HOLY CITY OF QOM, Iran: Like every year, people of holy Qom celebrated this year also the day of Hazret-e-Seyedeh Fatimeh Al-Masumeh (a.s.)’s arrival in their city with holding flowers, green branches, banners and placards inscribed with welcoming slogans.

Hazret Fatimeh Al-Masumeh (a.s.) is daughter of holy Prophet (s.v.)’s 7th infallible successor Hazret-e-Imam Mousa Kazem (a.s.) and sister of his (s.v.) eighth descendant Hazret-e-Imam-e-Reza (a.s.). Her holy mausoleum houses in the holy city of Qom, Iran.

In love of her brother Imam Reza (a.s.), She departed holy Medinah for Khorasan. It was 23 Rabiol Aval 201 hijri year when she reached the holy city of Qom in her way to Khorasan.

When she entered Qom she witnessed the whole city was in deep mourn; people were wearing black mourning dresses; she asked the reason and then some elderly people told her: “our Imam Reza (a.s.) was martyred with poison ….”

Hearing this heart-rending news she fell down of her she-camel and passed away.

There are a number of sayings of Imams (a.s.) regarding her lofty status.

Prior to her birth, Hazret-e-Imam Ja’far Sadiq (a.s.) spoke of her status: “Makkah is God's sanctuary, Medinah is Prophet Muhammad's (s.v.), Kufa is Imam Ali's (a.s.), and Qom will be the sanctuary for one of my descendents; her name shall be Fatimeh. Whosoever visits her sanctuary will be rewarded paradise.”

Bihar-ul-Anwar, Vol. 48, Page 316 quotes a saying of Hazret-e-Imam Ali Reza (a.s.) about his sister Fatimeh Al-Masumeh (a.s.): “The One who visits her will be rewarded with paradise.”