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Shiavault - a Vault of Shia Islamic Books The Life of Imam Muhammad Al-Jawad Introduction One of the most wonderful pictures of intellect and knowledge in Islam is Imam Abu Ja’far Muhammad al-Jawad (a.s), who possessed the virtues and nobilities of the world, made springs of wisdom and knowledge flow in the earth and was the teacher and pioneer of the scientific and cultural revival of his age.

Scholars, jurisprudents, narrators of traditions and learners of wisdom and sciences came to him to drink from the pure fount of his sciences and cultures. Jurisprudents have reported much from him concerning the verdicts of the Islamic Sharia, worships, mu’amalat[^1] and other branches of jurisprudence, and all have been recorded in the encyclopedias of jurisprudence and Hadith.

This great Imam was one of the founders of the jurisprudence of the Ahlul Bayt[^2] (a.s) that represented creation, originality and progress of intellect. Scholars have reported from him wonderful varieties of wisdom and literatures regarding noble deeds and conducts that are among the most precious maxims dealing with different educational and moral issues.

Imam Abu Ja’far al-Jawad (a.s), with his talents, geniuses and great, endless scientific ability, has proven the luminous reality adopted by the Shia that an imam must be the most aware and virtuous one of the people of his time and the one who has more knowledge than anyone else, regardless of whether he is young or old. Allah has provided the infallible imams of the Ahlul Bayt (a.s) with knowledge, wisdom and sound judgment similar to how He provided the Arch-Prophets with these qualities.

This concept is one of the main elements in the doctrine of the Shia. Imam Abu Ja’far (a.s) has proven that clearly. He undertook the imamate and the religious leadership after his father’s death while he was, as historians have unanimously agreed, not more than seven years old.

This great role would not allow its keeper, according to the mentality of a child, to plunge into any field of knowledge or to enter into any field of debates and controversies with great scholars and specialists because this is not possible for a little child, but Imam al-Jawad (a.s), though he was still a little child, broke that notion. The most famous scholars of his time asked him some of the most complicated philosophical, theological and jurisprudential questions, and he answered them all.