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day and Fatimah [r] happily began
her chores. Just then she saw her
father,
Nabi
Muhammad [s], coming
up the lane. She rushed over to
greet him and hugged him tightly.
She loved her father dearly and he
loved her very much too. After all
she was his favourite, and rightly
so.
“
Now tell me my dear daughter,
what brought you to me yester
day?
” the Prophet [s] said. Fatimah
[r] felt very shy and kept quiet.
“
Come on now, you can tell me
,” the
Prophet [s] urged her, but she felt
embarrassed and did not utter a
single word.
Sayyiduna
‘Ali [r] then spoke out,
“
O, Prophet of Allah! Fatimah is
very delicate indeed, and she has
blisters on her hands and bruises
on her shoulders because of grind-
ing the grain and carrying the heavy
