Sayeda Fatimah al-Zahra (s.a.): The beloved daughter of the Prophet from Khadijah, Fatimah was born in Mecca on Friday, 20th Jumadath-thaniyah in the fifth year after the declaration of the prophethood (615 A.D.) She was so loved by the Prophet that he called her “a part of me.” In 2 A.H. / 624 A.D. she married ‘Ali ibn Abu Talib from whom she bore three sons, Hasan, Husayn and Muhsin (who died stillborn), and two daughters, Zaynab and Umme Kulthum. She was at the Prophets bedside at the moment of his death and struggled for her husbands succession to the caliphate. She died at the age of 18 in Medina on 14th Jummaadi al awwl 11 A.H. (633 A.D.); and is buried in the graveyard of Jannatul Baqi in Medina. It is said that when she was born the whole sky became illuminated; therefore she is called al-Zahra , the “Radiant.” She is the mother of the Shiite Imams and is considered the most holy of Muslim women.
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