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Featured Article Muḥammad b. ʿAlī b. Mūsā (Arabic: محمد بن علي بن موسی) known as Imām al-Jawād (a) (Arabic: امام الجواد) was the ninth Imam of Shia. He (a) was born on Rajab 10, 195/April 12, 811 in Medina and was Imam of Shi'a for 17 years. Imam al-Jawad (a) was born in last years of Imam al-Rida's (a) life. They have said that before his birth, Imam al-Rida (a) had no children and some enemies spread this rumor that Imam al-Rida (a) is not going to leave any lineage after himself and the chain of imamate will be broken. According to narrative sources, when Imam al-Jawad (a) was born and they brought him to his father; Imam al-Rida (a) said, "This is a child, more blessed than him is not born for our followers." After Imam al-Rida (a) was martyred, some Shi'a called his brother, 'Abd Allah b. Musa, as the next Imam. Some others followed Waqifids, but most Shi'a accepted the imamate of Imam al-Jawad (a) even though he (a) was an 8-year-old child. Scientific debates of Imam al-Jawad (a) in his childhood age with religious scholars of different Islamic sects in theological issues such as the position of caliphs and in jurisprudential issues such as hajj rituals are among well-known debates of Imams (a). Imamate of Imam al-Jawad (a) was contemporary with two Abbasid caliphs: the first was al-Ma'mun (193/809 to 218/833) and Imam (a) spent 23 years of his life at the time of his caliphate. The second was al-Mu'tasim al-Abbasi (218/833 to 227/842) two years of his caliphate were contemporary with imamate of Imam al-Jawad (a). Al-Mu'tasim, summoned Imam al-Jawad (a) from Medina to Baghdad. On Muharram 28, 220/February 5, 835, Imam (a) entered Baghdad and was martyred in Dhu l-Qa'da 30/November 29 of the same year at the age of 25 and was buried beside his grandfather Imam al-Kazim (a) in Kadhimiya. He was the youngest Imam when he was martyred. Read more... Recently featured: Imam 'Ali b. Musa al-Rida (a), Sahl b. 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Upcoming anniversaries Today: Sunday Dhu l-Qa'da 27 Monday Dhu l-Qa'da 28 7 AH - Treaty of Hudaybiyya (April 1, 629) 1361 AH - Demise of Diya' al-Din 'Iraqi (December 7, 1942) Tuesday Dhu l-Qa'da 29 220 AH - Martyrdom of Imam al-Jawad (a) (November 28, 835) Wednesday Dhu l-Qa'da 30 220 AH - Martyrdom of Imam al-Jawad (a) (November 29, 835) Thursday Dhu l-Hijja 1 2 AH - Marriage of Imam 'Ali (a) and Lady Fatima (a) (May 28, 624) 9 AH - Abu Bakr's being replaced with Imam 'Ali (a) to deliver the verses of Sura al-Tawba to Mecca (March 14, 631) Friday Dhu l-Hijja 2 1388 AH - Demise of Sayyid Muhammad Muhaqqiq Damad (February 20, 1969) Saturday Dhu l-Hijja 3 10 AH - The Prophet's entrance to Mecca during Hajjat al-Wida' (March 4, 632) 362 AH - Birth of Abu Rayhan al-Biruni (September 9, 973) 1338 AH - Demise of Mirza Muhammad Taqi Shirazi, known as "The Second Mirza" (August 18, 1920) Historical anniversaries of Dhu l-Qa'da August 20 1622 CE - Demise of al-Shaykh al-Baha'i (Shawwal 12, 1031) Wednesday August 23 1283 CE - Birth of Fakhr al-Muhaqqiqin (Jumada I 20, 682) Thursday August 24 1891 CE - Birth of Sayyid Ahmad Khwansari (Muharram 18, 1309) 1975 CE - Demise of Sayyid Mahmud Shahrudi (Sha'ban 16, 1395) Friday August 25 ‌ 1930 CE - Demise of Muhammad Hidaji Zanjani (Rabi' I 30, 1349) Saturday August 26 673 CE - Death of Ziyad b. 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