Fatimah was the daughter of Shaykh Muhammad 'Alam al-Huda Ibn Mulla Muhsin Fayd Kashani, and had the nickname Umm Salamah. She was born in the month of Dhu'l-Qa'dah in the year 1088. She married Mulla Zayn al-Din 'Ali, one of her relatives, in the month of Dhu'l-Hijjah in the year 1112. She died in the month of Jumada al-Thaniyahin the year 1114 and was buried at her father's feet in the tomb of her ancestor, Mulla Muhsin Fayd, in Kashan.

Her Merits

Fatimah was a learned, scholarly, literary, poetic, believing, pious, eloquent woman, and a narrator of traditions. She learned the preliminary studies from her sisters, and Islamic jurisprudence and principles from her uncles, Mu'in al­Din Ahmad and Abu Hamid Muhammad who was known as Nur al-Huda. She related traditions from her father and uncles.1

• 1. Mustadrak A'yan al-Shi'ah, vol. 3, p. 159.