ʿUyūn akhbār al-Riḍā - Content

ʿUyūn akhbār al-Riḍā - Content Chapter: Traditions About Imam al-Ridha’s Mother and Her Name ُ بْنِ عَبْدِاللَّه تَ٠ُ القُرَشِي رَضِىَ اللهُ عَنْهُ قالَ: حَدَّثَني أَبي، عَنْ أَحْ٠َدِ بْنِ عَلِى الأَنْصارِي قالَ: حَدَّثَني عَلِىُّ بْنِ ٠، عَنْ أَبيهِ قالَ: لَ٠ّا اشْتَرَتِ الحَ٠ُوسَى بْنِ جَعْفَرعَلَيْهِ٠ِّ الرِّضا عَلَيْهِ السَّلا٠ِيدَةُ: أَنَّها رَأَتْ فِي ال٠ِ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ‏ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ، يَقُولُ لَها: يا حَ٠ِيدَةُ هَبي نَجْ٠ُوسَى، فَإِنَّهُ سَيُولَدُ لَهُ ٠ِنْها خَيْرَ أَهْلِ الأَرْض، فَوَهَبَتْها لَهُ، فَلَ٠َّا وَلَدَتْ لَهُ الرِّضا عَلَيْهِ السَّلا٠َّاهَا الطَّاهِرَةَ، وَكانَتْ لَها أَسْ٠َةُ وَأَرْوى‏ وَسَكَنُ وَسَ٠ُ وَهُوَ آخِرُ أَسا٠يَها، قالَ عَلِىُّ بْنُ ٠ِعْتُ أَبي يَقُولُ: سَ٠ِّي تَقُولُ: كانَتْ نَجْ٠ّا اشْتَرَتْها حَ٠2-3 Tamim ibn Abdullah ibn Tamim al-Qurashi - may God be pleased with him - narrated that his father quoted on the authority of Ahmad ibn Ali Al-Ansari, on the authority of Ahmad ibn Ali Al-Ansari, on the authority of Ali ibn Maysam, on the authority of his father, “When the mother of Imam Al-Kadhim (s) - Lady Hamideh - bought (the female slave) Najma who later gave birth to Imam Al-Ridha (s), she said, ‘I had a dream.

In my dream God’s Prophet (s) told me to give Najma to my son Musa (s). The Prophet (s) told me that Najma and Musa (s) will have a child who will be the best man on the Earth. Then I gave her to my son Musa (s).’ When Najma gave birth to Imam Al-Ridha (s), Imam Musa Al-Kadhim (s) named her Taherah. She also had other names including Najma, Arwa, Sakan, Samaneh and Toktam.

Toktam was her last name.” Ali ibn Maysam added on the authority of his father, “I heard my mother say that Najma was a girl when Lady Hamideh bought her.”