Imam Musa al-Kazim
Day 7
The lesson
- His body was laid on the bridge of Baghdad on al-Sindi's order and it was announced that he had died a natural death (al-Irshad), also to refute those who held him to be the Mahdi (Kashf al-Ghumma). He was buried in the cemetery of Quraysh at Shuniziyya, the family burial ground of al-Mansur ('Uyun Akhbar al-Rida), chosen, it is said, so the Shia could not gather at his grave (Maqatil al-Talibiyyin).
- His grave and that of his grandson Imam al-Jawad form the Shrine of al-Kazimayn in Kadhimiya, north of Baghdad. Imam al-Rida said that whoever visits his father's grave is like one who visits the graves of the Prophet and Ali ibn Abi Talib, and in another narration, like one who visits the grave of Imam al-Husayn (al-Kafi 4:583).
- Sunni scholars honoured him: al-Sam'ani visited his grave (al-Ansab), and Abu Ali al-Khallal said that whenever a matter troubled him he went to the grave of Musa ibn Ja'far, sought his intercession, and it was eased (Tarikh Baghdad).
Questions
Where was Imam Musa al-Kazim buried?
According to Imam al-Rida, visiting the grave of his father is like visiting whose graves?
What did Abu Ali al-Khallal do whenever a matter troubled him?
Questions are written by AI from the lesson’s facts, and each answer was checked against its fact.