Imam Musa b. Ja'far al-Kazim (a): Difference between revisions

Sunni Muslims honor Imam al-Kazim (a) as a religious scholar. Some Sunni figures have admired the Imam's (a) knowledge and moral character<ref>Ibn Abī l-Ḥadīd, ''Sharḥ nahj al-balāgha'', vol. 15, p. 273.</ref> and pointed to his patience, generosity, worship and the like.<ref>Khaṭīb al-Baghdādī, ''Tārīkh Baghdād'', vol. 13, p. 29; Ibn al-Jawzī, ''Tadhkirat al-khawāṣṣ'', p. 312; Ibn al-Athīr, ''al-Kāmil'', vol. 6, p. 164.</ref> Some cases in which Imam al-Kazim's (a) patience and worship are exhibited have been cited in Sunni sources.<ref>Khaṭīb al-Baghdādī, ''Tārīkh Baghdād'', vol. 13, p. 29-33.</ref> Some Sunni scholars, such as al-Sam'ani, visited Imam al-Kazim's (a) grave <ref>Samʿānī, ''al-Ansāb'', vol. 12, p. 479.</ref>and took resort ([[tawassul]]) to him. Abu 'Ali al-Khallal, a Sunni scholar, said that he visited Musa b. Ja'far's grave and resorted to him whenever he had a problem and then his problem was solved.<ref>Khaṭīb al-Baghdādī, ''Tārīkh Baghdād'', vol. 1, p. 133.</ref> [[Al-Shafi'i]] is also quoted as saying that Musa b. Ja'far's grave is a "healing cure".<ref>Kaʿbī, ''al-Imām Mūsā al-Kāẓim (a) al-sīra wa l-tārīkh'', p. 261.</ref>