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Shiavault - a Vault of Shia Islamic Books Life History of Ahle Bayt and Their Families (as) Imam Musa Kadhim (as) Name: Musa bin Ja'fer. Titles: Al-Kadhim, Faqih, Aalim, Abdus-Salih-Virtuos slave, Babul Hawaaij. Kuniyya: Abu Ibrahim. Birth: 7th Safar 128 a.h. in Abwa (a place between Mecca and Madina). Mother: Hamida Al-Barbariyya. Father: Imam Ja'fer Sadiq (a.s.). Death: 25th Rajab 183 a.h. Baghdad. Buried: Kadhmain, Iraq.

His Parents & Birth Mother : Umme Hamida was a slave girl who was brought to Madina and bought by the 5th Imam for his son for 17 dirhams. The first thing that he told her was : "You are Hamida (the praised one) in this world and Mahmuda (praiseworthy) in the hereafter". When the women of Madina used to come to the 6th Imam to ask masails he used to send them to Umme Hamida saying: "Her answers will be those given by me".

Imam Musa Al-Kadhim (a.s.) was born in Abwa (a place between Mecca and Madina). It is here that Bibi Amina ('s (S.A.W.) mother) is buried. Imam was born when his parents were returning from Mecca. As soon as he was born he did Sajda reciting Kalima and bearing witness to the Imaamate of all the other Imams including his own. Childhood He is one of the Imams whose miracles in childhood are reported extensively.

Imam Ja'fer As-Sadiq (A.S.) repeatedly pointed out Imam Musa Al-Kadhim (a.s.) as his successor because he knew of the people who after his death would differ. (N.B. The Ismailis say Ismail (Imams eldest son who died whilst Imam Ja'fer Sadiq (a.s.) was still alive) was the 7th Imam. One of the 6th Imam's other sons - Abdullah also claimed Imaamate.) Yaqub Al-Saraaj visited the 6th Imam once who told him to greet his son Musa who was a week old in his cradle.

Imam Musa replied to the salaam and told Yaqub to change his daughters name (Humayra) as it was a name not liked by Allah. Safwan (a companion of the 6th Imam) once saw the young Imam Musa teaching the lamb he was playing with to prostrate to Allah. Once when Imam was 5 years old, Abu Hanifa came to visit the 6th Imam. He asked Imam Musa (a.s.): "O son of the Prophet! What is your opinion about the deeds of man? Does he do them on his own free will or does God make him do them?".

The 7th Imam replied : "The doings of man can have three possibilities: God compels a man to do them whilst he is helpless. Both God and man share the commitment. Man does them alone. If the first is true than God cannot punish man for sins he did not commit.