Imam Muhammad b. Ali al-Jawad (a): Difference between revisions

Imam al-Jawad (a) married the daughter of [[Ma'mun al-Abbasi]], called Umm Fadal in 215/830 (or 214/831). This marriage took place following the request of Ma'mun and Imam (a) expressed his consent with this marriage after specifying the dowry similar to that of [[Fatimat al-Zahra (s)]] which was 500 Dirhams. Imam (a) did not have any children from this wife and all his children are from his other wife [[Samanat al-Maghribiyya]].

Some sources have said that during Imam al-Rida's (a) stay in [[Khorasan]], Imam al-Jawad (a) went to see him and that was when Ma'mun asked him to marry his daughter.

According to [[Ibn Kathir]], the marriage contract of Imam al-Jawad (a) and Ma'mun's daughter was made at the time of Imam al-Rida (a) but the marriage ceremony was held by the permission of Ma'mun in 215/830 in Tikrit, Iraq. According to this report, there is no conflict between the report that some have said that the marriage happened in 202/817 and that some reported in 215/830, but it is not in complete agreement with the famous story of debate between Yahya b. Aktham and Imam al-Jawad (a) in Baghdad.