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📍Mosulem of Imam Hasan al Askari ع, Samarra, Iraq.

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Death of Imam Al-Kadhim (as)

Imam Musa ibn Jaffar al-Kadhim (as) was the son of Imam Jaffar ibn Muhammad as-Sadiq and his mother Lady Hamida. The life of Imam al-Kadhim was a treacherous one with too many years spent in prisons. He was born on the 7th of Safar and died on the 25th of Rajab, on a Friday. He was martyred in the last prison he stayed in, As-Sindi, at the age of 55. His imamate began at the age of 20 so his period of Imamate was for 35 years. He died in Baghdad while in prison, by means of poison. He was the 7th Imam which makes him the ninth infallible in the line of 14.

Virtues of the Imam:

“Imam Al-Kadhim (a.s.) did not make much trouble for the incumbent caliphs, due to unprepared conditions. He spent his time in worshipping, working for making a living, publishing religious sciences and teachings, guiding the people, and training students and hadith narrators. He was, in fact, considered a famous scholar and jurisprudent. Nevertheless, the caliphs in office feared his scientific stance and social popularity.”

Ibn Sabbagh Maliki has written, “Musa Al-Kadhim was a great honorable Imam. He was a unique scholar. He spent his nights in prayers and worship and his days in fasting. He forgave the sinners a lot, thus he was called Al-Kadhim. The people of Iraq know him as Babul Hawa’ij (the answer to all requests).”

“Some of Imam Al-Kadhim’s (a.s.) companions have narrated that one night Imam (a.s.) entered the mosque of Messenger of Allah (S). He had a long sajdah early at night, saying, “Great sins are with me, good forgiving is with You! O Lord of pardon and Piety!” And Imam (a.s.) repeated the same supplication in his sajdah until the dawn.”

Link: https://www.al-islam.org/imamate-and-imams-ayatullah-ibrahim-amini/seventh-imam-musa-al-kadhim

Imam Al-Kadhim is a perfect display of patience. His own Kunya (or nickname), “Kadhim” means to restrain from anger in time of difficulty. The imam practiced his life that way so often that people named him after his trait. Just as the people at the time of the Prophet, would call him Sadiq and Ameen, the 7th Imam was taken as Kadhim. It is easy to overlook this Imam in our yearly anniversaries since his birth is around the time we are commemorating Sayeda Zainab (as) and the women of Karbala and the date of his death is during Rajab, in which many anniversaries fall. Despite this, we revere him to be the patient and just Imam he was, because as many virtues he shares with the rest of the infallibles, he is still unique in his own way.

Related Links (Imam Al-Kadhim): https://www.al-islam.org/fourteen-luminaries-islam-ahmad-ahmadi-birjandi/ninth-infallible-hadhrat-imam-musa-b-jafar-seventh https://www.al-islam.org/story-of-the-holy-kaaba-and-its-people-shabbar/seventh-imam-musa-ibn-jafar-al-kazim

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Death of Sayeda Zainab (as)

Sayeda Zainab (as) was the first daughter to both Sayeda Fatima bint Muhammad and Imam Ali ibn Abi Taleb, and the first sister to both Imam Hassan ibn Ali and Imam Hussain ibn Ali (peace be upon them). Many of us remember her as the mere sister, daughter, or granddaughter of great personalities, but she was a great personality herself. She may not be one of the 14 infallibles, but numerous scholars have vouched for infallibility. There are levels of infallibility, and while she is not the most infallible personality, she is nonetheless infallible. As one scholar put it, “Zainab is one of the pioneers to one of the greatest revolutions in Islam” (main event being Karbala). Her own name is made up of two compound words in Arabic, “Zain” as in beauty and “Ab” as in father: she was “the beauty (or adornment) of her father”, Imam Ali ibn Abi Taleb (as).

We should not be quick to dismiss her persona, character, or her life lessons in attempt to strictly learn about the 14 Ma'soomeen (infallibles). She is a pillar and foundation on which the infallible 14 have relied upon. It is crucial we revere her along with the other great women of islam, especially due to the rise in feminism and islamophobia. Islam is far from oppressing women, and knowing and understanding this should begin cultivating at a young age so we are not easily swayed when our beliefs are attacked-and this is becoming more and more inevitable as the movement of modernity spreads.

Although many of us remember Sayeda Zainab (as) as a sad and feeble old woman, she was the opposite and should only be remembered with dignity. While of course, it goes without mentioning, indeed she suffered incredible trauma and tremendous amounts of grief, she was not weak or feeble in that way. She sincerely struggled and persevered above the torment caused by the regime that killed and oppressed her brother and family.

The events surrounding her death are extremely vague but it is general consensus that she died at the age of 57 years. The brief paragraph below is all the information I was able to muster from the sources that I had available to me, it’s better than nothing:

“Although the events surrounding her death are obscure, and there are definitely discrepancies as to what occurred after the massacre in Karbala in 62 AH to this noble woman, however most historians write that she lived only one year after the massacre and at the age of 57, left this mortal world.Even the reports of where she was buried conflict with one another with three prominent opinions being put forward by the researchers. Some say that she died and was buried in Madinah; others claim Egypt where there is a large shrine for Sayyida Zainab while the third and most compelling belief is that she died in Damascus.‘Peace be upon her the day she was born, the day she died and the day she will be brought back to life…” Link: http://www.duas.org/zainubas.htm

In any event, her life and her purpose is what is revere and commemorate. So in discussion, appropriate enough time to discuss what she went through in Karbala and how she overcame such tragedy. Of course, I can in no way summarize all of the exalted pieces of her tragedy, so here is a link to better serve you: https://www.al-islam.org/remembering-karbala-once-again-selected-marsias-meer-anis-and-mirza-dabeer.

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