Musa al-Mubarqa'
Mūsā al-Mubarqaʿ (Arabic: موسیٰ المُبَرْقَع), (d. 296/909) was son of Imam al-Jawad (a), the ninth Imam of Shi'a. He was younger than his brother Imam al-Hadi (a), the tenth Imam of Shi'a. He was a scholar and hadith narrator. Musa Mubarqa' is buried in Qom.
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| Teknonym | Abu Muhammad, Abu Ja'far |
|---|---|
| Epithet | Al-Mubarqa' |
| Father | Imam al-Jawad (a) |
| Mother | Samana al-Maghribiyya |
| Place of Birth | Medina |
| Place(s) of Residence | Medina, Kufa, Qom |
| Children | Radawi Sayyids |
| Demise | 296/909 |
| Place of Burial | Qom |
Epithet
Al-Mubarqa' literally means "covered" and he was called so because he used to cover his face with a veil (Burqa' in Arabic).[1] His teknonym were Abu Muhammad and Abu Ja'far.
Birth and Death
He was born in Medina in 214/829-30[2]. He stayed in Medina until his father was martyred. Musa passed away in Rabi' II 22, 296/January 18, 909 in Qom.[3]
Family
Musa was a son of Imam al-Jawad (a) and her mother was Samana al-Maghribiyya. She was also the mother of Imam al-Hadi (a).
Radawi Sayyids
Musa Mubarqa is the ancestor of Radawi Sayyids who are spread in countries such as Iran, India, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iraq, and Syria.
Travel to Kufa and Qom
After his father was martyred, he decided to travel to Kufa and he lived there until 256/870, then he went to Qom and stayed there.[4]
Narration of Hadith
He was a scholar of hadith and diraya and also a hadith narrator. Al-Shaykh al-Tusi in his Tahdhib al-ahkam,[5] Al-Shaykh al-Mufid in his Al-Ikhtisas,[6] and Ibn Shu'ba al-Harrani in his famous book Tuhaf al-'uqul,[7] mentioned some of Musa's narrations.
Immigration of his Sisters to Qom
It has mentioned that after Musa settled in Qom, his sisters Zaynab, Umm Muhammad, and Maymuna immigrated to Qom and after they passed away, were buried in the holy Shrine of Lady Fatima al-Ma'suma (a).[8]
Tomb
His tomb was built in 950/1543 by the order of Shah Tahmasb Safawi. Since then, some of Sayyids (approx. 150 persons) were also buried beside his grave in the tomb.
Notes
- ↑ Ḥarrānī, Tuḥaf al-ʿuqūl ʿan Āl al-Rasūl, p. 476; ʿAṭārudī, Musnad al-Imām al-Jawād, p. 84-85.
- ↑ Baḥrānī, ʿAwālim al-ʿulūm wa al-maʿārif, vol. 23, p. 553.
- ↑ Ḥarrānī, Tuḥaf al-ʿuqūl ʿan Āl al-Rasūl, p. 476; ʿAṭārudī, Musnad al-Imām al-Jawād, p. 84-85.
- ↑ Qummī, Tārīkh-i Qom, p. 215; ʿAṭārudī, Musnad al-Imām al-Jawād, p. 84-85.
- ↑ Ṭūsī, Tahdhīb al-aḥkām, vol. 9, p. 355.
- ↑ Mufīd, al-Ikhtiṣāṣ, p. 91.
- ↑ Ḥarrānī, Tuḥaf al-ʿuqūl ʿan Āl al-Rasūl, p. 476.
- ↑ Qummī, Tārīkh-i Qom, p. 216; ʿAṭārudī, Musnad al-Imām al-Jawād, p. 84-85.
References
- Ibn ʿAnba, Aḥmad b. ʿAlī b. Ḥusayn b. ʿAlī. ʿUmdat al-ṭālib fi ansāb Āl Abī Ṭālib. Najaf: [n.d].
- Aḥmadī Qummī, Ḥusayn. Nūr ʿalā nūr. Qom: Intishārāt-i Masjid Muqaddas-i Jamkarān, 1388 Sh.
- Muḥīṭī Ardakānī, Aḥmad. Sabzpushān. Intishārāt-i Zāʾir, 1384 Sh. [n.p].
- Baḥrānī, ʿAbd Allāh Iṣfahānī. ʿAwālim al-ʿulūm wa al-maʿārif. Mustadrak, Hadrat Zahra (a) to Imam al-Jawad (a). Qom: Muʾassisa al-Imām al-Mahdī (a), [n.d].
- Ibn Shuʿba al-Ḥarrānī, Ḥasan b. ʿAlī. Tuḥaf al-ʿuqūl ʿan Āl al-Rasūl. Edited by ʿAlī Akbar Ghaffārī. Second edition. Qom: Muʾassisa al-Nashr al-Islāmī, 1406 AH.
- Ṭūsī, Muḥammad b. al-Ḥasan al-. Tahdhīb al-aḥkām. Edited by Sayyid Ḥasan al-Khursān. 2nd ed. Beirut: Dār al-Aḍwāʾ, 1406 AH.
- ʿAṭārudī, ʿAzīz Allāh. Musnad al-Imām al-Jawād. Qom: al-Muʾtamar al-ʿĀlamī li-l-Imām al-Riḍā, 1410 AH.
- Fayḍ Qummī. Kitāb ganjīna-yi āthār-i Qom. Qom: 1349-1350 Sh. [n.n].
- Qummī, Ḥasan b. Muḥammad b. Ḥasan. Tārīkh-i Qom. Translated by Ḥasan b. ʿAlī b. Ḥasan ʿAbd al-Malik Qummī. Edited by Jalāl al-dīn Tehrānī. Tehran: Intishārāt-i Tūs, 1361 Sh.
- Mufīd, Muḥammad b. Muḥammad al-. Al-Ikhtiṣāṣ. 1st ed. Qom: Kungira-yi Shaykh al-Mufīd, 1413 AH.
- Nūrī, Mīrzā Ḥusayn. Badr mushaʿshaʿ fi ahwal-i Musa Mubarqaʿ. Qom: Lithography, [n.d].