Who was Fāṭima bint Muḥammad?
The Prophet's ﷺ daughter, wife of ʿAlī, mother of Ḥasan and Ḥusayn. The hadith that she is the mistress of the women of Paradise.
10 passages from 7 books in the library
Fāṭima bint Muḥammad was the Prophet's ﷺ daughter, wife of ʿAlī, and mother of Ḥasan and Ḥusayn. The cited passages place her among the greatest women of Paradise: Ibn Kathir, in The Prophets of Bani Israil, names her alongside Khadīja and Maryam. Al-Ghazali, in the Mysteries of Supplication, preserves a hadith addressed directly to her, "O Fāṭima…," reflecting the closeness and counsel between her and the Prophet ﷺ. The classical sources honour her as the daughter of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ.
Drawn from the classical sources below — in the scholars' own words.
The classical approach.
These passages are drawn from 7 books by Ibn Battuta, Imam al-Ghazali, and Ibn Kathir — part of the classical Sunni tradition that carries over a thousand years of reflection on the Qurʾān, the authentic Sunnah, and the consensus of the early community. Nothing below is a paraphrase. The words are the scholars' own, translated from the original Arabic manuscripts.
14th century · Tangier, Morocco
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"innermost heart, against my will between dust and stone. O grave of Fatima, daughter of Ibn Fatima,"
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"Prince Qutub al-Zahra, his minister, launched an assault with 20,000 Muslims, to which the Tatars could not hold their ground and were defeated."
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"He established justice and arranged the armies in Malik, leaving his minister Qutub al-Zahra there, before returning to Samarkand and Bukhara."
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"The first to come to him was Allah al-Muqt Qutub al-Zahra, the ruler of Termez, a noble and prominent commander of Hussaini lineage."
11th–12th century · Ṭūs, Khurāsān
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"authenticated it from her narration. The Hadith to Fatima, oh Fatima, what prevents"
11th–12th century · Ṭūs, Khurāsān
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"Fatima and al-Bazaar from Abu Huraira. Allah loves the rich, forbearing, and restrained, though there"
14th century · Bosra, Syria
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"of Paradise are Khadijah daughter of Khuwaylid, Fatima daughter of Muhammad, Maryam Mary daughter"
14th century · Tangier, Morocco
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"except his sisters, the elder Khadija, Maryam, and Fatima, so they appointed Khadija as Sultana."
11th–12th century · Ṭūs, Khurāsān
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"from Salman Ibn Amir Al-Dabi. The Hadith, Fatima was instructed on the seventh day of Husayn to"
11th–12th century · Ṭūs, Khurāsān
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"The people said, Fatima, the daughter of Muhammad, has a chain of fire in her hand, and he left"
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