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Ruqayya bint ʿAlī () was a daughter of the fourth caliph Ali ibn Abi Talib (). She is considered an Alid saint (a ), her mother is Al-Sahba bint Rabi'a. She is claimed to be a full-sister of Abbas ibn Ali on a name plate (shown in the image on the right) in her ''mashhad'' (shrine) in Cairo, where she is traditionally considered to be a
Ruqayya bint ʿAlī () was a daughter of the fourth caliph Ali ibn Abi Talib (). She is considered an Alid saint (a ), her mother is Al-Sahba bint Rabi'a. She is claimed to be a full-sister of Abbas ibn Ali on a name plate (shown in the image on the right) in her ''mashhad'' (shrine) in Cairo, where she is traditionally considered to be a patron saint
A patron saint, patroness saint, patron hallow or heavenly protector is a saint who in Catholicism, Anglicanism, or Eastern Orthodoxy is regarded as the heavenly advocate of a nation, place, craft, activity, class, clan, family, or perso ...
. Her shrine in Cairo is still used as an oratory where vows and intercessionary prayers to her are offered.Mashhad al-Sayyida Ruqayya, ArchNet.org, Accessed 10 June 2013
She is believed to have died when she was a child.
There is also a shrine in Lahore
Lahore ( ; pnb, ; ur, ) is the second most populous city in Pakistan after Karachi and 26th most populous city in the world, with a population of over 13 million. It is the capital of the province of Punjab where it is the largest city. ...
(Pakistan) called Bibi Pak Daman
Bibi Pak Daman ( ur, بی بی پاکدامن ') is the mausoleum of Ruqayyah bint Ali located in Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan. Legend has it that it holds the graves of six ladies from Muhammad's household (Ahl Al-Bayt). Ruqayyah bint Ali ibn Abu Tal ...
(Urdu: بی بی پاکدامن Bībī Pāk Dāman) which locals believe to be the mausoleum of Ruqayya bint Ali.
See also
*Muslim ibn Aqil
Muslim ibn Aqil al-Hashimi ( ar, مُسْلِم ٱبْن عَقِيل ٱلْهَاشِمِيّ ') was the son of Aqil ibn Abi Talib and a member of the clan of Banu Hashim, thus, he is a cousin of Husayn ibn Ali. The people of Kufa called up ...
* Muhammad ibn Muslim and Ibrahim ibn Muslim
Muḥammad ibn Muslim ( ar, مُحَمَّد ٱبْن مُسْلِم) and Ibrāhīm ibn Muslim ( ar, إِبْرَاهِيم ٱبْن مُسْلِم) were the sons of Muslim ibn Aqil and the grandsons of Aqil ibn Abi Talib. Muslim ibn Aqil was the ...
* Sayyida Nafisa bint al-Hasan
* Sayyida Ruqayya bint al-Husayn
* Sayyida Zaynab bint Ali
Zaynab bint Ali ( ar, زَيْنَب بِنْت عَلِيّ, ', ), was the eldest daughter of Ali, the fourth Rashidun caliph () and the first Shia Imam, and Fatima, the daughter of the Islamic prophet Muhammad. Zaynab is best known for her r ...
References
{{reflist Arab women Children of Ali 7th-century Arabs