His Birth According to a report...

His Birth According to a report, Imam Muhammad al-Bāqir (PBUH) was born in Medina on Friday Rajab 1, 57 (equivalent to May 10, 677) [4] . Some have reported his birth to have been on the third day of the month of Safar, in the year 56 A. H (equivalent to December 16, 676) in Medina [5] . The Imam Muhammad al-Bāqir (PBUH) resided in Medina throughout his life. He did not leave it for another city.

He was the first teacher and great pioneer for scientific cultural movements in Medina, as he used the Prophetic Mosque as a school where he taught and trained thousands of students on different Islamic Sciences.

His Epithets and Teknonym His epithets are Al-Amin (the trusted one); Al-Shabih (the one who resembles the Prophet); Al-Shākir (the grateful one); Al- Hādi (the one who guides); Al-Ṣābir (the patient one); Al-Shāhid (the proof) and Al-Bāqir (the one who split open knowledge) is the most famous of his epithets. His famous teknonym is Abu Ja’far [the father of Ja’far], which was given after the name of his son, Ja’far al-Ṣādiq.

However, he is mostly referred to as Abu Ja’far al-Awwal in hadith references. The Prophetic Prediction Almost ten years before the birth of Muhammad al-Bāqir, his great-grandfather, the noble Prophet of God (peace be upon him and his family) named him Muhammad and also gave him the epithet al-Bāqir. That is to say, (peace be upon him and his family) had not only given the good news of the birth of al-Baqir, but he had also given him a name and epithet.

Therefore, the members of the Prophet’s Household (peace be on them) had waited for the birth of Muhammad al-Bāqir. Based on the most authentic Hadith narrated by both Sunni and Shia historians, it is documented that one of the companions of the Holy Prophet, Jabir Ibn Abdullah Ansari was in the presence of the Holy Prophet. He asked the Prophet about the names of descendants from his daughter, Lady Fatimah Az-Zahra and ‘Ali (peace be upon them).

The Prophet told him: “O Jabir, you will have a long life, and although you will go blind, you will meet the fifth in line of my descendants whose name will be my name, who will walk like me and who will be the fifth Imam of the time. When you will meet him, give my salaams to him” . As predicted by the Holy Prophet Jabir ibn Abdullah Ansari had a long life and became blind in his old age. Thus, Jabir was impatiently waiting for his birth to give him the message of his grandfather.