Name: Fatema-e-Kubra Title: Masooma, Alema-e-Ale Aba, Karima-e-Bayt,
Mohaddesa-e-Ale Muhammad, Tahera,Hamida, Rashida, Taqiyya, Raziyya,
Naqiyya,Marziyya, Ukhtur-Raza Father’s name: Imam Moosa-e-Kazim A.S Mother’s
name: Najma Khatoon Born: On the 1 rst Zilqaad 173 A.H Wafaat: On the 4 th
Rabi-ul-Awwal in 203 A.H Buried: In Qum (Iran)
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----------------------- Hazrat Masooma-e-Qum was born on the first of Zilqaad
,173 A.H ,in Madina-e-Munawwara. Her real name was Fatema-e-Kubra because she
was the eldest among her (4) sisters and her other sisters were also named
Fatema.Her famous title of all her titles is Masooma , because she was a very
pious lady and this title was gifted to her by her holy brother Imam Ali Raza
A.S . The value of making a pilgrimage(the ziarat) to the shrine of
Masooma-e-Qum is observed by the words of the holy Imams: 1. Imam Muhammad
Baqir A.S has
said:” Whoever performs the Ziarat of Masooma-e- Qum will be rewarded by a
place in Heaven.” 2. Imam Jafar-e-Sadiq A.S has said: “If you want to earn a
place in heaven then perform the Ziarat of Masooma-e-Qum.” 3. Imam Ali Raza
A.S has said: “Whoever attends the Ziarat of my sister is like he has
performed my Ziarat and indeed he/she will be rewarded a place in Paradise”.
There are 2 more titles of Hazrat Masooma : 1. Sayyeda and 2.
Sayyedatun-Nisail-Alameen and these last two titles of her are written in the
book:”Hazrat-e-Masooma and Shahr-e- Moqaddesa Qum” where at page 37 these two
titles are written to have been stated in the book:“Zabdatu-t-Tasaneef”.These
two titles are also found in another script of the Ziarat of Masooma-Qum.
Janabe Masooma was only 10 years old when her Holy father Imam Moosa-e-Kazim
A.S was martyred in the prison of Baghdad .Now she had only her holy brother
to look up to, this major grief
made her very weak and she carried the strength to be alive only for her
brother sake.Imam Ali Raza A.S and Masooma- e-Qum were born from the same
mother and that was why the bond between them were so strong. After the death
of their holy father now Imam Ali Raza A.S was charged the responsibilities
of Imamat but the cruel Abbaside kings like Haroon Rashid and his son were not
going to let the Imam live peacefully.After the death of Haroon Rashid his son
Mamoon Rashid came to the power. His way of ruling was completely the same as
his father’s,and Imam Ali Raza A.S was now forced to leave His whole family in
Madina for the journey to Khorasan in Iran. For almost a year Hazrat Masooma
put up with the separation of her brother but after a year of suffering this
separation she couldn’t stand it any longer and decided to leave Madina for
the reunion with her brother Imam Ali Raza A.S.Hazrat Masooma left Madina for
the journey to Marw
along with her 5 brothers : Fazl, Jaafar, Hadi, Qasim and Zaid , her
nephews and some servants was also with her. Together they went through many
difficulties that occured in their way.Very soon they reached Sawa a place
where there were many enemies of the Ahlul-Bayt and therefore the caravan of
Hazrat Masooma was attacked by these enemies at Sawa and totally 23 men
which among them were the brothers and the nephews of Hazrat Masooma were
martyred. After this tragedy Hazrat Masooma became very ill and weak . When
the leader in Qum , Moosa Ibn-e-Khazraj who was a shia and a goodhearted man,
heard about this tragedy,he immediately sent his men to bring Hazrat Masooma
to Qum. Qum was a city where the lovers of the Ahlul- Bayt were settled.When
Hazrat Masooma's caravan was directed to Qum and when she approached the
city, she observed that everyone was dressed in black and black banners were
visble everywhere.Observing this sad atmosphere
Hazrat Masooma ordered her servant lady to ask someone who could tell them
about what had happened. Janabe Masooma thought and was almost sure that
maybe a great leader of this city had died. When the caravan of Hazrat Masooma
stopped then Moosa Ibne Khazraj himself came to offer the salutation.When the
reason behind the blackdressed people and the sadness in the atmosphere was
asked , Moosa Ibne Khazraj at first stood quiet with his head bent down but
when Hazrat Masooma insisted, then Moosa Ibne Khazraj began to cry at first
and then offered his condolences at the death of her brother Imam Ali Raza
A.S. On hearing these words Hazrat Masooma slammed her head and cried so much
that she became unconscious.All the servant ladies stopped the camels and a
partition was arranged by Moosa Ibne-Khazraj so that the doctors could examine
her.In between Hazrat Masooma sometimes gained her consciousness and then
cried for her brother
lamenting:”O’ Gharibul-Watan where are you my brother ?” and then she was
unconscious again. She was so deeply hurt by this grief that after her
arrival in Qum she was only alive for 17 days.At her death the women in Qum
committed the ghusl and kafan and the grave were also digged by the women ,and
no men were allowed in this funeral. At the time of burying the body suddenly
and miraculously two veilcovered horsemen were sighted.They approached the
funeral ceremony and one of them carried the holy body of Hazrat Masooma and
handed it over to the other who had stepped inside the grave. When the funeral
prayers were conducted ,the two mysterious horsemen were disappeared.It is
reported that these veilcovered holy horsemen were Imam Ali Raza A.S and Imam
Muhammad Taqi A.S who miraculously had come to bury the body of Masooma-e-Qum.
After the burying of Hazrat Masooma , Moosa Ibne-Khazraj arranged a canvas
over the grave of
Masooma-e-Qum.Thereafter Zainab binte Imam Muhammad Taqi A.S arranged a tomb
of the grave.In 413 A.H this tomb was painted.In 529 A.H a new tomb was
made.In 592 A.H the holy tomb was rebuilt . In 1203 A.H the area around the
holy shrine of Hazrat Masooma was renewed.In 1218 A.H the holy tomb was
rebuilt and gold-plated with 12.000 golden bars.And in 1275 A.H the holy
grave was surrounded with a silvery Zari. Hazrat Masooma was buried in the
holy city of Qum and every year this holy shrine is visited by millions and
millions of her lovers all around the world.May Allah give all the shia
muslims the oppurtunity to make a pilgrimage to Iran to visit these sacred
places. Ameen. At last we extend our condolences to Imam-e- Zamana(A.S)on the
death anniversary of Hazrat Masooma-e-Qum.
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