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232 232 232 232 232 B ASICS OF R ELIGIOUS E DUCATION - F IFTH E DITION Four sons — Qasim, Tahir, Tayyab and Ibraheem. Four Daughters — Hadrat Zainab, Hadrat Ruqayyah, Hadrat Ummi- Kalthoom and Hadrat Fatimah (May God be pleased with them all). Hadrat Fatimah ra was married to Hadrat Ali ra and gave birth to two sons Hadrat Hasan and Husain ra. All those who claim today to be the descendants of the Holy Prophet sa have descended from Hadrat Fatimah ra and her sons. A widow of age fifty, married in 620 A. D. and died in 22 A. H. Daughter of Hadrat Abu Bakr ra , married in 622 A. D. , at a very young age and died in 57 A. H. She was very dear to the Prophet sa for her exceptional intelligence, physical cleanliness and spiritual piety. A large and vital part of Ahadith (traditions) were narrated by Hadrat `Aa’ishah ra. Daughter of Hadhrat `Umar ra , married in 624 A. D. after her former husband died. She had the honour to safely keep the standard text of the Holy Qur’an, in the sequence specified by the Holy Prophet sa. She died in 45 A. H. Twice widowed, her second husband was martyred in the Battle of Uhud. Due to her bereavement, several Muslims offered to marry her but she declined them all. However, when the Holy Prophet sa proposed to her, she accepted the honour in 625 A. D. , but died at the age of thirty, within two or three months after her marriage. A widow with four children, married in 626 A. D. , and died in 63 A. H. at the age of eighty-four. She was the longest surviving wife of the Holy Prophet. She was the daughter of a tribal chief, Harith. She became a widow and was captured when her tribe fought against the Muslims in the year 5 A. H. . She married the Prophet in 626 A. D. at the age of twenty, and died in 50 A. H at the age of sixty-five. Children of the Holy Prophet sa 2. Hadhrat Saudah ra 3. Hadhrat `Aa’ishah ra 4. Hadrat Hafsah ra 5. Hadrat Zainab Bint Khuzaimah ra 6. Hadrat `Ummi Salmah ra 7. Hadrat Juwairiah ra H H H H H OL OL OL OL OLY Y Y Y Y P P P P P ROPHET ROPHET ROPHET ROPHET ROPHET SA SA SA SA SA AND AND AND AND AND S S S S S UCCESSORS UCCESSORS UCCESSORS UCCESSORS UCCESSORS — L — L — L — L — L IFE IFE IFE IFE IFE OF OF OF OF OF H H H H H O L O L O L O L O LY Y Y Y Y P P P P P ROPHET ROPHET ROPHET ROPHET ROPHET SA SA SA SA SA 6. 1 6. 1 6. 1 6. 1 6. 1