Musa al-Mubarqa'

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Musa al-Mubarqa'
His darih, Qom
His darih, Qom
TeknonymAbu Muhammad, Abu Ja'far
EpithetAl-Mubarqa'
FatherImam al-Jawad (a)
MotherSamana al-Maghribiyya
Place of BirthMedina
Place(s) of ResidenceMedina, Kufa, Qom
ChildrenRadawi Sayyids
Demise296/909
Place of BurialQom


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.

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 tree of Ahl al-Bayt (a)
 
 
 
 
 
 
Khadija
 
 
 
Muhammad
 
 
 
Mariya
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Al-Qasim
 
'Abd Allah
 
Lady Fatima
 
 
 
Ibrahim
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Imam Ali
 
 
 
 
Umm al-Banin
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Imam al-Husayn
 
 
Imam al-Hasan
 
Lady Zaynab
 
Umm Kulthum
 
Muhsin
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Al-'Abbas
 
Abd Allah
 
Uthman
 
Ja'far
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Muhammad
 
'Awn
 
Ali
 
Al-'Abbas
 
Umm Kulthum
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Al-Hasan
 
Al-Qasim
 
'Abd Allah
 
Fatima
 
Zayd
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
'Abd Allah
 
Zaynab
 
Ibrahim
 
Al-Hasan
 
al-Hasan
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Muhammad
 
Ibrahim
 
Idris
 
 
 
 
 
Nafisa
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Imam al-Sajjad
 
'Ali al-Akbar
 
'Ali al-Asghar
 
Fatima
 
Sukayna
 
Ruqayya
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Imam al-Baqir
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Zayd
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Imam al-Sadiq
 
'Abd Allah
 
Ibrahim
 
'Ubayd Allah
 
'Ali
 
Yahya
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Imam al-Kazim
 
Muhammad
 
Ali
 
Ishaq
 
Umm Farwa
 
'Abd Allah
 
Isma'il
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Imam al-Rida
 
Ma'suama
 
Hamza
 
Ishaq
 
Ahmad
 
Ibrahim
 
Muhammad
 
 
 
Imam al-Jawad
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Imam al-Hadi
 
Musa
 
Fatima
 
Hakima
 
Amama
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Imam al-'Askari
 
Husayn
 
Muhammad
 
Ja'far
 
 
 
Imam al-Mahdi
 
 


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

  1. Ḥarrānī, Tuḥaf al-ʿuqūl ʿan Āl al-Rasūl, p. 476; ʿAṭārudī, Musnad al-Imām al-Jawād, p. 84-85.
  2. Baḥrānī, ʿAwālim al-ʿulūm wa al-maʿārif, vol. 23, p. 553.
  3. Ḥarrānī, Tuḥaf al-ʿuqūl ʿan Āl al-Rasūl, p. 476; ʿAṭārudī, Musnad al-Imām al-Jawād, p. 84-85.
  4. Qummī, Tārīkh-i Qom, p. 215; ʿAṭārudī, Musnad al-Imām al-Jawād, p. 84-85.
  5. Ṭūsī, Tahdhīb al-aḥkām, vol. 9, p. 355.
  6. Mufīd, al-Ikhtiṣāṣ, p. 91.
  7. Ḥarrānī, Tuḥaf al-ʿuqūl ʿan Āl al-Rasūl, p. 476.
  8. Qummī, Tārīkh-i Qom, p. 216; ʿAṭārudī, Musnad al-Imām al-Jawād, p. 84-85.

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