Ruhaym Umm Walad was the servant of al-Husayn Ibn 'Ali Ibn Yaqtin.1

Her Merits

Ruhaym was one of the best and most excellent women. She went on Hajj more than 20 times. She relates from (the servant of) Imam Musa Ibn Ja'far ('a) about the last moments of the Imam's ('a) life. Shaykh al-Tusi describes her husband, al-Husayn Ibn 'Ali Ibn Yaqtin, as one of the companions of Imam al­Ridha ('a) and considers him to be reliable.2

She has related traditions from Sa'id the servant of Imam al-Kazim ('a). And, Muhammad Ibn 'isa Ibn 'Ubayd al-'Ubaydi has related traditions from her. Shaykh al-Tusi relates from Muhammad Ibn 'Isa Ibn 'Ubayd al-'Ubaydi from Ruhaym Umm Walad al-Husayn Ibn 'Ali Ibn Yaqtin from Sa'id the servant of Imam al-Kazim ('a), who was appointed to serve the Imam ('a) while he was in prison, as saying, "His death was just like the death of other people. He became weaker and weaker until he passed away."3

• 1. 'Ali Ibn Yaqtin Ibn Musa al-Baghdadi, Mawla Bani-Asad, was originally from al­Kufah, but lived in Baghdad.He passed away in the year 182 A.H.L. He was alive at the time of Imam Musa Ibn Ja'far al-Kazim ('a). He spent years in jail during the rule of Harun, the 'Abbasid ruler. He related traditions from Imam al-Sadiq ('a). (Rijal al­Najjashi, p. 194)
• 2. Rijal al-Tusi, p. 373.
• 3. Kitab al-Ghaybah, p. 20; Bihar al-Anwar, vol. 48, p. 230.