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==Immigration to Iran and Arrival in Qom and Demise== | ==Immigration to Iran and Arrival in Qom and Demise== | ||
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 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> | The author of the book ''The History of Qom'', writes: in the year 200/815-6 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 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> | ||
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.<ref>Qummī, ''Tārīkh-i Qom'', p. 213.</ref> [[Musa b. Khazraj]], a companion to Imam al-Rida (a), was the first to do so.<ref>Qummī, ''Tārīkh-i Qom'', p. 213.</ref> 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]], 200/[[October | 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.<ref>Qummī, ''Tārīkh-i Qom'', p. 213.</ref> [[Musa b. Khazraj]], a companion to Imam al-Rida (a), was the first to do so.<ref>Qummī, ''Tārīkh-i Qom'', p. 213.</ref> 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]], 200/[[October 31]], 815. Fatima al-Ma'suma settled in this house for seventeen 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 [[Sittiyya Seminary|Sittiyya]] or Bayt al-Nur (the house of light). | ||
===Demise=== | ===Demise=== | ||
There is no explicit mention of the exact date of her demise in early sources; however, later historical accounts state that she passed away on [[Rabi' II 10]], [[201]]/[[November 5]], [[816 CE|816]] when she was 28 years old. Some also have recorded the 12th of the same month (November 7). | There is no explicit mention of the exact date of her demise in early sources; however, later historical accounts state that she passed away on [[Rabi' II 10]], [[201]]/[[November 5]], [[816 CE|816]] when she was 28 years old. Some also have recorded the 12th of the same month (November 7). | ||
The [[Shi'a|Shi'as]] held an honorable funeral for her in which they took her body to a garden owned by Musa b. Khazraj known as Babilan (current shrine).<ref>Qummī, ''Tārīkh-i Qom'', p. 213.</ref> Some acts of wonder have been reported about her burial. Musa b. Khazraj made a straw awning over the grave which was there until 256/ | The [[Shi'a|Shi'as]] held an honorable funeral for her in which they took her body to a garden owned by Musa b. Khazraj known as Babilan (current shrine).<ref>Qummī, ''Tārīkh-i Qom'', p. 213.</ref> Some acts of wonder have been reported about her burial. Musa b. Khazraj made a straw awning over the grave which was there until 256/869-70 when [[Zaynab bt. al-Imam al-Jawad (a)|Zaynab]], the daughter of [[Imam al-Jawad (a)]], came to visit the shrine of her aunt and built the first dome over it. | ||
==Merits of Visiting The Shrine of Lady al-Ma'suma (a)== | ==Merits of Visiting The Shrine of Lady al-Ma'suma (a)== | ||