Imam Mohammad_ibn_ Ali (a.s) was born on the 10th of Rajab 195 AH in Medina. His father Imam_ar_Redha (a.s) had undertaken his upbringing and shed rays of light from his great soul onto him. His famous epithets are Al_Jawad (the generous) and Al_Tagiy (the pious). Al_Ma’moon, the Abbasi caliph, had tried to deceive him with different types of provocations, but he was not deceived.

When his father was martyred, he was only 7 years old. He undertook the imamate and the religious leadership after his father for 17 years and he was martyred at the age of 25. He with his talents, geniuses and great endless scientific abilities has proven luminous realities adopted by the Shia, that an Imam must be the most aware and virtuous of the people of his time and the one who has more knowledge than any one else, regardless of being young or old. He always answered all complicated philosophical, theological and jurisprudential questions that were asked by famous scholars.

He established the bases of knowledge and used his short holy life to spread knowledge, teach different sciences and merge intellect with Islamic sciences and literature. A great number of scholars and narrators joined him to learn different Islamic sciences.

By: Maryam Miraghaei