Fatimah bint Asad
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| Born | Fāṭimah bint ʾAsad فاطمة بنت أسد c. 68 BH (c. 555 CE) |
| Died | c. 4 AH (c. 626 CE) |
| Known for | Mother of Ali ibn Abu Talib, Aunt of Muhammad |
| Spouse | Abu Talib ibn Abd al-Muttalib |
| Children | (see below) |
| Parent(s) | Asad ibn Hashim Fatimah bint Qays |
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Fatimah bint Asad (c. 68 BH – 4 AH ; c. 555–626 CE) (Arabic: فاطمة بنت أسد, Fāṭimah bint ʾAsad) was the mother of Ali bin Abi Talib.
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Ancestry
She was the daughter of Asad ibn Hashim and Fatimah bint Qays, hence a member of the Hashim clan of the Quraysh.[1]
The maternal grandfather of Muhammad's wife Khadija bint Khuwaylid, Za'ida ibn al-Asamm ibn Rawaha, was the cousin of Fatimah's mother.
| Lu'ayy ibn Ghalib | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ka'b ibn Lu'ayy | Ma'is ibn Lu'ayy[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Murrah ibn Ka'b | 'Abd ibn Ma'is | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Kilab ibn Murrah | Hajar ibn 'Abd | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Qusai ibn Kilab | Rawaha ibn Hajar | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Abd Manaf ibn Qusai | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hashim ibn Abd Manaf | Salma bint Amr (Banu Najjar) | Qays or Haram ibn Rawaha | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Asad ibn Hashim | Fatima bint Qays (bint Haram) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Fatimah bint Asad | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Children
She married her cousin, Abu Talib ibn Abd al-Muttalib, and was the mother of seven of his children.
- Talib.
- Fakhitah (Umm Hani).
- Aqeel.
- Jumanah.
- Ja'far.
- Rayta.
- Ali, who was the husband of Muhammad's daughter Fatimah.[1]
The orphaned Muhammad, who was Abu Talib's nephew and Fatimah's cousin, came to live in their house in 579 (when he was eight).[2][3]: 131, 133
Biography
Fatimah became a Muslim and is described as a "righteous woman".[1] Following Abu Talib's death in 620,[2][3]: 243 Fatimah emigrated to Medina with her son Ali in 622.[4]: 686 Muhammad used to visit her and take siestas in her house there.[1]
She died in the year 625/626.[4]: 811 According to Anas bin Malik, when Muhammad learned that Fatimah had died, he went to her house to sit beside her body and pray for her,[citation needed] gave his shirt to be incorporated into her shroud, and personally placed her in her grave in the Jannatul Baqee cemetery in Medina.[4]: 475
References
- ^ a b c d e ibn Sa'd, Muhammad (1995). Kitab at-Tabaqat al-Kabir (The Book of the Major Classes). Vol. VIII The Women of Madina. Translated by Bewley, Aisha. London: Ta-Ha Publishers. ISBN 978-1-897940-24-2.
{{cite book}}: Check|first=value (help) - ^ a b ibn Ishaq, Muhammad (1955). Sīrat Rasūl Allāh (The Life of Muhammad). Translated by Guillaume, Alfred. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-8369-9260-1.
{{cite book}}: Check|first=value (help); Check|translator-first=value (help) - ^ a b Muhammad ibn Saad. Kitab al-Tabaqat al-Kabir vol. 1. Translated by Haq, S. M. (1967). Ibn Sa'd's Kitab al-Tabaqat al-Kabir Volume I Parts I & II. Delhi: Kitab Bhavan.
- ^ a b c Al-Majlisi, M. B. Hayat al-Qulub. Translated by Rizvi, S. H. (2010). Volume 2: A Detailed Biography of Prophet Muhammad (saww). Qum: Ansariyan Publications.
Mahmood Ahmad Ghadanfar. Great Women of Islam. Translated by Jamila Muhammad Qawi. Darussalam Publishers & Distributors, Riyadh. Online at kalamullah.com. pp. 163–167. Retrieved 2013-06-22.
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