al-Qasim ibn Muhammad

القاسم بن محمد

Mecca

The Prophet's eldest son by Khadija, from whom his kunya Abu al-Qasim derives; he died young in Mecca.

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prophetic-family
Counted among
Sunni
Era
The Prophetic Era
Region
Arabia
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Mecca

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Family, marriage and kinship

Place in the story

    Sunni (transmitted)

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    Summary

    Al-Qasim was the eldest of the Prophet ﷺ's sons by Khadija bint Khuwaylid, and the one by whom the Prophet was given the kunya Abu al-Qasim. He died young in Mecca, and none of the Prophet's sons by her lived 1.

    His account

    The Prophet had sons and daughters by Khadija. None of the sons lived, and the eldest was al-Qasim, by whom the Prophet was given his kunya 2. He was born in Mecca before prophethood, according to the prevailing account, and died young 3.

    For young visitors

    The Prophet's first son was named al-Qasim, and the Prophet came to be called "Abu al-Qasim" because of him. But the boy died young in Mecca.

    In the marriage to Khadija chapter (The Sealed Nectar, p.61)

    The Sealed Nectar notes, in its chapter on the marriage, that all the Prophet's children by Khadija were born to him except Ibrahim. She first bore him al-Qasim, by whom he was given his kunya, and all his sons died in childhood 4 5 6.

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    Child of
    Muhammad· Khadija bint Khuwaylid
    Died in
    Mecca
    Sibling of
    Abdullah ibn Muhammad· Ibrahim ibn Muhammad
    Mentioned in
    Muwatta 12· Muwatta 134· Muwatta 220· Muwatta 226· Muwatta 239· Muwatta 242· Muwatta 243· Muwatta 265· Muwatta 331· Muwatta 335· Muwatta 340· Muwatta 409· Muwatta 499· Muwatta 504· Muwatta 1415· Muwatta 1462· Muwatta 1492· Muwatta 1495· Muwatta 1497· Muwatta 1517· Muwatta 1518· Muwatta 1530· Muwatta 1548· Muwatta 1554· Muwatta 1577· Muwatta 1578· Muwatta 1588· Muwatta 1594· Muwatta 1610· Muwatta 1611· Muwatta 1625· Muwatta 1670· Muwatta 1687· Muwatta 1689· Muwatta 1693· Muwatta 1711· Muwatta 1734· Muwatta 1736· Muwatta 1770· Muwatta 1780· Muwatta 1819· Muwatta 1851· Muwatta 1880· Muwatta 1924· Muwatta 1937· Muwatta 636· Muwatta 649· Muwatta 2201· Muwatta 2230· Muwatta 2261· Muwatta 2414· Muwatta 655· Muwatta 673· Muwatta 678· Muwatta 715· Muwatta 2699· Muwatta 855· Muwatta 877· Muwatta 1100· Muwatta 1167· Muwatta 1174· Muwatta 1180· Muwatta 1215· Muwatta 1216· Muwatta 1229· Muwatta 1231· Muwatta 898· Muwatta 914· Muwatta 920· Muwatta 943· Muwatta 953· Muwatta 958· Muwatta 1312· Muwatta 1364

    People and things also explored

    Yahya ibn Sa'id al-Ansari· Aisha bint Abi Bakr· Malik ibn Anas· Muwatta, Book of Pilgrimage (hajj)· Abd Al Rahman Ibn Al Qasim· Muwatta, Book of Prayer· Muwatta, Book of Divorce (talaq)· Salah (the prescribed prayer)

    Sources

    1. al-Raheeq al-Makhtum — Safi al-Rahman al-Mubarakpuri , p.473
    2. al-Raheeq al-Makhtum — Safi al-Rahman al-Mubarakpuri , p.473; zad-al-maad
    3. Zad al-Ma'ad — Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya
    4. al-Raheeq al-Makhtum — Safi al-Rahman al-Mubarakpuri , p.61
    5. al-Sira al-Nabawiyya — Ibn Hisham , 1/190-191
    6. Fath al-Bari — Ibn Hajar , 7/507
    • Muruj al-Dhahab — al-Masʼudi
    • The Umayyad State: Factors of Prosperity and Consequences of Collapse — Ali Muhammad al-Sallabi (Part Two, 2005)
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