A Study of Sunni and Shii Traditions Concerning Tahrif [of Holy Quran] Part 3

The Mushaf of Fatimah (A)

Some may imagine that Fatimah's (A) `mushaf' was something like the masahif of `A'ishah, Hafsah and other Sahabah, or that it contained verses not mentioned in the Qur'an handed down by tawatur. Here we may point out that a large number of traditions have been narrated regarding Fatimah's mushaf and some of them explicitly mention that this mushaf contained prophecies of future events and that it did not contain anything about halal and haram. Other traditions say that it contained Fatimah al-Zahra's testament (wasiyyah). Accordingly it is possible that it contained some teachings which she had learnt from her father. Some other traditions are explicit that Fatimah's mushaf did not contain the Qur'an and was not a Quranic codex."53

We do not intend here an investigation of the contexts of Fatimah's mushaf; all that we wish to point out is that her mushaf was not a mus­haf of the Qur'an and therefore what some persons have imagined is out of question.