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THE IMAMS ARE TWELVE
There are twelve Imams, who. One
after the other. Have
attained to Imamate in order to
safeguard the statutes of
religion and to deliver them to
the people.
In the second book of "Religious
Education". you were
introduced to four Holy Imams:
The first Imam - Imam Ali- Amir
ul-Muminin (A.S.)
The second Imam - Imam Hassan (A.S.)
The third Imam - Imam Hussayn (A.S.)
The fourth Imam - Imam Sajjad (A.S.)
In that same book you read instructive
stories about
these four Imams. Do you remember
them? What are the
titles of these stories? Write,
in a few lines. A summary of each
of them and say:
What result we get from them and
how we must imitate
the ways of the Imams.
In this book you will be introduced
to four other Holy
Imams:
The fifth Imam - Imam Muhammad al-Baqir (A.S.)
The sixth Imam - Imam Ja'far al-Sadiq (A.S.)
The seventh Imam - Imam Musa al-Kazim (A.S.)
The eighth Imam - Imam Ali al-Rida (A.S.)
Are you able to recite the names
of these Holy Imams in
order? Do you know the names of
the other four Imams?
Now we are going to learn about
our fifth holy Imam.
The Fifth Imam:
The Imam Muhammad al Baqir (A.S.)
Imam Muhammad al-Baqir- (A.S.) was horn in the
58th year of the Hijrah, on the
third day of the month of
Safar in the city of Medina. His
honored father is Imam
Sajjad and his revered mother.
Fatima. Daughter of Imam
Hassan. Imam Sajjad. According
to the command of God and
the decree of the prophet. Appointed
his son. Imam
Muhammad al-Baqir. To Irnarnate
and leadership of the
people. And introduced him as such.
Imam Muhammad al-Baqir like the
other Imams, in
knowledge and science had no equal.
Great learned men
benefited from his knowledge and
science and used to ask
him to solve their problems.
Imam Muhammad al-Baqir (A.S.) instructed people in
the precepts of religion, taught
them the ethics of life, and
used to strive very hard to educate,
culture and guide the
people. During the course of his
life, he taught the people
thousands of theological and religious
principles, as well as
scientific subjects, and his teachings
have been handed down
to us.His wisdom and learning
was so much that he was called
Baqir ul-'ulum. which means "the
Opener of Sciences
Imam Muhammad al-Baqir, (A.S.) lived in this
world for a period of 57 years.
and in the 114th year of the
Hijrah. On the seventh day of the
month of Zil-Hijjah. In
Medina he left this world.His
bodv was buried in Baqi
cemetery alongside the graves of
Imam Hassan and Imam
Sajjad (A.S.) in Medina.
