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Imam al-Kazim (a) spent the last days of his life in al-Sindi b. al-Shahik's prison. According to al-Shaykh al-Mufid, al-Sindi poisoned the Imam (a) at the command of Harun al-Rashid, and three days later, the Imam (a) was martyred.<ref>Mufīd, ''al-Irshād'', vol. 2, p. 242.</ref> His [[martyrdom]] occurred on [[Rajab 25, 183]] (September | Imam al-Kazim (a) spent the last days of his life in al-Sindi b. al-Shahik's prison. According to al-Shaykh al-Mufid, al-Sindi poisoned the Imam (a) at the command of Harun al-Rashid, and three days later, the Imam (a) was martyred.<ref>Mufīd, ''al-Irshād'', vol. 2, p. 242.</ref> His [[martyrdom]] occurred on [[Rajab 25]], [[183]] ([[September 5]], 799).<ref>Mufīd, ''al-Irshād'', vol. 2, p. 215.</ref> There are other views about the time and the place of Imam al-Kazim's (a) martyrdom as well.<ref>Qarashī, ''Ḥayāt al-Imām Mūsā ibn Jaʿfar'', vol. 2, p. 516-517; Jaʿfarīyān, ''Ḥayāt-i fikrī wa sīyāsī-yi Imāmān-i Shīʿa'', p. 404.</ref> | ||
When Musa b. Ja'far (a) was martyred, his corpse was put on Baghdad's bridge at the order of al-Sindi b. al-Shahik and it was announced that Musa b. Ja'far died of natural causes.<ref>Mufīd, ''al-Irshād'', vol. 2, p. 242-243.</ref> There are different accounts of how he was martyred. The majority of historiographers believe that he was poisoned by Yahya b. Khalid and al-Sindi b. al-Shahik.<ref>Mufīd, ''al-Irshād'', vol. 2, p. 242; Qarashī, ''Ḥayāt al-Imām Mūsā ibn Jaʿfar'', vol. 2, p. 508-510.</ref> According to another account, the Imam (a) was suffocated by being folded in a carpet.<ref>Abū l-Faraj al-Isfahānī, ''Maqātil al-ṭālibīyyīn'', p. 417.</ref> Hamd Allah al-Mustawfi has attributed to the Shi'as the belief that Musa b. Ja'far (a) was martyred by hot lead poured in his throat, but he cited no sources for his claim.<ref>Mustawfī, ''Tārīkh-i barguzīdih'', p. 204 quoted from Jaʿfarīyān, ''Ḥayāt-i fikrī wa sīyāsī-yi Imāmān-i Shīʿa'', p. 385.</ref> | When Musa b. Ja'far (a) was martyred, his corpse was put on Baghdad's bridge at the order of al-Sindi b. al-Shahik and it was announced that Musa b. Ja'far died of natural causes.<ref>Mufīd, ''al-Irshād'', vol. 2, p. 242-243.</ref> There are different accounts of how he was martyred. The majority of historiographers believe that he was poisoned by Yahya b. Khalid and al-Sindi b. al-Shahik.<ref>Mufīd, ''al-Irshād'', vol. 2, p. 242; Qarashī, ''Ḥayāt al-Imām Mūsā ibn Jaʿfar'', vol. 2, p. 508-510.</ref> According to another account, the Imam (a) was suffocated by being folded in a carpet.<ref>Abū l-Faraj al-Isfahānī, ''Maqātil al-ṭālibīyyīn'', p. 417.</ref> Hamd Allah al-Mustawfi has attributed to the Shi'as the belief that Musa b. Ja'far (a) was martyred by hot lead poured in his throat, but he cited no sources for his claim.<ref>Mustawfī, ''Tārīkh-i barguzīdih'', p. 204 quoted from Jaʿfarīyān, ''Ḥayāt-i fikrī wa sīyāsī-yi Imāmān-i Shīʿa'', p. 385.</ref> | ||