or Fatima
born с 605, Mecca, Arabia
died 633, Medina
Daughter of Muhammad and the object of veneration in
In 622 she emigrated with her father from Mecca to Medina, where she married her cousin Alī . Their sons, Hasan and al- Husayn ibn Alī , are considered by Shīʽites to be the rightful inheritors of the tradition of Muhammad. Fāṭimah's marriage was unhappy, but she and her husband were reconciled by the Prophet, and she cared for her father in his last illness (632). She clashed with his successor, Abū Bakr , over property and died a year later. Later tradition added to the majesty of her life, and the {{link=FaTimid dynasty">Fātimid dynasty derived its name from hers.