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Fatima bint Muhammad (Arabic: فَاطِمَة بِنْت مُحَمَّد, romanized: Fāṭima bint Muḥammad; 605/15–632 CE), commonly known as Fatima al-Zahra' (Arabic: فَاطِمَة ٱلزَّهْرَاء, romanized: Fāṭima al-Zahrāʾ), was the daughter of the Islamic prophet Muhammad and his wife Khadija. [1]
Daughters of Muhammad all reached adulthood but only Fatima outlived her father. Citing, among others, the advanced age of Khadija, some Twelver Shia sources contend that Fatima was the only biological daughter of Muhammad, as she is known to have enjoyed a close relationship with Muhammad, unlike Ruqayya, Umm Kulthum, and Zaynab.
Fatima married Muhammad's cousin Ali in 1 or 2 AH (623-5 CE), [9] [10] possibly after the Battle of Badr. [11] There is evidence in Sunni and Shia sources that some of the companions, including Abu Bakr and Umar, had earlier asked for Fatima's hand in marriage but were turned down by Muhammad, [12] [10] [13] who said he was waiting for the moment fixed by destiny. [14]
Laith, an Iraqi child in the middle of a war-torn country at the hands of ISIS, after losing his mother, finds himself a new home with an elderly woman who tells him the story of Fatima, the daughter of Muhammad, from the Shia perspective, explaining how she was the first victim of terrorism.
Ali Shariati introduces Fatima as a revolutionary Muslim woman in his famous lecture and subsequent book Fatima is Fatima (1971). He presents Fatima, the daughter of Prophet Muhammad, as an independent historical figure embodying resistance, social justice, and revolutionary action.
Fatima (605/15-632 CE) was daughter of the Islamic prophet Muhammad and wife to his cousin Ali, the fourth of the Rashidun caliphs and the first Shia Imam. [1] Fatima has been compared to Mary, mother of Jesus, especially in Shia Islam. [2] [3] Muhammad is said to have regarded her as the best of women [4] [5] and the dearest person to him. [6]
'mistress of the women of the worlds') is a title of Fatima (d. 632), daughter of the Islamic prophet Muhammad. She is recognized by this title and by Sayyidat Nisa' al-Janna (lit. ' mistress of the women of paradise ') in Shia and Sunni collections of hadith, including the canonical Sunni Sahih al-Bukhari and Sahih Muslim. [1]
Fatima was the daughter of Khattab ibn Nufayl and her mother was Hantamah bint Hisham. Her husband [2]: 296 : 301 His father was murdered in 605., [3]: 103 [2] Sa'id became a Muslim not later than 614. [3]: 116 [2]: 299 [4] [5] Her husband Sa'id has been described as a tall, hairy, dark-skinned man. [2] Fatima was also an early convert.