Mulla Fiddah was the daughter of Ahmad al-Balaghi,1 the wife of Shaykh Hasan al-Balaghi2 and the mother of the theologian, jurisprudent, and dignitary in the Imamiyyah faith, Shaykh Muhammad Jawad al-Balaghi.3 She passed away in the year 1280 A.H.

Her Merits

Fiddah was a scholar, learned, and knowledgeable in literature. She learned the Qur'an and the Arabic language from her father. Jurisprudence and religious principles she learned from the educated people in her family and was given permission to transmit traditions.

She was active teaching jurisprudence, religious principles, and traditions. Some of the religious students participated in her classes. And, some of the scholars recited the book al-Qawanin for her based on the permission given to her by its author.4

• 1. Shaykh Ahmad Ibn Shaykh Muhammad 'Ali Ibn Muhammad was the dignified ancestor of Muhammad Jawad al-Balaghi. He was a very able jurisprudent and wrote a treatise on marriage. He also wrote another 1170 books on prayer and cleanliness. He had a scholarly daughter with good penmanship who wrote a copy of the book al-Kifayah. [Rayhanat al-Adab, vol. 1, pp. 276 and 277].
• 2. Shaykh Hasan was the father of Shaykh Muhammad Jawad al-Balaghi the famous, esteemed jurisprudent. Shaykh Hasan was the son of Shaykh Talib Ibn Shaykh 'Abbas. He was the student of the author of Jawahir (deceased, 1266 A.H.L). He was famous for his piety. [Rayhanat al-Adab, vol. 1, p. 278].
• 3. Shaykh Muhammad Jawad Ibn Shaykh Hasan Ibn Shaykh Talib Ibn Shaykh 'Abbas Ibn Ibrahim Ibn Husayn Ibn 'Abbas Ibn... al-Balaghi al-Najafi was an Islamic jurisprudent, wise, an orator, transmitter of traditions, and a well accepted Shi'ah scholar who was knowledgeable about the Qur'anic sciences during the fourth century A.H. He was the student of Mirza Muhammad Taqi Shirazi. He was born around the year 128 A.H. in the city of Najaf. He passed away in the month of Sha'ban in the year 1352 A.H. He was the author of such books as, Ala' al-Rahman fi Tafsir al-Qur 'an, Ajwibat al-Masa'il al-Baghdadiyyah, Ajwibat al-Masa’il al-Tabriziyyah, Ajwibat al­ Masa’il al-Hilliyyah, and others. [Rayhanat al-Adab, vol. 1, p. 278].
• 4. Mustadrak A'yan al-Shi'ah, vol. 3, p. 164.