a Historical Survey on the Narration of Shaykh Saduq about Narjes Khatoon

There are different opinions and ideas mentioned about the name and parentage of Imam Mahdi (PBUH): who his mother was? Some great scholars or religious authorities such as Kulayni, Mas’udi, Nu’mani, Shaykh Saduq, Shaykh Mufid, Shaykh Tusi, Ibn Khallakan, the First Martyr, etc, have all given their ideas about the Imam’s mother. Kulayni said she was a black slave from one of the north provinces of Suran with the name Nuba. Nu’mani, Mas’udi,Shaykh Mufid and Ibn Khallakan believed the Imam’s mother was an educated bondmaid who lived in the housre of Hakima Khatoon. The First Martyr had named her ‘Saqil’ and, finally, Shaykh Saduq, Tusi Tabari with the most religious scholars after Shaykh Tusi introduced the Imam’s mother as “Narges”, the daughter of the emperor of Rome. Although those scholars tried hard to justify what Shaykh Saduq had narrated, there were still some oppositions to his hadith.Now, in this article, we have investigated about some facts on all discussions and the way those traditions were narrated.