Ruqayyah is viewed as the daughter of Muhammad and Khadijah bint Khuwaylid by some Sunnis and some Shia but some Shia and non-Muslim argue she is the daughter of Khadijah's assumed previous husband (see Genealogy of Khadijas daughters). She died in 2 AH (624 CE). For other persons named Muhammad, see Muhammad (name). ... Khadijah bint Khuwaylid or Khadija al-Kubra [1] (Arabic: ‎ ) (555 or 565 [1] or 570 to 619 or 623 [1]) was the first wife of the Prophet Muhammad. ... Sunni Islam (Arabic سنّة) is the largest denomination of Islam. ... Shiʻa Islam (Arabic شيعى follower; English has traditionally used Shiite) makes up the second largest sect of believers in Islam, constituting about 30%–35% of all Muslim. ... The Islamic prophet Muhammads wife, Khadija, had six children. ...

Life

She was first married to Utbah ibn Abu Lahab and then to Uthman ibn Affan. Her son was Abd-Allah ibn Uthman, who died when he was 2 years old. Son of Abu Lahab, she married Ruqayyah, but divorced her on his fathers request. ... Leave this page if youre under 18!! - Page contains huge lies and hardly has any facts > it will surely misguide you! Uthman ibn Affan (Arabic: عثمان بن عفان) (c. ... Abd-Allah ibn Uthman was the male son of Uthman and Ruqayyah bint Muhammad. ...

She participated in the Migration to Abyssinia. In 615 CE a number of Sahaba, the Muslims who originally converted in Mecca, migrated to Ethiopia, seeking refuge from persecution. ...

Contradictory beliefs

There are contradictory beliefs about her.

• Sunnis believe she is Muhammad's daughter, while Shias believe she is Muhammad's stepdaughter, since Khadija was either younger or could not have all five children with Muhammad ^{Shia Ref.}

• She was born three years after the birth of Zainab when Muhammad was 33.(ref)

• It was only through Fatimah that the progeny of the Prophet was perpetuated. All of Muhammad's male children died in their infancy and the two children of Zaynab, named Ali and Umamah, died young. Ruqayyah's child Abdullah died prior to his second birthday. This is also a reason for the reverence of Fatimah.he died in her hands.

In the eighth year after the Hijra, Fatimah gave birth to a third child, a girl she named after her eldest sister Zaynab, who had died shortly before her birth. Fatima's daughter Zaynab was to grow up and become famous as the "Heroine of Karbala." Fatima had a fourth child, a girl, named Umm Kulthum after her sister who had died the year before after an illness. (ref)

• This was the time, before the Bithah, when her eldest sister Zaynab was married to her cousin, Abu al-Aas ibn al-Rabiah. Then followed the marriage of her two other sisters, Ruqayyah and Umm Kulthum, to the sons of Abu Lahab, a paternal uncle of the Prophet. Both Abu Lahab and his wife Umm Jamil turned out to be enemies of the Prophet from the very beginning of his public mission. (ref)

For other persons of the same name, see Fatima (name). ... Husayn Haykals Zaynab is the first modern Egyptian novel published in 1914. ... This article is about Islamic Calendar and how it was formed, for the event of hijra see Migration to Medina. ... Abu al-Aas ibn al-Rabiah was a companion of the Prophet Muhammad belonging to the Banu Abd Shams clan of the Quraish. ... Wife: Umm Jamil When the Holy Prophet invited the people to Islam, his uncle Abu Lahab and his wife Umm Jamil became hostile to him. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ...

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