Wives of the Prophet (s): Difference between revisions

Of the Prophet’s wives, only Khadija (a) and Mariya al-Qibtiyya gave birth to children.<ref>Haykal, ''Ḥayāt-i Muḥammad(a)'', p. 205.</ref> Mariya gave birth to [[Ibrahim Son of the Prophet (s)|Ibrahim]].<ref>Haykal, ''Ḥayāt-i Muḥammad(a)'', p. 205.</ref> According to the majority view, Khadija (a) gave birth to four daughters: [[Fatima (a)]], [[Zaynab daughter of the Prophet (s)|Zaynab]], [[Umm Kulthum Daughter of Prophet Muhammad (s)|Umm Kulthum]], and [[Ruqayya Daughter of the Prophet (s)|Ruqayya]], and two sons: [['Abd Allah son of the Prophet (s) |ʿAbd Allah]] and [[Al-Qasim Son of the Prophet (s)|al-Qasim]].<ref>Miqrīzī, ''Imtāʿ al-asmāʾ'', vol. 5, p. 334.</ref> Some Shia scholars believe that Zaynab, Umm Kulthum, and Ruqayya were not the daughters of Khadija (a) and the Prophet (s). Indeed, they were Khadija’s sister daughters who were raised in their house.<ref>ʿĀmilī, ''al-Ṣaḥīḥ min sīrat al-nabīyy al-aʿẓam'', vol. 2, p. 212.</ref>