The Three Daughters of Hazrat Faatimah (Radhiyallahu Anha)
Hazrat Sayyidah Faatimah (Radhiyallahu anha) had three daughters.
The first was Ruqayyah (Radhiyallahu Ta’ala anha). She passed away during infancy, and hence some historians have not mentioned her.
The second daughter was Umme Kulthum (Radhiyallahu Ta’ala anha). Her first marriage was to Hazrat Ameerul Mu-mineen Umar Bin Khattaab (Radhiyallahu anhu), and they had one son, Hazrat Zaid, and one daughter, Hazrat Ruqayyah.
After the demise of Hazrat Umar (Radhiyallahu anhu) she married Hazrat Aun Bin Ja’far (Radhiyallahu anhu). They did not have any children.
When he passed away, she married his brother Hazrat Muhammad Bin Ja’far (Radhiyallahu anhu). They had one daughter who passed away in childhood.
After the death of Hazrat Muhammad Bin Ja’far, she married his brother Hazrat Abdullah Bin Ja’far. They did not have any children and Hazrat Umme Kulthum passed away in this marriage. On the same day that she passed away, her son Hazrat Zaid who was born from Hazrat Umar (Radhiyallahu anhu), also passed away.
The third daughter of Hazrat Sayyidah Faatimah (Radhiyallahu anha) was Hazrat Zainab (Radhiyallahu anha). She married Hazrat Abdullah Bin Ja’far (Radhiyallahu anhu). They had two sons, Abdullah and Aun. After she passed away, Hazrat Abdullah Bin Ja’far married her sister, Hazrat Umme Kulthum (Radhiyallahu anha).
These children (three boys and three girls) were the children of Hazrat Ali from Hazrat Faatimah. Besides them, Hazrat Ali (Radhiyallahu anhu) had children from other wives whom he married afterwards. Historians have written that the total number of the children of Hazrat Ali was 32. Sixteen were boys and sixteen were girls.
Hazrat Hasan (Radhiyallahu anhu) had 15 sons and 5 daughters, and Hazrat Husain (Radhiyallahu anhu) had 6 sons and 3 daughters.
May Allah Ta’ala be pleased with all of them, may He keep all of them happy, and may He make us followers of their way.
Allah Ta’ala knows best, and His knowledge is the most complete and most decisive.
(Rasulullah Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam Kee Saahbzaadiya)