Asad ibn Hashim

Asad ibn Hāshim (Arabic: 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.

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

[2] 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.