A Piece Of My Flesh

Saeed bin Musayeb, from Ibn Abbas, who said:

The Messenger of Allah (S.w.t.) was with Ali (A.s.), Fatema (S.a.) Hasan (A.s.), and Hussain (A.s.) one day when he said:

O Allah (S.w.t.)!you know that they are my family and they are the most honorable people in my eyes. O Allah (S.w.t.)! Love those who love them, and hate those who hate them. Befriend their friends, antagonize those who antagonize them, and support those who support them. O Allah (S.w.t.) ! Purify them from any uncleaniness; make them infallible and support them with the Holy Spirit.

Then the Prophet (S.a.w.w.) said:

O Ali (A.s.)! You are the Imam of my nation, you are my caliph on my nation after me, and you will lead the believers to Paradise.

It is as if I can see my daughter, Fatema (S.a.), on the Day Of Judgement. She will be brought on a platform made of light. There will be seventy thousand angels to her right, seventy thousand angels to her left, seventy thousand angels in front of her, and seventy thousand angels behind her, and she will be leading the (female) believers of my nation to paradise.

Every woman who prays five times a day, fasts in the month of Ramadhan, goes to Hajj, prays and Zakaat, obeys her husband, and accepts the Wilayat of Ali (A.s.) after me will enter Paradise with the intercession of my daughter (S.a.).

Fatema (S.a.)  is the Master of All of the Worlds’ Women.

People asked, Is she the master of the women of her time?”

The Prophet (S.a.w.w.) replied:

Maryam was the master of the women of her time. My daughter, Fatema (S.a.), is the Master of All of the Worlds’ Women from the first to the last. Every time she stands in her mihrab for prayers, seventy thousand high-ranked angels come and say Salaam to her.

The angels call out to her, O Fatema (S.a.)! “Verily, Allah (S.w.t.) has chosen you, and purified you, and chosen you above all the womens' of the worlds” (3:42), which is the same way the angels used to call Maryam.

The Prophet (S.a.w.w.) looked at Ali (A.s.) and said:

O Ali (A.s.)! Fatema (S.a.) is a piece of my flesh, she is the light of my eyes, and she is the apple of my heart. That which saddens her saddens me, and that which pleases her please me.

She is the first one (from my family) who will join me, so treat her with kindness after me.

As for Hasan (A.s.), and Husain (A.s.), they are my sons and my flowers. They are the Masters of the Youth of Paradise, so treat them like you would tret your eyes and ears.

Then the Prophet (S.a.w.w.) raised hands towards the sky and said:

O Allah (S.w.t.)! I testify that I love those who love them. I hate those who hate them. I am at peace with those who are at peace with them. I fight those who fight them. I am the enemy of their enemies, and I am the friend of their friends.

(Ref: Bihar Al-Anwar 37: 85)