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Shiavault - a Vault of Shia Islamic Books The Life of Imam Muhammad Al-Jawad From His High Ideals The personality of Imam Abu Ja'far al-Jawad (a.s) possessed all the high ideals and lofty examples that any human being would take pride in. Here are some of these ideals: Imamate Imam al-Jawad (a.s) assumed the imamate and the general religious leadership when he was just seven years and some months in age, as Jesus Christ (a.s) had assumed the prophethood when he was even younger than this in age.

Imamate is based on a deep philosophy that aims at exalting the position of man and administering the truth and justice that man seeks. And here, we will briefly digress to discuss some affairs of imamate. Its Goals Imamate takes great care to achieve its actual goals, under the shadows of which man can live happily and peacefully.

From among the goals of imamate are the following: Administering justice everywhere, social and political alike, so that the nation, under the shadow of imamate, will not face any social or individual injustice and no individual or community will be preferred to another for all should be equal before justice and the truth. By administering this pure justice, man can become the deputy of Allah on His earth and the nation will not find any crookedness in its path.

Rising against injustice and tyranny, resisting oppression and preventing the control of the strong over the weak; the Shia have undoubtedly undertaken this aspect. They have led successive revolutions against injustice and aggression and have fought the oppressive powers. The heads of their chiefs and imams have been raised on spears, forever illuminating the path of freedom and dignity.

Mo’awiya[^1] had a notable group of the Shia killed, among whom was Amr bin al-Hamq al-Khuza’iy, a propagandist for truth, freedom and struggle. After being killed, his head was raised on a spear and circulated in the towns and countries, illuminating for people the way of struggle. Yazeed the son of Mo’awiya had the pure progeny of the Prophet (a.s) killed and their heads raised on spears as they were paraded through different towns.

These and other revolutions have given Islam eternal glories throughout history. They have forced the world to recognize that Islam is a religion of struggle and revolt against injustice, oppression and tyranny.