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 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.