Sunni Traditions in praise of Syeda Fatima Zahra (A.S.)
Taken from : Imam Reza Network
• The Prophet (s) said, "The most beloved of my family to me is Fatima."
Al-Jami' al-Sagheer, v. 1, #203, p. 37;
Al-Sawaiq Al-Muhariqa, p. 191;
Yanabi' Al-Mawadda, v. 2, ch. 59, p. 479;
Kenz Al-Omal, v. 13, p. 93.
• The Prophet (s) said, “Fatima is more beloved to me than you, oh Ali, and you are dearer to me than her.”
Majma' Al-Zawa’id, v. 9, p. 202;
Al-Jami' Al-Sagheer, v. 2, p. 654, n. 5761;
Muntakhab Kenz Al-Omal, v. 5, 97;
Asad Al-Ghaba, v. 5, p. 522;
Yanabi' Al-Mawadda, v. 2, ch. 56, p. 79;
Al-Sawaiq Al-Muhariqa, ch. 3, p. 191.
• The Prophet (s) said, "The verse of purification was revealed concerning five people: myself, Ali, Hassan, Hussein, and Fatima."
Is'af Al-Raghibeen, p. 116;
Sahih Muslim, Kitab Fadha'il Al-Sahaba.
• The Prophet (s) said, "The first people to enter Paradise will be Ali and Fatima."
Nur Al-Absar, p. 52;
related by similar wording in Kenz Al-Omal, v. 13, p. 95.
• The Prophet (s) said, "The head of the women of Paradise is Fatima."
Kenz Al-Omal, v. 13, p. 94;
Sahih Al-Bukhari, Kitab Al-Fadha'il, Chapter on the Virtues of Fatima;
Al-Bidaya wa Al-Nihaya, v. 2, p. 61.
• The Prophet (s) said, "Oh, Ali, Jibreel has informed me that God has married you to Fatima."
Manaqib Al-Imam Ali from Al-Riyadh Al-Nudhra, p.141.
• The Prophet (s) said, "I am not pleased unless Fatima is pleased."
Manaqib Al-Imam Ali of Ibn Al-Maghazali, p. 342.
• The Prophet (s) said, "Oh, Ali, God has commanded me to marry you to Fatima."
Al-Sawaiq Al-Muhariqa,. ch. 4, p. 142;
Dakha'ir Al-Uqubi, p. 30 & 31;
Tadhkirat Al-Khawas, p. 276;
Manaqib Al-Imam Ali from Al-Riyadh Al-Nudhra, p. 141;
Nur Al-Absar, p. 53.
• The Prophet (s) said, "All the children of a mother are attributed to their fatherly relation except the sons of Fatima."
Al-Sawaiq Al-Muhariqa, p. 156 & 187;
related in similar words in Mustadrak Al-Sahihain, v. 3, p. 179;
Kenz All-Omal, v. 13, p. 101;
Is'af Al-Raghibeen quoted in the appendix of Nur Al-Absar, p. 144.
• The Prophet (s) said, "The Mehdi is from my family, from the sons of Fatima."
Al-Sawaiq Al-Muhariqa, p. 237.
• The Prophet (s) said, "Verily, God has weaned (fatama in Arabic) my daughter Fatima and her children and those who love them from the Hellfire, and that is why she is named Fatima."
Kenz Al-Omal, v. 6, p. 219.
• The Prophet (s) said, "Fatima is part of me. Whatever upsets her upsets me, and whatever harms her harms me."
Sahih Muslim, v. 5, p. 54;
Khasa'is Al-Imam Ali of Nisa'i, p. 121-122;
Masabih Al-Sunnah, v. 4, p. 185;
Al-Isabah, v. 4, p. 378;
Seir Alam Al-Nubala', v. 2, p. 119;
Kenz Al-Omal, v. 13, p. 97;
similar wording is related in Al-Tirmidhi, v. 3, Chapter on the Virtues of Fatima, p. 241;
Haliyat Al-Awliya', v.2, p. 40;
Muntakhab Kenz Al-Omal, in the margins of Al-Musnad, v. 5, p. 96;
Maarifat Ma Yajib Li Aal Al-Bait Al-Nabawi Min Al-Haqq Alaa Men Adahum, p. 58;
Dhakha'ir Al-Uqubi, p. 38;
Tadhkirat Al-Khawass, p. 279;
Yanabi' Al-Mawadda, v.2, ch. 59, p. 478.
• The Prophet (s) said, "Fatima is part of me, and whoever pleases her, pleases me."
Al-Sawaiq Al-Muhariqa, p. 180 & 132;
Mustadrak Al-Hakim; Maarifat Ma Yajib Li Aal Al-Bait Al-Nabawi Min Al-Haqq Alaa Men Adahum, p.73;
Yanabi' Al-Mawadda, v. 2, ch. 59, p. 468.
• The Prophet (s) said, "Fatima is the head of the women of Paradise."
Sahih Al-Bukhari, v. 3, Kitab Al-Fadha'il, Chapter on the Virtues of Fatima, p. 1374;
Mustadrak Al-Sahihain, v. 3, Chapter on the Virtues of Fatima, p. 164;
Sunan Al-Tirmidhi, v. 3, p. 266;
Kenz Al-Omal, v. 13, p. 193;
Muntakhab Kenz Al-Omal, v. 5, p. 97;
Al-Jami' Al-Sagheer, v. 2, no. 564, p. 5760;
Seir Alam Al-Nubala’, v. 2, p. 123;
Al-Sawaiq Al-Muhariqa, p.187 & 191;
Khasai’s Al-Imam Ali of Nisa’i, p. 118;
Yanabi' Al-Mawadda, v. 2, p. 79;
Al-Jawhera Fi Nasab Ali Wa Aalihi, p. 17;
Al-Bidaya wa Al-Nihaya, v. 2, p. 60.
• The Prophet (s) said, “Fatima is part of me, so whoever makes her angry makes me angry.”
Sahih Al-Bukhari, v. 3, Kitab Al-Fadha’il, Chapter on the Virtues of Fatima, p. 1374;
Khasa’is Al-Imam Ali of Al-Nisa’i, p. 122;
Al-Jami' Al-Sagheer, v. 2, p. 653, n. 5858;
Kenz Al-Omal, v. 3, pp. 93-97;
Muntakhab in the margin of Al-Musnad, v. 5, p. 96;
Masabih Al-Sunnah, v. 4, p.185;
Is'af Al-Raghibeen, p. 188;
Dakha’ir Al-Uqubi, p. 37;
Yanabi' Al-Mawadda, v. 2, pp. 52-79.
• The Prophet (s) said, “Fatima is part of me and she is my heart and the soul which is between my two sides.”
Nur Al-Absar, p. 52.
• The Prophet (s) said, “Fatima is the head of the women of my nation.”
Seir Alam Al-Nubala’, v. 2, p. 127;
Sahih Muslim, Kitab Fadha’il Al-Sahaba, Chapter on the Virtues of Fatima;
Majma' Al-Zawa’id, v. 2, p. 201;
Is'af Al-Raghibeen, p. 187.
• The Prophet (s) said, “Fatima is the joy of my heart, and her sons are the fruit of my soul.”
Yanabi' Al-Mawadda, v. 1, ch. 15, p. 243.
• The Prophet (s) said, “Oh Fatima, verily God is angry when you are angry.”
Al-Sawaiq Al-Muhariqa, p. 175;
Mustadrak Al-Hakim, Chapter on the Virtues of Fatima;
Manaqib Al-Imam Ali of Ibn Al-Maghazali, p. 351.
• The Prophet (s) said, “Fatima, God will not torture you or any of your children.”
Kenz Al-Omal, v. 13, p. 96;
Muntakhab Kenz Al-Omal, in the margin of Musnad Ahmad, v. 5, p. 97;
Is'af Al-Raghibeen, in the margin of Nur Al-Absar, p. 118.