Fatima bint Musa (Arabic: فَاطِمَة بِنْت مُوسَىٰ, romanized: Fāṭima bint Mūsā), commonly known as Fatima al-Ma'suma (Arabic: فَاطِمَة ٱلْمَعْصُومَة, romanized: Fāṭima al-Maʿṣūma, lit. 'Fatima The Immaculate'), was a descendant of the Islamic prophet Muhammad, the granddaughter of Ja'far al-Sadiq, the daughter of Musa al-Kazim, the sister of Ali al-Rida, and the aunt of Muhammad al-Jawad, the sixth, seventh, eighth and ninth of the Twelve Imams. She is particularly venerated for her piety and close relationship with her brother. Fatima was born in Medina around 790 CE. Following the death of her father in 799, she was raised in the household of her brother al-Rida. After al-Rida was summoned by the Abbasid caliph al-Ma'mun to Khorasan and named as heir apparent in 816, Fatima set out from Medina with a group of companions to join him. However, she fell ill during the journey and eventually reached Qom, where she died days later.
The precise circumstances of her death are uncertain, and some later accounts report that she was poisoned, although this is not found in early historical sources.
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