Imam Khomeini the religious and spiritual world of Islam recommended the Islamic societies and the Muslim women to follow footsteps of the Hadrat Fatimah Zahra (PBUH) and adopt her character in all perspectives.
Declaring the Birthday of holy lady Fatimah Zahra as "Woman's Day", Imam Khomeini has said : "This day is like the day of revival of real womanhood and the day of foundation-building for the important and respectable role, woman play in the society." Elsewhere, addressing groups of women he said : "If you don't learn from her asceticism, piety, modesty and other virtues, you have not even understood the true essence of womanhood."
The great figure of the history pointed out that adoption of the conduct of Hazrah Fatimah Zahra (peace be upon her) would promote human values and would prevent societies from falling into pits of social and moral declining.
According to great Imam, the daughter of the holy prophet of Islam presents a perfect divine personality and her teachings should be followed in social and moral arenas.
According to Imam Khomeini, in the history of Islam, for very group or stratum of society, there is a suitable role-model who is guiding light for salvation and on the path to perfection.
Imam Khomeini believed that the holy lady Fatimah had earned dignity and grace for all women and mankind thought the history.
"The history of Islam is witness to the immense respect that the prophet had for Hazrat Zahra (PBUH) which also powerfully reflects on the importance of women in society. If they are not superior to men, they are definitely not any inferior," said Imam Khomeini.
Several virtues have been recorded for the holy lady Fatimah in pages of history. The Prophet (PBUH) used to stand up to receive her when she visited him. It was clearly against the Arab custom for a father to stand up for his daughter. This shows the high spiritual status accorded to Fatimah by Allah.
It is also reported that: “Whenever the Prophet (PBUH) returned from a trip, he would kiss Fatima’s throat and say: ‘From her, I do smell the fragrance of Paradise.’”
“The best of your men is Ali Ibn Abu Talib, and the best of your women is Fatimah Binte Mohammad,” Said the holy Prophet of Islam, adding that: “Fatimah is part of me, that which annoys her annoys me, and that which harms her harms me.”
Her home environment was an example of harmony, peace, tranquility, and modesty. She helped her husband (Imam Ali—peace be upon him) in his worldly and religious affairs, and cooperated with him in achieving his exalted mission.