Fatima al-Ma'suma (a): Difference between revisions

The author of the book ''The History of Qom'', writes: in the year 200/815 the Abbasid caliph, [[Ma'mun]], summoned [[Imam al-Rida (a)]] from [[Medina]] to [[Merv]], for he wanted to appoint the Imam as his successor. Fatima al-Ma'suma (a) left Medina in 201/816 in order to join her brother. It has been reported that she prepared herself for the long journey after she received a letter from her brother in that regard. Al-Ma'suma (a) headed for [[Iran]] in a caravan of her relatives. Upon their arrival to [[Saveh]], a city near [[Qom]], they had a bloody confrontation with the enemies of [[Ahl al-Bayt (a)]] which resulted in the martyrdom of all her brothers and nephews. When she saw the bloody scene she became ill. Thereafter, she ordered her servant to take her to the city of Qom.

Another historical account states that when the news of her illness reached [[Banu Sa'd]], they decided to go to her and request her to come to Qom. [[Musa b. Khazraj]], a companion to Imam al-Rida (a), was the first to do so. He went to the caravan and invited her to his house. In some later history books, the date of her arrival to Qom is recorded as [[Rabi' I 23]]/[[October 23]], 816. Fatima al-Ma'suma settled in this house for 17 days, spending her time in worshiping and praying. Today, the sanctuary where she prayed in the house of Musa b. Khazraj in Qom is a famous site known as [[Sittiyyah]] or Bayt al-Nur (the house of light).