Who is Fatimah al-Zahra, and what are the most prominent details of her life?

Fatimah, the daughter of the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, is "Umm Abiha" (the mother of her father) and "Al-Zahra" (the radiant one). She was the youngest of the Prophet's daughters and the dearest to him. She was born before the prophethood and married Ali ibn Abi Talib in early Muharram of the second year of the Hijrah. The lineage of the Messenger of Allah ceased except through Fatimah. The Prophet said to her: "Are you not pleased to be the lady of the women of the worlds?" She lived six months after the Prophet. She is the lady of the women of the worlds and the mother of the masters of the youth of Paradise.