Asad ibn Hashim

Asad ibn Hāshim (أسد بن هاشم) was the son of Hashim ibn Abd Manaf and the brother of Abd al-Muttalib. He was the father of Fatima bint Asad, the mother of Ali and the cousin and wife of Abu Talib. Asad was a very respected person among the Qureshi Arab tribe. He was a merchant and very often helped the poor. His name means Lion (a brave one). His descendants usually use the surnames Al-Quraishi, Al-Hashimi, Al-Asadi, Sayyid, or Sharif, while some of his descendants avoid using any surname.

Birth
Historians are not clear about his exact date of birth, but according to the sources he was born in 485AD or 497AD in Mecca.

Religion
According to sources he was of a religion of Abraham, as most of the Arabs were of Abraham's religion, including his tribe Quresh and his other uncles. Asad died before the birth of Muhammad.

Brothers and sisters

 * Abu Saifi bin Hashim
 * Abd al-Muttalib bin Hashim
 * Nazil bin Hashim
 * Nadla binte Hashim
 * Safia binte Hashim
 * Shifa binte Hashim
 * Ruqayya binte Hashim
 * Khalidah binte Hashim
 * Hannah binte Hashim
 * Zaifah binte Hashim
 * Janna binte Hashim
 * Ramlah binte Hashim
 * Hayyah binte Hashim
 * Da'ifah binte Hashim
 * Sayfah bin Hashim
 * Abbas bin Hashim
 * Abu Sayr bin Hashim

Descendants
She was the mother of Caliph Ali and his brothers. Fatimah bint Asad was very dear to Muhammad.
 * Fatimah bint Asad bin Hashim

Hunain was a son of Asad, and he had two sons, Abdullah and Abd-ur Rahman. They both were Sahabi and Abdullah and Abdullah's son name are mentioned in many books of Ahadith.
 * Hunain bin Asad bin Hashim


 * Adai bint Asad bin Hashim (mother of Haninai al-Nehar Peḳkod ben Bustanai bar Adai, Exilarch and Gaon of Sura, Syria)


 * Khalda bint Asad bin Hashim (she married her cousin Al-Arqam bin Nazil bin Hashim and had a daughter named Um al-Saaib Al-Shafaa)

Death
He died before the birth of Muhammad, and was buried in Jannat al-Mu'alla previously known as Hajoon, in Mecca with his other family members.