On 21 April 1926 (Wednesday, 8 Shawwal 1344 A.H.), the mausoleums in al-Baqi were destroyed by king Ibn Saud. In the same year, he also demolished the tombs of holy persons at Mualla Cemetery in Mecca where Muhammad's first wife Khadijah, his grandfather and other ancestors are buried. This happened despite protests by the international Islamic community.
Kin of Muhammad
- Halimah the foster-mother and wet nurse of Muhammad.
- All of the wives of Muhammad, except Khadijah bint Khuwaylid, who is buried in Jannatul Mualla in Mecca
- Fatima, the daughter of Muhammad] is purportedly buried there, though the location of her grave is disputed.
- Fatima bint al-Asad, aunt of Muhammad and mother of Caliph and Imam Ali.
- ‘Abbas ibn ‘Abd al-Muttalib, uncle of Muhammad.
- Umm ul-Banin, who married Caliph Ali after the death of Fatimah and Safiyyah, Atika aunts of Muhammad.
- Imam Hasan ibn Ali, grandson of Muhammad, son of Fatimah and Imam Ali.
- Imam Zayn al-Abidin, grandson of Fatima Zahra who is the only adult male that survived the Battle of Karbala because he was sick and could not fight. He was the fourth Shia Imam.
- Imam Muhammad al-Baqir, son of ‘Alī ibn Ḥusayn, the fifth Imam according to Shia
- Imam Ja’far as-Sadiq, son of Muhammad al-Baqir, the sixth Imam according to Shia.
- Abdullah son of Jaffar e Tayyar, who was husband of Zainab, daughter of Ali and nephew of Ali and father of Aun and Muhammad (martyrs of Karbala).
- Aqeel ibn Abi Talib; the elder brother of Ali.
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