Her exact date and place of birth are not preserved in reliable historical sources. She is named in lists of the daughters of Musa al-Kazim.
Lubaba 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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Lubaba bint Musa al-Kazim is counted among the women of the Ahl al-Bayt whose name survives in Imami family lists, although almost no independent biographical detail is preserved. Al-Mufid's list of 37 children and the differently enumerated list attributed to Ibn Shahr Ashub both name her as a daughter of Musa al-Kazim. Reliable specific information about her mother, marriage, children, birth, death, and burial has not been preserved.
Her date, age, place, and circumstances of death are not established by reliable historical evidence.
Her specific burial place is unknown. An attributed grave or memorial should not be treated as her certain burial without reliable historical evidence.
Biography and historical profile
The basic identity of Lubaba bint Musa al-Kazim is that of a daughter of Musa ibn Ja'far al-Kazim. Al-Mufid's family list states that the Imam had 37 children and names Lubaba among his daughters. This list-level evidence makes her identity probable and usable, even though it does not provide an independent narrative of her life.
The sources do not agree on the total number of Musa al-Kazim's children. The list attributed to Ibn Shahr Ashub mentions totals of 30 or 37 and includes Lubaba among 19 daughters. The disagreement does not by itself invalidate her name, but it shows that the complete family enumeration varied between genealogical and biographical transmissions.
The available lists do not preserve the personal name of Lubaba's mother. Ibn Shahr Ashub's transmitted arrangement places the daughters among children of umm walads, but it does not assign a particular umm walad to Lubaba. The blank protected mother relationship has therefore remained unchanged, and no known wife of the Imam has been selected by inference.
No strong independent evidence was found for her marriage, descendants, education, hadith transmission, travel, political activity, or participation in a specific historical event. With evidence this limited, responsible biography preserves the attested name and parentage without manufacturing incidents. Material concerning other women named Lubaba has not been merged into her profile.
Her date, age, and place of death and her grave are unknown. No local tomb, memorial, or map point has been attributed to her without historical evidence. Her significance lies mainly in preserving the name of a sparsely documented daughter within the large family of Musa al-Kazim while clearly separating what is known from what is not known.
The sources do not agree on the total number of Musa al-Kazim's children. The list attributed to Ibn Shahr Ashub mentions totals of 30 or 37 and includes Lubaba among 19 daughters. The disagreement does not by itself invalidate her name, but it shows that the complete family enumeration varied between genealogical and biographical transmissions.
The available lists do not preserve the personal name of Lubaba's mother. Ibn Shahr Ashub's transmitted arrangement places the daughters among children of umm walads, but it does not assign a particular umm walad to Lubaba. The blank protected mother relationship has therefore remained unchanged, and no known wife of the Imam has been selected by inference.
No strong independent evidence was found for her marriage, descendants, education, hadith transmission, travel, political activity, or participation in a specific historical event. With evidence this limited, responsible biography preserves the attested name and parentage without manufacturing incidents. Material concerning other women named Lubaba has not been merged into her profile.
Her date, age, and place of death and her grave are unknown. No local tomb, memorial, or map point has been attributed to her without historical evidence. Her significance lies mainly in preserving the name of a sparsely documented daughter within the large family of Musa al-Kazim while clearly separating what is known from what is not known.
Historical importance and legacy
Lubaba's entry is important for preserving women's names within the family record of the Ahl al-Bayt, especially women whose detailed biographies did not survive in later historical literature.
Her list-level identity also illustrates source-critical caution. The differing figures of 30, 37, and 19 show that the enumeration of Musa al-Kazim's children varied, so no one list should be treated as unanimously complete in every detail.
The profile presents limited evidence honestly: her father relationship is preserved, while her mother, spouse, children, dates, and burial remain unknown. In this qualified form, the record is safe for public publication.
Her list-level identity also illustrates source-critical caution. The differing figures of 30, 37, and 19 show that the enumeration of Musa al-Kazim's children varied, so no one list should be treated as unanimously complete in every detail.
The profile presents limited evidence honestly: her father relationship is preserved, while her mother, spouse, children, dates, and burial remain unknown. In this qualified form, the record is safe for public publication.
Family relationships
👪 Parents
Father
Imam Musa al-Kazim
Probable
Sources
Al-Irshad fi Ma'rifat Hujaj Allah ala al-Ibad | Shaykh al-Mufid | Volume 2, page 652 in the linked edition; child-list passage | https://hadith.inoor.ir/ar/hadith/355300/hadith-noorlib | Lists 37 children of Musa al-Kazim and names Lubaba among his daughters.Manaqib Al Abi Talib | Ibn Shahr Ashub | Volume 2, page 383; exact quotation preserved in Musnad al-Imam al-Kazim, volume 1, page 178 | https://lib.eshia.ir/86869/1/178 | Gives a different total, names Lubaba among 19 daughters, and places the listed daughters among children of umm walads.
Ta'rib Muntaha al-Amal fi Tawarikh al-Nabi wa al-Al | Sayyid Hashim al-Milani | Volume 2, page 349 | https://lib.eshia.ir/86690/2/349 | Compares the differing child counts and reproduces al-Mufid's list with Lubaba as a daughter.
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