413 A.H) writes that Imam al-Kāđim (A) had 37 children (whom he has named)...

413 A.H) writes that Imam al-Kāđim (A) had 37 children (whom he has named), 19 sons and 18 daughters; and that two of these daughters were named Fatima – Fatima al-Kubrā and Fatima al-Sughrā.[^9] Sibt ibn Jawzī, the famous 8th century scholar of the Ahl al-Sunnah, narrates that four daughters of Imam al-Kāđim (A) were named Fatima: Fatima al-Kubrā, Fatima al-Wustā, Fatima al-Sughrā and Fatima al-Ukhrā.[^10] Fatima al-Kubrā is the very same Lady Fatima Masuma (A) buried in Qum.

It is narrated that Fatima al-Wustā is buried in Isfahān and her Haram is called Sittī Fatima (near Chāhār Sūq Shīrāzī-hā). Fatima al-Sughrā is well known as “Bībī Heybat”. She is buried in Azerbaijan,[^11] where the beautiful dome and gardens at her shrine were destroyed during the era of Communist Russia. Fatima al-Ukhrā , who is also known as Fatima Tāhira, is buried in Rasht, Iran.

^12 The contemporary researcher, `Allāmah Shaykh Muhammad Taqī Tustarī writes: Amongst all the children of Imam al-Kāđim (A), other than Imam Ali al-Ridā (A) there was no one equal in status to Lady Fatima Masuma (A).[^13] In 173 A.H, Hārūn al-Rashīd became the Caliph. Six years later, on the 20th Shawwāl 179 A.H, he ordered Imam al-Kađim (A) to be arrested in Madina. At the time of his arrest, Imam (A) was in the state of prayers in the Prophet’s (S) mosque.

After his arrest, he was brought to Iraq, where he was imprisoned in the dungeons of Baghdad. This is where the Imam (A) spent the rest of his life. Hārūn had the Imam (A) poisoned, and he died in the prison of Baghdad on the 24th or the 25th of Rajab in the year 183 A.H.

He is buried in the “Maqābir Quraysh” which is now known as Kāđimayn, because the 9th Imam – Imam Muhammad al-Taqī (A) is also buried there.[^14] From the dates above, we can conclude that the Imam (A) was in prison for four years.

However, some historians have quoted that his time in prison was seven years, and Ibn Jawzī has mentioned that it was eleven years.[^15] 1.5 - Her mother The mother of Lady Fatima Masuma (A) was also the mother of the 8th Imam – Imam Ali al-Ridā (A) and she had no children other than these two. She was known by several names, the most well known of them was Najmah Khātūn .[^16] Lady Najmah was a slave from North Africa and was bought by Lady Hamīdah, the mother of Imam al-Kāđim (A).

After she came into the house of the (A), she reached a high level of intellectual and spiritual excellence, with lessons and teachings from Lady Hamīdah.