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Ruqayya bint ʿAlī () was a daughter of the fourth caliph
Ruqayya bint ʿAlī () was a daughter of the fourth caliph Ali ibn Abi Talib
ʿAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib ( ar, عَلِيّ بْن أَبِي طَالِب; 600 – 661 CE) was the last of four Rightly Guided Caliphs to rule Islam (r. 656 – 661) immediately after the death of Muhammad, and he was the first Shia Imam. ...
(). She is considered an Alid
The Alids are those who claim descent from the '' rāshidūn'' caliph and Imam ʿAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib (656–661)—cousin, son-in-law, and companion of the Islamic prophet Muhammad—through all his wives. The main branches are the (inclu ...
saint (a ), her mother is Al-Sahba bint Rabi'a. She is claimed to be a full-sister of Abbas ibn Ali
Al-Abbas ibn Ali ibn Abi Talib ( ar, ٱلْعَبَّاس ٱبْن عَلِيّ ٱبْن أَبِي طَالِب, al-ʿAbbās ibn ʿAlīy ibn ʾAbī Ṭālib), also known as Abu al-Fadl ( ar, أَبُو ٱلْفَضْل, link=no) (15 May 647 - ...
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 List of cities in Pakistan by population, most populous city in Pakistan after Karachi and 26th List of largest cities, most populous city in the world, with a population of over 13 million. It is th ...
(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 upon ...
* 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 Caliphate, Rashidun caliph () and the first Imamate in Shia doctrine, Shia Imam, and Fatima, the daughter of the Muhammad, Is ...
References
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