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Aṣ-ṣaḥābah (Arabic: اَلصَّحَابَةُ, "The Companions") were the Muslim companions of the Islamic prophet Muhammad who had seen or met him, believed in him at the time when he was alive and they also died as Muslims.
Witness Syed Sharifuddin Pirzada stated in court that Jinnah converted to Sunni Islam in 1901 when his sisters married Sunnis. In 1970, Liaquat Ali Khan and Fatima Jinnah's joint affidavit that Jinnah was Shia was rejected. But in 1976 the court rejected Walji's claim that Jinnah was Sunni; effectively implying that he was a Shia.
Alternatively, some Shia and Sunni authors write that Sakina later married Mus'ab ibn al-Zubayr, the Zubayrid governor of Iraq, who was killed in 691 by the Umayyad caliph Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan (r. 685–705). [2] [20] The couple had a daughter, named Fatima, who died in childhood. [2] These authors include the Shia jurist Ibn Shahrashub (d.
The main branches are the Hasanids and Husaynids, named after Hasan and Husayn, the eldest sons of Ali from his marriage to Fatima, the daughter of Muhammad. As the progeny of Muhammad, they are revered by all Muslims. The Alids have led various movements in Islam, and a line of twelve Alids are the imams in Twelver Shia, the largest Shia branch.
Makkah, Hijaz [10]: 33 61 28 Cousin and son-in-law of Muhammad. According to Twelver Shia belief he was the only person to have been born in the Ka'bah, the holiest site in Islam, and the first male to openly accept Islam.
A major crisis arose among the Shia after the death of Ja’far al-Sadiq, who had five sons. Abd Allah al-Aftah and Isma'il al-Mubarak were the eldest sons by his first wife Fatima, a granddaughter of Hasan Ibn Ali. Al-Mubarak was probably the second son of al-Sadiq. The exact date and circumstances of al-Mubarak's death also remain obscure.
Khadija's mother, Fatima bint Za'idah, who died in 575, [3] was a member of the Amir ibn Luayy clan of the Quraysh [4] and a third cousin of Muhammad's mother, Amina. [ 5 ] [ 6 ] Khadija's father, Khuwaylid ibn Asad , was a merchant [ 7 ] and leader.
Shi‘a Islam, also known as Shi‘ite Islam or Shia, is the second largest branch of Islam after Sunni Islam. Shias adhere to the teachings of Muhammad and the religious guidance of his family (who are referred to as the Ahl al-Bayt ) or his descendants known as Shia Imams .