The College of Islamic Sciences – Department of Qur’anic Studies held a memorial ceremony on the occasion of the Fatimid days (the Fatimid Sorrows season), at two o’clock in the evening on Sunday.

The ceremony aims to commemorate the martyrdom of our Lady and Mistress Fatima al-Zahra (may God’s peace be upon her) and to review the stages of the life of Our Lady al-Zahra (peace be upon her).

The ceremony began with the recitation of verses from the Holy Quran, followed by a speech delivered by the teacher in the Qur’anic Studies Department, Sheikh Ibrahim Al-Ashtar, in which he spoke about her bright life, suffering and tragedy that she lived through and the virtuous morals she carried that made her a good example to all women of the worlds. Words and poems scattering their letters out of love and veneration for the mother of her father, the lady of the women of the worlds, Fatimah al-Zahra (peace be upon her).