Friday, July 12, 2024
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]
Are There Only 99 Names of Allaah?
Al-Asmaa ul-Husnaa or the 99 Names of Allaah as it is popularly known, is something Muslims the world over is familiar with.
But did you know that there is something about the Names of Allaah that most Muslims aren't aware of?
Nowhere in the Noble Quran nor in the Sunnah of the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم does it explicitly say the number is limited to 99 nor did the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم give us an explicit list of 99 Names.
In this hadith the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم tells us that Allaah has ninety-nine Names which are given a promise, that whoever preserves them correctly and acts upon them will enter Paradise. This does not mean that Allaah azza wa jal does not have Names apart from these.
To put it simply, it's like when someone says: “I have twelve dresses to give to charity,” which does not mean that the speaker has only these twelve dresses, rather these twelve are prepared for this purpose.
The list of 99 Names that are widely popular was actually compiled from the ijtihad of scholars. The scholars, from the early times right until this day, have striven to look through the Book of Allaah and the authentic Sunnah to extract these ninety-nine Names.
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