He assumed the Imamate and did as his fathers did such as teaching and guidance.

He assumed the Imamate and did as his fathers did such as teaching and guidance. The scholars learned from him. For example, ‘Ali b. Ja’far, the Shaykh of the Alawids stood up and kissed the hand of al- Jawad when he came to him and prepared his slippers when he wanted to go out. He (‘Au b. Ja’far) was asked about the Imam after al- Ridâ, peace be on him, he said:” His son 1 ThrThh Baghdad: 2/377. Kanzal-’1JmaI: 6/156 2 Ahmad b. Hanbal, Al- Musnad: 4/366. Al- Tirmidhy, Al- Salith: 2/308.

Abu Ja’far.” So, it was said to him:” You are an old man, you have a high social rank, and your father was Ja’ far b. Mohammed; nevertheless you say these words concerning this boy!” He said:” I do not see you but a Satan.” Then he took his beard and said:” My power is useless because Allah has seen him worthy of that (the Imammate) and has not seen this white hair worthy of it.”’[1] Worth mentioning, ‘Ali b.

Ja’far was the brother of al-Kâzim, peace be on him, and al- Kazim was the grandfather of al- Jawftd. In other words, there was a great difference in age among them. Moreover, ‘All learned from his father al- Sâdiq, his brother al- Kâzim, and his nephew al- Ridâ. Therefore, if they (ahl al Bayt) got there knowledge through acquisition, then ‘All would be the more knowledgeable than they. And if the Imam ate was achieved according to age, then ‘All was the oldest of all ‘AlawTds.

Besides, al- Jawad parted his father when he (his father) traveled to Khurasan. And al- Jawad was five years old then. So, if ahl al- Bayt got their knowledge through teaching and educating, then who taught al- Jawâd to get that very high position after his father? And why the teacher or the educator not be the owner oJ the pQsition? Al- Jawâd died while he was twenty- five years old.

And you know that the person who has such an age does not get anything of knowledge even if he spends all this age in seeking it. So, how could al- Jawad become the scholar of the nation and its leader, the teacher of the teachers and their educator? Furthermore, the ShT’a and their scholars had consulted him since the death of his father al- Rida, peace be on him. The same state happened to his son ‘All al- Hady, peace be on him. Al-Jawad died while his son al- Hady was six or eight years old.

So, who taught him and made him occupy that high social position? How did the scholars and the ShT’a consult him during that age.