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Shiavault - a Vault of Shia Islamic Books Al Kafi (volume 4)(part 3) Chapter 118 : the Birth of Ja'far, Muhammad Ibn Ali (a.s.) Abu Ja'far (a.s.) was born in the year seventy five AH. He passed away in the year one hundred fourteen at the age of fifty seven. He was buried in al-Baqi' cemetery in Madina near the gave of his father, Ali ibn al-Husayn (a.s.). His mother was 'Umm 'Abdallah daughter of al-Hassan ibn Ali ibn abu Talib, may Allah grant him and his rightly guided offspring blessings.

H 1266, Ch. 118, h 1 Muhammad ibn Yahya has narrated from from Muhammad ibn Ahmad from 'Abdallah ibn Ahmad from Salih ibn Mazid from 'Abdallah ibn al-Mughira from abu al-Sabbah from abu Ja'far (a.s.) who has said the following. "Once my mother was sitting next to a wall. The wall began to break and we heard a intense crumbling noise.

She pointed out with her hands saying, "No, for the sake of al-Mustfa (one of the titles of the Messenger of Allah) Allah has not granted you permission to fall." The wall remained hanging in the air until she passed that spot. My father gave one hundred Dinars as charity in appreciation and an expression of gratitude for Allah's favor." Abu al-Sabbah has said, "Once abu 'Abdallah (a.s.) mentioned his grandmother and said, 'She was a truthful person.

No woman was ever found in the descendants of al-Hassan (a.s.) like her (in excellence)." Muhammad ibn al-Hassan has narrated from 'Abdallah ibn Ahmad has narrated a similar hadith. H 1267, Ch. 118, h 2 A number of our people has narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad from Muhammad ibn Sinan from Aban ibn Taghlib from abu 'Abdallah (a.s.) who has said the following. "Jabir ibn'Abdallah al-Ansari was last surviving of the companions of the Messenger of Allah. He was a devoted follower of us, .

He would sit in the Mosque of the Messenger of Allah, wearing a black turban. He would call, "O Baqir al-'Ilm, O Baqir al-'Ilm, (a person of deep knowledge)" The people of Madina would say, "Jabir is hallucinating." He would say, "No, by Allah, I do not hallucinate, but I heard the Messenger of Allah say, "You will soon meet a man from me whose name will be as my name and his manners would be as my manners.