Fatima, Daughter of Muhammad (second edition - paperback) (Islamic History and Thought)

The only child of Muhammad to survive him, Fatima was from early times taken up by Shia Islam, for whose adherents she is the virgin mother, the heavenly intercessor with untold power before God s throne, and the grieving mother of al Husayn, the Shia's most important martyr. During her life she was impoverished and weak, neglected, marginalized, and divested of justice: but her reward in heaven comprises incalculable riches, all those in heaven will bow their heads to her, and her company will be the angels and the friends of God. Here, for the first time, her story is told.