Ruqayya bint Ali

Ruqayya bint Ali
رُقَيَّة بِنْت عَلِيّ
Ruqayya bint Ali; رُقَيَّة بِنْت عَلِيّ
Born	Medina
Died	Unknown
Resting place	Mashhad of Sayyida Ruqayya, Cairo or Bibi Pak Daman, Lahore
Spouse	Muslim ibn Aqil
Children	Muhammad ibn Muslim and Ibrahim ibn Muslim; Abd Allah ibn Muslim;
Parents	Ali (father); Al-Sahba bint Rabi'a (mother);

Ruqayya bint ʿAlī (Arabic: رُقَيَّة بِنْت عَلِيّ) was a daughter of the fourth caliph Ali ibn Abi Talib (r. 656–661). She is considered an Alid saint, her mother is Al-Sahba bint Rabi'a.^[1] She is claimed to be a full-sister of Abbas ibn Ali on a name plate (shown in the image on the right) in her mashhad (shrine) in Cairo, where she is traditionally considered to be a patron saint. Her shrine in Cairo is still used as an oratory where vows and intercessionary prayers to her are offered.^[2]

There is also a shrine in Lahore (Pakistan) called Bibi Pak Daman (Urdu: بی بی پاکدامن Bībī Pāk Dāman) which locals believe to be the mausoleum of Ruqayya bint Ali.^[3]

^ Ibn Saʿd, al-Ṭabaqāt al-kubrā, vol. 3 p. 14; Ibn al-Jawzī, al-Muntaẓam, vol. 4 p. 109; Ṭabarī, Tārīkh al-umam wa l-mulūk, vol. 4 p. 359; Maḥallātī, Rayāḥīn al-sharī'a, vol. 4, p. 255-256; Ibn Kathīr, al-Bidāya wa l-nihāya, vol. 6, p. 352.
^ Mashhad al-Sayyida Ruqayya, ArchNet.org, "Sayyida Ruqayya Mashhad". Archived from the original on 2008-05-07. Retrieved 2013-06-05. Accessed 10 June 2013
^ Zaidi, Noor (2014). ""A Blessing on Our People": Bibi Pak Daman, Sacred Geography, and the Construction of the Nationalized Sacred". The Muslim World. 104 (3): 306–335. doi:10.1111/muwo.12057.

[1] Ibn Saʿd, al-Ṭabaqāt al-kubrā, vol. 3 p. 14; Ibn al-Jawzī, al-Muntaẓam, vol. 4 p. 109; Ṭabarī, Tārīkh al-umam wa l-mulūk, vol. 4 p. 359; Maḥallātī, Rayāḥīn al-sharī'a, vol. 4, p. 255-256; Ibn Kathīr, al-Bidāya wa l-nihāya, vol. 6, p. 352.

[Mashhad2013-2] Mashhad al-Sayyida Ruqayya, ArchNet.org, "Sayyida Ruqayya Mashhad". Archived from the original on 2008-05-07. Retrieved 2013-06-05. Accessed 10 June 2013

[3] Zaidi, Noor (2014). ""A Blessing on Our People": Bibi Pak Daman, Sacred Geography, and the Construction of the Nationalized Sacred". The Muslim World. 104 (3): 306–335. doi:10.1111/muwo.12057.

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