Iran marks Mother’s Day

Rasa - Iranians celebrate Lady Fatimah Zahra’s birth anniversary, designated by the Islamic Republic as Mother’s Day in the country.

News ID: 819

Date: 20 April 2014 - 21:09

Rasa News Agency reports - Iranians celebrate Lady Fatimah Zahra’s birth anniversary, designated by the Islamic Republic as Mother’s Day in the country.

Lady Fatimah Zahra is the daughter of Prophet Muhammad (S) and is highly revered among the Shi’ite Muslims. It is known among both Shi’ite and Sunni Muslims that the Prophet Muhammad (S) said many times: “Fatimah is above all women of the world from the  first to the last ones.”

In Arabic the word ‘Fatimah means separated. She is named Fatimah because her followers are separated from hell because of her character. Zahra means ‘shining, bright, and brilliant.’ The Shi’ites’ 6th Imam, Imam Sadiq (A), said: “When our mother Fatimah Zahra prayed, she shined for the heavens as the stars shine for people on earth.”

Lady Fatimah Zahra was born on 20th of Jamadi al-Thani, five years after the Prophet began receiving revelations from Gabriel the Angel in Makkah.

Most Shi’ites and some Sunni commentators such as Imam Fakhr al-Razi believe that the first verse of chapter Kawthar of Quran refers to Fatimah (A). He has identified her as Kawthar – unending source of blessing – and the reason for maintenance and spread of the Prophet’s progeny. The last verse of 108th chapter of the Quran, al-Kawthar, proves this fact, as God tells the Prophet (S) “Your enemy will be without progeny.”

Lady Fatimah Zahra is known for her elegant dignities and virtues, there are many lessons left to learn from her one of the sayings of hers is:

“If someone sends his pure prayer up to God, God will send down best welfare to him.”

Among Iranians, her birth anniversary is designated as Mother’s Day to uphold the place and character of women on the greatest of women’s birth anniversary.

By Mehr News Agency