An Account of the Nikaah of Sayyidah Faatimah (Radhiyallahu Anha)
In Mawaahibe Ladunniyah it is mentioned that Hazrat Ali (Radhiyallahu anhu said: “When I gave my proposal, Rasulullah (Sallallahu alaihi wasallam) asked: ‘Do you have anything?’ I replied, ‘I have a horse and chain armour.’ Rasulullah (Sallallahu alaihi wasallam) replied: ‘It is necessary to have a horse (for jihaad). Sell the chain armour.’
Accordingly, I sold the armour for 480 dirhams and then I brought the money to Rasulullah (Sallallahu alaihi wasallam) and put it in his blessed lap.
(The one who bought the armour was Hazrat Uthmaan Bin Affaan, Radhiyallahu anhu. He purchased the armour and then returned it to Hazrat Ali, Radhiyallahu anhu. Hazrat Ali, Radhiyallahu anhu, brought both the armour and the money to Sayyidul Aalam, Sallallahu alaihi wasallam. Rasulullah made a lot of Du’aa for Hazrat Uthmaan for this.)
Rasulullah (Sallallahu alaihi wasallam) took a handful of the money, gave it to Hazrat Bilaal (Radhiyallahu anhu) and said to him, “O Bilaal! Go and buy itr for us with this.”
(In another narration appears that Sayyidul Aalam, Sallallahu alaihi wasallam, told him to purchase itr with two-thirds of the money and material with the remaining third.)
Together with that, Rasulullah (Sallallahu alaihi wasallam) ordered that the dowry be prepared. Accordingly, a bed and a leather pillow stuffed with the bark of date palms were prepared.
On the day of the departure, before Isha, Sayyidul Aalam, Rasulullah (Sallallahu alaihi wasallam) sent Sayyidah Faatimah (Radhiyallahu anha) with Hazrat Umme Aiman (Radhiyallahu anha) to the house of Sayyidus Saadaat Ali (Radhiyallahu anhu).
After Isha, Rasulullah (Sallallahu alaihi wasallam) came to the house and asked Hazrat Faatimah for water. She brought the water in a cup. Rasulullah (Sallallahu alaihi wasallam) sprinkled the water on the head and chest of Hazrat Faatimah (Radhiyallahu anha) and made du’aa,
اَللّهُمَّ إِنِّيٓ أُعِيذُهَا بِكَ وَذُرِّيَّتَهَا مِنَ الشَّيۡطٰنِ الرَّجِيمِ
“O Allah! I entrust her and her children to Your protection to be kept safe from the evil of Shaitaan the accursed.”
After that he sprinkled some of the water between her shoulders.
Then Rasulullah (Sallallahu alaihi wasallam) asked Hazrat Ali (Radhiyallahu anhu) for some water and he sprinkled some on the head, chest and between the shoulders of Hazrat Ali and made the same du’aa which he had made for his beloved daughter, Hazrat Faatimah.
Thereafter Rasulullah (Sallallahu alaihi wasallam) said, “Bismillahi Wal Barakah (In the Name of Allah and with Divine Blessings), stay and live with your wife”, and returned home.
(Rasulullah Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam Kee Saahbzaadiya)