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Arabic calligraphy reading Fatimah az-Zahra
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Native name | فاطمة |
Born | c. 609 Mecca |
Died | 3 Jumada al-Thani "disputed"11 AH ( 18 August 632) (aged 29) |
Resting place | disputed |
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Spouse(s) | Ali ibn Abi Talib |
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Relatives | Ibrahim (brother) |
Fatimah bint Muhammad (/ˈfætəmə, ˈfɑːtiːˌmɑː/; Arabic: فاطمة Fāṭimah; born c. 609 (or 20 Jumada al-Thani 5 BH [ 27 July 609 AD] ?) – died 28 August 632 [disputed]) was the youngest daughter and according to Shia Muslims, the only child of the Islamic prophet Muhammad and Khadijah who lived to adulthood, and therefore part of Muhammad's household. She was a wife of Ali and mother of Hasan and Husayn. She is the object of love and respect of all Muslims, as she was the child closest to her father and supported him in his difficulties, was the supporter and loving caretaker of her own husband and children, and was the only child of Muhammad to have male children live beyond childhood, whose descendants are spread throughout the Islamic world and are known as Sayyids. The 11th century dynasty ruling Egypt at the time of the Crusades, the Fatimids, claimed descent from her.