Fatimah bint Muhammad, commonly known as Fatimah al-Zahra, was born to the Islamic prophet Muhammad and Khadijah. Sunni Muslims hold that Fatimah was the youngest of their daughters, whereas Shia Muslims maintain that Fatimah was the only daughter of the couple. Fatimah's husband was Ali, the fourth of the Rashidun Caliphs and the first Shia …

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Ali ibn Husayn Zayn al-Abidin, also known as al-Sajjad or simply Zayn al-Abidin, was the fourth Imam in Shiʻi Islam after his father Husayn ibn Ali, his uncle Hasan ibn Ali, and his grandfather, Ali. He is considered a respected scholar among Sunnis and hadiths reported by him are recorded in all six major Sunni …

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Fatimah bint Muhammad, commonly known as Fatimah al-Zahra, was born to the Islamic prophet Muhammad and Khadijah. Sunni Muslims hold that Fatimah was the youngest of their daughters, whereas Shia Muslims maintain that Fatimah was the only daughter of the couple. Fatimah's husband was Ali, the fourth of the Rashidun Caliphs and the first Shia …

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Fāṭimah bint Ḥuzam al-Kulābīyah al-Alawiyyah, better known as ʾUmm al-Banīn, was a wife of Ali ibn Abi Talib. She was from the tribe of Banu Kilab Kalbasi, Khasaes al-Abbasiah,, P. 63 a branch of Qais Ailan tribes.
Umm al-Banin married Ali ibn Abi Talib after the death of his first wife Fatimah, daughter of the …

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Fatimah bint Muhammad, commonly known as Fatimah al-Zahra, was born to the Islamic prophet Muhammad and Khadijah. Sunni Muslims hold that Fatimah was the youngest of their daughters, whereas Shia Muslims maintain that Fatimah was the only daughter of the couple. Fatimah's husband was Ali, the fourth of the Rashidun Caliphs and the first Shia …

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