Fatima (daughter of Muhammad)

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Fatima, c.616-33, was the only daughter of the Prophet Muhammad, the wife of Ali, and in Muslim tradition, the ancestor of the Fatimid caliphs and of the imams of the Shiite branch of Islam. She is revered by all Muslims and is the subject of many legends; the Shiites often show her a devotion equivalent to that accorded the Virgin Mary in Christianity.

Fatima

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Fatima (606?-632?), daughter of Muhammad by his first wife, Khadija, and the only child of Muhammad to bear offspring. She married the caliph Ali, Muhammad's cousin, and from Ali and Fatima are supposedly descended the Fatimids, a medieval caliphate of northern Africa.

Also, see:
Islam, Muhammad
Koran, Qur'an
Pillars of Faith
Abraham
Allah
Ishmael, Ismail
Early Islamic History Outline
Hegira
Kaaba, Black Stone
Ramadan
Sunnites, Sunni
Shiites, Shia
Mecca
Medina
Hadith
Sahih, al-Bukhari
Sufism
Wahhabism
Abu Bakr
Abbasids
Ayyubids
Umayyads
Fatimids
Ismailis
Mamelukes
Saladin
Seljuks
Aisha
Ali
Lilith
Islamic Calendar

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