At that moment Fāṭimah—may Allah be pleased with her—realized that he had acted as he did because he had seen the two bracelets, the necklace, the pair of earrings, and the curtain. She immediately removed her earrings, necklace, and bracelets, took the curtain down, and sent everything to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, instructing the one who carried the items:

“Convey my greetings of peace to the Messenger and tell him: ‘Your daughter asks that you spend this in the cause of Allah.’”

When the goods reached him, he said, “I have done so—may her father be her ransom. Worldly life holds no worth for Muhammad or for the family of Muhammad. If this world were, in Allah’s sight, worth even the wing of a mosquito, He would not grant a disbeliever a single sip of water from it.”

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Before long, the household of Fāṭimah al-Zahrā’ was gladdened with righteous offspring: the noble parents were blessed with al-Hasan, al-Husayn, Muḥsin, Zaynab, and Umm Kulthūm. The noble Messenger ﷺ rejoiced greatly at their arrival, for