The Prophet’s Daughter: The Life, Spiritual Status, and Enduring Legacy of Fatima Zahra
The Life, Spiritual Status, and Enduring Legacy of Fatima Zahra
ISBN-13: 978-0300289824
Publisher: Yale University Press
Formats: Hardcover, eBook, Audio
A seminal companion volume to The Prophet’s Heir, this forthcoming monograph by Dr. Hassan Abbas offers the first extensive English-language scholarly biography of Fatima al-Zahra — the daughter of Prophet Muhammad (P.B.U.H), wife of Ali ibn Abi Talib, and mother of the Imams. Dr. Abbas reconstructs her pivotal socio-political standing, prophetic ethics, and spiritual primacy in Islamic feminism.
“A monumental historical study that restores Fatima Zahra to her rightful central place in early Islamic history and prophetic theology with unprecedented archival rigor, emotional depth, and moral clarity.”
KEY HISTORIOGRAPHICAL PILLARS & THEMES
ARCHIVAL RECONSTRUCTIONEarly Islamic Feminism
Examining her spiritual status, theological authority, and foundational role in female agency across early Islamic thought.
The Sermon of Fadak
Critical legal and rhetorical analysis of her historic address asserting prophetic inheritance rights and constitutional ethics.
The Ahl al-Bayt Archetype
Reconstructing early succession dynamics, the household of the Prophet, and the spiritual mantle passed to Hasan and Hussain.
Classical Arabic Codices
Drawing on earliest Sunni and Shi'i primary manuscripts from Medina, Damascus, Cairo, and Qom archives.
CRITICAL ACCLAIM & EDITORIAL OUTLOOK
“An essential scholarly volume that bridges centuries of historical debate to present a vivid, authoritative portrait of Fatima Zahra.”
— International Islamic Studies Review
“Combining meticulous archival scholarship with profound theological depth and narrative eloquence.”
— Harvard Divinity Studies
Academic previews briefed at Harvard University, Oxford & Edinburgh
