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

BACK⇒ Return to Table of contents   Words of Wisdom   Undoubtedly a person such as Sayyidah Fatimah bint Hussain rahimaha Llah, who drank from the sweet fountain of Prophetic eloquence; one would find her speech brimming with wisdom, eloquence, and acumen. When the words of Sayyidah Fatimah bint Hussain rahimaha Llah are analysed deeply, one would see the unmistakeable impression of Sayyidina Hussain ibn ‘Ali radiya Llahu ‘anhu. These […]

BACK⇒ Return to Table of contents   Statements of the scholars   Ibn Hibban has included her biography in his al Thiqat, wherein he said: Fatimah bint Hussain ibn ‘Ali ibn Abi Talib: She narrated from Asma’ bint ‘Umays. Musa al Juhani has narrated from her. She passed away when she was close to the age of 90.[1]   Ibn al Kathir al Dimashqi said about her while discussing one […]

BACK⇒ Return to Table of contents   Narrations of Fatimah bint Hussain Sayyidah Fatimah bint Hussain radiya Llahu ‘anha has narrated a number of ahadith which have been reported by many scholars and Muhaddithin, even though many of her narrations are Mursal[1] especially what she narrated from the esteemed Sahabi Sayyidina Bilal ibn Rabah radiya Llahu ‘anhu and from her grandmother Sayyidah Fatimah al Zahra’ radiya Llahu ‘anha, as it […]

BACK⇒ Return to Table of contents   Marriage of Fatimah bint Hussain Perhaps the real story of Sayyidah Fatimah bint Hussain’s rahimaha Llah life begins from the time of her marriage, and when she would become the centre of the home in which she was to rear such youth brimming with faith and obedience. Sayyidah Fatimah bint Hussain rahimaha Llah—as we will soon see—would become the archetype for the perfect […]

BACK⇒ Return to Table of contents   An honourable husband Her husband was Sayyidina Hassan ibn Hassan ibn ‘Ali ibn Abi Talib radiya Llahu ‘anhum, commonly known as Hassan al Muthanna. His marriage to Sayyidah Fatimah bint Hussain rahimaha Llah is the first union between the houses of Hassan and Hussain radiya Llahu ‘anhuma. The ancestry of both husband and wife being Fatimi, Hashimi and ‘Alawi. The ancestry of Fatimah […]