Imam Ali (a.s.) relates that suddenly we realized that the Prophet (s.a.w.s.) had come at the door of the house and said, “Who is there”? I answered, “O Prophet of Allah (s.a.w.s.) ! Enter herein, felicities to the ones beholding you and to the entering one”. The Prophet (s.a.w.s.) entered therein and sat Fatemah (s.a.) at his side, then he told her, “O Fatemah ! Arise and bring me some water”. Fatemah (s.a.) arose and filled a vessel with water and brought it to him (s.a.w.s.). The Prophet (s.a.w.s.) took a little water from the vessel and gargled it and put it back in the vessel. Then he sprinkled some water from it upon her head and told her to sit facing him. When she sat facing him, he sprinkled some water upon her chest and between her shoulders and prayed, “O Lord ! This is my daughter, the most beloved for me than any other creation. And O Lord ! This is Ali, my brother and the most beloved to me than any other creation. O Lord ! Make him Your friend and aide and make his household a means of prosperity for him”. Then he (s.a.w.s.) turned towards Ali (a.s.) and said, “Go to your household, may Allah (s.w.t.) make her a means of abundance for you, and the Mercy and Blessings of Allah (s.w.t.) be upon you, the One Who is worthy of Praise, Exaltation and Commendation”.
In another tradition it is related from Amirul Mo’meneen Imam Ali (a.s.) that three days passed by after Fatemah (s.a.) came to my house, and the Prophet (s.a.w.s.) did not visit us. On the morning of Wednesday he (s.a.w.s.) paid us a visit when Asma bint Umays was also present. The Prophet (s.a.w.s.) told her, “Why have you come here when the man is herein”? She replied, “May my parents be your ransom ! When a woman goes to her husband’s home and passes days of her marriage, she needs another woman who may fulfil her needs, thus I have come here”. The Prophet (s.a.w.s.) answered, “O Asma ! May Allah (s.w.t.) fulfil your desires of this world as well as the hereafter”.
Imam Ali (a.s.) relates that those were the days of winter while I and Fatemah (s.a.) had covered ourselves with a blanket. When we heard the Prophet (s.a.w.s.)’s voice, we started getting up, but the Prophet (s.a.w.s.) said, “By the right that I hold upon you, do not disperse until I come to you”. Saying this he entered therein and sat at our heads. He entered his legs into the blanket and we warmed his feet. Then he said, “Bring me a pot of water”. I brought it for him and he blew at it thrice while reciting some verses of the Qur’an. Then he told me, “Drink this water and leave some”. I did as he directed and the Prophet (s.a.w.s) sprinkled the leftover water upon my head and chest saying, “May Allah (s.w.t.) keep away (every kind of ) uncleanliness away from you O Abal Hasan, and purify you (with) a thorough purification”. Then he asked for another pot of water and I did as told. He recited some verses of Qur’an upon it and blew therein thrice. Then he gave it to his daughter Fatemah (s.a.) saying, “Drink this water and leave some”. She did as directed and the Prophet (s.a.w.s) sprinkled the leftover water upon her head and chest saying, “May Allah (s.w.t.) keep away (every kind of) uncleanliness away from you, and purify you (with) a thorough purification”.