Hujjat al-Islam Ahmad Moballeghi said, “The women of the Ahl al-Bayt, including the Lady Fatimah al-Ma’sumah, were both the origin and source of the great social movements, just like the men of the Ahl al-Bayt themselves.” RNA – Speaking at a ceremony marking the death anniversary of Lady Fatimah al-Ma’sumah in Qom, Hujjat al-Islam Ahmad Moballeghi said, “Thanks to the presence and social movement of Lady Fatimah al-Ma’sumah, today, the holy city of Qom has become a base of the production and reproduction of the sciences, knowledge, merits, nobilities and the shrine of the Ahl al-Bayt.”
The head of the Islamic Research Centre of the Islamic Consultative Assembly stated that the women of the Ahl al-Bayt were just as social as their men and added, “The women of the infallible and purified Ahl al-Bayt were present on the social scene in a manner appropriate to their time, such that after the tragedy of Ashura, Lady Zaynab reminded the people of the sermons of Imam Ali with her expressive and eloquent sermons and effectively categorized and analyzed issues in her speeches.”
Hujjat al-Islam Moballeghi said that the social movement of Lady Fatimah al-Ma’sumah transformed Qom into the shrine of the Ahl al-Bayt and added, “If Lady Fatimah al-Ma’sumah was an isolationist, Qom would not have become the Qom that it has become.”
His Eminence said, “It’s stated in the narrations that due to the blessings of the ‘generous lady of the Ahl al-Bayt,’ a special account has been opened in Qom and the city has been designated as a base and shrine for the infallible and purified Ahl al-Bayt.”
Speaking about the necessity of recognizing the dignity of the Ahl al-Bayt and the necessity of the dignity of the Ahl al-Bayt, he said, “We must distinguish between the three types of Shi’i, Islamic and humanitarian messages for the world and put aside unidimensionalism in this regard.”
Hujjat al-Islam Moballeghi said, “The holy city of Qom must be the basis for the production of the Quranic and humane teachings of the Ahl al-Bayt for the people of the world and the unity of the ummah for the Islamic world and the Islamic Seminaries and research centres have a responsibility in this regard.”
Lady Fatimah al-Ma’sumah was born in 790 CE and passed away in 816 CE. She was is the daughter of Imam Musa al-Kadhim and sister of Imam Ali al-Ridha. In 816 CE, she traveled to Iran from Madinah to visit her brother, Imam al-Ridha, in Tus. However, she passed away in the middle of the way due to an illness and was buried in Qom.
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