Ja'da bt. al-Ash'ath b. Qays: Difference between revisions

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There is no mention in historical books about the birth of Ja'da, but about her lineage, it is mentioned that her father [[Ash'ath b. Qays al-Kindi]] was among famous people in early decades of [[Islam]] and her mother was Umm Farwa, [[Abu Bakr]]'s sister.

[[Abu al-Faraj Isfahani]] said, "It is said that she had names including Sukayna, Sha'tha' and 'Ayisha but her correct name was Ja'da. Later, her children were called "Bani Musammat al-Azwaj", i.e. 'children of the one who poisoned her husbands.'

Al-Baladhuri believed that Ash'ath  b. Qays had a hypocrite role in this marriage. He believed that [[Imam Ali (a)]] had considered the daughter of Sa'id b. Qays named "Umm 'Imran" for the wife of his son [[al-Hasan (a)]], but Sa'id consulted his brother Ash'ath about that and Ash'ath directed him so that Sa'id gave his daughter to son of Ash'ath and the marriage of Umm 'Imran and Imam al-Hasan (a) was cancelled, then he suggested his own daughter Ja'da for the marriage with Imam al-Hasan (a).

As it can be learned from historical reports, the marriage of Imam al-Hasan (a) with Ja'da happened during the rule of Imam Ali (a) in [[Kufa]].

There is no report about Imam's (a) children whose mother would be Ja'da. [[Al-Shaykh al-Mufid]] has mentioned 8 sons and 7 daughters for Imam al-Hasan (a), none of whose mother is Ja'da.

According to [[Shia]] and [[Sunni]] reports, Ja'da was the one who killed Imam al-Hasan (a). Al-Sakhawi quoted from Ibn 'Abd al-Birr saying, "Due to her hatred toward [[Imam al-Hasan (a)]], Ja'da poisoned him.

[[Shi'a]] sources have said that [[Mu'awiya]] made plot and promised Ja'da with financial helps and marriage with his son, [[Yazid]], and encouraged her to poison Imam al-Hasan (a).

Some reports say that Mu'wiya gave the poison for poisoning Imam (a) to Ja'da by himself.

[[Qutb al-Din al-Rawandi]] has narrated a report suggesting that after drinking the poisoned drink, Imam (a) cursed Ja'da.

[[Al-Kulayni]] has narrated a [[hadith]], in which [[Imam al-Sadiq (a)]] says, "Ash'ath b. Qays is an accomplice in the murder of [[Imam Ali (a)]], his daughter, Ja'da poisoned al-Hasan b. Ali (a) and his son, Muhammad, was an accomplice in the martyrdom of [[al-Husayn b. Ali (a)]].

Abu al-Faraj wrote, "[[Mu'awiya]] fulfilled his financial promise and sent a hundred thousand [[Dirham]]s for Ja'da, but did not accept that she marries [[Yazid]]. About this, Mu'awiya said, 'I am afraid you do to my son what you did in poisoning the son of [[the Prophet (s)]].'"

About Ja'da's destiny after Imam al-Hasan (a), it has been mentioned in the history that she married two times after Imam al-Hasan (a). First, she married Ya'qub b. Talha b. 'Ubayd Allah from whom she bore three sons named Isma'il, Ishaq, and Abu Bakr and Isma'il, Ishaq died while their father was alive. After Ya'qub b. Talha was killed in the [[Event of Harra]] in [[63]]/682, she married al-'Abbas b. 'Abd Allah b. al-'Abbas, the eldest son of [[Ibn 'Abbas]] and bore a son for him named Muhammad and a daughter named Qariba, no descendants remained of them.