Imam Mohammad Al Jawad    |   Life in 99 seconds   |   & QUIZ   |   TEAC786   |
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Date: 13/07/2020

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A biography of our 9th Imam, Imam Mohammad Al-Jawad Al-Taqi a.s. in 99 seconds. Test your knowledge from the attached QUIZ link above. 
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1. The name of our 9th Imam is Imam Mohammad a.s., and he is titled At-Taqi and Al-Jawad. His agnomen is Abu-Ja’fer.
2. He was the only son of our 8th Imam, Imam Ali Reza a.s. and Bibi Sabika Khatoon also known as Khaizuran. Therefore, all Sayyids known as Razvis are in fact Taqawis.
3. He was born on the 10th of Rajab in Medina, and born when his father was 45 years old.  
4. Imam Mohammad Taqi a.s. was 5 years old when his father was called to Baghdad by Ma’mun Rashid to be his 'heir apparent.' 
5. Following Imam Reza’s martyrdom, Imam Taqi a.s. became the Imam at a mere age of 9. 
6. At such a young age, Imam Taqi a.s. was compelled by Ma’mun to debate with over 900 most learned scholars of that time. Imam Taqi a.s. stunned the crowd with his 
7. Believing that Ma’mun could influence the young Imam from childhood, Ma’mun conspired against Imam Taqi a.s. the same way as he did with Imam Reza a.s, that is, by providing distractions to take him away from Islam, which of course never worked.  
8. Ma’mun also compelled Imam Taqi a.s. to marry his ill-natured daughter, prolific and scholarly answers. Umm-e-Fadhl, with a hope that the 12th Imam would be from Ma’mun’s progeny. 
9. The Imam himself recited his marriage Khutba, which became so famous that it is being recited in weddings even today.
10. Umme-e-Fadhl did not have any children, and Ma’mun’s conspiracy failed once more. 
11. Ma’mun then tried to distract the Imam from Islam in numerable ways but to no avail, so Ma’mun sent Imam Taqi a.s. back to Medina with Umme Fadhl. 
12. Imam Taqi a.s also married Bibi Samaana who was a descendant of Ammar ibne Yasir and she was the one who gave birth to Imam ‘Ali Naqi (as) the tenth Imam.
13. While Imam Taqi a.s. was in Medina, he prepared and wrote books for the masails of Ijtihaad and Taqleed which were essential to prepare believers for the ghaibat of the 12th Imam. 
14. Ma’mun died and was succeeded by his brother Mo’tassim Billah who detested all Shias, especially the Ahlulbayt, and literally declared them Kuffar.
15. The Imam was martyred at the age of 25 on the 29th of DhulQa’da because of poison instilled in his drink by Abbasid caliph Motasim, through his niece, Umme-e-Fadhl. 
16. He is currently buried in Kazmain near Baghdad in Iraq together with his grandfather Imam Musa ibne Ja’far a.s.