The Grave Hidden From The Impure
The Calamity of Lady Zahra (p)
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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:

«یَا عَلِیُّ غَسِّلْنِی وَ کَفِّنِّی وَ دَفِّنِّی بِاللَّیْلِ
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.

«فَاطِمَةُ بَضْعَةٌ مِنِّي فَمَنْ آذَاهَا فَقَدْ آذَانِي» [2]

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:

«إِنَّ الَّذِينَ يُؤْذُونَ اللَّهَ وَرَسُولَهُ لَعَنَهُمُ اللَّهُ
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.

  1. al-Kafi, vol. 7, p. 48
  2. Bihar al-Anwar, vol. 29, p. 337
  3. Surah al-Ahzab, verse 57
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