Her name has been mentioned in chapter 27 of Shaykh al-Saduq's al-Amali, but has not been found anywhere else.

Her Merits

She was one of the devotees (Shi'ah) of the Ahl al-Bayt (the Holy Prophet's Household), and she related traditions from Maytham al-Tammar, and al­Fudayl al-Rassan related traditions from her.1

Shaykh al-Saduq, relying on his sources, quotes Jabalah al-Makkiyyah as saying, "I heard Maytham al-Tammar say, 'How could people celebrate the day that al­Husayn is killed?' He cried and continued, 'I swear to God, this nation will kill their prophet's son on the tenth of Muharram, and God's enemies will consider this day a day of blessings. This will happen, and it is known in God's knowledge. I know this from what my master, Amir al-Mu'minln ('a), has told me. Everything will cry for him (Imam al-Husayn) to the point that even the animals in the wild, the fish in the sea, the birds in the sky, the sun, the moon, the stars, the sky, the earth, the believing men and jinn, all the angels in the skies, the angels guarding the gate of paradise, and the angels carrying God's throne will cry. The skies will cry dust and blood. God's curse upon the murderers of al-Husayn ('a) is compulsory the same as it is compulsory on the polytheists to worship other gods with God, the same as it is compulsory upon the Jews, Christians, and the Magus. They believe it is a day of blessing because of the faked tradition which says that God accepted Adam's repentance on that day. However, God accepted his repentance in the month of Dhu'l­ Hijjah. And, they believe it is the day when God saved Jonah from the stomach of the whale, while it was in the month of Dhu'l-Qa'dah that He saved him from the stomach of the whale. They believe it is the day when Noah's ship came to rest on the mountain of Judi, while it was on the 18^th of Dhu'l Hijjah that his ship came to rest on the mountain of Judi. They also think it is the day when God opened the sea for the Children of Israel, while that was in the month of Rabi' al-Awwal. O Jabalah, know that al-Husayn Ibn 'Ali is the master of the martyrs on the Judgment Day, and that his helpers are a degree above other martyrs. O Jabalah, if you see the sun is as red as fresh blood, then know that your master al-Husayn has been killed.'

Jabalah said, one day I went outside and saw the sunlight on the walls as if it was cloths of saffron color. I wailed, cried, and said, ·'I swear to God, my master, al-Husayn, has been killed.'"'2

• 1. Fudayl Ibn al-Zubayr Rastan al-Asadi was one of the companions of Imam al-Baqir and Imam al-Sadiq ('a). In the book Maqatil by Abu al-Faraj, it is written that he and his brother, 'Abdullah, were the companions of Zayd and his helpers. (Mustadrakat 'Ilm al-Rijal, vol. 6, p. 221).
• 2. Al-Amali by Shaykh al-Saduq, vol. 27, p. 126.