His mother was the best of women at her time in her chastity, purity, and piety. Historians say she was from the good knowing women.Imam al-Hadi (a.s.) praised her by saying, ‘Saleel (her name) was purified from error, defect, and impurity.’She was a bondmaid from an-Nawbah.It did not harm her that she was a bondmaid, for man in the view of Islam is exalted by his guidance, piety, and propriety, and he is degraded by deviation from the right path. Historians disagreed on her name. Some of them said her name was Saleel, which is the most valid assertion according to the previous tradition of Imam al-Hadi (a.s.). Some said she was called Sawsan.Others said her name was Hadithah, and others said Hareebah.