Fatima bint Ali Zayn al-Abidin

Fatima bint Imam Ali Zayn al-Abidin, Peace Be Upon Her, belonged to the Husayni line descended from Imam Husayn, Peace Be Upon Him. In Kitab al-Irshad, Shaykh al-Mufid counts her among the fifteen children of Imam Ali Zayn al-Abidin. The same list states that Fatima, Aliyya, and Umm Kulthum shared an unnamed umm walad as their mother. Because her personal name is not preserved, the protected mother relationship fields correctly remain blank.

Al-Shajara al-Mubaraka lists Fatima, Peace Be Upon Her, as the fourth named daughter of Imam Zayn al-Abidin. Both audited editions and Ibn Hazm's Jamharat Ansab al-Arab state that she married Dawud ibn Ali ibn Abd Allah ibn al-Abbas after her sister Umm al-Hasan and bore him one daughter. The documented genealogy now contains this exact Dawud under a confirmed identity, so the marriage is recorded as Confirmed on the strength of converging genealogical evidence.

A later transmission preserved in Ibn al-Jazari's Asna al-Matalib places Fatima bint Ali ibn al-Husayn, Peace Be Upon Her, in a chain narrating from her paternal aunts Fatima bint al-Husayn and Sukayna bint al-Husayn, Peace Be Upon Them. The chain is a noteworthy example of memory transmitted through women of Ahl al-Bayt. It is not, however, sufficient by itself to reconstruct a broad teaching career, an independent written corpus, or a firm critical ranking for her as a transmitter.

Her family position also represents a marriage link between the Husayni and Abbasid Hashimite branches. Strong available material does not connect her securely to a political movement, a direct role at Karbala, an official position, or an independent public career. The profile therefore remains limited to her established lineage, the attributed marriage, the report of one daughter, and the later transmitted hadith chain.

Reliable sources do not preserve her exact birth date or place, age, date and circumstances of death, or burial location. No strong early evidence was found for a specific grave, shrine, or map location. Her burial is therefore recorded as unknown, and all shrine and GPS fields remain blank exactly as supplied.