This woman has been mentioned in the chain of transmitters of traditions which her grandson, 'Ali Ibn Maytham,1 related about Imam al-Ridha ('a). But no information was given as to her name or nickname. She has related traditions from Najmah, mother of Imam al-Ridha ('a).

Tamim al-Qurashi relates from his father from Ahmad al-Ansari from 'Ali Ibn Maytham from his father that he said: I heard my mother say, “I heard Najmah, the mother of Imam al-Ridha ('a), say, 'When I became pregnant with my child 'Ali, I didn't feel the weight of pregnancy. But, in my sleep I heard the sounds of the praise, extolling, and eulogizing of God from within my stomach which frightened me. When I realized who it was, I no longer heard anything. When he was born, he knelt on the ground with his hands on the ground and his face towards the sky. His tongue moved as if he was speaking.”

His father, Musa Ibn Ja'far ('a), came to me and said, ‘O Najmah, may you enjoy your Lord's magnanimity upon you.’

“Then, I gave the child to him in some white clothes. He read the first part of the call to prayer in his right ear, and the second part in his left ear. He asked for some water from the Euphrates River, and anointed him with it. He then returned the child to me and said, 'Take him. He is God's representative on earth.' "'2

• 1. This is the nickname of Abu al-Hasan. Shaykh al-Saduq based on a document has said that he has seen no one more knowledgeable about the lives and marriages of the Imams ('a) than Abu al-Hasan 'Ali Ibn Maytham. [Mu’jam Rijal al-Hadith, vol. 12; p. 205] His name has been mentioned in a tradition from Najmah, the mother of Imam al­ Ridha ('a). [Bihar al-Anwar, vol. 49, pp. 7 and 9; vol. 101, p. 135].
• 2. 'Uyun Akhbar al-Ridha, vol. 1, p. 20; al-Khara'ij, vol. 1, p. 337; Kashf al-Ghummah, vol. 2, p. 297; Bihar al-Anwar, vol. 49, p. 9.