Ruqayya bint Ali explained

Ruqayya bint Ali Arabic: رُقَيَّة بِنْت عَلِيّ
Birth Place:	Medina
Death Place:	Unknown
Resting Place:	Mashhad of Sayyida Ruqayya, Cairo or Bibi Pak Daman, Lahore
Spouse:	Muslim ibn Aqil
Children:	Muhammad ibn Muslim and Ibrahim ibn Muslim Abd Allah ibn Muslim
Parents:	Ali (father) Al-Sahba bint Rabi'a (mother)

Ruqayya bint ʿAlī was a daughter of the fourth caliph Ali ibn Abi Talib . She is considered an Alid saint, her mother is Al-Sahba bint Rabi'a.^[1] She is claimed to be a full-sister of Abbas ibn Ali on a name plate (shown in the image on the right) in her mashhad (shrine) in Cairo, where she is traditionally considered to be a patron saint. Her shrine in Cairo is still used as an oratory where vows and intercessionary prayers to her are offered.^[2]

There is also a shrine in Lahore (Pakistan) called Bibi Pak Daman (Urdu: بی بی پاکدامن Bībī Pāk Dāman) which locals believe to be the mausoleum of Ruqayya bint Ali.^[3]

See also

• Muslim ibn Aqil
• Muhammad ibn Muslim and Ibrahim ibn Muslim
• Sayyida Nafisa bint al-Hasan
• Sayyida Ruqayya bint al-Husayn
• Sayyida Zaynab bint Ali

Notes and References

1. Ibn Saʿd, al-Ṭabaqāt al-kubrā, vol. 3 p. 14; Ibn al-Jawzī, al-Muntaẓam, vol. 4 p. 109; Ṭabarī, Tārīkh al-umam wa l-mulūk, vol. 4 p. 359; Maḥallātī, Rayāḥīn al-sharī'a, vol. 4, p. 255-256; Ibn Kathīr, al-Bidāya wa l-nihāya, vol. 6, p. 352.
2. Mashhad al-Sayyida Ruqayya, ArchNet.org, Web site: Sayyida Ruqayya Mashhad. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20080507070218/http://archnet.org/library/sites/one-site.jsp?site_id=2098. 2008-05-07. 2013-06-05. Accessed 10 June 2013
3. Zaidi. Noor. 2014. "A Blessing on Our People": Bibi Pak Daman, Sacred Geography, and the Construction of the Nationalized Sacred. The Muslim World. 104. 3. 306–335. 10.1111/muwo.12057.