Imam Muhammad b. Ali al-Jawad (a): Difference between revisions

== Birth ==

According to the report of historians, Imam al-Jawad (a) was born in [[195]]/811 in [[Medina]].<ref>Mufīd, ''al-Irshād'', vol. 2, p. 273; Ṭabrisī, ''Iʿlām al-warā'', vol. 2, p. 91.</ref> However, there is a disagreement about the day and month of his birth.<ref>Ṭabrisī, ''Iʿlām al-warā'', vol. 2, p. 91; Ibn Shahrāshūb, ''Manāqib Āl Abī Ṭālib'', vol. 4, p. 379.</ref> Some have regarded Imam's (a) birthday as [[Ramadan 15]]/[[June 11]]<ref>Ashʿarī, ''Kitāb al-maqālāt wa al-firaq'', p. 99; Ṭabarī, ''Dalāʾil al-imāma'', p. 201.</ref> and some others regarded it in [[Ramadan 19]]/[[June 15]].<ref>Ashʿarī, ''Kitāb al-maqālāt wa al-firaq'', p. 99.</ref> The famous and unique report is [[Rajab 10]]/[[April 8]] which has been mentioned by [[al-Shaykh al-Tusi]] in ''[[Misbah al-mutahajjid (book)|Misbah al-mutahajjid]]''.<ref>Ṭūsī, ''Misbāḥ al-mutahajjid'', p. 805</ref>