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==Marriage and Emigration==
==Marriage and Emigration==
Ruqayya bt. Khadija married 'Utba b. Abi Lahab, but when [[Sura al-Masad]] was revealed, 'Utba divorced her by the order of his father, Abu Lahab.<ref>Balādhurī, ''Ansāb al-ashrāf'', vol. 1, p. 401.</ref> After that she married [['Uthman b. 'Affan]] and emigrated with him to [[Abyssinia]]. When the Prophet (s) immigrated from [[Mecca]] to [[Medina]], she emigrated from Abyssinia to Medina.<ref>Ibn ʿAbd al-Barr, ''al-Istīʿāb'', vol. 3, p. 1308, vol. 4, 1139-1140; Kaḥḥāla, ''Aʿlām al-nisāʾ'', vol. 1, p. 457; vol. 1, p. 457; Ibn Saʿd, ''al-Ṭabaqāt al-kubrā'', vol. 8, p. 35. </ref>
 Historical sources cast doubt on she and 'Uthman b. 'Affan having two chidren named 'Abd Allah and 'Amr who died in childhood.  
Ruqayya bt. Khadija married 'Utba b. Abi Lahab, but when [[Sura al-Masad]] was revealed, 'Utba divorced her by the order of his father, Abu Lahab.<ref>Balādhurī, ''Ansāb al-ashrāf'', vol. 1, p. 401.</ref> After that she married [['Uthman b. 'Affan]] and emigrated with him to [[Abyssinia]]. When the Prophet (s) immigrated from [[Mecca]] to [[Medina]], she emigrated from Abyssinia to Medina.<ref>Ibn ʿAbd al-Barr, ''al-Istīʿāb'', vol. 3, p. 1308, vol. 4, 1139-1140; Kaḥḥāla, ''Aʿlām al-nisāʾ'', vol. 1, p. 457; vol. 1, p. 457; Ibn Saʿd, ''al-Ṭabaqāt al-kubrā'', vol. 8, p. 35. </ref>
 Historical sources cast doubt on she and 'Uthman b. 'Affan having two chidren named 'Abd Allah and 'Amr who died in childhood.<ref>Ibn Saʿd, al-Ṭabaqāt al-kubrā, vol. 8, p. 35; Ibn ʿAbd al-Barr, ''al-Istīʿāb'', vol. 4, p. 1840; vol. 3, p. 1037.</ref>


When [[Khadija]] converted to [[Islam]], Ruqayya also embraced Islam and pledged allegiance to the Prophet (s).
When [[Khadija]] converted to [[Islam]], Ruqayya also embraced Islam and pledged allegiance to the Prophet (s).<ref>Kaḥḥāla, ''Aʿlām al-nisāʾ'', vol. 1, p. 457.</ref>


==Demise==
==Demise==
When the Prophet (s) was on his way to the [[Battle of Badr]], Ruqayya got typhoid and the Prophet (s) order 'Uthman to stay with her. Ruqayya passed away in [[Ramadan 17]], [[2]]/[[March 16]], 624 (on the day of Muslim's victory in the [[Battle of Badr]]).
When the Prophet (s) was on his way to the [[Battle of Badr]], Ruqayya got typhoid and the Prophet (s) order 'Uthman to stay with her.<ref>Ibn ʿAbd al-Barr, ''al-Istīʿāb'', vol. 3, p. 1308.</ref> Ruqayya passed away in [[Ramadan 17]], [[2]]/[[March 16]], 624 (on the day of Muslim's victory in the [[Battle of Badr]]).<ref>Ibn ʿAbd al-Barr, ''al-Istīʿāb'', vol. 3, p. 1038.</ref>


[[Shi'a source]]s, however, reported a different cause for her death: 'Uthman beat her severely accusing her of revealing the hiding place of [[Mughayrat b. Abi l-'As]] to the Prophet (s).
[[Shi'a source]]s,<ref>Kulaynī, ''al-Kāfī'', vol. 3, p. 236.</ref> however, reported a different cause for her death: 'Uthman beat her severely accusing her of revealing the hiding place of [[Mughayrat b. Abi l-'As]] to the Prophet (s).<ref>Majlisī, ''Biḥār al-anwār'', vol. 22, p. 167.</ref>


There are some reports that some women including [[Fatima (a)]] came to her grave and wept. The [[second caliph]] prevented them from crying at her grave by threatening them with a whip. The Prophet (s) rebuked him and stopped him from doing this action.
There are some reports that some women including [[Fatima (a)]] came to her grave and wept. The [[second caliph]] prevented them from crying at her grave by threatening them with a whip The Prophet (s) rebuked him and stopped him from doing this action..<ref>Kaḥḥāla, ''Aʿlām al-nisāʾ'', vol. 4, p. 458. </ref>


In her burial, the Prophet (s) prevented 'Uthman from entering her grave by saying "Whoever had intercourse last night will not enter the grave."
In her burial, the Prophet (s) prevented 'Uthman from entering her grave by saying "Whoever had intercourse last night will not enter the grave."<ref>Amīn, ''Aʿyān al-Shīʿa'', vol. 3, p. 487.</ref>


Her name is mentioned in a supplication of the month of Ramadan: "O, Allah send your peace upon Ruqayya the daughter of your Messenger …"
Her name is mentioned in a supplication of the month of Ramadan: "O, Allah send your peace upon Ruqayya the daughter of your Messenger …"<ref>Shaykh al-Ṭūsī, ''Tahdhīb al-aḥkām'', vol. 3, p. 120.</ref>


===Tomb===
===Tomb===
[[File:بقعه های بقیع.jpg|thumbnail|The shrines of the daughters of the Prophet (left) near the shrine of the four imams (a) (right) in [[al-Baqi' cemetery]].]]
[[File:بقعه های بقیع.jpg|thumbnail|The shrines of the daughters of the Prophet (left) near the shrine of the four imams (a) (right) in [[al-Baqi' cemetery]].]]


The building on the graves of the Prophet's daughters: [[Ruqayya]], [[Umm Kulthum]], and [[Zaynab]], was located on north of the Shi'a Imams's graves and on the southwest of the Prophet's wives's graves. However, historical sources reported that she was buried near the grave of [['Uthman b. Maz'un]] due to the Prophet's (s) order. In the past, there was a brass burial chamber on their (the Prophet's daughters) graves. The building was destroyed by [[Wahhabis]].
The building on the graves of the Prophet's daughters: [[Ruqayya]], [[Umm Kulthum]], and [[Zaynab]], was located on north of the Shi'a Imams's graves and on the southwest of the Prophet's wives's graves. However, historical sources reported that she was buried near the grave of [['Uthman b. Maz'un]] due to the Prophet's (s) order. In the past, there was a brass burial chamber on their (the Prophet's daughters) graves.<ref>Jaʿfarīyān, ''Panjāh safarnāmih Ḥajj Qājārī'', vol. 5, p. 241.</ref> The building was destroyed by [[Wahhabis]].


==View point of Shi'a and Sunni==
==View point of Shi'a and Sunni==
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* Ruqayya was the daughter of Khadija not the Prophet's. Because Khadija had married to other men before her marriage to the Prophet (s).
* Ruqayya was the daughter of Khadija not the Prophet's. Because Khadija had married to other men before her marriage to the Prophet (s).
* Ruqayya was the daughter of Khadija and the Prophet (s).
* Ruqayya was the daughter of Khadija and the Prophet (s).
==Notes==
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==References==
==References==
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