Al-Qasim b. Muhammad b. Abi Bakr: Difference between revisions

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Qasim b. Muhammad b. Abi Bakr was born in [[Medina]] in [[36]]/656-57. His father, [[Muhammad b. Abi Bakr]] was the son of [[Abu Bakr]], the first [[caliph]]. He was Imam Ali's (a) adopted son and among his special companions. According to a famous report, his mother was the daughter of Yazdegerd III, the last Sasanid king. Thus, Qasim b. Muhammad is regarded as the cousin of [[Imam al-Sajjad (a)]], therefore it is said that Yazdegerd had three daughters, one of married to [[Imam al-Husayn (a)]], one to Muhammad b. Abi Bakr and the third to [['Abd Allah b. 'Umar]].

== Titles and Kunyas ==

For Qasim, two [[kunya]]s of Abu Muhammad and Abu 'Abd al-Rahman have been mentioned. His title is "Madani" due to his life in [[Medina]].

It is narrated from [[Imam al-Rida (a)]], about Qasim b. Muhammad and Sa'id b. Musayyib, he said (a):

Qasim b. Muhammad is among the [[hadith]] transmitters who is reliable and trustworthy in the eyes of both [[Shia]] and [[Sunni]] scholars. In most [[tarajim]] (commentary books) and [[rijal]] books of both schools, he has been admired by kind descriptions.

In his [[Sahih]], al-Bukhari has introduced him the most knowledgeable man of his time. Muhammad b. Sa'd, the author of Tabaqat al-Kubra, quotes from Muhammad b. 'Umar al-Waqidi and introduces Qasim b. Muhammad as a great, trustworthy and pious [[faqih]].

In his [[rijal]], [[al-Shaykh al-Tusi]] introduces Qasim b. Muhammad among [[Shia]] narrators of [[hadiths]]. Also, in his ''[[Majalis al-mu'minin]]'', [[Qadi Nur Allah Shushtari]] quotes from [[Ibn Dawud al-Hilli]], among Shia scholars of [[rijal]], and introduces Qasim b. Muhammad a faqih and scholar among the companions of [[Imam al-Sajjad (a)]]. Further, in his ''[[Bihar al-anwar]]'', [['Allama al-Majlisi]] has mentioned Qasim b. Muhammad among Shia's trustworthy scholars. Also in his ''[[Qamus al-rijal]]'', [[Muhamamd Taqi Shushtari]] introduces Qasim b. Muhammad among pure Shias.

In his ''[[Qamus al-rijal]]'', [[Muhammad Taqi Shushtari]] has quoted from [[Tarikh al-Ya'qubi]] that after the martyrdom of [[Imam al-Hasan (a)]], when [[Aisha]], riding a horse, shouted, "I do not allow anyone be buried in the house of the [[Prophet (s)]]!" Qasim who was still a teenager went to her and said, "O aunt! The memory of the [[Battle of Jamal]] is not yet forgotten when you rode a camel! Do you want to do something so that people would say, "once again she has got on the horse and has lit fire of another mischief?!", again!