Fatimah | |
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Native name | فاطمة |
Born | 20 Jumada al-Thani 5 BH ( 27 July 604 AD) Mecca |
Died | 3 Jumada al-Thani 11 AH (28 August 632 (aged 28)) |
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. 605 or 615 – died 28 August 632) is the youngest daughter of the Islamic Nabi (Arabic: نَـبِي, Prophet) Muhammad and Khadijah, therefore, one of the members of Muhammad's Bayt (Arabic: بـيـت, 'Household'). She was a wife of ‘Ali and mother of Al-Hasan and Al-Husayn. She is the object of the veneration, 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.