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== Imam's (a) Companions and Students == | == Imam's (a) Companions and Students == | ||
The situation at that time prepared a | The situation at that time prepared a foundation that Imam al-Baqir (a), [[Imam al-Sadiq (a)]], and other Imams (a) benefitted highly from. That opportune situation was the result of weakness of the [[Umayyad]] government. Internal crises of their political system did not allow the rulers to suppress the voices of [[Ahl al-Bayt (a)]] and isolate them as previous rulers had done. This situation helped Imam al-Baqir (a) and Imam al-Sadiq (a) to give jurisprudential, tafsir-related, ethical opinions in [[fiqh]] and [[hadith]] books. | ||
This enabled personalities such as, [[Muhammad b. Muslim al-Thaqafi|Muhammad b. Muslim]] to narrate 30,000 hadiths<ref>al-Majlisi, ''Bihar al-anwar, Vol.11, P.83</ref> and [[Jabir b. Yazid al-Ju'fi|Jabir al-Ju'fi]] narrated 70,000 hadiths from Imam al-Baqir (a). | |||
From the viewpoint of Shi'a scholars, the most prominent fiqh scholars of the beginning centuries of Islam were six people who were all companions of Imam al-Baqir (a) and Imam al-Sadiq (a): Zurara b. A'yan, [[Ma'ruf b. Kharrabudh al-Makki]], [[Yahya b. Abi l-Qasim al-Asadi|Abu Basir al-Asadi]], [[Fudayl b. Yasar al-Basri|Fudayl b. Yasar]], [[Muhammad b. Muslim al-Thaqafi]] and [[Burayd b. Mu'awiya al-'Ijli]]<ref>Ibn Shahr Ashub, ''al-Manaqib'', Vol.4, P.211</ref>. | From the viewpoint of Shi'a scholars, the most prominent fiqh scholars of the beginning centuries of Islam were six people who were all companions of Imam al-Baqir (a) and Imam al-Sadiq (a): Zurara b. A'yan, [[Ma'ruf b. Kharrabudh al-Makki]], [[Yahya b. Abi l-Qasim al-Asadi|Abu Basir al-Asadi]], [[Fudayl b. Yasar al-Basri|Fudayl b. Yasar]], [[Muhammad b. Muslim al-Thaqafi]] and [[Burayd b. Mu'awiya al-'Ijli]]<ref>Ibn Shahr Ashub, ''al-Manaqib'', Vol.4, P.211</ref>. | ||
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Some of the companions and students of Imam al-Baqir (a), regarding credit and reliability are approved by both [[Sunni]] and [[Shi'a]], a group of them have not been accepted by Sunni Rijal scholars due to their deep Shi'a tendencies and have only been accepted by Shi'a scholars. | Some of the companions and students of Imam al-Baqir (a), regarding credit and reliability are approved by both [[Sunni]] and [[Shi'a]], a group of them have not been accepted by Sunni Rijal scholars due to their deep Shi'a tendencies and have only been accepted by Shi'a scholars. | ||
However, | However, there should be no claim that Imam al-Baqir (a) was free from restrictions which governments imposed on the [[Ahl al-Bayt (a)]]; rather, undoubtedly the ruling atmosphere of the life of Imam al-Baqir (a) was in a state of [[Taqiyya|Taqiyya.]] At that point, culture was inflicted upon the society as a result of the ruling of unjust governments. Leaving taqiyya meant abandoning scientific activities and preaching principle teachings of religion. | ||
== Imam al-Baqir (a) in the Views of Scholars == | == Imam al-Baqir (a) in the Views of Scholars == | ||