Muḥammad ibn Jaʿfar (

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: محمد بن جعفر) was a

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and relative of the Islamic prophet

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. He was the son of Muhammad's cousin,

Ja'far ibn Abi Talib Jaʿfar ibn Abī Ṭālib ( ar, جعفر بن أبي طالب September 629), also known as Jaʿfar al-Ṭayyār ( ar, جعفر الطيّار, lit=Ja'far the Flyer) was a companion and cousin of the Islamic Prophet Muhammad, and an older brot ...

, and of

Asma bint Umais Asmāʾ bint ʿUmays ( ar, أَسْمَاء بِنْت عُمَيْس) was a companion of the Islamic prophet Muhammad. She is known for having married three companions of the Prophet: Ja'far ibn Abi Talib, Abu Bakr and Ali. Family She was ...

. His uncle

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particularly wished that his daughters should marry Ja'far's sons. In due course, Muhammad ibn Ja'far did marry Ali's daughter

Umm Kulthum Umm Kulthum ( ar, أم كلثوم, , also spelled ''Oum Kalthoum'' in English; born Fatima Ibrahim es-Sayyid el-Beltagi, ar, فاطمة إبراهيم السيد البلتاجي, Fāṭima ʾIbrāhīm es-Sayyid el-Beltāǧī, link=no; 31 Dece ...

, who was the widow of his brother

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.Muhammad ibn Saad. ''Kitab al-Tabaqat al-Kabir'' vol. 8. Translated by Bewley, A. (1995). ''The Women of Madina'', p. 299. London: Ta-Ha Publishers.

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*http://www.yazehra.com/fatimabint.htm *https://web.archive.org/web/20051210071431/http://www.anwary-islam.com/companion/ten-abu-ubaydah-jarrah.htm Family of Muhammad 7th-century Arabs {{islam-bio-stub

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