This woman was the daughter of Shaykh 'Ali Minshar1 and the wife of Shaykh al-Baha'i,2 but no information was found as to her name.

Her Merits

She was a learned, scholarly woman, a jurisprudent, and a transmitter of traditions. She taught religious jurisprudence, traditions, and the sciences to other women. She was the only daughter of her father, and inherited approximately 4000 books from her father.3

The author of Riyad al-'Ulama' has written, "Some of the great men and scholars have said that she was a learned, scholarly woman who was alive for some time after the death of Shaykh al-Baha'i (deceased: 1031 A.H.)."4

• 1. Shaykh 'Ali Minshar al-'Amili was one of the great religious authorities of his time. He was one of the students of Shaykh al-Karaki (one of the greatest religious authorities living in Isfahan who passed away in the year 984 A.H.).
• 2. Muhammad Ibn al-Husayn Ibn 'Abd al-Samad Ibn Shams al-Din Muhammad Ibn 'Ali Ibn al-Hasan (or al-Husayn) Ibn Muhammad Ibn Salih al-Ha'iri al-Hamdani al-Jab'i al­'Amili was known as Shaykh al-Baha'i. He was a jurisprudent in principles, a transmitter of traditions, a mathematician, orator, philosopher, literary man, and knowledgeable in the rational and traditional sciences. He was born on the 27th of Dhi'l-Hijjah in the year 953 A.H.L in the city of Baalbak. He moved to Iran as a child. He was the author of many books. [Rayhanat al-Adab, vol. 3, p. 301].
• 3. Takmilat Amal al-Amil, p. 447.
• 4. Riyad al-ulama', vol. vol. 5, p. 407.