In November 2023, in a telephone conversation with Prince Khalid bin Salman, the Minister of Defense of Saudi Arabia, the Supreme Commander announced that the armed forces are fully prepared to improve military relations with Saudi Arabia.

Bagheri and Salman also discussed important issues of the Islamic world and invited each other to travel to their respective countries.

In March 2023, Iran and Saudi Arabia reached an agreement under a Chinese-brokered deal to restore diplomatic ties that were severed in 2016.

As part of a joint statement issued by the two sides, Iran and Saudi Arabia agreed to a security cooperation agreement signed in April 2001 and another agreement in May 1998 to strengthen relations in various sectors.

Fatima's birthday was special and unique.

During the delivery, Hadrat Khadija informed her relatives in Quraysh, but no one came to help.

But by God's grace, four of the best women came to his aid at this time of need, as she says: "When delivery approached, I sent for Qureshi midwives, who refused to help me because of Muhammad."

During childbirth, four ladies with indescribable beauty and brilliance entered the house. Each of them began to introduce themselves.

The first one said: I am your mother Eve. The second one said: I am Aasiyah bint Muzam, the wife of Pharaoh. The third said: I am the sister of Musa and the fourth said: I am Maryam bint Imran, the mother of Jesus, we have come to deliver your child. So, with the help of these heavenly women, Fatima was born. While prostrating, she fell on the ground and the brightness and radiance of her face lit up the heavens from the east to the west, and for this reason she was called "Al-Zahra", the Lady of Light. Al-Zahra is known by 9 names like Fatima. She was called Fatima because she and her followers are safe from hell.

She is also Siddiqa, that is, she is a woman who has strict honesty and sincerity, believes in the commands of God and His Prophet and does not doubt for a moment.

He is also Al-Mubaraka, which means blessed because many blessings come from her, like a necklace that gives the hungry, feeds the poor, and frees a slave.

Jabir bin Abdullah Ansari says: An old man who was weak from hunger came to the Prophet and asked to be fed and clothed.

The Prophet had nothing to give him and sent him to Fatimah's house.

When he arrived, he asked her for the same, so she gave him the necklace.

He took the necklace and went to the mosque and showed it to the Prophet. The Messenger of God said: Sell it, because God will give you a solution to your problems, because the lady of all women has given it to you.

Meanwhile, Ammar bin Yasir asked the Prophet, may God bless him and grant him peace, do you have permission to buy it?

The Prophet gave him permission and Ammar generously paid it and then shared the necklace with his slave and said give it to the Prophet and say I will give you to him as well.

The Prophet said to the slave: Take this necklace and give it to Fatimah and say, I gave you to her.

When Ghulam reached Fatima, he took the necklace and told Ghulam that he is free.

Ghulam laughed hearing this.

Fatima asked him why he was laughing. He replied: I smiled when I thought about the abundance of this necklace; A man fed the hungry, freed a slave and returned to his rightful owner.

We now understand why he was blessed.

Other names by which she is known include: Al-Tahirah, which means virtuous and pure, free from all sins, and al-Batul, which means chaste and pure and safe from menstruation and bleeding.

She is also "Al-Zakiyya" which means pure and "Razia" is satisfied or pleased, and of course "Al-Marzia" means the one who pleases God.

father and daughter

Hazrat Muhammad and his daughter had a very strong relationship. Even Aisha, the Prophet's wife, has spoken about the strong relationship between Muhammad (PBUH) and Fatima (PBUH). "I have not seen anyone standing and sitting like the Messenger of God (peace be upon him) more than Fatimah (peace be upon him). Ayesha also said: "I have never seen anyone who is like the Prophet of God in his speech and speech better than Fatima." When people threw stones at the Prophet of God, it was Fatima who came and cleaned and helped. And as much as Fatimah (PBUH) loved the Prophet, she also loved him.

The importance of Hazrat Fatima

There is no Islam without Fatima Zahra, because Fatima is our example. She is an example and we should follow it as much as possible. She is the most important lady in this world and always will be. When we wear a hijab, we should be proud because we are copying Fatima, who is the lover of all women. When we help others and give charity, we should be proud again because we are doing the same thing that Fatima did. An example of his generosity is when on her wedding day; A poor lady came and asked for clothes. Fatima had only two dresses, a new dress that she was going to wear in the wedding and an old dress. Fatima gave her new wedding dress instead of the old one. Fatima Zahra (PBUH) is and should be included in all women and should be followed as an example. He was exactly like his father Prophet Muhammad and we should try to be at least like him. We should learn from his honesty, modesty and loyalty.

Children of Fatima

Fatima had four children from her marriage with Hazrat Ali (AS). The greatest of them was Imam Hassan, who was born on the fifteenth of the holy month of Ramadan. When Imam Hasan was born, the Prophet asked his aunt Sufiya to bring the baby to him. Gabriel along with many other angels came to the Prophet to congratulate him. He also told him that God had ordered him to name him the second son of Hazrat Harun. Fatimah and Ali's second child named Imam Hossein was born on the 3rd of Sha'ban. Hazrat Zainab (PBUH) was born on the 5th of Jumadi al-Awwal and was the third child of Fatima and Ali. Lady M. Kulthum was the fourth child born in this union.

After the prophet

Eight days after the death of the Holy Prophet (PBUH), Fatimah (PBUH) went to the mosque while crying and said: "O father; O my sincere friend; O Muhammad; or Abu al-Qasim; O helper of widows and orphans; who is Do we have a Kaaba and a mosque, and who is your sad daughter? Then Fatima went to the Prophet's grave. She had trouble walking because he couldn't see well because her eyes were filled with tears. Fatima was not supposed to live long after her father.

Her death

Fatima was in her house when one man and his group wanted to enter. With the door broken, there was not enough time to go and pick up the scarf, so he stood behind the door. He pushed the door and the handle hit Fatima's chest. She was pregnant with her baby, Mohsen, who died immediately, and a few months later, she also passed away due to injuries sustained from the door. Her death was 75 or 95 days after her father. She was only eighteen years old when she died.

The United Nations Human Rights Office (OHCHR) says that women and children account for about 70 percent of those killed in the Gaza Strip during Israel's genocidal operations in the besieged Palestinian territories.

The office published the figures in a 32-page report covering the six months from November 2023 to April 2024.

According to this report, about 80% of the victims were killed in residential buildings, of which 44% were children and 26% were women.

Most of the confirmed deaths in Gaza were children between the ages of 5 and 9.

The report states that the youngest victim whose death was confirmed by UN observers was a one-day-old boy and the oldest was a 97-year-old woman.

Based on the report of Press TV, The UN statement said Israel's continued attacks "demonstrate a clear indifference to civilian deaths and the impact of its chosen tools and methods of warfare."

The report states: "In its series of orders on provisional measures, the International Court of Justice emphasized Israel's international obligations to prevent, protect and punish acts of genocide and related prohibited conduct."

Volker Turk, the head of the United Nations Human Rights, emphasized the need for full and immediate implementation of these obligations by Israel.

UN human rights chief Volker Turk called this action a "systematic violation of basic principles of international humanitarian law."

Turk stated: Considering the accusations of serious violation of international laws, it is necessary to carry out necessary investigations through reliable and impartial judicial authorities, and in the meantime, all relevant information and documents should be collected and preserved.

On May 24, the ICJ ordered Israel to stop its aggression in Rafah, establish humanitarian corridors and allow the World Organization to investigate the genocide.

Israel continues its genocidal attacks on Gaza, killing more and more Palestinians in its airstrikes and artillery.

The latest airstrikes targeted Gaza City and Nasirt refugee camp, leaving six dead.

According to Gaza authorities, about 22 people were killed in Israeli attacks on Friday alone.

In this way, the number of Palestinian victims in Gaza reached 43,500 people since the beginning of October last year. Most of the victims are women and children.

Meanwhile, the United Nations has warned about the deterioration of the situation in northern Gaza.

The Israeli military is preventing food and water from reaching the besieged area, where thousands of Palestinians are trapped and need supplies to survive, the statement said.

In Hojorat sura, verse no. 10 Allah Almighty said:

إِنَّمَا الْمُؤْمِنُونَ إِخْوَةٌ فَأَصْلِحُوا بَيْنَ أَخَوَيْكُمْ ۚ وَاتَّقُوا اللَّهَ لَعَلَّكُمْ تُرْحَمُونَ

The faithful are indeed brothers. Therefore, make peace between your brothers and be wary of Allah, so that you may receive [His] mercy.

Important points:

This verse considers the relationship of believers with each other as the relationship of two brothers, which contains some points in this interpretation, such as:

A) The friendship between two brothers is deep and stable.

b) The friendship between two brothers is mutual, not one sided.

c) The friendship of two brothers is based on nature and not on material and worldly attractions.

d) Two brothers are united against a stranger and they are each other's arms.

e) The origin of two brothers is one.

f) Paying attention to brotherhood is a matter of passing and turning a blind eye.

g) He is happy when he is happy and sad when he is sad.

Today, the words friend, friend, fellow citizen and fellow countryman are used to express interest, but Islam used the word brother, which is the deepest word.

The Palestinian resistance movement Hamas says Donald Trump’s new US administration has to learn from Joe Biden’s mistakes and work seriously to stop the Israeli genocide of the people of Palestine.

Trump was elected the 47th president of the United States on Wednesday. 

In his victory speech, the president-elect claimed he would “end all wars.” Trump has always claimed that if he were the president, Israel’s genocidal campaign in Gaza would not have begun in the first place.

Hamas said in a Wednesday statement that its stance toward the upcoming US administration would depend on “its practical behavior towards our Palestinian people, their legitimate rights and their just cause.”

Trump, it said, has to "work seriously to stop the war of genocide and aggression against our Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank.”

The Palestinian resistance group urged Trump to end Israel’s hostilities in Lebanon, “stop providing military support and political cover to the Zionist entity, and to recognize the legitimate rights of our people.”

“This blind support for the Zionist entity must end because it comes at the expense of the future of our people and the security and stability of the region,” said Bassem Naim, a member of Hamas’s political bureau.

Hamas also promised to “continue to resist the hateful [Israeli] occupation.”

It said the people of Palestine “will not accept any path that detracts from their legitimate rights to freedom, independence, self-determination, and the establishment of their independent Palestinian state with Jerusalem (al-Quds) as its capital." 

In a controversial decision, Trump formally recognized al-Quds as the capital of Israel when he was in office in December 2017.

Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel described Wednesday the return of his close ally to the White House as a “huge victory."

Observers say Trump will go easier on Israel than the Biden administration, which has widely supported the regime’s war machine in Gaza over the past year.

Press TV’s website

The spokesman for Iran’s Foreign Ministry has marked the National Day of the Fight against Global Arrogance, also known as the National Student Day, saying the Iranian nation will never forget the US's dark history of “destabilizing” interventions in the country. 

“Our nation cannot afford to forget the US's long and dark history of unlawful and destabilizing interventions,” Esmaeil Baghaei said in a post on his X account on Sunday.

On November 4, 1979, Iranian university students took over the US embassy building less than a year after the Islamic Revolution toppled the US-backed Pahlavi dictatorship.

They later published documents proving that the compound was indeed engaged in plans and measures to overthrow the Islamic Republic.

The occasion then turned into a symbol of resistance and fierce fight against arrogant powers, marking the Iranian students’ vigilance in dealing with Washington’s threats.

A group of university students enter the US embassy in Tehran and take over it on November 4, 1979.

The spokesman for Iran’s Foreign Ministry has marked the National Day of the Fight against Global Arrogance, also known as the National Student Day, saying the Iranian nation will never forget the US's dark history of “destabilizing” interventions in the country. 

“Our nation cannot afford to forget the US's long and dark history of unlawful and destabilizing interventions,” Esmaeil Baghaei said in a post on his X account on Sunday.

On November 4, 1979, Iranian university students took over the US embassy building less than a year after the Islamic Revolution toppled the US-backed Pahlavi dictatorship.

They later published documents proving that the compound was indeed engaged in plans and measures to overthrow the Islamic Republic.

The occasion then turned into a symbol of resistance and fierce fight against arrogant powers, marking the Iranian students’ vigilance in dealing with Washington’s threats.

The 13th Aban anniversary “National Day of Countering Global Arrogance” is a reminder of Iranians' collective epic struggle to live in dignity and freedom, free from any foreign interference and alien domination.

Baghaei said that Iranians will always remember “the 1953 USA- and British-instigated coup d'état that overthrew Iran's first democratically elected government and reinstated the monarchical dictatorship, and the US's all-out support for Saddam regime during 8 year-long imposed war.”

In August 1953, the US intelligence agency CIA and its British counterpart, MI6, initiated a coup with the help of the Iranian military, setting off a series of events, including riots in the streets of the capital, Tehran, which led to the overthrow and arrest of Mosaddeq.

The historic overthrow is still a reason for the Iranians' mistrust of the United States and Britain. 

Baghaei commemorated the National Day as a reminder of the collective epic struggle by the Iranian nation to live in dignity and freedom without any foreign interference and domination.

“The US's unlawful interference and cruel pressures against Iran continue up to now, including in the form of inhuman sanctions and unlimited support for Israeli rogue behavior,” Baghaei said.

He, however, emphasized that Iranians have learned that steadfastness and perseverance by counting on national potentials and capabilities are necessary to live in dignity and preserve national sovereignty and territorial integrity.

Press TV’s website

The behavior of people and nations depends on their ways of thinking and ideas. 

Iranian officials are generally religious and pious people. There are people who firmly believe in God, the Qur'an and the Prophet of God. According to the teachings of Islam, a Muslim should not remain silent and should fight against the oppression of oppressors. The Prophet of God has always fought with oppression. Therefore, if a Muslim really accepts the Qur'an and the Sunnah of the Prophet, he must fight against the oppression of America and Israel against the Palestinian people and defend the oppressed people. Iranians, who are mostly Shiites, like other Muslims, believe in the Quran and the Sunnah of the Prophet and try to act according to the Sunnah of the Prophet.

Also, Shiites are followers of Ali bin Abi Talib, peace be upon him. According to historical documents, Hazrat Ali (peace be upon him) was a unique and extremely brave person and he fought with all his might to defend Islam and the Prophet, and finally he was martyred by his enemies. Imam Ali (peace be upon him) has always been a helper of oppressed, helpless and orphaned people. Therefore, the people of Iran, following the elders of their religion, try to defend the oppressed people of Palestine and Lebanon as true Muslims. For this reason, enemy media try to make Shiites look like bad people with negative propaganda and lies. Therefore, the rest of the Muslims should be careful not to be deceived by the enemies and try to defeat Israel in the unity of the Muslims.

Iran’s air defense force has confirmed Israeli attacks targeting positions in Tehran, Khuzestan and Ilam provinces, saying the aggression was successfully thwarted. 

“Despite the previous warnings of the officials of the Islamic Republic to the criminal and illegal Zionist regime to avoid any adventurous action, this fake regime attacked parts of military centers in the provinces of Tehran, Khuzestan and Ilam this morning in a tension-causing action,” the air defense force said in a statement on Saturday morning.

The country's integrated air defense system successfully intercepted and countered the act of aggression, it said.

The attacks caused limited damage in some locations and the dimensions of the incident are under investigation, the statement added.

Earlier, security sources said the loud sounds heard by some people in the vicinity of Tehran were due to the activation of air defense systems.

Iran’s official IRNA news agency cited a security source as saying on Saturday morning some of the sounds heard in the capital were caused by “defense activity in Tehran.”

The news agency said there were no reports of incidents that required assistance and that the situation at Mehrabad International Airport and the Imam Khomeini International Airport was “normal.”

IRNA said Iranian air defenses “successfully shot down adversarial targets in the airspace around Tehran province.”

Footage shared online captured what appeared to be interceptions over the Iranian capital.

Informed sources told Tasnim that Iran is ready to respond to Israeli aggression, "as previously stated."

"Iran reserves its right to respond to any form of aggression, and there is no doubt that Israel will receive a proportional reaction to any action taken."

Press TV’s website

Allah says in Nisa sura versr no. 141: "And never will Allah grant to the unbelievers a way (to triumphs) over the believers."

Believers do not have the right to accept the domination of unbelievers, and accepting domination is a sign of not having true faith.

 It should be done so that the infidels will be hopeless from ruling over the believers forever.

Any plan, covenant, travel, and contract that opens the way for infidels to influence Muslims is haram. Therefore, Muslims should have complete independence in all political, military, economic and cultural aspects.

The following are only some of the traditions about Imam al-Mahdi which Sunnis admit to their authenticity and existence:

The Prophet (S) said: "Even if the entire duration of the world’s existence has already been exhausted and only one day is left (before the day of judgment), Allah will expand that day to such a length of time, as to accommodate the kingdom of a person from my Ahlul-Bayt who will be called by my name. He will fill out the earth with peace and justice as it will have been full of injustice and tyranny (by then)."

Sunni References:

• Sahih al-Tirmidhi, v2, p86, v9, pp 74-75

• Sunan Abu Dawud, v2, p7

• Musnad Ahmad Ibn Hanbal, v1, pp 84,376; V3, p63

The Prophet (S) said: The Mahdi will be of my family, of the descendants of Fatimah (the Prophet’s daughter).

ألمَهديُّ مِن عترتي من ولد فاطمة

Sunni references:

• Sunan Abu Dawud, English version, Ch. 36, Tradition #4271 (narrated by Umm Salama, the wife of the Prophet)

• Sunan Ibn Majah, v2, Tradition #4086

Also:

The Prophet (S) said: "We the children of Abd al-Muttalib are the Masters of the inhabitants of the heaven: Myself, Hamza (ra), ‘Ali (as), Ja’far Ibn Abi Talib (ra), al-Hasan (as), al-Husayn (as), and al-Mahdi (as)."

Sunni references:

• Sunan Ibn Majah, v2, Tradition #4087

• al-Mustadrak, by al-Hakim, on the authority of Anas Ibn Malik

The Messenger of Allah said: "The world will not perish until a man among the Arabs appears whose name matches my name."

Sunni reference: Sahih al-Tirmidhi, v9, p74

In Sahih Muslim, in the Chapter of al-Fitan, there are some interesting traditions on what will happen in the last days of the world. I would like to quote two of them here:

Abu Nadra reported: We were with the company of Jabir Ibn Abdillah... Jabir Ibn Abdillah kept quite for a while and then reported Allah’s Messenger (may peace be upon him) having said: "There would be a Caliph in the last (period) of my Ummah who would freely give handfuls of wealth to the people without counting it.”I said to Abu Nadra and Abu al-Ala: Do you mean Umar Ibn Abd al-Aziz? They said: NO, (he would be Imam Mahdi).

Sunni references:

• Sahih Muslim, English version, v4, chapter MCCV, p1508, Tradition #6961

It is also narrated:

In the end of the time, my Ummah will undergo very hard affliction like never before, so that man can not find any way out. Then Allah will appear a person from my progeny, that is my Ahlul-Bayt, who will fill the earth with justice as it was filled with injustice. The inhabitants of the earth and the inhabitants of the heaven love him. The sky will bring down its water everywhere and the earth will bring all what it can offer and will become green all over.

Sunni references:

• al-Sahih fi al-Hadith, by al-Hakim, as quoted in:

• al-Sawa’iq al-Muhriqah, by Ibn Hajar al-Haythami, Ch. 11, section 1, p250

Also Ahmad Ibn Hanbal recorded:

The Prophet (S) said: "Allah will bring out from concealment al-Mahdi from my Family and just before the Day of Judgment; even if only one day were to remain in the life of the world, and he will spread on this earth justice and equity and will eradicate tyranny and oppression."

Sunni references:

• Musnad Ahmad Ibn Hanbal, v1, p99

It is narrated in Sahih Muslim that:

Jabir Ibn Abdillah al-Ansari (ra) said: I heard the Messenger of Allah saying: "A group of my Ummah will fight for the truth until near the day of judgment when Jesus, the son of Marry, will descend, and the leader of them will ask him to lead the prayer, but Jesus declines, saying: "No, Verily, among you Allah has made leaders for others and He has bestowed his bounty upon them."

Sunni reference:

• Sahih Muslim, Arabic, part 2, p193

Also al-Hafidh Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani mentioned that:

"The Mahdi is of this Ummah, and that Jesus (S) will come down and pray behind him."

Sunni reference: Fat’h al-Bari, by Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani, v5, p362

Prophet Jesus is not the Imam of Muslims, and when he comes back, he will be the follower of the Imam of Muslims who is known as Imam al-Mahdi (as).

In Sahih al-Bukhari, it is narrated that:

The Prophet (S) said: "What would be your situation if the Son of Marry (i.e. Jesus) descends upon you and your Imam is among you?"

Sunni reference:

• Sahih al-Bukhari, Arabic-English, v4, Tradition #658

In conclusion, the belief in the coming Mahdi (as) who is a person other than Jesus (as), is an undeniable fact for all Muslims.