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al-Abbas ibn `Abd al-Muttalib, (566–652) was an uncle of Muhammad. married Umm al-Fadl Lubaba and is the father of Abdullah ibn Abbas and Fadl ibn Abbas. He was only born a few years before his nephew, and was one of Muhammad's father's youngest brothers. He initially did not accept Islam, but did so later and got along well with his nephew. Through his son Abdullah ibn Abbas, the later Abbasid dynasty would claim the title of caliph (literally "successor to the prophet. ...

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As a child, Ja'far studied under his grandfather, Ali ibn Husayn. After his grandfather's death, he studied under and accompanied his father, Muhammad al-Baqir, until Muhammad died in 743. Ja'far became well versed in Islamic sciences, including hadith, sunnah, and the Qur'an. In addition to his knowledge of Islamic sciences, Ja'far was also an adept in natural sciences, mathematics, philosophy, ast ...

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Ali ibn Husayn, Zayn al-Abideen, was born in Medina in 658. His father, Husayn ibn Ali, is considered the Third Shia Imam by most Shi'a; Husayn was the grandson of Muhammad. It is widely believed that Ali ibn Husayn's mother was Shahr Banu, the daughter of the last Sassanid emperor, Yazdegerd III. However, some contemporary scholars have challenged this claim. Because of the belief in his royal Sassanid heritage, he is sometimes called Ibn al-Khiyaratayn ("son of the best two"), meaning the Quraysh among the Arabs and th ...

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The new Abbasid rulers, who had risen to power on the basis of their claim to descent from Muhammad's uncle Abbas, were extremely suspicious of Ja'far, whom many considered to have a better claim to the caliphate. Ja'far was watched closely and, occasionally, imprisoned to cut his ties with his followers. Ja'far endured the persecution patiently and continued his study and writing wherever he found himself. He died on December 4, 765. Some say that he was poisoned, thus becoming a martyr, like the Shi'a imams before him. He ...

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The issue of who succeeded him as Imam led to a split within Shi'ism. While the Twelver Shi'a believe that it was Muhammad al-Baqir, his son, who succeeded him while another (minority) community, the Zaidiyyah believe it was Ali's other son, Zaid. ...

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At the famous Battle of Karbala on the day of Ashurah, Husayn and most of his family were killed. Zayn al-Abideen survived because he was too sick to fight, and was bedridden. Afterwards, he was taken prisoner by the Umayyad forces and transported to Damascus where he was made a prisoner of the Caliph, Yazid I. Eventually, he was freed, and returned to Medina where he lived a quiet life as a scholar and a teacher. It is said that for twenty years, whenever food was placed before him, he would weep. One day, a servant said to him, " ...

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Ja'far al-Sadiq lived in violent times. Ja'far was considered by many followers of 'Ali to be the sixth Shi'a imam -- however, the Shi'a, or Shi'at Ali, the party of Ali, were considered heretics and rebels by the Ummayad caliphs. Many of Ja'far's relatives had died at the hands of the Umayyads. Shortly after his father's death, Ja'far's uncle, Zaid bin Ali led a rebellion against the Umayyads. Ja'far did not participate, but many of his kinsmen, including his uncle, were killed, and others were punished. There were other rebellions during t ...

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