As sunset approached, a needy man knocked on the door and said: ‘Assalamu Alaikum, Family of Muhammad. Fatima ground one (1) as’s (singular of aswu) of the barley and baked five loaves of bread for her family’s meal at sunset. When Allah had relieved them, Imam Ali (A.S.) borrowed three (3) aswu (a cubic measure) of barley from a Jew known as Shimon. Therefore, Imam Ali together with Fatima and their servant Fedhdhah vowed to Allah that they would fast for three days if He would relieve Hassan and Hussain (A.S.). These verses were revealed after Ali, Fatima, Hassan, and Hussain (A.S.) gave charity to needy people Zamakhshari states this story in the book Al-Kashaf it goes as follows: Ibn Abbas said: Once Al-Hassan and Al-Hussain were ill, the Messenger of Allah and a group went to visit them, the visitors suggested to Imam Ali to make a vow to Allah: if He were to relieve them, he would perform some good action. Here is the entire sequence of the report copy-pasted (random version) :
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