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

Rida Ustadi believes that the oldest source which mentioned the dates of birth and demise of Lady Ma'suma (a) is ''Nur al-afaq'' (published in 1334/1915)<ref>Ustādī, ''Āshnāʾī bā ʿAbd al-ʿAzīm wa maṣādir sharḥ-i ḥāl-i ū'', p. 297.</ref> written by Jawad Shah 'Abd al-'Azimi (d. 1355/1916).<ref>Ustādī, ''Āshnāʾī bā ʿAbd al-ʿAzīm wa maṣādir sharḥ-i ḥāl-i ū'', p. 301.</ref> Ustadi referred to different parts of this book and concluded that many of its claims including the dates of birth and demise it mentions for Lady Ma'suma (a) are forged and other books have cited them from this book.<ref>Ustādī, ''Āshnāʾī bā ʿAbd al-ʿAzīm wa maṣādir sharḥ-i ḥāl-i ū'', p. 301.</ref> Some years after publication of Ustadi's article, Rasul Ja'fariyan complained about mentioning these dates of birth and demise in calendars and published a summary of Ustadi's researches. Also, Sayyid Diya' Murtadawi emphasized on the same point in an article titled as "the dates of birth and demise of Lady Fatima al-Ma'suma (a), a report on a baseless documentation". In this report, he explained fruitless efforts for finding the dates of birth and demise of Lady Ma'suma (a) and introduced the sources Jawad Shah 'Abd al-'Azimi referred to as fake and unreliable.

Her titles include, Tahira (the pure one), Hamida (the praised one), Birra (the righteous one), Rashida (the mature one), Taqiyya (the pious one), Naqiyya (the pure one), Radiyya (the contented one), Mardiyyah (the one with whom God is pleased), Sayyida, Siddiqa (the truthful one), and Ukht al-Rida (the sister of al-Rida). She is also widely known as Karimat Ahl al-Bayt (a).

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.<ref>Qummī, ''Tārīkh-i Qom'', p. 213.</ref>

In another narration [[Imam al-Sadiq (a)]] is quoted as saying: "There will pass away in Qom a lady of my descendants known as Fatima , by whose [[intercession]] our [[Shi'a|Shi'as]] will enter the heaven<ref>Namāzī Shāhrūdī, ''Mustadrak safīnat al-biḥār'', p.596</ref>.

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