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[['Ali b. Husayn al-Mas'udi|al-Mas'udi]] is the first historian who has reported about the mother of [[Imam al-Mahdi (a)]]. According to his report, Imam al-Mahdi's (a) mother was a slave woman named Narjis (a). [[Al-Shaykh al-Tusi]] narrated a [[hadith]] which says that her name was Rayhana but it follows that she was also called Narjis (a), Sayqal and Susan. | [['Ali b. Husayn al-Mas'udi|al-Mas'udi]] is the first historian who has reported about the mother of [[Imam al-Mahdi (a)]]. According to his report, Imam al-Mahdi's (a) mother was a slave woman named Narjis (a). [[Al-Shaykh al-Tusi]] narrated a [[hadith]] which says that her name was Rayhana but it follows that she was also called Narjis (a),<ref>Ṣadūq, ''Kamāl al-dīn'', vol. 2, p. 432; Khuṣaybī, ''al-Hidāya al-kubrā'', p. 248; Ṭūsī, ''al-Ghayba'', p. 213.</ref> Sayqal<ref>Ṣadūq, ''Kamāl al-dīn'', vol. 2, p. 432; Ṭūsī, ''al-Ghayba'', p. 272; Ibn Ḥazm, ''Jumhurat ansāb al-ʿarab'', p. 61; Dhahabī, ''Siyar aʿlām al-nubalāʾ'', vol. 13, p. 121.</ref> and Susan.<ref>Ṣadūq, ''Kamāl al-dīn'', vol. 2, p. 432; Dhahabī, ''Siyar aʿlām al-nubalāʾ'', vol. 13, p. 121; Ibn Abī al-Thalaj, ''Tārīkh al-aʾimma'', p. 26.</ref> | ||
[[Al-Shahid al-Thani]] has reported from an unknown source that she was Maryam bt. Zayd al-'Alawiyya. | [[Al-Shahid al-Thani]] has reported from an unknown source that she was Maryam bt. Zayd al-'Alawiyya.<ref>Majlisī, ''Biḥār al-anwār'', vol. 51, p. 28.</ref> | ||
In the narration of [[Hakima]], which is the most famous and reliable narration about the birth of Imam al-Mahdi (a), she was called Narjis (a). | In the narration of [[Hakima]], which is the most famous<ref>Salīmīyān, ''Darsnāma-ye mahdawīyyat'', p. 182.</ref> and reliable narration about the birth of Imam al-Mahdi (a), she was called Narjis (a).<ref>Majlisī, ''Biḥār al-anwār'', vol. 51, p. 2.</ref> | ||
It is possible that her original name was Narjis (a) and the other name except for Sayqal was given to her by her lady, Hakima, the daughter of [[Imam al-Jawad (a)]]. People of that time called their servants by various names for optimism. Narjis (a), Rayhana and Susan are all flower names(daffodil, basil and lily). | It is possible that her original name was Narjis (a) and the other name except for Sayqal was given to her by her lady, Hakima, the daughter of [[Imam al-Jawad (a)]]. People of that time called their servants by various names for optimism.<ref>Ṣadr, ''Mawsūʿa al-Imām al-Mahdī'', vol. 1, p. 242.</ref> Narjis (a), Rayhana and Susan are all flower names (daffodil, basil and lily). | ||
==Her Nationality== | ==Her Nationality== | ||