Shrine of Syedatona Ma'suma (AS) — Qom
حَرَمُ السَّيِّدَة المَعصُومَة ـ قُم
Fatima al-Ma'suma (AS) — Syedatona Ma'suma, meaning 'the Infallible Lady' — was the daughter of the 7th Imam Musa al-Kazim (AS) and the beloved sister of the 8th Imam Ali al-Ridha (AS). She traveled from Medina toward Khorasan to join her brother but fell gravely ill en route and passed away in Qom in 201 AH. Her shrine, with its gleaming golden dome visible across the city, became one of the most important pilgrimage sites in the Shia world. The Imam al-Ridha (AS) himself endorsed her ziyarat: 'Whoever visits Ma'suma in Qom, it is as though they have visited me.' Qom has grown around her shrine into the world's leading center of Shia religious scholarship.
Why it Matters
For Bohra pilgrims visiting Iran for the ziyarat of Imam al-Ridha in Mashhad, a visit to Qom — some 150km south of Tehran — is considered essential. The hadith of the Imam equating her ziyarat with visiting him himself gives it extraordinary spiritual weight. Pilgrims typically visit Qom before or after Mashhad.
Dua when visiting
السَّلاَمُ عَلَيكِ يَا بِنتَ رَسُولِ اللَّه السَّلاَمُ عَلَيكِ يَا بِنتَ فَاطِمَةَ وَخَدِيجَة السَّلاَمُ عَلَيكِ يَا بِنتَ أَمِيرِ المُؤمِنِين
Also in this region
4- Jannat al-Baqi — Cemetery of the Prophet's family Madina al-Munawwara Ahl al-Bayt جَنَّةُ البَقِيع
- Jannat al-Mualla — Sacred Cemetery of Mecca Mecca Ahl al-Bayt جَنَّةُ المُعَلَّى
- Shrine of Hazrat Abbas ibn Ali (AS) Karbala Ahl al-Bayt مَرْقَدُ العَبَّاسِ
- Mashhad — Shrine of Imam Ali al-Ridha (AS) Mashhad Aimmah مَشْهَد