Barrah was the daughter of Umayyah al-Khuza'i1 one of the companions of the Messenger of God (S).

Her Merits

Based on a tradition which 'Allamah al-Majlisi relates from the book Manaqib by Ibn Shahr'ashub from Barrah al-Khuza'i about the births of Imam al-Hasan ('a) and Imam al-Husayn ('a) it would appear that she was one of the friends of the Household of the Prophet (S). She has related traditions from the Messenger of God (S) and Fatimah ('a).

Al-Majlisi has written that Barrah the daughter of Umayyah al-Khuza'i has related a tradition from the Prophet (S) to Fatimah ('a) at the time of delivery of Imam al-Hasan and Imam al-Husayn ('a).2

• 1. Umayyah Ibn Makhshi (or Mahshi or Mujtaba), also known as Abu 'Abdullah, lived in al-Basrah and was one of the companions of the Prophet (S). [Rijal al-Tusi, p. 6]
• 2. Bihar al-Anwar, vol. 43, p. 254.