Hisham then ordered the Imam -asws to be sent to Madina...

Hisham then ordered the Imam -asws to be sent to Madina along with his -asws Shias and Hisham’s people (his army) escorted the Imam -asws (to Madina). Hisham ordered his army to not allow the Imam -asws and his people to go to market places. They were denied food and water. They travelled for three days without food and water until they arrived at Madyan. They (the Imam -asws and his -asws Shias) were left behind the locked doors therein.

The Shias of the Imam -asws complained to him -asws of hunger and thirst. The Imam -asws then climbed a hill above them and said loudly: ‘O people of Madyan, the town of unjust people. I am ‘Baqiya-tul-Allah’ (the Power that Allah -azwj has Kept in reserve) as Allah -azwj has Said: “If you are true believers then you must know that the profit (the reserved power) which Allah has left for you is better for you (than what you may gain through deceitful ways).

I am not responsible for your deeds.”’ (11:86) Among his -asws people was an old man who went to them (the people of the town) and said: ‘By Allah -azwj , this is the call of Shu’ayb -as , the Prophet of Allah -azwj . If you do not go to this man, you will be killed from the above and below (By Allah -azwj ’s Wrath). Believe me and obey me this time, but you may reject me next time.

I am giving you a good piece of advice.’ At that, they came out quickly to Muhammad -asws Ibn Ali -asws and his people (with food and water). The news reached Hisham Ibn ‘Abd al-Malik, who summoned the old man and he was taken to the court, but no one knows what happened to him.

[6] Imam Mohammed Baqir -asws spent between three to four years in the life-time of Imam Hussain -asws , 39 years in the company of his -asws father Imam Ali -asws bin Hussain -asws and 18 or 19 years executing responsibilities of an Imam -asws prior to being martyred. [7] The Umayyad Caliph Hisham Ibn Abdul Malik arrested the Imam -asws on several occasions with the intention of disturbing and humiliating him -asws , but could not find any evidence to prosecute the Imam -asws .

In the end, he sent a poison-impregnated saddle as a gift. They insisted that the Imam -asws ride on a horse mounted with it. After a short ride, poison spread in the Imam -asws ’s body. After a few days in pain, the Imam -asws left for the better world on the 7th of Zilhajj 114 Hijri, and was buried alongside the graves of Imam Hassan -asws and Imam Sajjad -asws in Baqi cemetery, Medina.