Foundation level (week 23)

The Prophet’s Family

• When Prophet Muhammad was a merchant, he worked for a great woman named Khadijah رضي الله عنها
• Prophet Muhammad was a hard and honest worker. Khadijah liked his good manners. Later, they got married.

Muhammad had four daughters.

Fatimah (فاطمة), Umu kulthom (أم كلثوم),  Rokaya (رقية) and Zaynab (زينب)

He had three sons, but they died when they were young children.

Al-Qasem (القاسم), Abdullah (عبدالله) and Ebrahim (أبراهيم)

• All of the Prophet’s children died while he was alive, except Fatimah. The Prophet was sad, but patient. Khadijah was the mother of all the Prophet’s children except Ibrahim. Ibrahim’s mother was Mariyah. رضي الله عنها 
• After Khadijah died, Prophet Muhammad felt very sad. Later, he married other great women, like Sawdah, A’ishah, and Safiyyah.
• The Prophet had two grandsons: Al-Hasan and Al-Hussain. They were the children of Fatimah and her husband, Ali ibn Abi Talib, the cousin of Prophet Muhammad.
• We should love and respect the whole family of the Prophet. They are called “Aalul-Bayt”
• The Prophet loved his grandsons, and he played with them often. Muhammad loved all children very much, and he took special care of them.