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After the [[martyrdom of Lady Fatima (a)]], Fidda served Imam Ali (a).<ref>Ḥasūn, ''Aʿlām al-nisāʾ al-muʾmināt'', p. 696.</ref> She lived for 20 years after that. She was known as a pious and righteous woman.<ref>Mughnīya, ''al-Ḥusayn wa baṭalat Karbala'', p. 287.</ref> Imam Ali (a) married her to Abu Tha'laba al-Habashi from whom she had a son. After Abu Tha'laba's death, she married Abu Malik al-Ghatfani. Her son died after this marriage.<ref>Ḥasūn, ''Aʿlām al-nisāʾ al-muʾmināt'', p. 697.</ref> Fidda had children from Abu Malik. A girl called Shuhra bt. Muska bt. Fidda who allegedly exhibited some supernatural acts was Fidda's granddaughter.<ref>Ḥāʾirī, ''Taslīmat al-majālis'', vol. 1, p. 529.</ref> According to some sources, her second husband complained against her to [['Umar b. Khattab]], but 'Umar judged in favor of Fidda.<ref>Maghribī, ''Sharḥ al-akhbār'', vol. 2, p. 328; Ibn Shahrāshūb, ''Manāqib Āl Abī Ṭālib'', vol. 3, p. 183.</ref>