THE BIRTH OF THE HOLY LADY FATIMAH MA�SUMAH AND HER CHILDHOOD

In the Holy city of Medina , the Holy household was awaiting the arrival of a new born .

In the house of Imam Kadhim (a . s . ) , Najma , the wife of the Honourable Imam was eagerly looking forward to the arrival of the child; she was counting days and nights for that day . The Imam�s house was overwhelmed with happiness .

Finally , the day arrived , on the first of Dhil-qa�dah 173 (A . H) when Allah blessed the seventh Imam Musa Kadhim (A . S) with a daughter . The child�s appearance was brilliant and cheerful and she opened her pure bright eyes to this world in the house of Imam .

All the members of the Holy Household were in utter happiness for the newborn and after the Imam , may be there was not anybody as happy as his wife Najma . This was because this was the second child that was granted by the grace of Allah to Najma after twenty-five years ago , in the same month of Dhil-qa�dah , Najma