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Ruqayya bint ʿAlī () was a daughter of the first Imam, Ali ibn Abi Talib. She is considered an
Ruqayya bint ʿAlī () was a daughter of the first Imam, Ali ibn Abi Talib. She is considered an Alid
The Alids are those who claim descent from Ali ibn Abi Talib (; 600–661 CE), the fourth Rashidun caliph () and the first imam in Shia Islam. Ali was also the cousin and son-in-law of the Islamic prophet Muhammad. The main branches are the ...
saint, 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 (, 15 May 647 10 October 680 CE), also known by the kunya Abu al-Fadl (), was a son of Ali ibn Abi Talib, the fourth Rashid caliph in Sunni Islam and the first Imam in Shia Islam. His mother was Fatima bint ...
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, Eastern Orthodoxy or Oriental Orthodoxy is regarded as the heavenly advocate of a nation, place, craft, activity, class, clan, fa ...
. Her shrine in Cairo is still used as an oratory where vows and intercessionary prayers to her are offered.Egypt is known to claim many people are buried there, but the Iranian religious authorities confirmed the correct place of burial is in Lahore, Pakistan. Mashhad al-Sayyida Ruqayya, ArchNet.org, Accessed 10 June 2013
There is also a shrine in Lahore
Lahore ( ; ; ) is the capital and largest city of the Administrative units of Pakistan, Pakistani province of Punjab, Pakistan, Punjab. It is the List of cities in Pakistan by population, second-largest city in Pakistan, after Karachi, and ...
(Pakistan) called Bibi Pak Daman (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 () was a relative of the Islamic prophet Muhammad. Muslim was the son of Aqil ibn Abi Talib and a cousin of Husayn ibn Ali, the third Shia Imam, who dispatched him to Kufa in Iraq to ascertain their support upon the ...
* Muhammad ibn Muslim and Ibrahim ibn Muslim
* Sayyida Nafisa bint al-Hasan
* Sayyida Ruqayya bint al-Husayn
* Sayyida Zaynab bint Ali
Zaynab bint Ali (, ), was the eldest daughter of Fatima and Ali, Ali ibn Abi Talib. The former was a daughter of the Prophets and messengers in Islam, Islamic prophet Muhammad, and the latter was his cousin. Ali is also recognized as the fourth ...
References
{{reflist Arab women Children of Ali 7th-century Arab people Daughters of caliphs