Fāṭima bint al-Ḥasan ibn ʿAlī (), , was a daughter of
Hasan ibn Ali
Hasan ibn Ali (; 2 April 670) was an Alids, Alid political and religious leader. The eldest son of Ali and Fatima and a grandson of the Islamic prophet Muhammad, Hasan briefly ruled as Rashidun caliphate, Rashidun caliph from January 661 unt ...
and
Umm Ishaq bint Talha. She was married to
Ali ibn Husayn Zayn al-Abidin
Ali ibn al-Husayn al-Sajjad (, – 712), also known as Zayn al-Abidin () was the great-grandson of the Islamic prophet Muhammad, and the fourth imam in Shia Islam, succeeding his father, Husayn ibn Ali, his uncle, Hasan ibn Ali, and his gr ...
(the fourth Shi'ite Imam), and became the mother of
Muhammad al-Baqir
Muhammad ibn Ali al-Baqir (; ) was a descendant of the prophets and messengers in Islam, Islamic prophet Muhammad and the fifth of the Twelve Imams, twelve Shia imams, succeeding his father, Ali al-Sajjad, and succeeded by his son, Ja'far al-Sad ...
(the fifth Twelver Imam). Her
kunya was Umm ʿAbd Allāh
and she was referred to as ''al-Ṣiddīqa'' (''"the very truthful one"'') by her husband Ali. It has also been reported that her features were such, that no one in the family of Hasan ibn Ali looked like her.
[Usul al-Kafi, vol. 1, p. 469.]
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