Musa ibn Jafar

**Musa ibn Jafar**
Musa ibn Jafar
Born	745 CE; Al-Abwa
Died	799; Baghdad
Other names	Al-Qazim, Bab ul Hawaij
Known for	Mysticism, Shia Imam

Musa ibn Jafar, also known as Al-Qazim (the one who controls his anger) was the seventh Shia Imam, after his father Jafar ibn Muhammad. He is also highly respected among Sunnis, who consider him as a renowned scholar.^[1]^[2] There occurred division in Shias on the question of Imamate. Ismailis said that Ismail ibn Jafar, the eldest son of Jafar ibn Muhammad should be the next imam while the larger group Jafari (or Twelvers) considered Musa ibn Jafar to be the next imam.^[3]

Musa Ibn Jafar Media

Shrine of al-Kazim in Kazimiyan, Baghdad
Abbasid territories circa 788
Map of Iraq and the neighboring Khuzestan, with inserts on the vicinities of Baghdad and Samarra, during the Abbasid period
This is a photo of a monument in Iran identified by the ID

References

↑ Sharif al-Qarashi2, Baqir (2000). The Life Of Imam Musa Bin Ja'far aL-Kazim (PDF). Translated by Jasim al-Rasheed. Iraq: Ansarian.
↑ A Brief History of The Fourteen Infallibles. Qum: Ansariyan Publications. 2004. pp. 135–143.
↑ Campo, Juan E. (2009). Encyclopedia of Islam (Encyclopedia of World Religions). USA: Facts on File. pp. 386, 652, 677. ISBN 978-0-8160-5454-1.

[1] Sharif al-Qarashi2, Baqir (2000). The Life Of Imam Musa Bin Ja'far aL-Kazim (PDF). Translated by Jasim al-Rasheed. Iraq: Ansarian.

[2] A Brief History of The Fourteen Infallibles. Qum: Ansariyan Publications. 2004. pp. 135–143.

[3] Campo, Juan E. (2009). Encyclopedia of Islam (Encyclopedia of World Religions). USA: Facts on File. pp. 386, 652, 677. ISBN 978-0-8160-5454-1.

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Musa ibn Jafar

Born	745 CE Al-Abwa
Died	799 Baghdad
Other names	Al-Qazim, Bab ul Hawaij
Known for	Mysticism, Shia Imam