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Asad ibn Hashim

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Asad ibn Hāshim was the son of Hashim ibn Abd Manaf and the brother of Abd al-Muttalib.
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Asad ibn Hāshim (Arabic: أسد بن هاشم) was the son of Hashim ibn Abd Manaf and the brother of Abd al-Muttalib. He was the father of Fatima bint Asad, the mother of Ali and the cousin and wife of Abu Talib. Asad was a very respected person among the Qureshi Arab tribe. He was a merchant and very often helped the poor. His name means Lion (a brave one). His descendants usually use the surnames Al-Quraishi, Al-Hashimi, Al-Asadi, Sayyid, or Sharif, while some of his descendants avoid using any surname.

Birth

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Historians are not clear about his exact date of birth, but according to the sources he was born in 485AD or 497AD in Mecca.

Religion

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According to sources he was of a religion of Abraham, as most of the Arabs were of Abraham's religion, including his tribe Quresh and his other uncles. Asad died before the birth of Muhammad.

Brothers and sisters

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  • Abu Saifi bin Hashim
  • Abd al-Muttalib bin Hashim
  • Nazil bin Hashim
  • Nadla binte Hashim
  • Safia binte Hashim
  • Shifa binte Hashim
  • Ruqayya binte Hashim
  • Khalidah binte Hashim
  • Hannah binte Hashim
  • Zaifah binte Hashim
  • Janna binte Hashim
  • Ramlah binte Hashim
  • Hayyah binte Hashim
  • Da'ifah binte Hashim
  • Sayfah bin Hashim
  • Abbas bin Hashim
  • Abu Sayr bin Hashim

Descendants

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  • Fatimah bint Asad bin Hashim

She was the mother of Caliph Ali and his brothers. Fatimah bint Asad was very dear to Muhammad.

  • Hunain bin Asad bin Hashim[1]

Hunain was a son of Asad, and he had two sons, Abdullah and Abd-ur Rahman. They both were Sahabi and Abdullah and Abdullah's son name are mentioned in many books of Ahadith.[2]

  • Khalda bint Asad bin Hashim (she married her cousin Al-Arqam bin Nazil bin Hashim and had a daughter named Um al-Saaib Al-Shafaa)[3]

Death

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He died before the birth of Muhammad, and was buried in Jannat al-Mu'alla previously known as Hajoon, in Mecca with his other family members.

References

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  1. ^ Ansaab-ul-Ashraaf v4.
  2. ^ Ansaab-ul-Arab, v3, page 99.
  3. ^ Tareekh-e-Baghdad, v2, page412.