Umm 'Uthman was the mother of one of Imam 'Ali's sons. Nothing else is known about her or her name. Her epithet is known from a tradition which Majlisi transmits from her.1 It is necessary to explain that this Umm 'Uthman is not the mother of 'Uthman Ibn 'Ali, the son of Imam 'Ali ('a). 'Uthman Ibn 'Ali was the full brother of al-'Abbas Ibn 'Ali, and their mother was Umm al-Banin.

Al-Majlisi transmits that Umm 'Uthman said, "The Household of Prophet Muhammad (S) had a pillow upon which no one except Jibra’il would sit. If he got up from it, it was put away. Whenever he would get up, some of his feathers would fall onto the pillow, and Fatimah ('a) would pick them up and put them inside the bracelets al-Hasan and al-Husayn ('a) wore on their upper arms."2

• 1. Bihar al-Anwar, vol. 43, p. 291.
• 2. Bihar al-Anwar, vol. 43, p. 291.