Hazrat Sayyedah Khadijah — Page 33
33 33 conveying His message to the whole of mankind, the people of Makkah, apart from a few, turned against him. Abu Lahb and his wife Umm-e-Jameel opposed him tooth and nail. They did not want their sons to marry the daughters of the Holy Prophet saw. The people of Makkah also approached Abu Lahb and his wife and demanded that ‘Utbah and ‘Utaibah should leave their fiancées. The engagements were thus broken. The Holy Prophet saw and his wife Hazrat Khadijah ra then looked for some other matches for their daughters. Hazrat ‘Uthmaan ra was a young man at that time. The Holy Prophet, may peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, gave her daughter Ruqayyah ra in marriage to him. They lived hap- pily but in 2 AH, Hazrat Ruqayyah ra died. A year after her death, the Holy Prophet saw gave his third daughter Umm-e-Kulsoom ra , in marriage to Hazrat ‘Uthmaan ra. She too died in 9 AH when she was only twenty- eight years old. Faatimah ra Faatimah ra was the youngest of the daughters of the Holy Prophet saw. She was only fifteen when her mother Hazrat Khadijah ra died. About three years after the migration from Makkah to Madinah the Holy Prophet saw gave her hand to Hazrat ‘Ali ra in marriage. The Holy Prophet saw performed the nikah cere- mony and the haq mahr was fixed at four hundred dirhams. Hazrat ‘Ali ra and Hazrat Faatimah ra had five children. Three of them were boys, Hasan ra , Husain ra and Mohsin ra and two were daughters, Zainab ra and Umme Kulsoom ra. Mohsin ra died when he was quite young.