Purchase of the Imam’s mother

Miracles of Masoomeen
Muhammad bin Faraj narrates: Once Imam Muhammad Taqi (a) called me and said,
“A caravan has arrived in which there is a slave trader and he is having some slave girls for sale. Take this money on my behalf and purchase a girl having so and so attributes.”
The narrator says: I followed the instructions of the Imam and after purchasing a slave girl presented it to him and she became the mother of Hazrat Abul Hasan [Imam Ali Naqi (a)].
It is mentioned that the name of this lady was Sumana and she was born in Arabia.
Ali bin Mahziyar has narrated from Imam Ali Naqi (a) that he said:
“My mother was fully cognizant of my rank and was among the folks of Paradise. No rebellious Satan could dare to approach her; the plot of no deceiver and oppressive one could snare her. She always remained under the watchful eye of God, which never sleeps and was in no way lesser than the mothers of the ruthful and the righteous.”

Dalailul Imamah, Pg. 216-217, Miracles of Ahlulbayt (a.s. ) - Vol. 4,Pg.110

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