Her birth date and birthplace are not securely recorded.
Umm Abiha bint Musa al-Kazim
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Genealogical sources differ over the number and names of Imam Musa al-Kazim's children; these 37 names are retained at a possible level according to the specific list in al-Irshad.
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Ahl al-Bayt
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Burial place unknown
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Umm Abiha bint Musa al-Kazim was a daughter of Imam Musa al-Kazim whose name is explicitly preserved in al-Mufid's list of his thirty-seven children. Ibn al-Athir records her death in 231 AH and identifies her as a sister of Ali al-Rida. Beyond these genealogical and chronological notices, reliable sources do not preserve a detailed biography, named mother, marriage, children, public role, or verified burial place.
Ibn al-Athir reports that Umm Abiha bint Musa ibn Ja'far died in 231 AH, corresponding broadly to 845 or 846 CE. The place and cause of death are not recorded in that notice.
Her burial place is unknown. No specific grave, shrine, or maqam was verified as belonging to this exact person.
Biography and historical profile
Umm Abiha is named among the daughters of Musa ibn Ja'far al-Kazim in the child list transmitted from al-Shaykh al-Mufid. The list places her beside Fatima al-Kubra, Fatima al-Sughra, Ruqayya, Hakima, and other daughters, and states collectively that the daughters were born to umm walads. It does not identify which unnamed mother belonged specifically to Umm Abiha. Her protected probable classification therefore accurately reflects a name preserved in an important Imami family list but supported by little independent personal detail.
The form Umm Abiha functions as the transmitted name or kunya by which the sources identify her. No secure personal birth name, birth date, birthplace, teacher, student, spouse, child, office, journey, or major public incident was established in the sources checked. Reports belonging to other women with similar kunyas must not be transferred to her, and the absence of a fuller record should not be filled with stories drawn from her better-known siblings.
A valuable chronological notice occurs in Ibn al-Athir's al-Kamil fi al-Tarikh. Under the events of 231 AH, he records the death of Umm Abiha bint Musa ibn Ja'far and identifies her as a sister of Ali al-Rida. This provides a reported death year, corresponding broadly to 845 or 846 CE, but it does not supply the place, cause, funeral circumstances, or age at death. Later biographical summaries repeat this notice without adding an independently detailed life.
No early or dependable source checked here establishes her burial place. Modern local traditions sometimes connect women called Umm Abiha with particular shrines or use additional names, but such claims were not sufficiently tied to this exact daughter of Musa al-Kazim. The safest result is a concise genealogical profile: her identity and reported death year are retained, while her mother, marriage, descendants, activities, and burial remain unknown.
The form Umm Abiha functions as the transmitted name or kunya by which the sources identify her. No secure personal birth name, birth date, birthplace, teacher, student, spouse, child, office, journey, or major public incident was established in the sources checked. Reports belonging to other women with similar kunyas must not be transferred to her, and the absence of a fuller record should not be filled with stories drawn from her better-known siblings.
A valuable chronological notice occurs in Ibn al-Athir's al-Kamil fi al-Tarikh. Under the events of 231 AH, he records the death of Umm Abiha bint Musa ibn Ja'far and identifies her as a sister of Ali al-Rida. This provides a reported death year, corresponding broadly to 845 or 846 CE, but it does not supply the place, cause, funeral circumstances, or age at death. Later biographical summaries repeat this notice without adding an independently detailed life.
No early or dependable source checked here establishes her burial place. Modern local traditions sometimes connect women called Umm Abiha with particular shrines or use additional names, but such claims were not sufficiently tied to this exact daughter of Musa al-Kazim. The safest result is a concise genealogical profile: her identity and reported death year are retained, while her mother, marriage, descendants, activities, and burial remain unknown.
Historical importance and legacy
Umm Abiha's importance is primarily genealogical and archival. Her explicit inclusion in al-Mufid's list helps preserve the female branches of Musa al-Kazim's household, while Ibn al-Athir's death notice gives an unusual chronological anchor for an otherwise sparsely documented daughter.
Her profile also demonstrates responsible treatment of limited evidence. A preserved family name and death year do not justify inventing a mother, spouse, children, achievements, or shrine. Keeping the probable confidence and clearly marking the remaining unknowns protects the database from homonym and local-attribution errors.
Her profile also demonstrates responsible treatment of limited evidence. A preserved family name and death year do not justify inventing a mother, spouse, children, achievements, or shrine. Keeping the probable confidence and clearly marking the remaining unknowns protects the database from homonym and local-attribution errors.
Family relationships
👪 Parents
Father
Imam Musa al-Kazim
Probable
Sources
Al-Irshad child list, preserved in Musnad al-Imam al-Kazim | al-Shaykh al-Mufid, quoted by Aziz Allah al-Ataridi | Volume 1, page 177; al-Irshad pagination varies by edition | https://lib.eshia.ir/86869/1/177 | Names Umm Abiha among the thirty-seven children of Musa al-Kazim and places the daughters collectively among children of umm waladsAl-Kamil fi al-Tarikh | Izz al-Din Ibn al-Athir | Volume 7, page 26, events of 231 AH | https://ar.lib.eshia.ir/22036/7/26 | Records the death in 231 AH of Umm Abiha bint Musa ibn Ja'far, sister of Ali al-Rida
A'yan al-Shi'a | Muhsin al-Amin | Volume 3, page 475, biographical notice | https://www.taraajem.com/persons/23750/%D8%A3%D9%85-%D8%A3%D8%A8%D9%8A%D9%87%D8%A7-%D8%A8%D9%86%D8%AA-%D9%85%D9%88%D8%B3%D9%89-%D8%A8%D9%86-%D8%AC%D8%B9%D9%81%D8%B1-%D8%B9%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%87%D9%85%D8%A7-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B3%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%85 | Preserves the short identification and the 231 AH death report
Al-Imam al-Kazim wa Dhurriyyatuh | Later genealogical compilation | Page 137 | https://books.rafed.net/view/2466/page/137 | Collects the historical notices for Umm Abiha and distinguishes the limited evidence from later local claims
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