Children of Muhammad

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Muhammad's children
أولاد محمد
Children
Children of Muhammad Birth–Death
Fatima
605/15–632
Abdullah611–615
Ibrahim630–632
FamilyBanu Hashim

The common view is that the

Zayd ibn Harithah. Daughters of Muhammad all reached adulthood but only Fatima survived her father. Citing, among others, the advanced age of Khadija, some Shia sources contend that Fatima was the only biological daughter of Muhammad, as she is known to have enjoyed a close relationship with Muhammad, unlike Ruqayya, Umm Kulthum, and Zaynab. That Fatima was the only biological daughter of Muhammad appears to be the mainstream view among Shia Muslims
.

Sunni view

In chronological order, most Sunni sources list the children of the Islamic prophet Muhammad as

The Sunni view is that they were all born to Muhammad's first wife Khadija bint Khuwaylid, except Ibrahim, who was born to Maria al-Qibtiyya.[2]

Shia view

It is improbable that the elderly Khadija could have given birth to so many children.

Ruqayya, Umm Kulthum, and Zainab were adopted by Muhammad after the death of their mother Hala, who was Khadija's sister,[3][4] or that the three were daughters of Khadija from an earlier marriage.[5] Before successively marrying the early Muslim Uthman ibn Affan, Ruqayya and Umm Kulthum were initially married to polytheists, something which Muhammad likely would have not permitted for his biological daughters, Shia authors argue.[5] They also cite the absence of historical evidence for a close relationship between Muhammad and Ruqayya, Zainab, or Umm Kulthum, unlike Fatima.[5] That Fatima was Muhammad's only biological daughter may indeed be the mainstream view in Shia Islam,[3] or at least in Twelver Shi'ism, the main branch of Shia Islam.[4] In particular, this belief seems to be prevalent among the Shias of South Asia.[6]

Descendants

Muhammad's sons all died in childhood,

Zayd ibn Harithah.[9][8] Some have suggested that the early deaths of his sons were detrimental to a hereditary-based system of succession to Muhammad.[8] The alternative view is that the descendants of the past prophets become the spiritual and material heirs to them in the Quran, and that the succession to the past prophets is a matter settled by divine selection in the Quran and not by the faithful.[10][11]

Muhammad's daughters reached adulthood but they all died relatively young,

Umama, whom Ali ibn Abi Talib married sometime after the death of Fatima in 632 CE.[15] Muhammad's attitude and treatment towards his children, enshrined in the hadith literature, is viewed by Muslims as an exemplar to be imitated.[16]

See also

Footnotes

  1. ^ a b c Buehler 2014.
  2. ^ a b c Ali 2008, p. 17.
  3. ^ a b Abbas 2021, p. 33.
  4. ^ a b c Fedele 2018, p. 56.
  5. ^ a b c Keaney 2021, p. 135.
  6. ^ Hyder 2006, p. 75.
  7. ^ Hughes 1885, p. 869.
  8. ^ a b c d Peterson 2001, p. 497.
  9. ^ Hazleton 2013, pp. 67, 68.
  10. ^ Madelung 1997, pp. 9, 17.
  11. ^ Jafri 1979, pp. 14–16.
  12. ^ Kazuo 2012, p. 2.
  13. ^ Madelung 1997, pp. 364.
  14. ^ Ahmed 2011, p. 50.
  15. ^ Haylamaz 2007, p. 83.
  16. ^ Yust 2006, p. 72.

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