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THE LIFE OF IMAM MUHAMMAD AL-JAWAD

Author: Baqir Sharif al-Qarashi
Translator: Abdullah al-Shahin
Publisher: Ansariyan Publications – Qum
Category:

• INTRODUCTION
• HIS BIRTH AND UPBRINGING
• HIS NOBLE LINEAGE
• HIS FATHER
• HIS MOTHER
• THE GREAT NEWBORN
• THE DELIGHT OF IMAM AR-REDHA (A.S)
• CEREMONIES OF THE BIRTH
• HIS EPITHETS
• HIS FEATURES
• HIS BIRTHDAY
• THE FIGURE ON HIS RING (SEAL)
• HIS UPBRINGING
• HIS INTELLIGENCE AND GENIUS
• IMAM AR-REDHA PRAISES IMAM AL-JAWAD
• GLORIFICATION
• IMPRESSIONS OF HIS PERSONALITY
• 1. ATH-THAHABI
• 2. IBN TAYMIYA
• 3. AS-SAFADI
• 4. IBN AL-JAWZI
• 5. MAHMOOD BIN WUHAYB
• 6. AZ-ZARKALI
• 7. KAMALUDDEN
• 8. ALI BIN EESA AL-ARBALI
• UNDER THE WING OF HIS FATHER 
• HIS MORALS
• HIS ASCETICISM
• HIS GENEROSITY
• HIS KNOWLEDGE
• HIS WORSHIPPING
• HIS DIGNITY
• OPINIONS AND WORDS
• 1. AL-MA’MOON
• 2. IBRAHIM BIN AL-ABBAS
• 3. AARIF TAMIR
• 1. AS-SOULI
• 2. ABU NU’ASS
• 3. ABDULLAH BIN AL-MUBARAK
• FORCING HIM TO ACCEPT THE POSITION OF HEIR APPARENT
• THE SERMON OF AL-MA'MOON
• JOYOUS CELEBRATIONS
• WITH IMAM AL-JAWAD (A.S)
• CARRYING OUT HIS FATHER’S AFFAIRS
• THE LETTER OF IMAM AR-REDHA TO IMAM AL-JAWAD
• IMAM AR-REDHA DECLARES AL-JAWAD AS THE IMAM AFTER HIM  
• 1. MUHAMMAD AL-MAHMOORI
• 2. SAFWAN BIN YAHYA
• 3. MA’MAR BIN KHALLAD
• 4. ABDULLAH BIN JA’FAR
• 5. MUHAMMAD BIN ABU ABBAD
• THE TREACHERY OF AL-MA'MOON AGAINST IMAM AR-REDHA
• 1. ENVY
• 2. PLEASING THE ABBASIDS
• 3. IMAM AR-REDHA DID NOT FLATTER AL-MA'MOON
• 4. THE PRAYER OF EID
• THE ASSASSINATION OF IMAM AR-REDHA
• AL-MA'MOON ANNOUNCES THE IMAM’S DEATH
• PREPARING THE HOLY CORPSE
• IN HIS LAST ABODE
• THE MERITS OF VISITING HIS HOLY SHRINE
• MUSLIMS CONSOLE IMAM AL-JAWAD
• THE CONFUSION OF THE SHIA
• DELEGATIONS OF JURISPRUDENTS AND ULAMA
• FROM HIS HIGH IDEALS
• IMAMATE
• ITS GOALS
• THE QUALITIES OF THE IMAM
• KNOWLEDGE
• INFALLIBILITY
• HIS WORSHIP
• HIS OFFERING RECOMMENDED WORSHIPS (NAFILA)
• HIS HAJJ
• HIS SUPPLICATIONS
• HIS ASCETICISM
• HIS GENEROSITY
• DOING GOOD TO PEOPLE
• HIS COMFORTING THE PEOPLE
• HIS KNOWLEDGE AND SCIENCES 
• THE HADITH
• HIS NARRATIONS FROM THE MESSENGER OF ALLAH
• HIS NARRATIONS FROM IMAM ALI
• HIS NARRATIONS FROM IMAM AS-SADIQ
• HIS NARRATIONS FROM HIS FATHER
• MONOTHEISM
• JURISTIC QUESTIONS
• THE PRAYER
• THE ZAKAT
• THE KHUMS
• THE HAJJ
• VOW
• EXPIATION OF BREAKING THE OATH
• ENTAILMENT
• MARRIAGE
• DIVORCE
• SUCKLING
• LAWFULNESS OF THE MARRIAGE OF AN ADULTERER TO THE WOMAN HE COMMITS ADULTERY WITH
• DEPRIVATION OF ILLEGITIMATE CHILDREN OF INHERITANCE
• SHUF’A
• INHERITANCE
• CAUSES OF THE VERDICTS
• GIVING GOOD NEWS ABOUT THE COMING OF IMAM AL-MAHDI
• FROM THE REALITY OF FAITH
• 1. TRUSTING IN ALLAH
• 2. BEING SATISFIED WITH ALLAH
• 3. DEVOTION TO ALLAH
• 4. TURNING TO ALLAH WITH THE HEART
• NOBILITIES OF CHARACTER
• SATISFYING THE NEEDS OF PEOPLE
• MANNERS OF BEHAVIOR
• HIS CALL TO THE DOING OF FAVOR
• FROM HIS SERMONS
• HIS LETTERS
• REPENTANCE
• FROM THE REVELATION OF ALLAH TO SOME OF HIS PROPHETS 
• WHAT A BELIEVER NEEDS
• WONDERFUL MAXIMS AND ARTS
• HIS COMPANIONS AND THE NARRATORS OF HIS TRADITIONS 
• HIS COMPANIONS
• 1. IBRAHIM BIN DAWOOD AL-YA’QOOBI
• 2. IBRAHIM BIN MUHAMMAD AL-HAMADANI
• 3. IBRAHIM BIN MAHZIYAR ABU ISAAQ AL-AHWAZI
• 4. IBRAHIM BIN MIHRWAYH
• 5. AHMED BIN HAMMAD AL-MIRZAWI
• 6. AHMED BIN ISAAQ AL-ASH’ARI AL-QUMMI
• 7. AHMED BIN ABDULLAH AL-KUFI AL-KARKHI
• 8. AHMED BIN MUHAMMAD BIN ABU NASR AL-BIZENTI
• 10. AHMED BIN MUHAMMAD BIN UBAYDA AL-QUMMI AL-ASH’ARI
• 11. AHMED BIN MUHAMMAD BIN KHALID AL-BARQI
• His works
• Criticism against him
• 12. AHMED BIN MUHAMMAD BIN BINDAR AL-AQRA’
• 13. AHMED BIN MUHAMMAD BIN UBAYDILLAH AL-ASH’ARI AL-QUMMI
• 14. AHMED BIN MUHAMMAD BIN EESA AL-ASH’ARI AL-QUMMI
• His works
• His class in narrations
• 15. AHMED BIN MO’AFA
• 16. ABUL QASSIM IDRIS AL-QUMMI
• 17. ISAAQ AL-ANBARI
• 18. ISAAQ BIN IBRAHIM BIN HASHIM AL-QUMMI
• 19. ISAAQ BIN MUHAMMAD BIN IBRAHIM AL-HUDHAYNI
• 20. UMAYYA BIN ALI AL-QABASI ASH-SHAMI
• 21. JA’FAR BIN DAWOOD AL-YA’QOOBI
• 22. JA’FAR BIN MUHAMMAD BIN YOUNUS AL-AHWAL AS-SAYRAFI
• 23. JA’FAR BIN MUHAMMAD AL-HASHIMI
• 24. JA’FAR BIN YAHYA BIN SA’D AL-AHWAL
• 25. JA’FAR AL-JAWHARI
• 26. ABU ALI AL-HASAN BIN RASHID AL-BAGHDADI
• 27. AL-HASAN BIN SA’EED AL-AHWAZI
• 28. ABU ALI AL-HASAN BIN AL-ABBAS IBN AL-HAREESH AR-RAZI
• 29. AL-HASAN BIN ABBASBIN KHARASH
• 30. ABU MUHAMMAD AL-HASAN BIN ALI BIN ABU UTHMAN
• 31. AL-HASAN BIN YASAR
• 32. AL-HUSAYN BIN ASAD
• 33. AL-HUSAYN BIN SA’EED BIN HAMMAD AL-AHWAZI
• 34. AL-HUSAYN BIN SAHL BIN NOAH
• 35. AL-HUSAYN BIN DAWOOD AL-YA’QOOBI
• 36. AL-HUSAYN BIN ALI AL-QUMMI
• 37. AL-HUSAYN BIN MUHAMMAD AL-QUMMI
• 38. AL-HUSAYN BIN MUSLIM
• 39. AL-HUSAYN BIN IMAM MUSA BIN JA’FAR (A.S)
• 40. AL-HUSAYN BIN YASAR
• 41. HAFS AL-JAWHARI
• 42. HAMZA BIN YA’LA AL-ASH’ARI AL-QUMMI ABU YA’LA
• 43. KHALAF AL-BASRI
• 44. KHAYRAN AL-KHADIM AL-QARATEESSI
• 45. ABU HASHIM DAWOOD BIN AL-QASSIM BIN ISAAQ BIN ABDULLAH BIN JA’FAR BIN ABU TALIB AL-JA’FARI
• 46. DAWOOD BIN MAFANNA AS-SARMI
• 47. DAWOOD BIN ALI AL-KHUZA’IY
• 48. DAWOOD BIN MAHZIYAR
• 49. ZAKARIYYA BIN ADAM BIN ABDULLAH BIN SA’D AL-ASH’ARI AL-QUMMI
• 50. SA’D BIN SA’D BIN AL-AHWAS AL-ASH’ARI AL-QUMMI
• 51. SAHL BIN ZIYAD AR-RAZI
• 52. SHATHAN BIN AL-KHALIL AN-NAYSHABORI
• 53. ABUL KHAYR SALIH BIN ABU HAMMAD AR-RAZI
• 54. SALIH BIN MUHAMMAD BIN SAHL
• 55. SALIH BIN MUHAMMAD AL-HAMADANI
• 56. SAFWAN BIN YAHYA AL-BAJALI
• 1. His reliability
• 2. His worship
• 3. His piety
• 4. His covenant with his companions
• 5. His asceticism in life
• 6. His obedience to the infallible imams
• 7. His jurisprudence
• 8. His works
• 9. His death
• 57. AL-ABBAS BIN UMAR AL-HAMADANI
• 58. ABDUL JABBAR BIN MUBARAK AN-NAHAWANDI
• 59. ABDURRAHMAN BIN ABU NAJRAN
• 60. ABU TALIB ABDULLAH BIN AS-SALT
• 61. ABDULLAH BIN MUHAMMAD AR-RAZI
• 62. ABDULLAH BIN MUHAMMAD BIN HUSSAYN AL-KHUDHAYNI AL-AHWAZI
• 63. ABDULLAH BIN MUHAMMAD BIN SAHL BIN DAWOOD
• 64. ALI BIN ASBAT BIN SALIM
• 65. ALI BIN BILAL
• 66. ALI BIN HADID BIN HAKEEM AL-MADA’INI AL-AZDI AS-SABATI
• 67. ALI BIN HASSAAN AL-WASITY AL-MUNAMMIS
• 68. ALI BIN AL-HUSAYN BIN ALI BIN UMAR BIN AL-HUSAYN BIN ALI BIN ABU TALIB 
• 69. ALI BIN AL-HAKAM
• 70. ALI BIN KHALID
• 71. ALI BIN ABDULLAH AL-QUMMI
• 72. ALI BIN ABDULLAH AL-MADA’INI
• 73. ALI BIN ABDUL MELIK
• 74. ALI BIN MUHAMMAD BIN SULEIMAN AN-NAWFALI
• 75. ALI BIN MUHAMMAD BIN HARUN BIN MAHBOB
• 76. ALI BIN MUHAMMAD AL-ALAWI AL-HASANI
• 77. ALI BIN MUHAMMAD AL-QALANISI
• 78. ALI BIN MAHZIYAR
• 1. His converting to Islam
• 2. His piety
• 3. His reliability in narrations
• 4. His works
• 5. The letters of Imam al-Jawad (a.s) to him
• 6. His narrations
• 79. ALI BIN MUYASSAR
• 80. ALI BIN NASR
• 81. ABUL HUSAYN ALI BIN YAHYA
• 82. AL-QASSIM BIN AL-HUSAYN AL-BIZENTI
• 83. MUHAMMAD BIN IBRAHIM AL-HUDHAYNI AL-AHWAZI
• 84. MUHAMMAD BIN ABU ZAYD AR-RAZI
• 85. MUHAMMAD BIN ABUL SAHBAN
• 86. MUHAMMAD BIN ABU QURAYSH
• 87. MUHAMMAD BIN ABU NASR
• 88. ABU ALI MUHAMMAD BIN AHMED BIN HAMMAD AL-MAHMODI
• 89. MUHAMMAD BIN ISMA’EEL BIN BAZEE’
• His relation with Imam ar-Redha (a.s)
• With Imam al-Jawad (a.s)
• His works
• 90. MUHAMMAD BIN ISMA’EEL AR-RAZI
• 91. MUHAMMAD BIN AL-HASAN BIN ABU KHALID AL-ASH’ARI
• 92. MUHAMMAD BIN AL-HASAN BIN AMMAR
• 93. MUHAMMAD BIN AL-HASAN BIN MAHBOB
• 94. MUHAMMAD BIN AL-HASAN AL-WASITI
• 95. MUHAMMAD BIN AL-HASAN BIN SHAMMON AL-BASRI
• 96. MUHAMMAD BIN AL-HUSAYN AL-ASH’ARI
• 97. ABU JA’FAR MUHAMMAD BIN AL-HUSAYN BIN ABUL KHATTAB AZ-ZAYYAT AL-HAMADANI
• 98. MUHAMMAD BIN HAMZA AL-ALAWI
• 99. ABU ABDULLAH MUHAMMAD BIN KHALID AL-BARQI
• 100. MUHAMMAD BIN SALIM BIN ABDUL HAMEED
• 101. ABU JA'FAR MUHAMMAD BIN SINAN AZ-ZUHRI AL-KHUZA’IY 
• 102. ABU AS-SAHBAN MUHAMMAD BIN ABDUL JABBAR AL-QUMMI
• 103. MUHAMMAD BIN ABDULLAH AL-MADA’INI
• 104. ABU JA'FAR MUHAMMAD BIN ABDULLAH BIN MIHRAN AL-KARKHI
• 105. ABU BASHIR MUHAMMAD BIN ABDA
• 106. MUHAMMAD BIN AL-FARAJ AR-RAKHJI
• 107. MUHAMMAD BIN NASR AN-NAB
• 108. MUHAMMAD BIN NASR
• 109. MUHAMMAD BIN NOAH
• 110. MUHAMMAD BIN AL-WALEED AL-KHAZZAZ AL-KIRMANI
• 111. MUHAMMAD BIN YOUNUS BIN ABDURRAHMAN
• 112. AL-MUKHTAR BIN ZIYAD AL-ABDI AL-BASRI
• 113. MARWAK BIN UBAYD BIN ABU HAFSAH
• 114. MUSADDIQ BIN SADAQA AL-MADAYINI
• 115. MO’AWIYA BIN HAKEEM BIN AMMAR AD-DUHNI
• 116. MUNTHIR BIN QABOS
• 117. ABUL HUSAYN MANSOR BIN AL-ABBAS AR-RAZI
• 118. MUSA BIN DAWOOD AL-YA’QOBI
• 119. MUSA BIN DAWOOD AL-MINQARI
• 120. MUSA BIN ABDULLAH BIN ABDUL MELIK BIN HISHAM
• 121. MUSA BIN UMAR BIN BAZEE’
• 122. MUSA BIN AL-QASSIM BIN MO’AWIYA BIN WAHAB AL-BAJALI
• 123. NOAH BIN SHU’AYB AL-BAGHDADI
• 124. HARUN BIN AL-HASAN
• 125. YAZDAD
• 126. ABU JA'FAR AL-BASRI
• 127. ABUL HUSSAYN
• 128. ABU KHIDASH AL-MIHRI AL-BASRI
• 129. ABU SARA
• 130. ABU SUKAYNA AL-KUFI
• 131. ZAYNAB BINT MUHAMMAD BIN YAHYA
• 132. ZAHRA’ UMM AHMED
• THE AGE OF IMAM AL-JAWAD (A.S)
• CULTURAL LIFE
• CULTURAL CENTERS
• 1. YATHRIB
• 2. KUFA
• 3. BASRA
• 4. BAGHDAD
• PREVAILING SCIENCES
• 1. SCIENCES OF THE QUR’AN
• A. Recitation
• B. Tafsir (interpretation)
• 2. HADITH
• 3. JURISPRUDENCE
• 4. USOOL
• 5. GRAMMAR
• 6. THEOLOGY
• 7. MEDICINE
• 8. CHEMISTRY
• TRANSLATION
• INSTITUTES AND LIBRARIES
• MAPS AND OBSERVATORIES
• POLITICAL LIFE
• THE SYSTEM OF THE RULE
• THE CALIPHATE AND HEREDITY
• UNUSUAL CONDUCTS
• VIZIERATE
• THE SEDITION BETWEEN AL-AMEEN AND AL-MA’MOON
• DEPOSING AL-MA’MOON
• DESTRUCTIVE WARS
• BLOCKADE OF BAGHDAD
• THE MURDER OF AL-AMEEN
• THE CALIPHATE OF IBRAHIM THE DISSOLUTE
• THE REVOLT OF ABU AS-SARAYA
• THE ABBASIDS PAY HOMAGE TO THE ALAWIDS
• SEIZING THE AUTHORITY
• DISAPPOINTMENT OF MUSLIMS
• PERSECUTING THE ALAWIDS
• THE CREATION OF THE QUR'AN
• ECONOMICAL LIFE
• THE INCOME OF THE STATE
• STRIVING TO COLLECT WEALTH
• ACCUMULATION OF WEALTH
• THE EXPENDITURES OF AL-MA’MOON’S MARRIAGE
• GIFTS AND DONATIONS
• POSSESSION OF MAIDS
• DIVERSITY IN BUILDING
• FURNITURE OF HOUSES
• CLOTHES
• FOODS
• THE WEALTH LEFT FROM THE ABBASIDS
• 1. Al-Mansor
• 2. Ar-Rasheed
• 3. Al-Khayzuran
• 4. Amr bin Su’da
• THE LIFE OF AMUSEMENT AND DIVERSION
• ASCETICISM
• AT THE AGE OF AL-MA'MOON
• THE ASPECTS AND TENDENCIES OF AL-MA'MOON
• 1. CUNNING
• 2. SEVERITY
• 3. TREACHERY
• 4. HIS TENDENCY FOR AMUSEMENT AND PLAY
• CLAIMING SHIISM
• 1. GIVING FADAK BACK TO THE ALAWIDS
• 2. PREFERRING IMAM ALI TO OTHER COMPANIONS
• 3. APPOINTING IMAM AR-REDHA AS THE HEIR APPARENT
• WITH IMAM AL-JAWAD (A.S)
• THE FIRST MEETING
• THE MARRIAGE OF IMAM AL-JAWAD TO AL-MA'MOON’S DAUGHTER 
• THE MOTIVES OF THIS MARRIAGE
• THE FEAR OF THE ABBASIDS
• THE MEETING OF THE ABBASIDS WITH AL-MA'MOON
• DELEGATING YAHYA TO TRY IMAM AL-JAWAD (A.S)
• THE QUESTIONS OF YAHYA
• ENGAGEMENT
• EXPLAINING THE QUESTION
• IMAM AL-JAWAD ASKING YAHAY
• GIFTS ON THE OCCASION OF MARRIAGE
• THE MASSES HONORING IMAM AL-JAWAD
• HIS LECTURES IN BAGHDAD
• HIS TRAVEL TO YATHRIB
• HIS WEDDING
• CONGRATULATION
• LEAVING BAGHDAD
• A MIRACLE
• UMMUL FADHL COMPLAINS OF IMAM AL-JAWAD
• THE ANNUAL SALARY OF IMAM AL-JAWAD
• THE DEATH OF AL-MA'MOON
• THE END
• THE CHARACTERISTICS OF AL-MU’TASIM
• DISLIKE OF KNOWLEDGE
• HIS HATRED TO THE ARABS
• HIS LOYALTY TO THE TURKS
• WITH IMAM AL-JAWAD
• BRINGING IMAM AL-JAWAD TO BAGHDAD
• BETRAYING THE IMAM
• IMAM AL-JAWAD PREDICTS HIS DEATH
• ANNOUNCING THE IMAMATE TO HIS SON
• THE ASSASSINATION OF IMAM AL-JAWAD
• THE MOTIVES OF THE ASSASSINATION
• TO THE BEST WORLD
• FUNERALS AND BURIAL
• HIS AGE
• THE DATE OF HIS DEATH
• ZIYARAH OF IMAM AL-JAWAD (A.S)
• REFERENCE BOOKS
• Endnotes