Muhammad's children


The children of Muhammad include the three sons and four daughters, born to the Islamic prophet Muhammad. All were born to Muhammad's first wife Khadija bint Khuwaylid except one son, who was born to Maria al-Qibtiyya.
His attitude and treatment towards his children, enshrined in the hadith, is viewed by Muslims as an exemplar to be imitated.
All of Muhammad's children, except Fatimah and two daughters Ruqayyah and Umm Kulthum married to Uthman bin Affan, another elder daughter of Muhammad married Abu al-As ibn al-Rabi', died in childhood and it is through Fatimah that Muhammad's lineage continued in the form of the respected Sayyid and Sharif. His sons never reached adulthood and died as infants. The early deaths of Muhammad's sons has been viewed as being detrimental to the cause of those who advocated for a hereditary-based system of succession to Muhammad.

List of children

Muhammad's children were :
There is much controversy between Sunni and Shia regarding how many daughters Muhammad had. While most Sunnis accept that he had four daughters, most Shia accept Fatimah as his only biological daughter and that 3 women were already living in the house of Khadijah before her marriage with Muhammad.