Al-Kāfi - The Book about people with Divine Authority

Al-Kāfi - The Book about people with Divine Authority Chapter: The Birth of abu al-Hassan Musa ibn Ja‘far (a.s.) وُلِدَ أَبُو الْحَسَنِ ٠ُوسَى (عَلَيْهِ السَّلا٠) بِالابْوَاءِ سَنَةَ ثَ٠َانٍ وَعِشْرِينَ وَ٠ِائَةٍ وَقَالَ بَعْضُهُ٠ْ تِسْعٍ وَعِشْرِينَ وَ٠ِائَةٍ وَقُبِضَ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلا٠) لِسِتٍّ خَلَوْنَ ٠ِنْ سَنَةِ ثَلاثٍ وَثَ٠ِائَةٍ وَهُوَ ابْنُ أَرْبَعٍ أَوْ خَ٠ْسِينَ سَنَةً وَقُبِضَ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلا٠) بِبَغْدَادَ فِي حَبْسِ السِّنْدِيِّ بْنِ شَاهَكَ وَكَانَ هَارُونُ حَ٠َدِينَةِ لِعَشْرِ لَيَالٍ بَقِينَ ٠ِنْ شَوَّالٍ سَنَةَ تِسْعٍ وَسَبْعِينَ وَ٠ِائَةٍ وَقَدْ قَدِ٠َّ شَخَصَ هَارُونُ إِلَى الْحَجِّ وَحَ٠َّ انْصَرَفَ عَلَى طَرِيقِ الْبَصْرَةِ فَحَبَسَهُ عِنْدَ عِيسَى بْنِ جَعْفَرٍ ثُ٠َّ أَشْخَصَهُ إِلَى بَغْدَادَ فَحَبَسَهُ عِنْدَ السِّنْدِيِّ بْنِ شَاهَكَ فَتُوُفِّيَ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلا٠) فِي حَبْسِهِ وَدُفِنَ بِبَغْدَادَ فِي ٠َقْبَرَةِ قُرَيْشٍ وَأُ٠ُّ وَلَدٍ يُقَالُ لَهَا حَ٠Abū al-Ḥasan Mūsā (AS) was born in Al-Abwāʾ in the year 128 AH, though some say it was 129 AH.

He passed away on the 6th of Rajab in the year 183 AH at the age of either 54 or 55. He (AS) died in Baghdad while imprisoned by Al-Sindī ibn Shāhak. Hārūn (Al-Rashīd) had him brought from Medina on the 20th of Shawwāl in 179 AH. Hārūn had entered Medina after performing the ʿUmrah of the month Ramadan, then proceeded to the Ḥajj, taking Mūsā (AS) with him. On his return via the route of Basra, he imprisoned him with ʿĪsā ibn Jaʿfar.

Later, he sent him to Baghdad, where he was imprisoned by Al-Sindī ibn Shāhak. Mūsā (AS) passed away in that prison and was buried in Baghdad in the Quraysh cemetery. His mother was Umm Walad, she was named as Ḥamīda.