13 Facts About Musa al-Kadhim

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Musa al-Kadhim was born in 745 CE in Medina, and his imamate coincided with the reigns of the Abbasid caliphs al-Mansur, al-Hadi, al-Mahdi and Harun al-Rashid.

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2.

Musa al-Kadhim was a seventh generation descendant of Muhammad through his daughter Fatima.

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3.

Musa al-Kadhim was repeatedly imprisoned and harassed by the caliphs and finally died in 799 at the al-Sindi ibn Shahiq prison of Baghdad, possibly poisoned at the order of Harun.

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4.

Musa al-Kadhim's father was al-Sadiq, the sixth Shia Imam, who was a descendant of Ali and Fatima, cousin and daughter of the Islamic prophet, respectively.

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5.

Musa al-Kadhim's mother was Hamida Khatun, a slave-girl from Berber or Andalusia.

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6.

Musa al-Kadhim was known as Hamida the Pure and was respected for her religious learning, teaching jurisprudence to women in a seminary in Medina.

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7.

Musa al-Kadhim reportedly grew up in a large family, with six brothers and nine sisters.

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8.

Musa al-Kadhim received the allegiance of the most renowned Shia students of his father, al-Sadiq, immediately after his death.

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9.

Musa al-Kadhim reportedly did not support al-Husayn ibn Ali al-Abid, a Hasanid descendent of Ali who revolted against the Abbasids in the Hejaz in 786 and was killed near Mecca, together with many other Alids.

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10.

Musa al-Kadhim appointed a network of representatives to supervise the Shia in various localities and collect the and other donations made to the Imam.

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11.

Musa al-Kadhim was placed in charge of the prefect of police, al-Musayyab ibn Zuhayr al-Dabbi, who later became a follower of al-Kazim.

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Musa al-Kadhim is said to have been poisoned at the instigation of Harun, who gave al-Sindi the orders through Yahya ibn Khalid when he visited the caliph in Rakka.

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13.

Musa al-Kadhim's traditions are collected in Musnad al-Kazim, which is extant.

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