Sayyidah Fatimah bint Hussain ibn ‘Ali ibn Abi Talib radiya Llahu ‘anhum

BACK⇒ Return to Table of contents   Introduction   All praise belongs to Allah, we laud Him, seek His assistance, and His forgiveness. We seek Allah’s protection from the evil of our inner selves and our misdeeds. Whoever Allah guides can never be misled and whoever Allah has decreed misguidance for can never be guided. I bear witness that there is none worthy of worship besides Allah and I bear […]

BACK⇒ Return to Table of contents   Sayyidah Fatimah bint Hussain Name and lineage She is Fatimah bint Hussain ibn ‘Ali ibn Abi Talib ibn ‘Abdul Muttalib ibn Hashim ibn ‘Abd Manaf. She was named after her paternal grandmother, Fatimah al Zahra’ radiya Llahu ‘anha, blessed daughter of the Prophet salla Llahu ‘alayhi wa sallam. She is the daughter of Sayyidina Hussain al Shahid radiya Llahu ‘anhu. She is also […]

BACK⇒ Return to Table of contents   A Noble House with a Noble Ancestry   It is not common to find a person blessed with an ancestry such as this.    Father Her father is Hussain ibn ‘Ali ibn Abi Talib ibn ‘Abdul Muttalib ibn Hashim—grandson of the Prophet salla Llahu ‘alayhi wa sallam. Thus she is Hussaini[1], ‘Alawi[2], and Hashimi[3].   Mother Her mother is Umm Ishaq bint Talhah […]

BACK⇒ Return to Table of contents   Birth and Demise The exact date of her birth is not recorded in the books of history and biographies. However, according to my research, I place her birth somewhere between the years 51 to 53 A.H. I reached this conclusion after studying a number of sources. Amongst that which lends support to this opinion:   Sayyidina Hassan radiya Llahu ‘anhu passed away in […]

BACK⇒ Return to Table of contents   Anecdotes relating to the character of Sayyidah Fatimah bint Hussain Her worship Ibn Sa’d has reported with his chain of narration that she would count her Tasbihs on a string that contained knots.[1] This gives us an indication of her steadfastness in worship and her ardent desire to perform Dhikr. The exact same narration was mentioned by Ibn ‘Asakir with his chain of […]