Sudayr Al-Sarfi from Al-Sadiq, Ja’far ibn Muhammad, from his father, from his grandfather (A.S): The Messenger of God (P.B.U.H&H.P) said:
“The light (Nur) of Fatima (S.A) was created before the creation of the earth and the heaven.
Some of the people said: “Prophet of God, does that mean she’s not a human?”
He (P.B.U.H&H.P) said: “She is human Hawra”
They said:”O Messenger of God how is it possible that she is a human Hawra’?”
He said: “Allah created her from His light before he created Adam when there were only spirits, so when he created Adam she was revealed to Adam”
They said:”O Prophet of God and where was Fatima?”
He said: “She was in a place below the Throne”.
They said:”O Prophet of God what was her food?”
He said: “Glorifying, hailing and praising (Allah). So when Allah (S.W.T) created Adam and brought me from his offspring, Allah wanted to make her from my offspring so he made her an apple in heaven and Gabriel presented her to me saying ”Asalamu alaykum warahmatullah wa barakatahu O Muhammad”, I said ”Wa alaykum asalaam warahmatullah my beloved Gabriel”.
He said:”O Muhammad your Lord sends you his blessings”.
I said: “From him all blessings come and to him do they all return”.
He said: “This apple is a gift to you from Allah from heaven”, so I took it and held it to my chest.
He said:”O Muhammad Allah glorified be He says eat it”.
So I split it and saw a shining light and was taken aback.
He said:”O Muhammad why don’t you eat? Eat it and don’t be afraid, for that light is”AlMansurah” (the aided) in the Heavens and “Fatima” on earth”.
I said: “My beloved Gabriel why is she called AlMansurah in the Heavens and “Fatima” on earth?”.
He said: “She is called Fatima on earth because she saved (fatamat) her Shia from the fire, and because her enemies have not (fatama) loved her. In the heavens she is”AlMansura” because of the words of Allah swt ‘On that day will the believers rejoice, with the aid of Allah, He aids whom he wishes’, meaning the aid of Fatima to her lovers.”
[Reference: Maani al-Akhbar by Shiekh Sadooq Pg. 396 Hadith. 53]
