Do You Know? : The Final Messenger's Children

 All except Ibraheem were born to Khadeejah.

1. Al-Qaasim: Born in Makkah before Islaam. Died at the age of two after being able to walk. The first of the children to die

2. Zaynab: Born in Makkah before Islaam. She married Abul-`Aas ibn ar-Rabee` ibn `Abd-Shams  (her cousin: son of her mother’s sister Haalah)  – in the lifetime of her mother,  after Prophethood. She accepted Islaam and performed the Hijrah to al-Madeenah, six years  before her husband. He accepted Islaam and joined her in Muharram 7H. She gave birth  to a daughter Umaamah (who married `Alee after the death of Faatimah) and a son  `Alee ibn Abil-`Aas (who it is said to have died as a child). She died in the beginning of  8H.

3. Ruqayyah: Born in Makkah before Islaam. She married `Utbah ibn Abee Lahab, but after the revelation of Sooratul-Lahab he separated from her on the orders of his father, doing so before having relations with her. She accepted Islaam along with her mother and sisters,  and married `Uthmaan ibn `Affaan, and performed the two Hijrahs to Abysinnia with him. She gave birth to `Uthmaan’s son `Abdullaah [who died at the age of six]. Then  she performed the Hijrah to al-Madeenah after `Uthmaan. She became ill before Badr,  and died in Ramadaan, 2H.

4. Umm Kulthoom: Born in Makkah before Islaam. It is said that she married `Utaybah ibn Abee Lahab, who separated from her on the orders of his father, before having relations with her. She  accepted Islaam and performed the Hijrah to al-Madeenah. After the death of Ruqayyah  she married `Uthmaan in Rabee’ul-Awwal, 3H. She did not give birth to any children  and died in Sha`baan, 9H.

5. Faatimah: Born in Makkah shortly before Prophethood. She married `Alee ibn Abi Talib after Badr in 2H. She gave birth to al-Hasan, al-Husayn, al-Muhassin, Umm Kulthoom and Zaynab. She died in 11H, six months after her father.                    

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6. Abdullah: Born in Makkah after Islaam, and died as a baby. The second of the children to die.

7. Ibraheem: His mother was Maariayh al-Qibtiyyah. He was born in al-Madeenah in Dhul-Hijjah,  8H and died at the age of 17 or 18 months in 10H.

Taken from:

 ‘Siyar A`laamin-Nubalaa.’ of adh-Dhahabee & ‘as-Seeratun-Nabawiyyah’ of Ibn Katheer

Compiled by Aboo Talhah Daawood ibn Ronald Burbank]

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