Asad ibn Hashim Asad ibn Hāshim (Arabic: أسد بن هاشم) was the son of Hashim ibn Abd Manaf and the brother of Abd al-Muttalib. He was the father of Fatima bint Asad, the mother of Ali and the cousin and wife of Abu Talib. Asad was a very respected person among the Qureshi Arab tribe. He was a merchant and very often helped the poor. His name means Lion (a brave one). His descendants usually use the surnames Al-Quraishi, Al-Hashimi, Al-Asadi, Sayyid, or Sharif, while some of his descendants avoid using any surname. BirthHistorians are not clear about his exact date of birth, but according to the sources he was born in 485AD or 497AD in Mecca. ReligionAccording to sources, he was a polytheistic pagan like the rest of his tribe, Quraish during the "jahhilliyaa" time of ignorance. He worshipped the Arabian goddesses Allat, Al-Uza, and Mannat. His son-in-law, Abu-Taleb, whose birth name was Abd-Munaf (slave of "Munaf" one of the idols) was the father of Ali and the Uncle of Mohammad and was known to have died a polytheist. According to other sources he was of a religion of Abraham, as most of the Arabs were of Abraham's religion, including his tribe Quresh and his other uncles. Asad died before the birth of Muhammad. Brothers and sisters
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She was the mother of Caliph Ali and his brothers. Fatimah bint Asad was very dear to Muhammad.
Hunain was a son of Asad, and he had two sons, Abdullah and Abd-ur Rahman. They both were Sahabi and Abdullah and Abdullah's son name are mentioned in many books of Ahadith.[2]
DeathHe died before the birth of Muhammad, and was buried in Jannat al-Mu'alla previously known as Hajoon, in Mecca with his other family members. References |
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