He was born in 57A.H. in Madinah. He was 4 years old in the Great
Tragedy of Karbala. He lived with his father, Imam Ali Zain-ul-Abedin (a.s.)
for 39 years. His mother, Umme Abdullah was the daughter of Imam Hasan
al-Mujtabah (a.s.). Period of his Imamate was 18 years. The Noble Prophet (s.a.w.a.s.) informed his companion, Jabir ibn
Abdullah Ansari and said: “You will
live and meet one of my grandsons who will be the grandson of (Imam) Husayn
(a.s.), who will spread knowledge. When you meet him, give my “Salaam” to him”
Miracles of Imam Muhammad al-Baqir (a.s.):
In Amali, Muhammad ibn Sulayman narrates from his father that
there was a Syrian who used to visit the Imam. He was an enemy of Ahlul Bayt
(a.s.) but was impressed by the Imam’s knowledge and good manners. He fell sick
and told his companion to request the Imam to pray his Namaz-e-Janaza. By next
morning, his body was cold and was presumed dead. When a man came to inform the
Imam (a.s.), the Imam told him not to rush to prepare his burial. The Imam
(a.s.) prayed two rakaat namaz and came to the Syrian’s house and called him by
name. He (the presumed dead) replied the Imam, who sat with him and comforted
him. The Imam returned home. After some time, he came to the Imam and wished to
speak in seclusion. He narrated: “O
Imam, you are the Hujjat of Allah and the Right Path. I was in a semi sleep
condition when I heard someone saying
‘return his soul as Muhammad ibn Ali had requested for him!” This was also
reported in “Manaqib Shaher Ashoob”.
Abu Baseer was a blind man. He went in the presence of the Imam
and inquired: “You belong to Ahlul Bayt
(a.s.) and inheritors of the
miracles of all the prophets, can you cure a blind man?” The Imam replied
that with the permission of Allah, he can cure him. The Imam asked Abu Baseer
to come near to him and moved his hand over his eyes. He retrieved his
eye-sight and could see. The Imam said to him: “Do you want to live like normal seeing person and rise on the Day of
Resurrection with hope and despair or go
to Paradise as a blind man?” Abu Baseer
replied that he wanted to revert to the previous condition. The Imam again
moved his hand over his eyes, and he became blind again.” (A’alam ul Wara,
Manaqib)
Result of enmity with Ahlul Bayt (a.s.):
Abu Utaibah narrates in “Al-Kharaij”: “I was sitting in the
presence of Imam Muhammad al-Baqir (a.s.), when a Syrian man came and told the
Imam that he was his Shiah but his father loved Bani Umayyad. He had a garden
in Ramallah. After his death he searched for his father’s wealth but could not
find it.” The Imam asked if he wished to meet his dead father, he replied in
affirmative. The Imam gave him a letter and told him to go to Baqiyyah
Graveyard the same night and call “Darjaan”, a man in turban will appear, give
the letter to him. Next morning, Abu Utaibah came in the presence of the Imam
to know as to what had transpired with that Syrian. They both entered the
Imam’s house simultaneously. The Syrian said: “Only Allah knows whom to grant His
knowledge. I went to the graveyard last night and a man came, took the letter
and asked me to wait. After a while he brought a man who was black and said
that he was my father. I refused to accept it. The man told me that because of
the fire and smoke of the Hell, his complexion had changed. I inquired from the
man if he was really my father. He replied in affirmative. But because he loved
Bani Umayyad and I loved Ahlul Bayt hence he developed enmity towards me and
wanted to deprive me of his wealth. Hence he had buried it in the garden under
the olive tree.”
Miracle Thread of Musa and Haroon:
Ja’bir ibn Yazeed Ja’afi narrates in “Manaqib Shaher Ashoob”: “People
complained to Imam Zain-ul-Abedin (a.s.) about the oppressions of Bani Umayyad.
The Imam called his son Imam Muhammad al-Baqir (a.s.) and gave him a thread and
directed him to slowly move it. The Imam came in the mosque, prayed two rak’at
namaz, placed his cheek on the soil, and recited something. After the prayer,
he drew a thread which smell like musk, and gave one end to me to hold it and
slowly moved the thread. There was an earth-quake, voices of crying people
could be heard, and many houses were demolished. The Imam went up the minaret
and loudly said; “You Liars” and
recited the Ayah 26 of Surah al-Nahl:
“Their ceilings toppled on their heads and torment struck them from a direction
which they have never expected.” People imagined it to be a voice from
skies and fell on their knees.” The Imam told Ja’bir the thread belonged to
Prophet Musa and was given to the Holy Prophet (s.a.w.a.s.) by Jibra’eel.
Umar Bin Abdul Aziz’s respect for AhlulBayt (a.s.):
According to “Qurb-ul-Asnad”, the only caliph of Bani Umayyad, who
was not oppressive like the rest, Umar Bin Abdul
Aziz, openly said that he had heard the traditions about the Lady
of Paradise, Sayyida Fatima Zahra (s.a.) that the Noble Prophet (s.a.w.a.s.)
loved her immensely and had said that whoever makes her unhappy, that person
makes the Noble Prophet himself unhappy.
Return of Fadak to AhlulBayt (a.s.):
The Imam was visiting Umar Bin Abdul Aziz and saw him crying. The
Imam asked for the reason of crying. He replied that he was crying for some of
the actions of Husham of Bani Umayyiad.The Imam said: “O Omar, this world is a bazaar, people buy beneficial and harmful
things, so fear Allah and remember two things; watch for and send those deeds
which you want to be with you in the presence of Allah on the Day of Judgment,
and watch and exchange those deeds which you do not want to be with you in
Allah’s presence. Help the oppressed and stop the oppressor.”
The Imam further said: “Remember
three things for perfect faith; do not be happy in committing wrong, let not
your anger distract you from
righteousness, when you have power, do not acquire a thing which does not belong
to you.” Hearing this, Umar Bin Abdul Aziz asked for the writing material
and wrote:
In the name of Allah, the
Beneficent the Merciful
I, Umar Bin Abdul Aziz, am returning the property of Fadak to Imam
Muhammad al-Baqir (a.s.). This property was acquired by oppression and without
justification.
On way to Syria, a
priest asked the Imam (a.s): “In Paradise, people will eat and drink
but there will not be any excretion, is there any resemblance in this world
like that?” The Imam (a.s.) replied: “a
baby in mother’s womb!” He further asked: “A woman gave birth to twins, who were born, died and buried at the
same time, their ages were 150 and 50 years, who were those persons?” Imam
(a.s.) replied: “These were two
brothers; Uzair and Uzaira. Both lived together for 30 years. Then, Allah made
Uzair dead for 100 years while Uzaira remained alive. After Uzair was brought
back to life, both brothers lived for another 20 years!” The priest told
the people that he did not see any one more knowledgeable than this person
(Imam).
Sources used:
The Glorious Qur’an
Bihar-ul-Anwar
by
Allama Muhammad Baqir Majlisi
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