The Grave Hidden From The Impure
Part 3
Yes — Lady Fatima (peace be upon her) is buried in secret, and this too for the exposing of her enemies. For she willed:
وَ لَا تُعْلِنْ بِهِ أَحَداً» [1]
"O Ali, do my Ghusl, shroud me, and bury me at night; and do not let anyone know of it."
— that the world might know she was free of those of satanic nature. That the world might know they had wronged her.
Fatima is a part of me: whoever harms her has harmed me, and whoever harms me has harmed Allah.
And Allah curses without ceasing those who harmed the part of His Messenger:
فِي الدُّنْيَا وَالْآخِرَةِ وَأَعَدَّ لَهُمْ عَذَابًا مُهِينًا» [3]
"Indeed, those who offend Allah and His Messenger—Allah has cursed them in this world and the Hereafter, and has prepared for them a humiliating punishment."
Where in truth is the lost grave of Fatima (peace be upon her)? Does Fatima's grave get lost?
No — this grave has been hidden from the eyes of the impure only. The Salmans and the Miqdads and the Abu Dharrs knew where it lay.
Can it be that a believer has not found his mother's grave? Whoever believes passes under the guardianship of Ali (peace be upon him) and becomes a child of Fatima (peace be upon her) — and finds the grave of Fatima within his own chest.
🥀 The Shi'ah have many unspeakable secrets with this shrine.
- al-Kafi, vol. 7, p. 48
- Bihar al-Anwar, vol. 29, p. 337
- Surah al-Ahzab, verse 57