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Muhammad b. 'Ali b. al-Husayn b. 'Ali b. Abi Talib, known as al-Baqir (a) was the fifth [[Imam]] of the [[Shi'a]] faith, son of [[Imam al-Sajjad (a)]], the fourth Imam of the Shi'a faith. His mother was [[Fatima bt. al-Imam al-Hasan (a)|Umm 'Abd Allah]], daughter of [[Imam al-Hasan al-Mujtaba (a)]].<ref>Mufīd, ''al-Irshād'', vol. 2, p. 155</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> | Muhammad b. 'Ali b. al-Husayn b. 'Ali b. Abi Talib, known as al-Baqir (a) was the fifth [[Imam]] of the [[Shi'a]] faith, son of [[Imam al-Sajjad (a)]], the fourth Imam of the Shi'a faith. His mother was [[Fatima bt. al-Imam al-Hasan (a)|Umm 'Abd Allah]], daughter of [[Imam al-Hasan al-Mujtaba (a)]].<ref>Mufīd, ''al-Irshād'', vol. 2, p. 155</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> | ||
=== Naming, | === Naming, Teknonym, and Epithets=== | ||
Many years before Imam al-Baqir (a) was born, the [[Prophet (s)]] named him Muhammad and titled him as al-Baqir. [[Hadith al-Lawh]] transmitted by [[Jabir b. 'Abd Allah al-Ansari]] and others corroborates with this.<ref>Qummī al-Rāzī, ''Kifāyat al-athar'', p.144-145.</ref> | Many years before Imam al-Baqir (a) was born, the [[Prophet (s)]] named him Muhammad and titled him as al-Baqir. [[Hadith al-Lawh]] transmitted by [[Jabir b. 'Abd Allah al-Ansari]] and others corroborates with this.<ref>Qummī al-Rāzī, ''Kifāyat al-athar'', p.144-145.</ref> | ||
His | His epithets were, al-Baqir, al-Shakir (the thankful to God), and al-Hadi (the guide), the former of which is the most famous. 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 teknonym 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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