Ibrahim ibn Muhammad

إبراهيم بن محمد

c. 27 January 632 CE · c. 28 Shawwal 10 AH

Medina

The Prophet's son by Maria the Copt; he died an infant in Medina in Shawwal 10 AH (January 632 CE).

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Roles
prophetic-family
Counted among
Sunni
Era
The Prophetic Era
Region
Arabia
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Life in time

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Pre-Islamic Arabia · The Prophetic Era · The Rashidun Caliphate · The Umayyad Period Contemporaries: al-Abbas ibn Abd al-Muttalib · Abdullah ibn Abbas · Abdullah ibn Mas'ud · Abdullah ibn Salam · Abu Bakr al-Siddiq

In space

Medina

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Family, marriage and kinship

Place in the story

    Sunni (transmitted)

    Roles are dated and sourced; the museum describes the act and attributes the judgement.

    Summary

    The Prophet's son by Maria the Copt. He died young in Medina on 28 or 29 Shawwal, 10 AH, corresponding to 27 January 632 CE 1.

    His account

    Al-Muqawqis gave Maria the Copt to the Prophet ﷺ as a gift, and she bore him his son Ibrahim 1. Ibrahim died young in Medina while his father was still alive, on 28 or 29 Shawwal, 10 AH, corresponding to 27 January 632 CE 1. When he died, the Prophet said: "The eye weeps and the heart grieves, and we say only what pleases our Lord. Indeed, Ibrahim, we are saddened by you" 2.

    For young visitors

    The last of the Prophet's children was named Ibrahim. He died as an infant in Medina, and his father grieved for him deeply.

    In the chapter on the marriage to Khadija (al-Raheeq al-Makhtum p.61)

    Al-Raheeq al-Makhtum, in the chapter on the Prophet's marriage to Khadija, mentions that all of the Prophet's children by her were born to him except Ibrahim 3 4.

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    Sibling of
    al-Qasim ibn Muhammad
    Child of
    Muhammad· Maria al-Qibtiyya
    Died in
    Medina

    People and things also explored

    Muhammad· Maria al-Qibtiyya· Medina· Death of Ibrahim· The death of Umm Kulthum bint Muhammad· Al-Ash'ath ibn Qays comes with the delegation of Kinda· The li'an between Uwaymir al-Ajlani and his wife· The dosing of the Prophet during his illness

    Sources

    1. al-Raheeq al-Makhtum — Safi al-Rahman al-Mubarakpuri , p.475
    2. Sahih al-Bukhari
    3. al-Raheeq al-Makhtum — Safi al-Rahman al-Mubarakpuri , p.61
    4. al-Sira al-Nabawiyya — Ibn Hisham , 1/190-191
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    Muhammad

    The Prophet of Islam (c. 570–632 CE), through whom Muslims believe the Qur'an was revealed, and the founder of the first Muslim community in Medina.