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There was a deep secret within Ali's heart that he would never speak to anyone. It was Fathimah; his childhood fellow, Prophet Muhammad's beloved daughter. Day after day, she looked more astonishing. Her piousness, her worship to Allah, her handiness, her looks, everything. When Rasulullah came home with wounds on his body and head full with camel's waste, she cleaned them up and wiped them carefully with her love. She burnt cloth and put it on the wounds to stop her father's blood.
Seeing what Fatimah had done, Ali couldn't understand what he felt. He felt amazed and astonished and he didn't know the name of the feeling; what he really knew was he got shocked when he heard Fatimah was being proposed by one of the best friends of Rasulullah, Abu Bakr Ash-Shiddiq. Ali realised the meaning of Abu Bakr for Rasulullah's struggle for da'wah. Some great people like Utsman, ‘Abdurrahman ibn ‘Auf, Thalhah, Zubair, Sa’d ibn Abi Waqqash, and Mush’ab became Islam because of him. It was something that was hardly done by a kid like Ali.
Look how many slaves were set free by Abu Bakr;Bilal, Khabbab, Yassir's Family, ‘Abdullah ibn Mas’ud. Financially, he felt he was nothing compared to Abu Bakr who was a successful businessman. Abu Bakr certainly could make Fathimah happier than he would.
Ali could do nothing but let her proposed and married by Abu Bakr for the sake of Fathimah's happiness.
Love never asks for any longing. It takes a chance or leaves it. It is a bravery or sacrifice.
Abu Bakr's proposal was in fact rejected. Having heard this news Ali's motivation was just burnt to prepare himself to marry Fathimah. However, his struggle was then in vain after he heard another man, a strong heroic dauntless man, with the coming of whom into Islam made the struggle of da'wah easier and made Islam much stronger than ever: Umar ibn Khattab. Al Faruq, a man of division between the truth and falsehood. He came to Islam 3 years after Abu Bakr and Ali, but who can underestimate his sincerity and totality in defending Islam? who can argue about the position of Umar in the eyes of Rasul? He was just another best friend of the Prophet. Ali once again realised his position and let Fathimah proposed and married by Umar. Umar deserved this.
Ali once again got shocked. Abu Bakr and Umar were rejected. What could he possibly do then? What kind of person was actually wanted by Rasulullah to marry his daughter?
Was it in the calibre of the billionaire Utsman? He had totally lost his confidence. All at once.
"Why don't you try, my friend?" his Anshar friend asked, "I have a sort of feeling that you are the person Rasullah is actually waiting for."
"Me?" Ali was unsure.
"Yes."
"You know I'm just a poor young man. What could I probably do?" Ali said.
"We are after you with full support, fellow. May Allah help you."
Ali determined to meet Rasulullah to ask for permission and blessing to marry Fathimah. He only had one armour and certain amount of wheat. Yes only those were what he had and he determined to marry Fathimah. Should he ask Fathimah to wait for him any longer? For about 2 or 3 years while he tried to prepare everything? Of course not! Ali was a true gentleman. Impossible he did that.
When he came to meet Rasulullah, he was welcomed by an answer of "Ahlan wa Sahlan".
Ali was confused by this answer. He didn't know whether he was accepted or refused. He decided to ask his friends.
"How did Rasulullah answer you, Ali? Were you accepted?"
"I don't know."
"What do you mean?"
"Do you think 'Ahlan wa Sahlan' means any answer?"
"How fool! Stupid!" they said. "Ups.. sorry. We meant that one answer is just enough. And you got two! Ahlan is enough and you got Sahlan too. Both of them mean YES!"
Ali married Fathimah with armour as the dowry.
With his bravery and sincerity, Ali was a true young man of integrity.
Rasulullah said: “Indeed, Allah Azza wa Jalla ordered me to marry Fatimah daughter of Khadijah with Ali bin Abi Thalib, so bear witness that I have married them with four hundred Fidhdhah (in the value of silver), and Ali has accepted this.”
Rasulullah saw. prayed for both Ali and Fathimah:
“May Allah gather the perfections of you both, please you both, and bless you both and take out of you both much goodness.” (kitab Ar-Riyadh An-Nadhrah 2:183, chapter 4).
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