Fatima – Daughter of the Prophet Muhammad
Islam tells us the story of the daughter of the prophet Muhammad; Fatima who was in the midst of an advancing aliment and was afraid by the aboriginal acknowledgment of her bed mate Prophet Ali one day. His abrupt acknowledgment was due to the accession of a gorgeous, adolescent concubine. Fatima was heartsick but hid her feelings and prepared the ancestors meal. She was making Halva, a candied desert made with sesame seeds, on a hot frying pan and afflicted by the image of her bed mate and his new concubine caused her to be absent minded.
Fatima’s hand became a attribute in Muslim North Africa and the Mideast. For hundreds of years Hand of Fatima was looked upon as the attribute for adherence and forbearance. Khamsa necklaces and Khamsa bracelets and Hand of Fatima pendants are acclimated to accompany acceptable luck and protection to their owners, particularly protection against the evil eye. Some sources believe the 5 fingers relate to the 5 Pillars of Islam, the amount attempt of Sunni Islamic faith, admitting this acceptation may accept been attributed afterwards the actuality to a attribute that was about able-bodied before Islam.
In contemporary years some peace activists in the Mideast have taken to wearing the Hamsa symbol as a attribute of the similarities of origins and attitude amid the Islamic and Jewish faiths. Some have gone as far as to get Hand of Fatima tattoos.
Hand of Fatima photo credit for blue Hamsa door photo – photo by JorgeBrazil.
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