Alhassanain(p) Network for Heritage and Islamic Thought

THE LIFE OF IMAM MUHAMMAD Al-JAWAD (a.s)

Author: Editorial Board
Translator: The Islamic Ahl Al-Bayt ('a) Foundation
Publisher: ABWA Publishing and Printing Center
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• PREFACE
• INTRODUCTION
• SECTION ONE
• CHAPTER ONE: IMAM MUHAMMAD JAWAD (AS) AT A GLANCE
• CHAPTER TWO: UNDERSTANDING IMAM JAWAD'S (AS) PERSONALITY
• CHAPTER THREE: A DISPLAY OF IMAM JAWAD'S (AS) PERSONALITY
• 1. A Talking Newborn
• 2. Becoming an Imam while a Child
• 3. Imam Jawad's (as) Knowledge
• A. Monotheism
• B. Interpretation of the Holy Qur'an
• C. Imam Jawad (as) and the Propagation of Hadith
• D. Jurisprudential Traditions from Imam Jawad (as)
• The prayer
• The Zakat (paying alms)
• The Hajj
• E. Causes of verdicts the philosophy
• 4. His Worship
• A. His Offering Recommended Worships
• B. His hajj
• C. His Supplications
• Some of his Supplications after having Performed Prayers
• Some of his Supplications in the Morning and Evening and for the Fulfilment of Anything Desired
• 5. His Miracles
• 6. His Asceticism and Great Social Attitudes
• A. His Generosity
• B. Being Benevolent
• C. His Comforting the People
• SECTION TWO
• CHAPTER ONE: IMAM JAWAD'S (AS) UPBRINGING
• CHAPTER TWO: THE STAGES OF IMAM JAWAD'S (AS) LIFE
• CHAPTER THREE: IMAM JAWAD (AS) UNDER THE WING OF HIS FATHER (AS)
• The Behaviour of Abbasids towards the People
• The Political Conditions
• The Inclinations, Positioning and Politics of al-Amin
• Destructive Wars
• The Murder of al-Amin
• The Caliphate of Ibrahim the Dissolute
• The Revolt of Abu al-Saraya
• Abdullah al-Mamun
• The aspects and tendencies of al-Mamun
• 1. Cunning
• 2. Brutality
• 3. Treachery
• 4. His Tendency for Amusement and Leisure
• Playing Chess
• Love of Music
• 5. Claiming Shiasm
• Giving Fadak Back to the Alawis
• Preferring Imam Ali to Other Companions
• Appointing Imam al-Rida as the Heir Apparent
• The Inclinations, Positioning and Politics of al-Mamun
• The Challenges of al-Mamun
• The Relation of Imam al-Rida (as) with al-Mamun
• A. The legal leadership from the people's point of view
• B. Al-Mamun's Struggles
• C. With Aware Believers
• The Quality of al-Mamun's Rule
• The Martyrdom of Imam al-Rida (as) and Imamah of Imam Jawad (as)
• Imam Jawad (as) at the Time of his Father's Death
• SECTION THREE
• CHAPTER ONE: THE AGE OF IMAM AL-JAWAD (AS)
• 1. Cultural Life
• Cultural Centres
• 1. Madinah
• 2. Kufa
• 3. Basra
• 4. Baghdad
• Sciences of the Qur'an
• 1. Recitation
• 2. Tafsir (The Exegesis of the Holy Qur'an)
• 3. Hadith
• 4. Jurisprudence
• 5. Usul
• 6. Grammar
• 7. Theology
• 8. Medicine
• 9. Chemistry
• Architicture and Civil Engineering Sciences
• Astronomy Translation
• Institutes and Libraries
• Maps and Observations
• 2. Political Life
• The System of the Rule
• The Caliphate and Heredity
• Unusual Conduct
• Vizierate
• Persecuting the Alawites
• The Createdness of the Qur'an
• 3. Economic Life
• The Income of the State
• Striving to collect Wealth
• Accumulation of Wealth
• The Expenditure for al-Mamun's Marriage
• Gifts and Donations
• Possession of Maids
• Diversity in Building
• Furniture in Houses
• Clothes
• Foods
• The Wealth Left by the Abbasids
• The Life of Amusement and Diversion
• Asceticism
• CHAPTER TWO: IMAM JAWAD (AS) AND HIS CONTEMPORARY RULERS
• 1. Al-Mamun Abbasi
• Imam Jawad (as) Marries al-Mamun's Daughter
• The Nature of al-Mamun and Imam Jawad's (as) Relationship
• Al-Mamun's Motive behind his Marrying his Daughter to Imam Jawad (as)
• The Positioning of Abbasids
• Imam Jawad's (as) Positioning against Ibn Aktham
• Imam Jawad (as) in the Reign of al-Mamun
• 2. Al-Mu'tasim Abbasi
• Al-Mu'tasim and Alert Forerunners
• Imam Jawad (as) and al-Mu'tasim
• 1. Calling Imam Jawad (as) to Baghdad
• 2. Planning for Imam's (as) assassination
• Imam Jawad's (as) Martyrdom
• Funerals and Burial
• The Date of Death of Imam (as)
• CHAPTER THREE: THE NECESSITIES OF IMAM JAWAD'S (AS) ERA
• SECTION FOUR
• CHAPTER ONE: IMAM MUHAMMAD JAWAD (AS) AND THE GENERAL NECESSITIES OF THE ISLAMIC WORLD
• 1. The Household (as) and the Divine Leadership
• 2. Islamic Society and Early Imamah in the School of the Household (as)
• 3. Imam Jawad's (as) Reaction against Deviated Concepts
• 4. The Grief of Islamic Ummah, a Great Concern of Imam Jawad (as)
• CHAPTER TWO: IMAM JAWAD (AS) AND THE NECESSITIES OF THE PIOUS GROUP
• 1. Imam Jawad (as) against the Doubts Regarding his Imamah
• 2. Imam Jawad (as) the Cultural Builder of the Pious Group
• A. Establishment of Thought
• Calling towards Pure Monotheism
• Standing against Exaggeration
• B. Strengthening the Scientific Bases
• Perfection of Methodolgy of Juriprudence
• Imam Jawad's (as) Answers to Jurisprudential and Scientific Questions
• Reciting Basmalah during the Prayer
• Forced Marriage
• Endowment
• The Witnessing of Spouse and Stranger
• C. Strengthening the Educational Structure
• Wisdom throughout Practice
• Interaction with Cruel ones
• Social Activities
• Imam Jawad's (as) Advice
• Encouraging Knowledge
• Encouraging Repentance
• 3. Perfection of the pious group's structure and readying them for the period of occultation
• A. Establishment of Representatives and Taking Perfectly Measured Actions
• B. Secret Letter-writing
• C. His Social Activities
• D. Training his Followers
• 4. Making Grounds for Imam Hadi's (as) Early Imamah
• 5. Imam Jawad (as) and the 12th Imam
• CHAPTER THREE: IMAM AL-JAWAD'S SCHOOL AND HERITAGE
• Disciples of Imam al-Jawad
• The Heritage of Imam al-Jawad
• 1. Qur'anic Exegesis
• 2. Discourses of Imam al-Jawad's (as) Theology
• A. Duty of Protecting the Faith
• B. Belief in Allah's Unity
• C. Prophecy of the prophets
• D. Imamah
• 3. Imam al-Jawad and Jurisprudence
• 4. Imam al-Jawad and History
• 5. Imam al-Jawad and Medicine
• Treatment for tertian fever and quartan fever
• Treatment for jaundice
• Treatment of hernia
• Treatment for permanent menstruation
• Treatment for stomach flu and palpitations
• Treatment for Renal Calculi
• 6. Imam al-Jawad and Supplication
• A. Confidential Prayer for Guidance to the Best
• B. Confidential Prayer for True Repentance
• C. Confidential Prayer for Help in Travel
• D. Confidential Prayer for Sustenance
• E. Confidential Prayer for Seeking Protection
• F. Confidential Prayer for Accepting Repentance
• G. Confidential Prayer for Help in Undertaking Hajj
• H. Confidential Prayer for Removing Persecution
• I. Confidential Thanksgiving Prayer
• J. Confidential Prayer for Granting the Requests
• 7. Sermons of Imam al-Jawad
• Short Maxims of Imam al- Jawad
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