah than me. Then she pulled up the side of her veil to the sky and was about to pray, suddenly, the walls of the mosque raised from the ground, and calamity became imminent.

So Ameer al-Mo’meneen came and took her arm, and said: O Remainder of the Prophethood, and the Sun of the Messengerhood, and the Source of the ^cEsmah and Wisdom! Your father was a mercy for the people of the world, so do not be a wrath over them. I swear to you by the Most Compassionate, the Most Merciful.

Thus she returned[13].)).

5- Angels serve Faatimah

It has been narrated from Omm Ayman, who said:

((One day I went to the home of my Lady Faatimah Zahraa’ to visit her. It was a hot summer day. When I reached her home, I found the door locked; so I looked inside through the cracks of the door and saw Faatimah lying asleep next to the hand mill, and saw the hand mill grinding wheat, rotating without a hand turning it; and I also saw the cradle in which Hosayn was asleep next to her, rocking without someone moving it; and I saw a hand praising Allaah next to Faatimah’s hand.

So I was surprised to see that, and went to my Master Rasoolollaah, greeted him and said: O Rasoolollaah! Indeed, I saw an amazing thing, the likes of which I had never seen before.

So he asked me: O Omm Ayman! What have you seen?

So I told him: I went to my Lady’s home and found the door locked, and saw the hand mill grinding wheat, rotating without a hand turning it; and I saw Hosayn’s cradle rocking without a hand moving it; and I saw a hand praising Allaah, the Most High, next to Faatimah’s hand, and it was not attached to a person; so I was surprised to see that O my Master!

So he said: O Omm Ayman! Faatimah is fasting, and she is tired and hungry, and the day is very hot. So Allaah, the Most High, put her in drowsiness and she slept. So praise be to Him Who does not sleep. Then Allaah sent an angel to grind the food for her family; and He sent another angel to rock Hosayn’s cradle, so that her sleep may not be disturbed; and He sent another angel to praise Him on behalf of Faatimah near her hand, with its reward going to Faatimah, as she had not been languorous in the invocation of Allaah. So whenever she sleeps, Allaah sends the reward of that angel’s Praise of God to her.

So I said: O Rasoolollaah! Tell me who is the grinder, and who is the one who rocks Hosayn’s cradle and talks tenderly to him, and who is the giver of Praise? So the prophet smiled and said: The grinder is Jabra’eel, and the one who rocks Hosayn’s cradle is Meekaa‘eel[14], and the angel who praises is Esraafeel[15].)).