15. Fadak Given to Fatima Zahra (s.a.) as the Right of the Near Kin – Surah Bani Israel (17:26)
وَآتِ ذَا الْقُرْبَىٰ حَقَّهُ وَالْمِسْكِينَ وَابْنَ السَّبِيلِ وَلَا تُبَذِّرْ تَبْذِيرًا
“And give to the near of kin his due and (to) the needy and the wayfarer, and do not squander wastefully..”
It is narrated from Imam Sadiq (a.s.) that the verse refers to the near ones of Holy Prophet (s.a.w.a.) and this was revealed concerning Janabe Fatima (s.a.) and he gave to her Fadak.1
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