Asad ibn Hashim
Asad ibn Hāshim (
,while some of his descendants avoid using any surname.Birth
Historians are not clear about his exact date of birth, but according to the sources he was born in 485AD or 497AD in Mecca.
Religion
According to sources he was of a religion of
Quresh and his other uncles. Asad died before the birth of Muhammad
.
Brothers and sisters
- Abu Saifi bin Hashim
- Abd al-Muttalib bin Hashim
- Nazil bin Hashim
- Nadla binte Hashim
- Safia binte Hashim
- Shifa binte Hashim
- Ruqayya binte Hashim
- Khalidah binte Hashim
- Hannah binte Hashim
- Zaifah binte Hashim
- Janna binte Hashim
- Ramlah binte Hashim
- Hayyah binte Hashim
- Da'ifah binte Hashim
- Sayfah bin Hashim
- Abbas bin Hashim
- Abu Sayr bin Hashim
Descendants
- Fatimah bint Asad bin Hashim
She was the mother of Caliph Ali and his brothers. Fatimah bint Asad was very dear to Muhammad.
- Hunain bin Asad bin Hashim[1]
Hunain was a son of Asad, and he had two sons, Abdullah and Abd-ur Rahman. They both were
Sahabi and Abdullah and Abdullah's son name are mentioned in many books of Ahadith.[2]
- Adai bint Asad bin Hashim (mother of Haninai al-)
- Khalda bint Asad bin Hashim (she married her cousin Al-Arqam bin Nazil bin Hashim and had a daughter named Um al-Saaib Al-Shafaa)[3]
Death
He died before the birth of Muhammad, and was buried in Jannat al-Mu'alla previously known as Hajoon, in Mecca with his other family members.