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THE LIFE OF IMAM MUSA BIN JA'FAR
AL-KAZIM
By: Baqir Sharif al-Qarashi
Translated by
Jasim al-Rasheed
IN THE NAME OF ALLAH, THE ALL-BENEFICENT, THE ALL-MERCIFUL
TABLE OF CONTENTS
TITEL
Page
Dedication
4
Introduction
35
Chapter I His Birth and His Childhood
51
Chapter II His Genius and Superiority
64
Chapter III School of Imam al-Sadiq
72
Chapter IV His Ideals
93
Chapter V Statements and Opinions
134
Chapter VI Some of His Intellectual Legacy
145
Chapter VII The Collapse of the Umayyad Government
217
Chapter VIII At the Time of al-Saffah
249
Chapter IX During the Time of al-Mansur
265
Chapter X At the Time of al-Mehdi
319
Chapter XI At the Time of al-Hadi
335
Chapter XII The time of Al-Rashid
355
Chapter XIII The Time of the Imam
417
Chapter XIV A Group of his Companions and of the Narrators of his Traditions
491
Chapter XV The Imam's Children
597
Chapter XVI The Reasons for his Imprisonment
643
Chapter XVII In Dark Prisons
656
EPILOGUE
671
Complete Index