Fatima
Related Category: Islam: Biographies
(făt´ĭmə, fä´tĭmə, fətē´mə), 616?–633?, daughter of
Muhammad by his first wife, Khadija. Fatima was the wife of
Ali, the mother of Hasan and Husayn, and reputedly the ancestress of the Fatimids. She is revered by all branches of the Islamic faith and is the subject of many mysteries and legends.
