Ghunaymah was the daughter of 'Abd al-Rahman Ibn Nu'aym al-Azdi al­Ghamidi, and the aunt of Bakr Ibn Muhammad Ibn 'Abd al-Rahman Ibn Nu'aym al-Azdi.1 There is a difference of opinion as to her name, but most of the books on the transmitters of traditions list this name.2

Shaykh al-Tusi has considered her to be among the companions of Imam al­Sadiq ('a).3 Shaykh al-Najjashi has stated beneath a quote from her nephew, Bakr Ibn Muhammad Ibn Abd al-Rahman, "His aunt Ghunaymah has also passed on traditions from Abu 'Abdullah and Abu al-Hasan ('a). Experts on traditions have stated this fact."4

'Allamah Mamqani has listed her among the transmitters of traditions under the name Ghuthaymah. He has written, "I found no description of her to say for sure she was a virtuous person.”5

She has related traditions from Imam al-Sadiq ('a) and Abu al-Hasan Musa Ibn Ja'far ('a).

• 1. Abu Muhammad was one of the famous people of the family of Na'im al-Ghamidi, and he was trustworthy. He lived a long life, and wrote a book from which many of the companions mentioned in this transmitted tradition from. [ Rijal al-Najjashi, p. 78)
• 2. Kamil al-Ziyarat, pp. 278 and 279.
• 3. Rijal al-Tusi, p. 341.
• 4. Rijal al-Najjashi, p. 78.
• 5. Tanqih al-Maqal, vol. 3, p. 81.