Fatima Zahra, the daughter of the Prophet is to have thus related: My father, the Prophet of Allah, came to my house one day and said to me:  "Peace be on you. O Fatima."  

I replied: "And upon you be peace." He said: " I feel weakness in my body. "I said: "May Allah protect you from weakness, O my father." He said: "O Fatima, please bring the vestment of Yemen and cover me with it." Then I looked at him and saw that his face was shining like the full moon in its full glory and splendour. After a while, my son Hasan came in and said: "Peace be upon you, my mother." I replied: "And upon you be peace, O light of my eyes and the happiness of my heart. "He then said: "Mother, I smell a fragrance so sweet and pure, as that of my grandfather, the Prophet of Allah." I replied: "Yes, indeed. Your grandfather is lying underneath the vestment." Hasan went near the vestment and said: "Peace be upon you, my grandfather, the Prophet of Allah. Do you permit me to enter the vestment with you?" He replied: "And upon you be peace, my son and the master of my fountain. I do give you permission to enter."  

After a while my son Hussein came in and said: "Peace be upon you, my mother." I replied: "And upon you be peace, O light of my eyes and happiness of my heart." He then said" "Mother, I smell a fragrance sweet and pure as that of my grandfather, the Prophet of Allah." I replied: "Yes, indeed. Your grandfather and your brother are lying underneath the vestment." Hussein advanced toward the vestment and said: "Peace be upon you, O my grandfather, the chosen of Allah. Do you allow me to enter the vestment with both of you?" he replied: "And upon you be peace, my son and intercessor of my followers. I give you permission." So Hussein entered the vestment with them. After a while, Abdul Hasan Ali son of Abu Talib, came in and said: "Peace be on you, O daughter of the Prophet of Allah." I replied: "And upon you be peace, O father of Hasan and commander of the faithful." He then said: "O Fatima, I smell a sweet fragrance which is like of my brother and cousin, the Prophet of Allah." I replied: "Yes, he is underneath the vestment with both your sons." Ali went near the vestment and said: "Peace be on you, O Prophet of Allah, May I enter the vestment with you?" He replied: "And upon you be peace, my brother, my legatee, my successor and my standard bearer. I give you permission to enter." So Ali entered the vestment with them. Then I said" "Peace be upon you, my father, O Prophet of Allah. Do you permit me to enter the vestment with all of you?"  He replied: "And upon you be peace, my daughter, O part of myself. I give you permission to enter." So I entered the vestment. When all of us had gathered together under the vestment, my father, the Prophet, held the two ends of the vestment and raised his right hand towards Heaven and prayed: O Allah, these are the people of my Household (Ahle Bait) and very specially my own and my protectors. They are of my own flesh and of my own blood. Whoever gives them trouble, gives me trouble too. Whoever makes them unhappy, makes me unhappy, I am at war with those who are at war with them. I am at peace with those who are at peace with them. I am the enemy of those who are at enmity with them. I am the friend of those who befriend them. Indeed they are from me and I am from them. Therefore, send Thy Blessings, Mercy, Forgiveness and Pleasure upon me and upon them. Also, remove my blemish from them and keep impurity away from them as is justified."  

Then Allah, the Majestic, the Glorified, spoke (to the angels), "O my angels and the residents of My Heavens. Verily, I have not created the raised sky, the spread earth, the illuminated moon, the bright sun, the rotating universe, the flowing seas, and the sailing ships, but in love of the five souls lying underneath the vestment." Angel Gabriel, the trusted one, asked Allah" "O Lord, who are underneath the vestment?"  

Allah, the Majestic, the Glorified, answered: "They are the household of the Prophet and the mine of prophethood, viz: Fatima, his daughter, her husband and her (two) sons." 

Angel Gabriel then said, "O Lord, may I go to the earth to be the sixth of them?" Allah replied: "Yes, I give you permission to do so." Gabriel, the trusted, came to the earth and said: "Peace be upon you, O Prophet of Allah. The Exalted conveys His peace upon you and His salutation and swears by His Honour and Glory that He has not created the raid sky, the spread earth, the illuminated moon, the bright sun, the rotating universe, the flowing seas, and the sailing ships, but for your sake and in love of you. He has given me permission to enter the vestment with you. Do you also allow me to enter?"  

The Prophet replied: "And upon you be peace O you who are trusted with the revelations of Allah. Yes, I grant you permission to enter." 

So Gabriel entered the vestment with us and said to my father that indeed Allah has sent this revelation to him: "Verily, Allah desires to remove all blemish from you, O Ahle Bait and purify you with complete purgation." Then Ali asked my father" O Prophet of Allah, what significance does Allah attach to this event of our gathering underneath the vestment?" 

The Prophet replied: "I swear by Him who appointed me a prophet and chose me a trustworthy messenger, that no assembly - wherever this event is narrated by our followers and devotees - shall remain without the Mercy of Allah upon them, and the angels will ask Allah for the remission of their sins till the assembly has dispersed."  

Ali exclaimed: "I swear by Allah, Lord of Ka'aba, we have succeeded and our followers have succeeded, too."  

Again the Prophet said: "I swear by Him who appointed me a Prophet and chose me a trustworthy messenger that in any of the assemblies on earth in which our followers and friends have gathered and in which this event is narrated, there shall remain non grievous as Allah will remove his grief; there shall be none distressed as Allah will dispel his distress; and whosoever seeks fulfillment of a whish, Allah will grant them their wish."  

Ali then said: "Verily, by Allah, we have succeeded and become happy, so also our followers have succeeded and become happy in this world as well as in the next world, by the Lord of the Ka'aba."