congratulation the birthday of Lady Fatima Zahra and Mother's Day
Iranians celebrate the birth anniversary of a highly revered figure within the world of Islam and the daughter of Prophet Muhammad, Lady Fatima Zahra which also marks Mother's Day in the Islamic Republic of Iran.
“Fatima is above all women of the world, from the very first to the last one of them,” the Prophet had seemingly been heard as repeatedly saying.
Lady Fatima Zahra was born on the 20th of Jamadi al-Thani, five years after the Prophet received revelations from Gabriel the Angel in Mecca.
The Iranians celebrate her birth anniversary coincident with Mother’s Day to honor the status and character of women.
- 28 March 615 AD: Lady Fatimah (AS) was born five years after Muhammad’s (PBUH&HP) prophetic mission (i.e., Be'that).
- 615 -618 AD: She lived through harsh financial and social sanctions in the Shi'b Abi Talib.
- 22 April 620 AD: When she was only five, she mourned the loss her mother, Lady Khadija (AS).
- 622 AD: She migrated from Mecca to Medina in the company of Imam Ali (AS) and other ladies.
- September 623 AD: She married Imam Ali (AS), Prophet Muhammad's (PBUH&HP) cousin.
- 1 March 625 AD: Their first son, Imam Hassan (AS), was born.
- 23 March 625 AD: At the Battle of Uhud, she cared for the wounds that Prophet Muhammad (PBUH&HP) had sustained.
- 8 January 626 AD: Their second son, Imam Hussain (AS), was born.
- 22 September 627 AD: Their daughter, Lady Zaynab (AS), was born.
- 14 April 629 AD: The Prophet gave her Fadak, a village in Hijaz which had been conquered by Muslims after the Battle of
- 630 AD: Umm Kulthum (AS), their second daughter, was born.
- 25 May 632 AD: She lost her endeared father, Prophet Muhammad (PBUH&HP).
- June 632 AD: Usurpation of Fadak by the then ruler which had her deliver a sermon, later known as the Fadakiyya Sermon, in al-Masjid al-Nabawi.
- June 632 AD: In the face of severe mental tribulations and distress of the demise of the Prophet (PBUH&HP), Imam Ali (AS) built her a place on the outskirts of Medina to mourn and grieve the passing of her late father, called Bayt al-ahzan. (lit. the house of sorrows).
- July 632 AD: Her house was raided; the door was set ablaze, resulting in a miscarriage and the death of her unborn child. She was also fatally wounded.
- 26 August 632 AD: She fell fatally ill in the aftermath of the attack. A few days later, she was martyred as a result and was secretly buried overnight at her own will.