Musa al-Kazim
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Al-Imām Mūsā al-Kāẓim (Template:ArB; Persian: Emam Musa Kazem) (November 10, 745 – September 4, 799) Born Mūsā ibn-Ja‘far ibn-Muḥammad (Template:ArB) was the Seventh Shī'a Imām (he is not accepted by the Ismailis as the seventh Imam). The Festival of Emam Musa Kazem is held on the seventh day of Rajab every year in the Islamic calendar.
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Birth and family life
Mūsā ibn-Jaˤfar ibn-Muħammad al-Kāđim was born in Abwa, a town between Mecca and Medina.
- Father: Jaˤfar as-Sādiq, the Sixth Imam
- Mother: Hamīda, a Berber slave
Expertise
As a youngster, he studied under his father who was renowned for his knowledge in the sciences, law and religious studies.
The Imāma
Jaˤfar died when Mūsā was 20. Upon his father's death, the title of Imām was contested. Some felt that it had passed to his brother Ismāīl ibn-Jaˤfar, who had predeceased their father, while others felt it belonged to his other brother ˤAbdu l-Lāh al-Aftalī. Despite this controversy, Mūsā was successful at gaining the allegiance of most of the Shīˤa community, cementing himself as Imām.
During Mūsā's imāmate, the Hashemites were facing persecution from the new Abbasid rulers of Baghdad. Mūsā was eventually arrested by Hārūn Rashīd and sent to Baghdad to be executed. However, Rashīd had a dream at the last minute, and instead freed Mūsā, giving him a thousand dinars and sending him back to Medina. Despite his change of heart, Rashīd would continue to regard the descendents of Muhammad as a threat to his rule, and as such, Mūsā was arrested again and kept in jail for six years.
Death
Mūsā is thought to have been poisoned by Hārūn Rashīd on September 4, 799 while in jail, and his body was put on display on the Baghdad bridge so that Rashīd could dispel any rumors of Mūsā still being alive. He was buried north of Baghdad in a town that is now named after him, Kazimain.
A mausoleum of one of his descendents called Emam Jæ'fær is situated in the city of Pishva near Tehran in Iran.[1]
Academic line
Teachers:
- |Jaˤfar as-Sādiq - 6:th Shīˤa Imām
Students: