Umm Salama bint Muhammad al-Baqir

The person represented in this profile is Umm Salama, a daughter of Imam Muhammad ibn Ali al-Baqir, Peace Be Upon Him. A child list transmitted through Kitab al-Irshad and related works includes Umm Salama among the Imam's daughters and states that her mother was an unnamed umm walad. The same literature varies over the total number and names of Imam al-Baqir's daughters. One strand treats Umm Salama and Zaynab as separate daughters, while another says that Zaynab was her personal name and Umm Salama her kunya. This profile therefore keeps the protected identity Umm Salama and records Zaynab only as an attributed name.

The mother's personal name is not preserved in the checked early notice. No specific woman can therefore be entered safely as her mother, and the documented mother details remain blank by design. This is not a research omission. It follows the rule that the description umm walad, which indicates a legal and social status, must not be converted into an invented personal identity merely to make a family tree appear complete.

Al-Majdi fi Ansab al-Talibiyyin states that Umm Salama married al-Arqat and bore him Isma'il. Other genealogical works identify the husband more fully as Muhammad al-Arqat ibn Abd Allah al-Bahir, a descendant of Imam Ali Zayn al-Abidin. The relationship is sufficiently supported to complete the previously blank spouse set with Probable confidence.

A report preserved in al-Kafi gives a rare glimpse of Umm Salama within her family setting. Her son Isma'il ibn al-Arqat relates that he became gravely ill during Ramadan. His mother was distressed, and her brother Imam Ja'far al-Sadiq instructed her to perform two units of prayer and supplicate for her son's recovery. The report identifies her as the sister of Imam al-Sadiq and the mother of Isma'il, independently reinforcing the family links preserved by genealogists. It should be read as a transmitted devotional report, not as a complete biography.

The checked sources do not securely preserve Umm Salama's birth date, education, public office, date or cause of death, or burial place. Her profile is therefore a documentary family record rather than an event-rich life story. Its value lies in preserving a daughter of Imam al-Baqir, her probable marriage into another Alid branch, and her motherhood of Isma'il, while refusing to attach to her the dates, graves, or stories of other women who shared the name or kunya Umm Salama.