Daughters Of Mohammad (Peace Be Upon Him)
There are four daughters of Mohammad (Peace Be Upon Him).
- Zainab Bint Mohammad
- Ruqayyah Bint Mohammad
- Umm Kulthum Bint Mohammad
- Fatimah Bint Muhammad
Zainab Bint Mohammad
Zainab Bint Mohammad (Arabic:زینب بنت محمد) was the eldest daughter of the Prophet Mohammad (Peace Be Upon Him) and was born in the fifth year of his first marriage, when Mohammad (Peace Be Upon Him) was thirty.
She embraced Islam and married to her cousin Abu Al-Aas Ibn Al-Rabiah. She was wounded by the Qureysh during her emigration to Madinah. She suffered long from that wound, and at last died of in the beginning of 8 A.H., Her husband also embraced Islam later and joined her in Madinah. She had a son Ali (Peace On Him), and a daughter Umamah (ALLAH Bless With Her). Ali died during the lifetime of the Prophet Mohammad (Peace Be Upon Him). This same Ali (ALLAH Bless With Him) was the person who sat with the Prophet Mohammad (Peace Be Upon Him) on the camels back at the time of his triumphal entry into Mecca. We read frequently in Hadith about a little girl riding on the back of the Prophet Mohammad (Peace Be Upon Him) as he prostrated in Salaat; this was Umamah, Zainab’s (ALLAH Bless With Her) daughter. Umamah lived long after the death of the Prophet Mohammad (Peace Be Upon Him). Ali Ibn Abi Talib (ALLAH Bless With Him) married her after the death of Fatima (ALLAH Bless With Her). It is a tradition that Fatima (ALLAH Bless With Her) at the time of her death had expressed a desire for this union.
She embraced Islam and married to her cousin Abu Al-Aas Ibn Al-Rabiah. She was wounded by the Qureysh during her emigration to Madinah. She suffered long from that wound, and at last died of in the beginning of 8 A.H., Her husband also embraced Islam later and joined her in Madinah. She had a son Ali (Peace On Him), and a daughter Umamah (ALLAH Bless With Her). Ali died during the lifetime of the Prophet Mohammad (Peace Be Upon Him). This same Ali (ALLAH Bless With Him) was the person who sat with the Prophet Mohammad (Peace Be Upon Him) on the camels back at the time of his triumphal entry into Mecca. We read frequently in Hadith about a little girl riding on the back of the Prophet Mohammad (Peace Be Upon Him) as he prostrated in Salaat; this was Umamah, Zainab’s (ALLAH Bless With Her) daughter. Umamah lived long after the death of the Prophet Mohammad (Peace Be Upon Him). Ali Ibn Abi Talib (ALLAH Bless With Him) married her after the death of Fatima (ALLAH Bless With Her). It is a tradition that Fatima (ALLAH Bless With Her) at the time of her death had expressed a desire for this union.
Ruqayyah Bint Mohammad
Ruqayyah Bint Mohammad (Arabic:رقیہ بنت محمد) was born three years after the birth of Zainab (ALLAH Bless With Her) when the Prophet Mohammad (Peace Be Upon Him) was 33. She was married to Utbah, son of Abu Lahab, the Prophet Mohammad's (Peace Be Upon Him) uncle, but had not yet started living with him when Sura Al-Lahab was revealed. Abu Lahab called his sons Utbah and Utaibah [To whom Umm Kulthum, another daughter of the Prophet Mohammad (Peace Be Upon Him)] was married, and said to them, “Unless you both divorce the daughters of Mohammad, I am not going to see your faces.”
They divorced their wives. Later, upon the fall of Mecca, Utbah embraced Islam. Ruqayyah (ALLAH Bless With Her) after this divorce was married to Uthman Ibn Affan (ALLAH Bless With Him). The couple emigrated to Abyssinia twice.Since the Prophet Mohammad (Peace Be Upon Him) had anounced to the Sahabah that he was expecting to recieve ALLAH's command for emigration to Madinah any time, they started shifting to Madinah even before the Prophet Mohammad (Peace Be Upon Him) Hijrat. Uthman (ALLAH Bless With Him) and Ruqayyah (ALLAH Bless With Her) had also emigrated to Madinah before the Prophet Mohammad (Peace Be Upon Him) arrived in the Madinah. At the time of Badr, Ruqayyah (ALLAH Bless With Her) was ill (She died subsequently of this illness). Uthman (ALLAH Bless With Him) was, therefore, asked by the Prophet Mohammad (Peace Be Upon Him) to stay in Madinah and look after her. The news about the victory in Badr was received in Madinah when people were returning from Ruqayyah’s (ALLAH Bless With Her) funeral. The Prophet Mohammad (Peace Be Upon Him) was, therefore, not present at her burial. A son was born to Ruqayyah (ALLAH Bless With Her) in Abyssinia. He was named Abdullah and survived his mother, but died in 4 A.H. when he was six years old.
They divorced their wives. Later, upon the fall of Mecca, Utbah embraced Islam. Ruqayyah (ALLAH Bless With Her) after this divorce was married to Uthman Ibn Affan (ALLAH Bless With Him). The couple emigrated to Abyssinia twice.Since the Prophet Mohammad (Peace Be Upon Him) had anounced to the Sahabah that he was expecting to recieve ALLAH's command for emigration to Madinah any time, they started shifting to Madinah even before the Prophet Mohammad (Peace Be Upon Him) Hijrat. Uthman (ALLAH Bless With Him) and Ruqayyah (ALLAH Bless With Her) had also emigrated to Madinah before the Prophet Mohammad (Peace Be Upon Him) arrived in the Madinah. At the time of Badr, Ruqayyah (ALLAH Bless With Her) was ill (She died subsequently of this illness). Uthman (ALLAH Bless With Him) was, therefore, asked by the Prophet Mohammad (Peace Be Upon Him) to stay in Madinah and look after her. The news about the victory in Badr was received in Madinah when people were returning from Ruqayyah’s (ALLAH Bless With Her) funeral. The Prophet Mohammad (Peace Be Upon Him) was, therefore, not present at her burial. A son was born to Ruqayyah (ALLAH Bless With Her) in Abyssinia. He was named Abdullah and survived his mother, but died in 4 A.H. when he was six years old.
Umm Kulthum Bint Mohammad
Umm Kulthum Bint Mohammad (Arabic:ام کلثوم بنت محمد) was the third daughter of the Prophet Mohammad (Peace Be Upon Him). She was married to Utaibah son of Abu Lahab, but had not yet started living with him when Utaibah divorced her after the revelation of Sura Al-Lahab, as has already been mentioned. After divorcing her, Utaibah came to the Prophet Mohammad (Peace Be Upon Him) and used most insolent words to him. The Prophet Mohammad (Peace Be Upon Him) cursed him by praying, “O, ALLAH! depute one of Thy dogs to punish him."
Abu Talib, who had also not embraced Islam, was alarmed at the curse and said to Utaibah: “You have no way out now." Once Utaibah was accompanying Abu Lahab in a caravan going to Syria. Abu Lahab, in spite of his disbelief, said to the people: “I am afraid of Mohammad's curse. Everybody should be very careful of my son."
They happened to camp at a place which was inhabited by lions. The people piled up all their luggage and Utaibah was made to sleep on top of the pile, while the rest of the people slept around the pile. A lion came at night; it smelt all the people sleeping round the pile. Then it jumped over the people and reached Utaibah. He gave out a shriek, but meanwhile the lion had severed his head from his body.
After the death of Ruqayyah (ALLAH Bless With Her), Umm Kulthum Bint Mohammad (ALLAH Bless With Her) was also married to Uthman (ALLAH Bless With Him) in Rabi-ul-Awwal, 3 A.H.She died in Shaaban, 9 A.H. After her death, the Prophet Mohammad (Peace Be Upon Him) is reported to have remarked, “Even if I had one hundred daughters, I would have given all of them in marriage to Uthman (one after the other), if each one had died."
Abu Talib, who had also not embraced Islam, was alarmed at the curse and said to Utaibah: “You have no way out now." Once Utaibah was accompanying Abu Lahab in a caravan going to Syria. Abu Lahab, in spite of his disbelief, said to the people: “I am afraid of Mohammad's curse. Everybody should be very careful of my son."
They happened to camp at a place which was inhabited by lions. The people piled up all their luggage and Utaibah was made to sleep on top of the pile, while the rest of the people slept around the pile. A lion came at night; it smelt all the people sleeping round the pile. Then it jumped over the people and reached Utaibah. He gave out a shriek, but meanwhile the lion had severed his head from his body.
After the death of Ruqayyah (ALLAH Bless With Her), Umm Kulthum Bint Mohammad (ALLAH Bless With Her) was also married to Uthman (ALLAH Bless With Him) in Rabi-ul-Awwal, 3 A.H.She died in Shaaban, 9 A.H. After her death, the Prophet Mohammad (Peace Be Upon Him) is reported to have remarked, “Even if I had one hundred daughters, I would have given all of them in marriage to Uthman (one after the other), if each one had died."
Fatimah Bint Mohammad
Fatimah Bint Mohammad (Arabic:فاطمہ بنت محمد) was the fourth and the youngest daughter of the Prophet Mohammad (Peace Be Upon Him), and the "Head of the ladies in Paradise" was born in the 1st year of Nubuwwat, when Mohammad (Peace Be Upon Him) was 41. It is said that the name Fatimah (Safe from fire) was revealed by ALLAH. She was married to Ali (ALLAH Bless With Him) in 2 A.H., and she began to live with him seven and a half months later. She was about fifteen and Ali was 21 at the time of their union. Of all the daughters, she was the most loved by the Prophet Mohammad (Peace Be Upon Him), whenever he went out on a journey, she was the last one to part and when he returned home she was the first one to meet him.
It was about six months after the death of the Prophet Mohammad (Peace Be Upon Him) that Fatimah (ALLAH Bless With Her) fell ill. One day she said to her maid, "I want to take a bath. Arrange some water for me."
She took a bath and changed her clothes. She then desired her bed to be placed in the middle of the room. She laid herself down on the bedding, with her face towards Qiblah and her right hand under her right cheek, and said:
"I am now going to die."
The next moment she was no more. She had three sons and three daughters. Hasan, Hussain were born in the second and the third year after the marriage, respectively. Muhassan the third son, was born in 4 A.H., but died in childhood. Ruqayyah, her first daughter, died in infancy and has therefore, not been mentioned much in history. Her second daughter Umm Kulthum was first married to Umar (ALLAH Bless With Him), begetting one son Zaid and one daughter Ruqayyah. Zainab, Fatima’s third daughter, was married to Abdullah Bin Ja’far and had two sons Abdullah and Aun from him.Muslims express their love and devotion to pivotal figures in Islamic history by giving these figures titles.
It was about six months after the death of the Prophet Mohammad (Peace Be Upon Him) that Fatimah (ALLAH Bless With Her) fell ill. One day she said to her maid, "I want to take a bath. Arrange some water for me."
She took a bath and changed her clothes. She then desired her bed to be placed in the middle of the room. She laid herself down on the bedding, with her face towards Qiblah and her right hand under her right cheek, and said:
"I am now going to die."
The next moment she was no more. She had three sons and three daughters. Hasan, Hussain were born in the second and the third year after the marriage, respectively. Muhassan the third son, was born in 4 A.H., but died in childhood. Ruqayyah, her first daughter, died in infancy and has therefore, not been mentioned much in history. Her second daughter Umm Kulthum was first married to Umar (ALLAH Bless With Him), begetting one son Zaid and one daughter Ruqayyah. Zainab, Fatima’s third daughter, was married to Abdullah Bin Ja’far and had two sons Abdullah and Aun from him.Muslims express their love and devotion to pivotal figures in Islamic history by giving these figures titles.
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