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Moosa ibn Ja'far Kazim (The Seventh Imam)
Imam
Moosa ibn Ja'far Kazim, the son of the sixth Imam, was born in 128/744
and was poisoned and martyred in prison in
183/799.
He became Imam after the death of his father, through Divine Command and
the decree of his forefathers.
| Honour name(LAQAB) | Mother name | No.of children | Date of Birth | Place of Birth |
| KAZIM | Hazrat Hameeda Khatoon | 18 sons
12 Daughters |
7th Safar 128 Hijri | Abwa-e-Mabain(Mecca-wa-Madina |
| Date of wafat/shahadat | Duration of Life | Place of BURIAL | Name of Massom | |
| 25 Rajab 183 Hijri | 55 Years | Kazmain (IRAQ) | MOOSA |
The seventh
Imam was a contemporary of the Abbasid caliphs, Mansur, Hadi, Mehdi and
Haroon. He lived in very difficult
time
and in hiding, until finally Haroon went on the Hajj. In Medina, he had
the Imam arrested while praying in the Mosque
of theProphet
(sawas). He was chained and imprisoned, then taken from Madina to Basra
and from Basra to Baghdad where
for
years he was transferred from one prison to another. Finally he died in
Baghdad in the Sindi ibn Shahak prison through
poisoning
and was buried in the cemetery of the Quraysh which is now located in the
city of Kazimayn.
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Refferences: SHI'A
by Allamah Sayyid Muhammad Husayn Tabatabai,
Shahid Juma Concept of Massiah in Islam