فاطمة بنت سعد الأزدية

فاطمة بنت سعد الأزدية

Mother of Qusayy ibn Kilab: Fatima bint Sa'd b. Sayl of the Azd Shanu'a, her mother a Khuza'i — one of the Yamani Fawatim in the Prophet ﷺ's reported words 'I am the son of the Fatimas and the Atikas' 1.

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Pre-Islamic Arabia
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  • Family of the Prophet

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Fatima bint Sa'd ibn Sayl, of the Hadhara of the Azd Shanu'a, the mother of Qusayy ibn Kilab. Her mother was Huyayy bint Hulayl ibn Habshiyya al-Khuza'iyya. She is thus, among the grandmothers of the Prophet, one of the Yemeni line. 2

It is reported from the Prophet that he said: "I am the son of the Fawatim and the Atawik", and she is one of the Fawatim. 2

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Child of
Qusayy ibn Kilab

People and things also explored

Abd Manaf ibn Qusayy· Dar al-Nadwa· Qusayy ibn Kilab Takes Mecca· Quraysh· Qusayy ibn Kilab· Mecca· Jāhilī Marriage Forms· The social condition of the Arabs before Islam

Sources

  1. Ansab al-Ashraf of al-Baladhuri, p. 533
  2. Ansab al-Ashraf of al-Baladhuri, p.533
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islam.museum contributors. “فاطمة بنت سعد الأزدية”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/fatima-bint-sad-al-azdiyya/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-17.

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Abd Manaf ibn Qusayy

Son of Qusayy who had already risen to leadership in his father’s lifetime; after his death his sons contested the offices with the sons of Abd al-Dar, and the siqaya and rifada fell to his line — inherited by Hashim, then al-Muttalib, then Abd al-Muttalib.