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Early Life
Following the birth of Fatimah, she was personally nursed, especially she was brought up by her father; contrary to local customs where the newborn were sent to “wet nurses” in surrounding villages.She spent her early youth under the care of her parents in Mecca in the shadow of the tribulations suffered by her father at the hands of the
One time, while Muhammad was performing the salat (prayer) in the Kaaba, Amr ibn Hishām (Abu Jahl) and his men poured camel placenta over him. Fatimah, upon hearing the news, rushed to her father and wiped away the filth while scolding the men.
Following the death of her mother, Fatimah was overcome by sorrow and found it very difficult to come to terms with her death. She was consoled by her father, who informed her that he had received word from angel Gabriel that God had built for her a palace in paradise.
Fatemeh in Quran
Some verses in the Qur’an are associated to Fatimah and her household by classical exegetes, although she is not mentioned by name. According to J. D. McAuliffe, two of the most important verses include the verse of purification, which is the 33rd ayah in sura al-Ahzab[] and the 61st ayah in sura Al-i-Imran.In the first verse, the phrase “people of the house” (ahl al-bayt) is ordinarily understood to consist of Muhammad, Fatimah, her husband Ali and their two sons[ (al-Tabari in his exegesis also mentions a tradition that interprets “people of the house” as Muhammad’s wives; for Ibn al-Jawzi, the order of these options is reversed)] The second verse refers to an episode in which Muhammad proposed an ordeal of mutual adjuration (Mubahala) to a delegation of Christians. Fatimah, according to the “occasion for the revelation” of this verse, was among those offered by Muhammad as witnesses and guarantors
Muslim exegesis of the Qur’anic verse 3:42, links the praise of Mary, the mother of Jesus, with that of Fatimah based on a quote attributed to Muhammad that lists the