Fatima, Daughter of Muhammad / / Christopher Paul Clohessy.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Gorgias Press Backlist eBook-Package 2001-2013
• VerfasserIn: Clohessy, Christopher Paul,
• Place / Publishing House: Piscataway, NJ : : Gorgias Press, , [2013]; ©2013
• Year of Publication: 2013
• Language: English
• Series: Islamic History and Thought
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (278 p.)

The only child of Muhammad to survive him, Fatima was from early times taken up by Shî’a Islam, for whose adherents she is the virgin mother, the heavenly intercessor with untold power before God’s throne, and the grieving mother of al-Husayn, the Shi’a's most important martyr. During her life she was impoverished and weak, neglected, marginalized, and divested of justice: but her reward in heaven comprises incalculable riches, all those in heaven will bow their heads to her, and her company will be the angels and the friends of God. Here, for the first time, her story is told.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1. Fâtima in her Context: Historical and Biographical Notes -- 2. The Supernatural Qualities in the Annunciation and Birth of Fâtima in Shî‛a Tradition, Teaching and Piety -- 3. Fâtima the Virgin: Traditions, Teaching and Piety Surrounding the Conception and Birth of al- Husayn -- 4. The Motif of Grief and Suffering in the Life of Fâtima among the ‘People of the House’ -- 5. The Intercessory Prerogatives of Fâtima -- 6. The Possibility of Parallels Between Mary and Fâtima -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index