The lesson
- The daughter of the Messenger of God and Sayyida Khadija bint Khuwaylid; the wife of Imam Ali; the mother of Imam al-Hasan, Imam al-Husayn, Sayyida Zaynab and Umm Kulthum, and of al-Muhsin, whom she lost before his birth. One of the People of the Cloak and, in Shia belief, one of the Fourteen Infallibles.
- Born in Mecca, in the house of Sayyida Khadija near the Mas'a, on 20 Jumada al-Thani in the fifth year after the Mission began (615 CE), as the Shia sources record (al-Kafi; Manaqib Ibn Shahrashub; I'lam al-Wara). Al-Shaykh al-Mufid and al-Kaf'ami give the second year of the Mission.
- As a child in Mecca she saw the polytheists' cruelty to her father, lived three years under the siege of Banu Hashim in Shi'b Abi Talib, and lost her mother Sayyida Khadija and her father's uncle and protector Abu Talib. After her father's hijra she migrated to Medina with Imam Ali and other women of the family.
Questions
Who is the mother of Sayyida Fatima al-Zahra?
According to Shia sources such as al-Kafi, on what date was Sayyida Fatima al-Zahra born?
What hardship did Sayyida Fatima al-Zahra endure as a child in Mecca?
Questions are written by AI from the lesson’s facts, and each answer was checked against its fact.