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Hadith n. 3
Women in the Imam’s  Army

 

قَالَ الإِمَامُ جَعْفَرُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الصَّادِقُ : يَكُونُ مَعَ الْقَائِمِ ثَلاَثُ عَشْرَةُ امْرَأَةً.

 

Imam Ja’far ibn Muhammad as-Sadiq (peace be upon them both) has said: “There will be thirteen women alongside al-Qa’im [when he makes his advent].”

 

Al-Mufadhal [the narrator of this tradition] asked the Imam:

 

وَ مَا يَصْـنَعُ بِهِنَّ؟

“And what will their role be?”

 

The Imam replied:

 

يُدَاوِينَ الْجَرَحـى وَ يُقِمْنَ عَلـى الْمَرْضى كَمَا كَانَ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللٌّهِ.

 

“They will treat the injured and look after the sick just as the [women did] at the time of the Messenger of Allah [during the battles].”

 

Ithbatul Hudat, Volume 7, Page 150