He was born on the first of Rajab in the year 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 Messenger (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
(a.s.), who sat with him and comforted him. The Imam (a.s.) 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 (a.s.) 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 (a.s.) replied that with the permission of Allah, he can cure him. The Imam (a.s.) asked Abu Baseer to come nearer to him and moved his hand over his eyes. He retrieved his eyesight instantly and could see. The Imam (a.s.) 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 the Paradise as a blind man?” Abu Baseer replied that he wanted to revert to the previous condition. The Imam (a.s.) 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 (a.s.) 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 (a.s.) asked if he wished to
meet his dead father, he replied in affirmative. The Imam (a.s.) 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 per your instructions 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 Prophets 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 (a.s.) 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 earthquake, voices of
crying people could be heard, and many houses were demolished. The Imam went up
the minaret and addressing the people said loudly; “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 of them; 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 Messenger (s.a.w.a.s.)
loved her immensely and had said that whoever makes her unhappy, that person
makes the Noble Messenger 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 his 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.
Once, 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
similar to 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: The Glorious Qur’an
Bihar-ul-Anwar by Allama Muhammad Baqir Majlisi (r.a.)
No comments:
Post a Comment