Fakhitah bint Abi Talib

She was the eldest daughter of Abu Talib ibn Abd al-Muttalib and Fatima bint Asad, hence a sister of Ali and cousin of Muhammad. ==Marriage==

Before 595, the young Muhammad asked Abu Talib's permission to marry Fakhitah, but Abu Talib accepted an alternative proposal from Hubayra ibn Abi Wahb, a member of the wealthy Makhzum clan. Muhammad asked: "Uncle, why have you married her off to Hubayra and ignored me?" Abu Talib replied: "Nephew, they are our in-laws, and the noble is an equal for the noble." Hubayra, who was a poet, is described as "wise and influential". Aqla and Amr. Muhammad was a guest in Fakhitah's house one night in 621. The next morning, he told her that he had miraculously travelled to Jerusalem and then to Heaven during the night. She urged him not to tell anyone, as the Quraysh would only laugh at him, and she tried to restrain him physically. Muhammad ignored this advice. ==Conversion to Islam==

Fakhitah became a Muslim when Muhammad conquered Mecca in January 630. Later Fakhitah told Muhammad that her children had grown up and she was now ready to marry him. He told her that she was too late, since a new revelation had forbidden him to marry any first cousin who had not emigrated to Medina before the Conquest. ==Death==

Her date of death is unknown; however, she outlived her brother Ali, who was killed in 661. ==References==