Khadija bint Ali

Khadija bint Ali, Peace Be Upon Her, belonged to the wider household of Imam Ali ibn Abi Talib. In Kitab al-Irshad, Shaykh al-Mufid names Khadija among a group of Imam Ali's daughters born to different mothers. The passage does not identify her mother separately, so the mother's name must remain unknown rather than being supplied from later assumptions. This early listing is the strongest basis for her identity in this profile.

Very little independent information survives about her childhood, education, residence, or personal public activity. No securely dated birth notice is preserved, and the available early genealogical records do not provide a reliable chronology for her life. She must also be distinguished from later women called Khadija bint Ali, especially descendants of Ali ibn al-Husayn, whose marriages and children belong to different generations.

Ibn Habib's al-Muhabbar records that Abd al-Rahman ibn Aqil was married to Khadija bint Ali. Ibn Abi al-Dunya preserves the same marriage and adds that she bore Sa'id and Aqil. A later genealogical work, Lubab al-Ansab, also connects her with Abd al-Rahman ibn Aqil but names Hamida among the children. The disagreement over the children's list is retained rather than harmonized, while the marriage itself is strongly supported.

Sources further report that after Abd al-Rahman ibn Aqil, Khadija married Abu al-Sanabil Abd al-Rahman ibn Abd Allah ibn Amir ibn Kurayz. Ibn Abi al-Dunya preserves his full name and lineage, while Ibn Hazm independently confirms the marriage within the genealogy of Banu Abd Shams.

Later devotional accounts sometimes connect Khadija with Karbala, captivity, death in Kufa, or burial at an attributed shrine. The early genealogical evidence used here does not securely establish those events or a specific grave. Her responsible historical profile therefore rests on the verified daughtership and marriages, acknowledges disagreement over children, and leaves birth, death, Karbala participation, and burial unresolved.