Umm Farwa

Umm Farwa
أم فروة
Umm Farwa ; أم فروة
Born	Medina, Umayyad Caliphate
Died	Medina, Umayyad Caliphate
Burial place	Al-Baqi', Medina, Saudi Arabia
Era	Umayyad Era
Spouse	Muhammad al-Baqir
Children	Ja'far; Abd Allah;
Parents	Qasim ibn Muhammad ibn Abi Bakr (father); Asma bint Abd al-Rahman ibn Abi Bakr (mother);
Family	Family of Abu Bakr (by birth); Family of Ali (by marriage)

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Fāṭima bint al-Qāsim (Arabic: فاطمة بنت القاسم), commonly known by her kunya Umm Farwa (أم فروة), was the great-granddaughter of caliph Abu Bakr, wife of Muhammad al-Baqir, and the mother of the sixth Imam, Ja'far al-Sadiq.^[1]

Family

Umm Farwa's father was the Islamic jurist Al-Qasim, son of Muhammad ibn Abi Bakr. Her mother was Asma, daughter of Abd al-Rahman ibn Abi Bakr. Umm Farwa was therefore a great-granddaughter of Abu Bakr, the first Rashidun Caliph, twice-over.^[2] She also had another son named Abd Allah ibn Muhammad al-Baqir.

Knowledge

She is a notable woman for her knowledge in Islamic history. She is among the Imamiyyat (the women of the Ahl al-Bayt and the companions of the Imams) narrators of the hadith and narrated on the authority of Imam Ali ibn Husayn Zayn al-Abidin.^[1]

Ancestry

Ancestors of Umm Farwa

8. Abu Bakr (= 12)

4. Muhammad ibn Abi Bakr

9. Asma bint Umais

2. Al-Qasim ibn Muhammad

1. Umm Farwa

12. Abu Bakr (= 8)

6. Abd al-Rahman ibn Abi Bakr

13. Umm Ruman bint Amir

3. Asma bint Abd al-Rahman

References

^ ^a ^b Al-Fadli, Abd al-Hadi (1 Sep 2011). Introduction to Hadith (including Dirāyat Al-ḥadīth by al-Shahid al-Thani). ICAS Press. p. 198. ISBN 9781904063476. Retrieved 2013-04-08.
^ Imam Al-Nawawi, Musa Furber, Nuh Ha Mim Keller, Etiquette with the Quran (2003), p. 174

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[Dirayat-1] Al-Fadli, Abd al-Hadi (1 Sep 2011). Introduction to Hadith (including Dirāyat Al-ḥadīth by al-Shahid al-Thani). ICAS Press. p. 198. ISBN 9781904063476. Retrieved 2013-04-08.

[2] Imam Al-Nawawi, Musa Furber, Nuh Ha Mim Keller, Etiquette with the Quran (2003), p. 174

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