Fatima bint Asad
Fatima bint Asad فَاطِمَة بِنْت أَسَد | |
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| Born | Fāṭima bint ʾAsad c. 555 or 568 CE |
| Died | c. 626 CE |
| Burial place | Jannat al Baqi, Medina |
| Known for |
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| Spouse | Abu Talib ibn Abd al-Muttalib |
| Children | (see below) |
| Parents | |
| Family | Banu Hashim |
Fatima bint Asad (555-626)[1] was the mother of Ali and the aunt of Muhammad. She and her husband Abu Talib, adopted Muhammad after he lost his mother when he was six years old. He adopted her youngest son Ali, as a thanks to her.
Her birth of Ali was seen as a miracle by both followers of Sunni Islam and Shiism.[a]
She was the second woman to become Muslim after the wife of Muhammad, Khadijah bint Khuwaylid.[2] She also gave the nickname of Haydar which means lion in Arabic to Ali.
Notes
[change | change source]- ↑ For a Sunni source see Shah Wali ullah Muhadis Dehalvi, Izala Tul Khulafa, trans. Ishtiaq Ahmed, Vol. 4 (Karachi: Qadeemi Kutubkhana), pp. 405–6; also see Ibn al-Sabbagh al-Maliki, al-Fusul al-Muhimmah fi Ma'rifat al-A'immah, Ch. 1, p. 13; famous Arab historian and geographer al-Masudi also verifies this in his highly acclaimed book, Muroojudh-Dhahab was Madain al-Jawahar (The Meadows of Gold and Mines of Gems), Vol. 2, p. 76.
References
[change | change source]- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 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.