Fatima (first listed) bint Hasan al-Mujtaba

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To prevent same-named children from being incorrectly merged, a source-order clarification has been added temporarily to the name; it is not a historical title.
PER-000076 Ahl al-Bayt Probable Burial place unknown Imami source baseline
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Fatima was a daughter of Imam Hasan al-Mujtaba and Umm Ishaq bint Talha. Al-Mufid's child list places her as the full sister of al-Husayn al-Athram and Talha and distinguishes her from Umm Abd Allah and another daughter named Fatima; the surviving early material does not establish her marriage, children, or further life history.
Birth

Her date and place of birth are not preserved in the reliable genealogical sources consulted.

Death

Her date, place, and cause of death are not known from the reliable sources consulted.

Burial or attributed place

Her burial place is unknown; no grave or shrine attribution is established by reliable historical evidence.

Biography and historical profile

Fatima was a daughter of Imam Hasan al-Mujtaba and Umm Ishaq bint Talha. Al-Irshad lists her with al-Husayn ibn Hasan, known as al-Athram, and Talha ibn Hasan, stating that all three had Umm Ishaq as their mother. This explicit maternal grouping is the stable basis for identifying this namesake.

The same list separately names Umm Abd Allah, another Fatima, Umm Salama, and Ruqayya as daughters born to different mothers. Some later accounts merged Umm Ishaq's daughter Fatima with Umm Abd Allah, the mother of Imam Muhammad al-Baqir, but the direct early list does not support that merger. This record is therefore maintained separately from Umm Abd Allah.

The reliable genealogical material consulted does not preserve dependable details about this Fatima's birth, education, marriage, children, death, or burial. No spouse, child, kunya, honorific, miracle narrative, or grave has consequently been assigned to her. Her secure profile is limited to being a daughter of Imam Hasan al-Mujtaba and Umm Ishaq and a sister of al-Husayn al-Athram and Talha.

Historical importance and legacy

Her historical importance lies chiefly in the accurate organization of the Hasanid family record. Her separate entry shows that the daughters of Imam Hasan included more than one Fatima as well as a distinct Umm Abd Allah, so biographies and relationships cannot safely be merged merely because names overlap.

This limited but clear case illustrates why genealogical research must preserve maternal attribution, sibling grouping, and the structure of early lists. Where early sources remain silent, retaining an explicit statement of uncertainty is more reliable than filling the gap with a later popular identification.

Family relationships

Sources

Kitab al-Irshad | al-Shaykh al-Mufid | p. 20, chapter listing the children of al-Hasan | https://ablibrary.net/book_content/2876/20 | Identifies Fatima as daughter of Umm Ishaq and full sister of al-Husayn al-Athram and Talha; separately lists Umm Abd Allah and another Fatima
Kashf al-Ghumma fi Ma'rifat al-A'imma | Ali ibn Isa al-Irbili | vol. 2, p. 199 | https://lib.eshia.ir/16052/2/199 | Preserves the same child-list structure and maternal distinction
Masalik al-Absar fi Mamalik al-Amsar | Ibn Fadl Allah al-Umari | vol. 23, p. 492 | https://shamela.ws/book/30189/7963 | Later cross-check preserving Fatima daughter of Umm Ishaq separately from Umm Abd Allah and another Fatima
Al-Muhabbar | Muhammad ibn Habib al-Baghdadi | p. 57 | https://shamela.ws/book/12205/57 | Identifies Ali ibn al-Husayn's wife as Umm Abd Allah bint al-Hasan, supporting the need not to transfer that marriage automatically to this separate Fatima record

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