The Life of Imam Ja’far Al-Sadiq

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The Life of Imam Ja’far Al-Sadiq Author:
Translator: M. Majid Asadi
Publisher: Ansariyan Publications – Qum
Category: Imam al-Sadiq

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The Life of Imam Ja’far Al-Sadiq

The Life of Imam Ja’far Al-Sadiq

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Publisher: Ansariyan Publications – Qum
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Table of Contents

Dedication 1

Preface 2

Notes 7

The Shining of the Light 8

The Respected Family 8

The Father 8

The Mother 9

Naming 9

His Nicknames 9

His Surnames 10

Physical Descriptions 10

His Birth Year 11

His House 11

His Creativity and Intelligence 11

His Familiarity with Languages 12

His Participation in Rebuilding the Prophet’s (S) Mosque 14

The Disease of His Mother 14

His Dignity and Staidness 15

Notes 15

Under the Shadows of His Grandfather and Father 17

Under the Shadow of His Grandfather 17

His Prayer for His Son 19

Towards Immortality 21

Towards the Paradisiacal Abode 21

The Imam’s (as) Funeral 22

In His Last Destination 22

Under the Shadow of His Father 23

At the University of His Father 23

Love and Praise 23

His Advices to Imam al-Sadiq (as) 24

Imam al-Sadiq’s (as) Obedience to His Father 24

With His Father in Sham 25

Closing the Shops in the Face of the Imam (as) 27

Towards Immortality 28

Nominating Imam al-Sadiq (as) for the Next Imamate 28

His Advice to Imam al-Sadiq (as) 29

The Last Will 29

Towards Paradise 30

Funeral of the Imam (as) 30

In the Last Abode 30

Muslims’ Condolence to Imam al-Sadiq (as) 30

Notes 31

Psychological Elements 32

Imamate 32

Necessity of Imamate 32

Imams (as); Allah’s (SwT) Representatives 32

Imamate; the Prophetic Tree 33

Imams (as); the Commissioners of Allah (SwT) 33

Obedience to and Recognition of the Imams (as) 33

Supremacy of their Positions 34

The Knowledge of Imams (as) 36

Infallibility 38

Generosity and Magnanimity 38

Donations in Secret 39

Hospitality 39

Modesty 40

Nobility of Character 40

Patience 40

His Willingness to Praying 41

His Prayers 41

Fasting 41

Hajj 42

More about His Personality 43

Imam Baqir 43

Zayd ibn Ali 43

Yahya ibn Zayd 44

Malik ibn Anas 44

Abu Hanifah 44

Abd al-Rahman ibn Abu Layla 45

Amr ibn Thabit 46

Al-Mansour al-Dawaneeqi 46

Abd al-Karim ibn Abil-Awja 46

Abdullah ibn al-Mubarak 47

Al-Sayyid al-Himyari 47

Al-Awni 47

Salih al-Jafari 47

Al-Hasan ibn Muhammad 47

Al-Arbali 47

Muayyid al-Din 48

Abu Hatam al-Razi 48

Ibn Hayyan 48

Al-Jahiz 48

Muhammad ibn Talhah 48

Ahmad ibn Hajar al-Haythami 49

Al-Shahristani 49

Ibn al-Sabbagh 50

Abu Naim 50

Muhammad ibn Hamzah 50

Al-Yafii 50

Mahmoud al-Khalidi 50

Sayyid Mir Ali al-Hindi 51

Ahmad Amin 51

Peters al-Bustani 51

Muhammad Farid Wajdi 51

Ahmad Atiyyatullah 52

Khayr al-Din 52

Said Abbas al-Makki 52

Umar Rida Kahhalah 52

Mustafa Ghalib 52

Arif Tamir 53

Mahmoud ibn Wahib 53

Al-Shabrawi 54

Al-Dhahabi 54

Ibn Abu Hatam 54

Al-Khazraji 54

Ahmad Mahmoud Subhi 55

Al-Suwaydi 55

Al-Arbali 55

Abd al-Aziz Sayyid al-Ahl 56

Shaykh Abu Zuhrah 56

Muhammad Abd al-Munim 56

Muhammad Jawad Fadlullah 57

Al-Salami 57

Asad Haydar 58

Shaykh al-Mufid 58

Umar ibn Shahin 58

Farouq Umar 58

Ahmad ibn Abu Yaqoub 59

Adam Hodgeson 59

Abu Shaker al-Disani 59

Ramadhan Lawand 59

Hasan al-Amin 60

Abd al-Rahman al-Hanafi 60

Muhammad Sadiq 60

Mustafa al-Shakah 60

Conclusion 60

His Enemies 62

Ibn Sad 62

Abu Bakr ibn Ayyash 62

Yahya ibn Said 62

Al-Bukhari 63

Imran ibn Hattan 63

Aboul-Ahmar 63

Jarir ibn Uthman 64

Ishaq ibn Suwayd 64

Abdullah ibn Salim 64

Notes 64

His Scientific University 65

His Encouragements for Learning 65

Urging on Documenting the Science 65

His Advice to Protect Books 65

Correcting the Books of His Students 65

The Founders of the University of the Ahl al-Bayt (as) 66

In the Era of Imam al-Sadiq (as) 69

The Factors of Growth and Prosperity 70

The General Center 71

Scientific Scholarship 71

The Number of the Students 71

The Branches 72

His Professional Students 73

Documenting Sciences 74

Books Attributed to Al-Sadiq (as) 75

Al-Jafariyyat 76

A Book with His handwriting 76

Pride and Glory 76

Its Distinctive Feature 76

The Dread of the Government 78

Educational Systems 79

Imam (as) with His Students 80

Husham ibn al-Hakam 80

The Syrian Man with the Imam’s (as) Students 82

Imam (as) with Some of His Students 84

Notes 86

His Reasoning and Debates 87

Nullification the Doubts of Atheists 87

Al-Jud ibn Dirham 87

Abd al-Malik al-Misri 88

Some of the Atheists 89

Abu Shakir al-Disani 90

Abd al-Karim 90

The Infidel 96

With Fatalists 121

His Debates 122

With Abu Hanifah 122

With Ibn Abi-Layla 124

With the Mutazilah 125

With Christians 128

Notes 129

His Letters and Advices 130

Letters 130

A Letter to al-Najjashi 130

The Answer of the Imam (as) 131

The Letter of the Imam (as) to al-Najjashi 136

His Letter to Some of His Followers 136

His Letter About Spoils of War and the Fifth 138

His Letter Regarding Monotheism 141

His Letter to a Group of His Companions 142

His Letter to Some of His Followers 142

His Letter to Abdullah 142

His Letter to His Companions 143

His Letter to Some of His Companions 143

His Letter to Some of the People 143

His Letter to People of the World 143

His Advices 144

His advice to Abdullah ibn Jundab 144

Bequest for Mumin al-Taq 150

His Bequest For His Son al-Kadhem (as) 153

His Advices to Sufyan 154

His Advices to His Followers 155

His Advice to Jabir ibn Hayyan 157

His Advice to Mufaddhal ibn Zayd 158

His First Advice to Mualla ibn Khunays 158

His Second Advice to Mualla 159

His Advice to Umar ibn Said 159

His Advice to Hasan ibn Rashid 159

His Advice to Anbasa al-Abed 159

His Advice to Hamad 159

His Advice to Samaa 160

His Advice to Bastam 160

His Advice to Muhammad and Ishaq 160

His Advice to Muawiyah ibn Ammar 160

His Advice to Ammar ibn Marwan 161

His Advice to Abd al-Rahman 161

His Advice to Abu Basir 161

His Advice to Hamran ibn Ayun 161

His Advice to Mufaddhal ibn Umar 162

His Advice to Some of His Companions 162

His Advice to Onwan al-Basri 163

His Advice to Some of His Companions 164

His Advice to Some of His Companions 164

His Advice to Hafs ibn Ghiath 165

His Advice to Mufaddhal ibn Umar 166

His Advice to Some of His Companions 166

His Advice to His Companions 166

His Advice to Hafs ibn Ghyath 167

His Advice to His Companions 167

His Advice to Ammar ibn Mosa 167

His Advice to His Followers 167

His Advice to His Followers 168

His Advice for the General Public 168

His Advice to His Companions 168

His Advice to Homran ibn Ayun 169

His Advice to Mansour al-Dawaneeqi 169

Notes 169

Knowledge 170

Chemistry 170

Medicine 171

The Imam (as) with the Indian Physician 172

The Number of Bones in the Human Body 175

Blood Circulation 176

Warning Against Gastric Diseases 176

Health Advices 176

Nourishment 178

Rice Bread 178

Meat 178

Scholastic Theology 178

Conscience-Based Reasoning 179

Intellectual Reasoning 179

The Monotheism of al-Mufaddhal 179

Examples from the Monotheism of al-Mufaddhal 180

The origin of doubting about Allah (SwT) 180

Manichaeanism 181

Atheists 181

Sense-Based Reasons for the Existence of Allah 181

The Precise System of the Universe 181

The Creation of Human Being 182

The Science of Jurisprudence and the Reason of Instructions 188

His Flexibility 191

Opening the Horizon of Inference 191

The Levels of Ijtihaad 192

The Comprehensiveness of the Tasks for All 192

The Reason of Instructions 193

Ablution Before and After Meals 193

Prohibiting Wine, Eating Dead Animal and Blood 193

Fulfilling Fasts after Menstruation 193

Glorifying Mosques 194

Fulfilling Two Prayers Together 194

Group Prayer 194

Walking Towards Prayer 195

Leaving Prayers and Infidelity 195

Prostration on the Ground 195

Exclaiming “Allah is great” Three times After the Prayer 196

Night Prayer 196

Almsgiving 196

Almsgiving for the Poor 197

Illegality of Paying Alms to Some People 197

Fasting 197

The Necessity of Hajj 197

The Necessity of Hajj Umra 198

Talbia 198

Trotting and Endeavour Between al-Safa and al-Marwa 198

Not Looking in Mirror 199

The Hatred of Using Kohl for Women in Hajj 199

Making Hajj Compulsory for People 199

The Naming of Some Parts of Hajj 199

Forbidding Usury 199

Exceptions in Selling to Return Debt 200

Notes 200

In Holy Quran’s Atmosphere 201

Pondering on the Verses of Quran 201

The Miracle and Strange in Quran 201

Quran, Ordering and Denying 202

The Rewards of Those Memorizing and Reading Quran 202

The Reward of Listening to Quran 202

Houses in which Quran is read 202

What should be read during Each Day? 203

Having Quran in House 203

The Duration That Quran’s Reading Should be completed 203

Reading Correctly 203

Quran Descended in Four Sections 203

Writing Quran with Gold 204

Examples of His Interpretation 204

Important Notes About Establishing the House 208

Notes 297

A Glance at the Holy Prophet’s (S) Traditions 298

The Traditions from the Leader of the Believers, Imam Ali (as) 331

His Narrations from Imam Hasan (as) 347

His Narrations from His Father 349

His Narrations from Abu Dharr (ar) 350

His Narrations from Salman al-Farsi (ar) 352

From the Prophets’ (as) Judgments 352

Mind and Knowledge 365

Knowledge 365

The Importance of Mind 365

Mind and Religion 366

Mind is the Fence of Human Being 367

The Success of Human with his Mind 367

Reward in Accordance with Mindfulness 367

Mind and Morals 368

Mind and Its Soldier 368

Doubtfulness as a Disease of the Mind 369

Mind For Obeying Allah (SwT) 370

Mind as the Proof of Allah (SwT) for His Creatures 370

Encouraging People to Seek Knowledge 371

Compulsory Studying 371

Superiority of Scientists 371

The Reward of the Learner 372

Learn More and More 372

The Behaviour of Learner 372

Sincerity in Seeking Knowledge 373

Blaming the Pride in Knowledge 373

Different Categories of Learners 373

Superiority in Religious Studies 373

When Someone Is Considered as Religious Expert 374

Knowledge Accompanying Deeds 375

Knowledge Without Deeds 375

Speech Without Knowledge 375

Asking from Scholars 376

Evil Scholars 376

Scholars in Hell 376

The Death of Proper Scholars 377

Useful Knowledge 377

The Zakat of Knowledge 377

The Imperfect Person 378

Proper Attributes 378

Virtue 378

Patience 378

Endurance 379

Modesty 379

Contentedness 379

Being Satisfied With Allah’s (SwT) Decision 380

Humility 380

Proper Behaviour 381

Generosity 381

Beneficence 381

Kindness 382

Mercy 382

Determinism 382

Proper Attributes 382

Elevated Properties 382

Three Proper Attributes 383

Three Honourable Attributes 383

Beauty 383

Yielding on Truth 383

Honest Talk 384

Relying on Allah (SwT) 384

Strength in Affairs 384

The Attributes of the Prophets (as) 384

Proper Attributes 384

Prominent Attributes 385

The Attributes of the Believers 385

Ten Properties of Goodness 385

Ten Properties of Wisdom 385

Hateful or Bad Attributes 385

Spite 386

Envy 386

Self-complacence 387

Arrogance 387

Greediness 388

Stinginess 388

Cupidity 389

Pride 389

Anger 389

Duplicity 390

Lack of Mind 390

Backbiting 390

Deviltry 391

Gloating 391

Hypocrisy and Dispute 392

Throwing Sin on an Innocent Person 392

Aggression 392

Oppression 392

Duplicity 393

Betrayal 394

Cheating and Deceiving 394

Extremism 395

Pessimism 395

Over-joking 395

Being Bored and Worried 395

Lowness 395

Laziness 396

Lie 396

Adultery 396

Disloyalty to Parents 397

Denying Mercy 397

Three Whom Allah (SwT) is Furious About 397

Three Whom Allah (SwT) Hates 398

Three Who Have No Faith 398

Hasting In Deeds 398

Great Sins 398

Disclosing Secrets 398

Loving the Worldly Life 399

Friendship and Faith 399

The Importance of Friendship 400

The Necessity of Friendship 400

The Position of Friendship 400

Rights of Friends 400

Financial Comfort 400

Avoiding Expenses 401

Not Following the False Steps of the Friend 401

The Boundary of Friendship 401

People Who Shall Not Be Friends 401

Caring About Friend After His Death 402

Visiting Relatives 402

Faith and Believers 403

Faith 403

Islam and Faith 403

Faith with Levels 404

The Superiority of Those Ahead in Faith 404

Faith and Organs of Human 406

Believers 409

The Attributes of A Believer 409

The Right of A Believer 410

A Believer is Brother of A Believer 411

Working Hard to Fulfil Believers’ Need 411

Overcoming Believer’s Needs 412

Bringing Happiness to Believers’ Hearts 413

Overcoming Believers’ Trouble 414

The Clothes of Believer 414

Honouring Believers 415

Feeding the Believers 415

Relieving a Believer 416

Hurrying in Accepting a Believer’s Request 416

Giving the Believer What He Needs 416

Visiting and Asking about a Believer 417

Advising the Believers 417

Scorning a believer is Forbidden 417

Frightening a Believer is Forbidden 417

Assisting Someone Against a Believer is Banned 418

Letting a Believer Down is Forbidden 418

Accusing a Believer is Inhibited 418

Rebuking a Believer is Banned 418

Rejoicing At Misfortune of Believer is Banned 418

Damaging a Believer is Prohibited 419

Hurting the Believers is the Aim of Satan 419

Notes 419

Imam al-Sadiq’s (as) Opinions in Politics and Economics 420

Jurisprudents and Kings 420

Penance of Working with Kings 420

What People Are In Need of? 420

The Kindness of Rulers and Their Justice 420

Just Rulers 420

Silence in the Kingdom of the Cruel 421

Denying the Just Imam 421

Cruel Ruler 421

Being away From the Rulers 421

The Attributes of Imam 421

Keep Distance from Kings 422

The Best Rulers 422

Some Responsibilities of Ruler 422

The Responsibilities of Government on Citizens 422

Merciful Ruler 423

Words in Economics 423

Urging to Farm 423

Urging to Work 424

His Stress on Doing Business 424

His Denial against Squander 425

Restoration of Wealth 425

Avoiding Laziness 425

Denying Oversleep and Extra Leisure Time 426

Imam al-Sadiq’s (as) Advices and Models of His Wisdoms 427

His Advices 427

Love Because of Allah (SwT) 428

The Kind Act 429

His Tripartite Traditions 430

His Quadruplet Traditions 444

His Quintuple Traditions 448

His Sextet Traditions 450

His Heptagon Traditions 451

His Octoploid Traditions 451

His Ten-Part Traditions 452

The Imam’s (as) Short Phrases 452

The Era of Imam al-Sadiq (as) 472

The Umayyad Rulers 473

The Government of the Imam (as) 475

The Government of Muawiyah 479

The Government of Yazid 480

The Murder of Slaying Imam Husayn (as) 481

The Event of al-Harrah 481

Muawiyah ibn Yazid 482

The Government of Marwan 482

Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan 483

Appointing Hajjaj as the Governor 484

His Stand with Religion 484

The Problems of the Shiah 485

The Problem of Kufah 485

His Prisons 486

His Death 486

Comments about al-Hajjaj 487

Al-Hasan al-Basri 487

Umar ibn Abd al-Aziz 487

Asim 487

Al-Qasim 487

Zadhan 487

Tawous 487

Returning to the Topic of al-Hajjaj 487

His Rulers and Attendants 487

Khalid al-Qasri 488

Ibn Shafi 488

Yousif ibn Umar 488

The Imam (as) in Damascus 488

The Death of Abd al-Malik 488

The Government of al-Walid 489

Imam (as) with al-Walid 489

The Death of al-Walid 490

The Government of Sulayman ibn Abd al-Malik 491

The Government of Umar ibn Abd al-Aziz 492

Avoiding the Curse against Imam Ali (as) 492

His Relation with the Alawis 493

The Return of Fadak to the Alawis 493

With Imam Baqir (as) 493

Points to Criticise 494

His Death 494

The Government of Yazid ibn Abd al-Malik 494

Husham ibn Abd al-Malik 495

Stinginess 495

Spite 495

Hardhearted 496

Malicious Logic 496

With His Son Said 496

With Imam Baqir (as) 496

The Lecture of the Imam (as) in Damascus 497

Arresting the Imam (as) 498

Closing the Shops in the Way of the Imam (as) 498

The Revolution of Zayd 499

The Betrayal of the Koufis 500

Passing Away 500

The Burning of the Pure Corpse 501

Imam al-Sadiq (as) and Zayd 502

The Death of Husham 503

The Government of al-Walid ibn Yazid 503

The Government of Yazid ibn al-Walid 503

The Government of Ibrahim ibn al-Walid 504

The Government of Marwan ibn Muhammad 504

Alawi Preachers 504

Al-Abwa Conference 505

Choosing Abi Muslim 505

The Advices of Ibrahim to Abi Muslim 505

In Khurasan 506

Nasr ibn Sayyar 506

The Stand of Imam al-Sadiq (as) 507

The Imam (as) with the Alawis 507

With Abi Salmah 508

Abi Muslim Regretted 509

The End of the Umayyad Dynasty 510

The Umayyad Escaped 512

Genocide 512

The Stance of Imam al-Sadiq (as) 512

The General Policy of the Umayyad 512

Enmity over Ahl al-Bayt (as) 513

Scoring the Nation 513

Scorning the Value and Principles 514

Tribal Prejudice 514

The Financial Policy 514

In the Era of al-Saffah and al-Mansour 515

The Government of al-Saffah 517

The Managerial System 518

Al-Saffah and the Alawids 519

The Stand of Imam al-Sadiq (as) with al-Saffah 520

Moving to al-Hirah 521

The Welcoming of the Scholars 521

His Visit to the Shrine of Imam Ali (as) 522

His Motivation for Visiting the Shrine of Imam Ali (as) 523

His Visits to the Shrine of al-Husayn (as) 523

The Merits of Visiting al-Husayn (as) 523

The Prayer of the Imam (as) for the Visitors of al-Husayn (as) 524

The Death of al-Saffah 525

The Government of al-Mansour 526

His Psychological Elements 526

Stinginess 527

His Niggardliness 527

His Stinginess on al-Mahdi 527

With the Singer of His Camel 528

With Ibn al-Samaan 528

With al-Wadheen ibn Atta 529

With the Poets 529

Economical Slump 530

The Reason of His Stinginess 530

His Dictatorship 530

His Betrayal and Disloyalty 531

Abu Muslim 531

Abdullah ibn Ali 531

Muhammad ibn Abi-Abbas 532

Frightening the Citizens 533

Torturing the Alawis 534

Spying on the Alawis 535

Arresting the Alawis 536

Transferring Them to Iraq 537

The Disaster of Imam al-Sadiq (as) 537

The letter of the Imam (as) to Abdullah 538

In al-Rabadhah 540

In al-Hashimiyyah 541

The Confiscation of the Alawis’ Wealth 542

The Revolution of al-Zaki Muhammad 542

The Revolution of Ibrahim 545

Putting the Alawis in the Cylinder 547

The Treasury of the Head of the Alawis 547

Alawis Asking for Mercy 548

Scolding Imam Ali (as) 548

The Stance of al-Sadiq (as) towards al-Mansour 549

The Stand of al-Mansour in Dealing with Imam al-Sadiq (as) 552

Cruel Actions 552

Burning the House of the Imam (as) 552

Keeping Him Away from the People 553

Arresting the Imam (as) 553

His Intention to Kill the Imam (as) 554

Giving up the Request of al-Mansour 555

The Release of the Imam (as) from His Malice 557

Al-Mansour with the Imam (as) in al-Rabathah 558

Sending after Him to al-Kufah 559

Sending after Him to Baghdad 562

Imam al-Sadiq (as) and the Close Departure 566

The Imam (as) Announcing His Death 566

His Assassination 567

His Will 567

Towards Paradise 568

Preparing for Funeral 568

Praising the Imam (as) after His Death 569

Lighting up a Lamp in the House of the Imam (as) 569

The Date of Departure 569

His Blessed Age 569

Notes 570