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 respectful 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 surname Al-Quraishi,Al-Hashimi, Al-Asadi, Sayyid, Sharif ,while some of his descendants avoid using any surname.
Birth[edit]
Historians are not clear about his exact date of birth, but according to the sources he was born in 485AD or 497AD in Mecca.
Religion[edit]
According to 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[edit]
- Abu Saifi bin Hashim
- Abd al-Muttalib bin Hashim
- Nazil bin Hashim
- Nadla binte Hashim
- Safia binte Hashim
- Shifa binte Hashim
- Ruqayya binte Hashim
- Khalidah binte Hashim
- Hannah binte Hashim
- Zaifah binte Hashim
- Janna binte Hashim
- Ramlah binte Hashim
- Hayyah binte Hashim
- Da'ifah binte Hashim
- Sayfah bin Hashim
- Abbas bin Hashim
- Abu Sayr bin Hashim
Descendants[edit]
- Fatimah bint Asad bin Hashim
She was the mother of Caliph Ali and his brothers. Fatimah bint Asad was very dear to Muhammad.
- Hunain bin Asad bin Hashim[1]
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]
- Adai bint Asad bin Hashim (mother of Haninai al-Nehar Peḳkod ben Bustanai bar Adai, Exilarch and Gaon of Sura, Syria)
- Khalda bint Asad bin Hashim (she married her cousin Al-Arqam bin Nazil bin Hashim and had a daughter named Um al-Saaib Al-Shafaa)[3]
Death[edit]
He 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.