Children of the Prophet

The youngest daughter of the Prophet Muhammad (Peace Be Upon Him) and Khadijah, and the only one of his children to outlive him. She married Ali ibn Abi Talib and was the mother of Hasan and Husayn, through whom the Prophet's line of descent continues.

Khadijah bint Khuwaylid (d. 619 CE) was the first wife of Prophet Muhammad (Peace Be Upon Him) and the first person to believe in his prophethood. A woman of independent wealth in the Meccan caravan trade, she reassured him after the first revelation and took him to Waraqah ibn Nawfal.

A daughter of Prophet Muhammad (Peace Be Upon Him) and Khadijah. Released from a childhood betrothal to a son of Abu Lahab, she married Uthman ibn Affan and was the only one of the Prophet's daughters to migrate to Abyssinia. She died of smallpox as news of Badr reached Medina.

Prophet Muhammad (Peace Be Upon Him) had seven children according to the majority of early sources: three sons, al-Qasim, Abdullah and Ibrahim, who all died in childhood, and four daughters, Zaynab, Ruqayyah, Umm Kulthum and Fatimah. Only Fatimah survived him.

A daughter of Prophet Muhammad (Peace Be Upon Him) and Khadijah. With Fatimah she cared for their parents through the boycott of Banu Hashim. After Ruqayyah's death she married Uthman ibn Affan, the source of his epithet Dhu al-Nurayn, and died at Medina in Sha'ban 9 AH.

The eldest daughter of Prophet Muhammad (Peace Be Upon Him) and Khadijah. Her husband Abu al-As refused Qurayshi pressure to divorce her, and she stayed in Mecca after her sisters migrated. Her mother's necklace ransomed him after Badr; she reached Medina only after being attacked on the road.