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[[Ma'mun]] the [[Abbasid]] caliph was the father of Umm al-Fadl. He was ruling in the time of [[Imam al-Rida (a)]]. In [[202]]/817-8. Ma'mun requested [[Imam al-Jawad (a)]] to be married to Umm al-Fadl, which was accepted by Imam al-Rida (a). It is said Imam al-Jawad (a) travelled to [[Khorasan]] to visit his father, and Ma'mun asked him to marry his daughter. However [[al-Mas'udi]] stated Imam al-Jawad (a) married Umm al-Fadl when he was in [[Iraq]]; it took place after the martyrdom of Imam al-Rida (a).

According to [[al-Shaykh al-Mufid]], Ma'mun was greatly fond of knowledge, manners and morality of Imam al-Jawad (a) and he asked him to marry his daughter. Imam al-Rida (a) specified the dowry of the marriage the same as [[Lady Fatima]]'s (s). Several supporters of Ma'mun disapproved this marriage as they were afraid caliphate would be handed from Abbasid to [[Alavi]]s. Imam al-Jawad (a) did not have any children from Umm al-Fadl.