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=== Naming, Kunya, and Titles === | === Naming, Kunya, and Titles === | ||
Many years before Imam al-Baqir (a) was born, the [[Prophet (s)]] named him Muhammad and titled him as Baqir. A narration from [[Jabir b. 'Abd Allah al-Ansari]] and others corroborates with this.<ref>Qummī al-Rāzī, ''Kifāyat al-athar'', p.144-145.</ref> Hence he is called Hashimite among Hashimites, 'Alavi among 'Alavis, and Fatimi among Fatimis.<ref>Mufīd, ''al-Irshād'', vol. 2, p. 158; Amīn, '' | Many years before Imam al-Baqir (a) was born, the [[Prophet (s)]] named him Muhammad and titled him as Baqir. A narration from [[Jabir b. 'Abd Allah al-Ansari]] and others corroborates with this.<ref>Qummī al-Rāzī, ''Kifāyat al-athar'', p.144-145.</ref> Hence he is called Hashimite among Hashimites, 'Alavi among 'Alavis, and Fatimi among Fatimis.<ref>Mufīd, ''al-Irshād'', vol. 2, p. 158; Amīn, ''Aʿyān al-Shīʿa'', vol. 8, p. 390. </ref> | ||
His titles were,al-Baqir, al-Shakir (the thankful to God), and al-Hadi (the guide), the former of which is his most famous title. The meaning of "al-Baqir" is "splitter." Al-Ya'qubi wrote that, "He (a) was named al-Baqir since he split knowledge."<ref>Yaʿqūbī, ''Tārīkh al-Yaʿqūbī'', vol. 2, p. 289.</ref> His famous kunya is Abu Ja'far.<ref>Ṭabarī, ''Dalāʾil al-Imāma'', p. 216</ref> In hadith references, he (a) is mostly referred to as Abu Ja'far al-Awwal. | His titles were,al-Baqir, al-Shakir (the thankful to God), and al-Hadi (the guide), the former of which is his most famous title. The meaning of "al-Baqir" is "splitter." Al-Ya'qubi wrote that, "He (a) was named al-Baqir since he split knowledge."<ref>Yaʿqūbī, ''Tārīkh al-Yaʿqūbī'', vol. 2, p. 289.</ref> His famous kunya is Abu Ja'far.<ref>Ṭabarī, ''Dalāʾil al-Imāma'', p. 216</ref> In hadith references, he (a) is mostly referred to as Abu Ja'far al-Awwal. | ||
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Imam al-Baqir (a) strongly rejected reasoning of the followers of analogy (qiyas) in fiqh<ref>Ḥurr al-ʿĀmilī, ''Wasāʾil al-Shīʿa '', vol. 18, p. 39.</ref> and took sharp stances against other Islamic sects and this way tried to separate the authentic ideological domain of the [[Ahl al-Bayt (a)]] in different fields from other sects. Regarding Khawarij, he (a) said, "Khawarij suffered out of ignorance; while religion is more lenient and flexible than how they know it."<ref>Jaʿfarīyān, ''Ḥayāt-i fikrī wa sīyāsī-yi imāmān-i | Imam al-Baqir (a) strongly rejected reasoning of the followers of analogy (qiyas) in fiqh<ref>Ḥurr al-ʿĀmilī, ''Wasāʾil al-Shīʿa '', vol. 18, p. 39.</ref> and took sharp stances against other Islamic sects and this way tried to separate the authentic ideological domain of the [[Ahl al-Bayt (a)]] in different fields from other sects. Regarding Khawarij, he (a) said, "Khawarij suffered out of ignorance; while religion is more lenient and flexible than how they know it."<ref>Jaʿfarīyān, ''Ḥayāt-i fikrī wa sīyāsī-yi imāmān-i Shī'a'', p. 299.</ref> | ||
The scientific fame of Imam al-Baqir (a) was not only known in [[Hijaz]] but also had spread in [[Iraq]] and [[Khurasan]], there is even a report saying about the Imam (a), "I saw people of [[Khurasan]] had circled around him and asked him their scientific questions."<ref>Kulaynī,''Al-Kāfī'', vol. 6, p. 357; Majlisī, ''Biḥār al-anwār'', vol. 46, p. 357.</ref> | The scientific fame of Imam al-Baqir (a) was not only known in [[Hijaz]] but also had spread in [[Iraq]] and [[Khurasan]], there is even a report saying about the Imam (a), "I saw people of [[Khurasan]] had circled around him and asked him their scientific questions."<ref>Kulaynī,''Al-Kāfī'', vol. 6, p. 357; Majlisī, ''Biḥār al-anwār'', vol. 46, p. 357.</ref> | ||