Farsideology: Lesson 11 - Marriage Fidelity

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Lesson 11 – Teaching Islam to Children

Teacher speaking: Today class, we will study marriage fidelity in Islam. I will read to you an enchanting love story between Ali and Lady Fatima, and then you will take an exam.

"One day Lady Fatima (daughter of the Holy Prophet Mohammed) was roasting halvah (a sesame honey cookie) in a pan in the garden when suddenly the door opened and her husband the prophet Ali entered along with a new and beautiful female slave. When the Lady Fatima saw her husband's beautiful young concubine (slave-girl), she was deeply grieved and in confusion began stirring the halvah with her hand. Because of the grief in her heart she never even felt the pain of her hand mixing the hot halvah. However, when her husband hurried to her side and exclaimed in surprise "What are you doing there, Fatima?" she felt her hand burning and the pain. Thus it is from that day on the hand of the Lady Fatima has been used in the Islamic world as a symbol of patience, abundance, and faithfulness, and thus it is that girls and women wearing this necklace from whose end the hands hang believe the hands of Lady Fatima will bring them good luck , abundance and patience. . . . . The Hand of Fatima is used everywhere in North Africa, . . . because it keeps away the Evil Eye . . . " source

Exam: Answer the following questions.

Did Ali and the concubine live happily ever after?

Do you think Fatima was really lucky?

Was this the very first concubine or merely the most recent one that Ali brought home? Did Ali have an abundant supply of concubines for his gratification?