Imam Abu Ja‘far (al-Baqir), peace be on him, reported one of those traditions.

Imam Abu Ja‘far (al-Baqir), peace be on him, reported one of those traditions. He, peace be on him, said: “‘Ali, peace be on him, delivered a sermon in Kufa. He said: ‘ Question me before you lose me.

By Allah, if you question me about the group (of people) that will misguide a hundred (persons) and guide a hundred (persons), I will tell you about its caller and its leader.’ Then a man rose and said: ‘Tell me the number of the hair in my head and in my beard.’ Thus, ‘Ali said: ‘By Allah, my friend (i.

e., Allah's Apostle, may Allah bless him and his family) told me that there was in every hair in your head an angel cursing you, that there was in every hair in your beard a Satan deluding you, that there was in your house a lamb (baby) who would kill the grandson of Allah's Apostle, may Allah bless him and his family, whose name would be Sinan b. Anas al-Nakha‘i.’”[^4] Then, this prediction of the Commander of the Faithful, peace be on him, occurred. That was when this wicked person, Sinan b.

Anas, was among those who killed the grandson of Allah's Apostle, may Allah bless him and his family. The Characteristics of the Commander of the Faithful Ishaq b. ‘Abd Allah b. Abu Farwah asked Imam Abu Ja‘far (al-Baqir), peace be on him, about the characteristics of his grandfather, the Commander of the Faithful, peace be on him. So, he, peace be on him, replied: “He was a man with intense brownness, great eyes, and a big abdomen. He was bald.

He was nearer to shortness.”[^5] The Events of Siffïn Imam Abu Ja‘far (al-Baqir), peace be on him, reported many events about the (Battle of) Siffïn. Nasr b. Muzahim, al-Tabari, b. Abu al-Haddïd, and other historians reported these events on his authority. The following are some of them: Raising the Siege from the Water Mu‘awiya had taken his fighters and headed for Siffïn before the Imam's army went there. He decided to occupy the Euphrates.

He surrounded it with many fighters to prevent the Imam's fighters from drinking water. When the Imam's fighters came, they saw Mu‘awiya's fighters occupying the Euphrates. Thus, they were unable to reach it. Imam Abu Ja‘far (al-Baqir), peace be on him, reported the way how the fighters of the Imam, peace be on him, could raise the siege from the Euphrates. He, peace be on him, said: “Al-Ash‘ath called ‘Amru b. al-‘As. He said to him: ‘O Bin al-‘As, woe unto you! Let us drink water.