 We have all probably heard the quote, and the old quote, knowledge is power. The quote is extremely important to the point where it has become beyond our imagination. Few people understand how knowledge can be so important. Knowledge is what allows us to drive instead of riding horses, and it helps us survive far longer than we could or should. And knowledge is even what prevents us from doing the same mistakes we used to do in the past and learn from them how to grow as individuals, respected viewers, brothers and sisters in Islam. As-salamu alaikum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh. Welcome to another episode of The Ocean of Knowledge with me, your host Ahmad Ali. Sayyid Hussain Qazween is joining us tonight to shed some light upon the life of Imam Muhammad Al-Baqir before his Imamah. As-salamu alaikum Sayyidina. Wa alaykum As-salam wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh. How are you? Alhamdulillah. Now I would like to congratulate you as well as congratulate our dear viewers, the Imam of Ahl-e-Bayt and our Pious Scholars on this occasion, which marks the birth anniversary of Imam Muhammad Al-Baqir. Likewise. Likewise. Sayyidina. Now, some rearrangement happened. Yesterday, we talked about the life of Imam Al-Baqir, alayhi as-salam, and we left off at his worship. You know, growing up, you know, for approximately 30-80 years under the guidance of his father, Imam Sajjad alayhi as-salam, you know, a father holding the title Zayn al-Abideen is, you know, just that title alone gives a full description of that individual who he was. Now, what did Imam Al-Baqir learn from his father? What were some of the stuff that he picked up, the qualities, the merits, the characteristics, that he picked up along the way, you know, from being nurtured from his father? I'll tell you a little bit about Imam Al-Baqir's father was Imam Zayn al-Abideen, alayhi as-salam, alayhi as-salam, alayhi as-salam, known for his worship, known for his piety, known for his long nights spent in prayers and in dua and in sujood and all that. When we look at the life of Imam Al-Baqir, we see that he's a copy of his father, Imam Zayn al-Abideen, alayhi as-salam, he inherited those exact qualities. As we mentioned yesterday, right before we finished, that Imam Al-Baqir, alayhi as-salam, pray 150 raka'at every day, every day, that's in addition to his 17 mandatory, that's in addition to the 17 mandatory raka'at and that's in addition to his, you know, academic responsibilities, his social responsibilities as an Imam. How do you make time for that? Today we hear people saying, I don't have time for this, I don't have time for that, I for one, I'm a person that always says, I don't have time for this, I don't have time for that. Apparently Imam Al-Baqir would make time, you know, sometimes we're very comfortable with saying the word, I don't have time, but we do, we do, but we choose not to make time. Imam Al-Baqir chose to make time for worship, to teach, to socialize, to visit friends, to visit believers, to take care of the shia, he had time for all of them because he made time, it's about making time. Another quality we see in Imam Al-Baqir, then he inherited from his father Imam Zain Abideen, was his sujud. Yes. His sujud. Long prostrations. Imam Al-Baqir, was known for the beautiful supplications in his sujud. For example, Ishaq ibn Ammar, a companion of Imam Sadiq, he narrates from Imam Sadiq. He says that one night I was preparing the bed for my father, you know, putting it on the ground, preparing it, because back then they didn't have different rooms in the house. There's a bedroom, there's a dining room, there's a living room, no, it was all one room. Imam's lived in one room, that room was their bedroom at night, in the morning it was their dining room, during the day it was their living room and all that. So he said I was preparing his bed, but my father was nowhere to be found. He said I went and I looked for him in the masjid and I saw that he was performing sujud. There was no one inside the masjid, the masjid was empty except my, except my father. He said I noticed he was performing sujud and he was reciting Subhanakallahu ma anta I prostrate to you out of servitude, Allahumma anna amali za'ifun fa za'ifhuli My Lord my actions are weak, multiply them for me, make them stronger. Allahumma qini adabik, yawma tab'athu ibadik, Oh Allah, let me, you know, avoid your punishment on the day that you will resurrect. This is the Imam though. This is the Imam. Well, you know, from the history that we learn and from traditions, Imam, they're the ones that, you know, intercede for the people who are going to hell. Right. Now they're saying, oh, I don't know, I don't know, I don't know, I don't know Imam, they're the ones that, you know, intercede for the people who are going to hell. Right. Now they're saying, oh, Allah, avoid us being punished. See, first of all, first of all, Ahl al-Bayt al-Aliyum as-salam, they were sinless. So this is a general issue. To teach us? Well, this is one, to teach us, to teach their companions how to speak to Allah as-salam to Allah. He was alone though. Right. This is one reason. And another reason, you see, there might be a behavior, an act. For a regular person like us, we think it's a good deed, but for the Ahl al-Bayt, they would be embarrassed of it. I'll give you an example. For example, if we were to pray Salat al-Layl every night, this is excellent. If Allah gave us the opportunity to pray Salat al-Layl every night, that is incredible. And our Salat would take maybe 30 minutes. That's incredible. But for a person like Imam Al-Baqar, to pray Salat al-Layl for 30 minutes every night, that's like committing a sin. That's something ugly. That's something to be ashamed of. He would seek forgiveness for Allah for praying Salat al-Layl for 30 minutes. You see, something that we would consider a good deed for the Ahl al-Bayt, they would consider a sin. They would consider a misdemeanor or disrespectful to Allah, Azawajah. So that's another possible reason that Imam Al-Baqar is seeking forgiveness for his shortcomings. Although he doesn't have shortcomings, we would consider them to be pious deeds. But for him, why would he consider them pious deeds, but the Imam doesn't? Because the Imam is saying that these deeds are being done for Allah. We tend to neglect that. We tend to neglect that who's on the receiving end. Who are we performing these deeds towards? If it's Allah, we usually don't pay attention. So we think that we've done a great deed. But the Imam is realizing that these deeds are for Allah. Anything that we do for Allah, it's still little. Imam Zain Abideen, Al-Islam, says in Dua Abu Hamza Al-Thamali, Wa ma qadru a'malina bijanbi na'amik. Well, if I do good deeds from morning till night and from night till morning, they're meaningless towards what Allah has provided us and done for us. Wa ma qadru a'malina bijanbi na'amik. Wa kaifan astakthru a'malan nukabilu biha karamik. And how can we say that I've done this and I've done that? Boom, on the other side, we have Allah that's given us so much. How can we assume that we've done it? The Ahl-bayt, they don't have this mentality. They have the mentality that whatever they've done, it's still not enough. And I mean, for someone to actually hear such things, I mean, for Ahl-bayt, Al-Alaym, Al-Islam, they make us seem like we're not even worshipers. We're not even compared to the amount they worship. But shifting back a bit, you know, 38, 36, or somewhat, Imam Al-Baqr, A.S., is distinguished from the rest of the Imams. Right. An idea that both of his grandfathers are infallible. I want to talk about his parents. Now, on one side, his grandfather is Imam Al-Hasan, A.S., and on the other side, his grandfather is Imam Al-Hasan. Now, we don't see this from the rest of the Imams of Ahl-bayt, A.S. Random, you know, they're not random, but, you know, they're chosen to be the mothers for the Imam. Who were the parents of Imam Al-Baqr, A.S.? Ahsad. Imam Al-Baqr, A.S., as you mentioned, his father was Imam Zain Abideen, the son of Imam Al-Hasan, the son of Ali Ibn Abdul-Ital. Yes. From his mother's side, his mother was the daughter of Imam Al-Hasan, A.S., Fatima, the daughter of Imam Al-Hasan. Fatima and the daughter of Imam Al-Hasan was his mother. Thus, both Imam Al-Hasan and Imam Al-Hasan were his grandfathers. Grandfathers, one paternally, the other was maternally. We all know about Imam Zain Al-Abideen. Yes. As for his mother, historians say that she was the best daughter out of the daughters of Imam Al-Hasan, A.S., and Imam Zain Al-Abideen, Imam Zain Al-Abideen would call her As-Siddiqa. Yes. She was his wife. He would call her As-Siddiqa. This is a title given to Fatima al-Zahra. Fatima al-Zahra, A.S. This was a great title. She had the same name as her grandmother. Correct? She had the same grand. Yes, she had the same name and the same title. Same title. As-Santh. Imam Al-Sadiqa had stated regarding her, It was as-Siddiqa, She did not know As-Siddiqa in the family of Al-Hasan. Wow. Imam Al-Sadiqa would call her Siddiqa. He would not call her Fatima. The title was like a name to her. He said from the children of Imam Al-Hasan, there was none like her. A father like this, and a mother like this, The result is like Al-Baqara, Al-Sadiqa. Imam Al-Baqara, Al-Sadiqa. Right. Regarding his birth, you know right now we're celebrating his birth on the first of Rajab. The first of Rajab. This is according to one narration. According to one narration that he was born on the first of Rajab. Another one. On Friday, year 57. And another narration says that he was born In Safar. In Safar, Ahsan. Second? Third. Third of Safar, year 56. Year 56. Third of Safar, year 56. Another narration says the first of Rajab, year 57. And this is the more popular narration. Yes. In one of the du'as of Rajab that we recite, that is highly recommended to recite. Of course, the month of Rajab is a blessed month. Very blessed. It's a highly spiritual month and there are several du'as and supplications to be recited on a daily basis. One of them is this. Allahumma, Inni as-saluka bil-mawludaini fi-Rajab. Muhammad ibn Ali, who is Imam al-Baqir and Imam al-Jawat. They are both mentioned in the beginning of the du'a. And this is a well-known du'a that all scholars have accepted. So this is the more popular. This is the more popular narration that he was born in the month of Rajab in Medina. Yes. He was born in Medina. And as, right. When was he born exactly? Or to rephrase the question, how long did he witness Imam Hussain, his grandfather? Some narrations say that he was three years old. Yes. On the day of Ashura. I'm sorry. On the day of Ashura, Imam Hussain died. Other narrations say that he was four. And other narrations say that he was five. So either, They're close. Yeah. Close. Either three or four or five, depending on the year. I believe the most famous one is the three-year-old? Three. Yes. Insha'Allah, we'll get to touch upon the events that he witnessed and what happened in his childhood. But Imam al-Baqir, peace be upon him, was born under extreme difficult circumstances. I mean, if one was to analyze the time that he was born in, the Umayyad dynasty empowered and utilized all their energies to destroy the mention of Ahlul Bayt and to destroy the aspect of knowledge. They want an ignorant community, an ignorant ummah. Now, growing up as a child, and now you just mentioned, in Karbala and Ahsai Islam, being three years old, Imam al-Baqir, the other aspect of childhood. What was the childhood like of Imam al-Baqir, peace be upon him? Was it rough? Was it smooth? How was it? It was very rough. Why Imam al-Baqir was born at a period when Muawiyah was empowered. Yes. Imam al-Hussain was the Imam, but it was a time of Taqiyah. It was a time of fear for the Shia. His father, Imam Zayn al-Abideen, along with Imam al-Hussain, he lived in times of fear. Three years old in Karbala, he witnessed at the age of three, you're a child. He was supposed to witness killing and beheadings under bloodshed, and being cursed, and being beaten. Imam al-Baqir saw all of this. He witnessed all of this. He saw the beheading of Imam al-Hussain. He saw all of the events of Karbala. Not only that, but he was taken as captive with the women and children. We tend not to mention this. We only mention that Imam Zayn al-Abideen was taken captive, and Imam al-Baqir was also with him. This was not easy for Imam al-Baqir to be taken as captive and to see your father and to see your father in chains and in al-Jama'ah, which was that painful, that long wood where the neck and the hands of Imam Zayn al-Abideen were tied. This was not easy. Being cursed, being beaten of your grandfather and his companions, all in front of you on spears, this was very difficult. After that, at the time of Imam Zayn al-Abideen, still living under fear, under persecution, as we mentioned yesterday, the Ahl al-Bait were persecuted. They were cursed on the member. This was the upbringing of Imam al-Baqir. With all of that, yet he turned out to be a pious, successful scholar for all Muslims. Many state that because he's an Imam, he's appointed. But normally as a child, as you mentioned, a child expects comfort, love, the majority of the children that grew up with mental disorders in the way they were nurtured, whether they were abused when they were a child, whether their parents did not treat them in a proper way. This did not affect Imam al-Baqir. Although he witnessed something. He witnessed trauma. It's beyond tragic. He went through trauma, but it didn't have an influence on him. And this shows you that you can overcome trauma. You can overcome tragic events. There are some people, they let those events affect them into adolescence and adulthood. But this did not happen with Imam al-Baqir. Imam al-Baqir was determined to lead. The Muslim population, the Shia population, that's exactly what happened. Out of the childhood, a childhood goes from a three year old up to a 12, until you're a teenager, if you consider teenagers still a childhood in our communities today. The only thing that is mentioned about Imam al-Baqir is what happens in Karbala. What about after? Up to the age of 12, up to the age of 10, what happened to him? History hasn't mentioned none of this. Perhaps nothing significant occurred. Historians don't discuss the details because nothing significant occurred. There is no examination to read through history. But before we go into a break, I want to mention something that's nice and they give credit to Imam al-Baqir. One of the books mentioned that when the captives arrived in Sham, Yazid looked at the woman and he said, the women are to be sold as slaves and the men to be killed. The only men were who? Imam Sajad al-Islam and that's it but yeah. Right away, when Imam al-Baqir heard this, he said, at least when Pharaoh captured Moses and his brother, Aaron, he asked the nation what to do with them and you're treating the descendants of the individual who brought religion in this manner. He called them out in front of everybody. He was calling out the most powerful individual at that time. So we do see his courage from a very young age but insha'Allah we'll get the touch upon more about the life of Imam al-Baqir before his Imam but after a short break if you will say it. So respected viewers, do stay tuned for after the break for insha'Allah continue our discussion revolving around the life of Imam al-Baqir prior to his Imam. Respected viewers, once again As-salamu alaikum warahmatullahi wabarakatuh I congratulate you once again on a special occasion which marks the birth anniversary of our fifth Imam, seventh infallible Imam Muhammad al-Baqir peace and blessings be upon him. Now before the break we did touch upon a little bit about the life of Imam al-Baqir peace be upon him prior to his Imam. This was discussed with my dear guest, Sayed Hussain al-Qazouni. As-salamu alaikum Sayedan. Once again I welcome you to the show. Now before the break we touched upon briefly about his parents about the events that he witnessed and we mentioned Karbala but there was one significant individual that really was so lucky enough and he's considered as the longest living companion to Prophet Muhammad after witnessing seven infallibles. It's incredible. He should be written in a world Guinness. And then I mean because individual meeting seven historically known figures it's something remarkable. But as tradition was tell us that Prophet Muhammad prophesied to this individual that he will meet the fifth descendant from his progeny being the Imam al-Baqir peace be upon him. We always it's Jabir ibn Abdullah al-Ansari this individual we always mention him during arba'een the birth or martyrdom of Imam al-Sajjad and barely people mention him in the birth and martyrdom of Imam al-Baqir peace be upon him. Who was this individual? We only hear of him once or twice a year. The rest of the year nothing about him. It's like your character just randomly put in a story which appears once or twice. Who was he? Jabir ibn Abdullah al-Ansari was one of the companions of Rasulullah and he was one of the close companions loyal companions. He was present at Badr he was there one of the soldiers at Badr he was present with Rasulullah in the most difficult times. He was from Madina he was a native of Madina hence called al-Ansari. He was from al-Ansari. When we read history we see that Jabir had some great qualities. One of them was that he was very brave. He was outspoken. He was brave. After doing no, not after doing the Khilafa of Imam al-Khattab the second Khalifa. He banned Zawaj al-Mut'ah temporary marriage. He banned it Jabir? No, Omar. Omar banned temporary marriage. It's a famous story, it's a famous case that he stated that there were two mut'ahs that existed during the time of the Prophet but I banned them and I will punish anyone who performs them. Wow. Which would require a lecture. Yes. And which is temporary marriage. It was banned. Historians say that Jabir questioned Omar al-Khattab and he had verbal battles with Omar on banning and he would explicitly people were in fear. Omar banned Mut'ah. That's it. Jabir spoke out that Omar banned Mut'ah while Allah in the Quran stated Omar al-Khattab says that it's haram. Enough? That was not enough. Jabir would go and publicly perform Mut'ah at the time of Omar al-Khattab. Cool. He would announce that I had I performed Mut'ah marriage and whatever they want to do let them come and do. So why is it secretly done? That would require a lecture. Yes. He would announce, he publicly announced that I am performing Mut'ah marriage out of, of course he wasn't doing it out of lust. He wasn't out of lust. It was out of objection. It was a political objection to the time and he couldn't do anything to him. Why? Because he's one of the top Sahaba. He was in bedr. His position was known to everyone, his position to Rasulullah sallallahu alayhi wa sallam. So this is Jabir. It was known to even in the Ziyar of the Arba'een the Ziyar of the Arba'een Imam Hussain was slaughtered him and his companions. Who would dare at that time and of course the Ummah of Papaganda had spread the news that who was killed in Kirbana. It was not the Grandsir of Rasulullah but they were Khawarij. The rebellions. They were a rebellious group of people that were trying to create fitna inside the Ummah. And there were there was no mass media for people to get their news correctly right away. So for a long time people really thought Khawarij under such circumstances he comes to Kirbana and he visits Imam Hussain. This shows his bravery. This shows his courage. This shows that not only did he have love for Ahlul Bayt and that he was loyal to them and he was a genuine follower of Ahlul Bayt but he was he was making a political statement that although you killed this man although I am blind and it is difficult for me to come, I will come. He came to Imam Hussain He came to Imam Hussain's grave and he made a tradition he made a tradition imagine a man that creates this major tradition Imam Ahlul Bayt emphasized on it. He emphasized on it and he made it one of the minds of a believer one of the senses of a believer Subhanallah a regular human being a regular individual he wasn't infallible yet he set this tradition and every year people how many millions 10 million, 50 million people every year follow the tradition of Jabra bin Abdullah al-Ansari Rasulullah sallallahu alaihi wa sallam which reminds us of the Hadith by Rasulullah that that he who sets a tradition he will have its reward and he will be rewarded for ever whoever practices that tradition whoever sets a tradition he will be rewarded if it is a good tradition and on the contrary whoever sets a bad tradition he will be punished for it and he will be punished for whoever practices that tradition until the day of judgment now Jabra bin Abdullah during the life of Rasulullah Rasulullah had foretold about Imam al-Baqir in fact he named him Imam al-Baqir he had mentioned that my grandson Muhammad al-Baqir will be born and he called him al-Baqir he called him al-Baqir he gave him this title now why did he give him this title and some say he will rip through knowledge and disperse knowledge and spread knowledge others say no al-Baqir comes from he slipped through his forehead slipped through his forehead because of sujud because of his long prostration he caused damage to his forehead his skin started to peel and there were cracks there were cracks in his forehead from his long sujud and they could both be right he was called al-Baqir maybe for both of these reasons but the first reason is more is more famous Rasulullah he told Jabir that you will meet with Ali that means he told Jabir that you will live a long life that you will live through my reign my prophecy and my prophethood and you will live through Imam al-Hassan, Imam al-Hassan, Imam Zain al-Abideen until Imam Muhammad al-Baqir this is one of the merits of Jabir ibn Abdul Hamid that he met seven of the ma'asumi seven of the infallibles Imam Ali Imam Al-Hassan Imam Zain al-Abideen Imam al-Baqir this is one of his merits of course I forgot to mention among his merits is that Hadith al-Kisa is narrated by Jabir ibn Abdul Hamid by whom he narrates it from whom and no one else narrated from Fatima al-Kisa that's how close he was he narrated Hadith al-Kisa from Fatima al-Tazara what does that tell you that he heard it from a public lecture of course not that means she said it to him privately so he didn't witness it Fatima al-Tazara he didn't want to know on Fatima al-Tazara he heard it from Fatima al-Tazara and he narrated it that means he was a student of Fatima al-Tazara who would sit with Fatima al-Tazara Fatima al-Tazara is known for her hajj she didn't have private sessions with men Jabir ibn Abdul Hamid was an exception he was a private student of Ahli al-Bait including Fatima al-Tazara to that extent we always hear about this from Fatima al-Tazara from Jabir ibn Abdul Hamid or from Jabir ibn Abdul Hamid we hear it but we don't analyze it this shows that he was a private student of Ahli al-Bait he would enter their homes he was given knowledge that others were not given Rasulullah sallallahu alaihi wa alaihi he told him you will live enough to witness my grandson Muhammad ibn Ali al-Baqr and when you do so give him my salam give him my salam this is a merit four Jabir and this is a merit four Imam al-Baqr one is that Rasulullah trusted Jabir ibn Abdullah with this with giving a salam he trusted him with this two Rasulullah is giving his salam to Imam al-Baqr although Jabir ibn Abdullah he witnessed Imam al-Hassan, Imam al-Hussain Imam Zina Abideen, Imam al-Baqr he gave his salam to Imam al-Baqr and as a child this took place as a child and he told him after that you will die shortly once you will see my grandson Imam al-Baqr you will die shortly historians say that Jabir ibn Abdullah he lost his eyesight he was blind he would sit in the markets and he would shout whereas Imam al-Baqr he would shout every day he would come in the markets and he would call for Imam al-Baqr until one day according to a hadith that Imam al-Baqr he says I went to visit Jabir ibn Abdullah as a child this is another merit and Imam visits him he went to him he said who are you he couldn't see so he said may my mother and father be sacrificed for you come closer to me I came closer to him he said he grabbed my hands and he started kissing my hands and then he bent to kiss my feet he told him no and then he said your grandfather passes on his salam decades decades ago he says and made a piece of Allah upon my grandfather he said but how how did Rasulullah say salam he said I was with him one day and he said perhaps you will remain until you will meet a man from my progeny he is called Allah will grant him light and wisdom give him my salam and another narration that once you will meet him you will die shortly afterwards and in other narrations that Jabir ibn Abdullah died that same evening after meeting Imam al-Baqr and he passed on his salam he performed his duty he passed away some say that his mission was to actually get the salam to Imam al-Baqr that was his mission mission accomplished according to one narration according to another narration he spent time with Imam al-Baqr but during his early days he was still a child once Jabir ibn Abdullah was sitting with Imam al-Baqr now this shows Jabir ibn Abdullah's humility and lack of arrogance he is an old man he is over 100 years old Imam al-Baqr he is still a teenager he is 5, he is 6 he is very young a man who has surpassed 100 sitting with a child more than 5 or 6 but he is treating him like the other way around as if he is the child and the Imam is the old man this shows a lot of humility Imam ibn Abdullah tells Imam al-Baqr he says just like the Quran the Quran speaks about and he says you have been given wisdom at a young age at a young age this was one of the chapters on the life of Imam al-Baqr now it's great that you mentioned because Jabir ibn Abdullah a huge disservice has been done to him because not a lot of people do talk about him and explicitly mention what you mention right now the virtues of Jabir we read Hadith al-Qasab every single Thursday night Friday Eve we don't even recognize that this is Jabir ibn Abdullah al-Ansadi narrating it from who now lastly if you can briefly we did mention about the events that he witnessed if you can briefly tell us about other events for example like the caliphs the rulers that ruled during his time who he came across and such events first of all he witnessed Ashura and the events that took place after Ashura he witnessed Waqat al-Harrah which was the event that took place one year after Ashura in the city of Medina when Yazid sent his army to Medina and he told them you could do whatever you want there were many tragic events that took place in Medina and women were violated and according to some historians that so many people of Medina and who were the people of Medina Sahaba and they say you the Shi'a you violated the Sahaba who killed the Sahaba Yazid killed the Sahaba and their children and violated their women according to some historians that there were rivers of blood to the point that the blood reached the grave of Rasulullah sallallahu alaihi wa sallam Imam al-Baqir saw this he witnessed these events Imam al-Baqir witnessed the Khulafa he witnessed the Khulafa including Muawiyah of course the outerly Khulafa the ones you served Muawiyah Muawiyah Ibn Yazid Marwan Ibn al-Hakim Muawiyah Ibn Al-Zubayr who revolted against Ibn Umayah Ibn Marwan Ibn Abdul Malik Hajjaj Ibn Nusuf Al-Thaqafi Hajjaj Ibn Nusuf Al-Thaqafi Hajjaj was in Al-Khalifa he was the governor of Medina Kufa sorry the governor of Kufa of Iraq Ibn Abdul Malik Sulaiman Ibn Abdul Malik Omar Ibn Abdul Aziz Ibn Abdul Malik and Hisham Ibn Abdul Malik and it was Hisham Ibn Abdul Malik that sent poison to Imam al-Baqir so he saw a great deal a great deal of Ibn Umayah of their oppression of their persecution of of the Shia the persecution of their followers this was very difficult times very difficult and we could compare relate to the times of Imam al-Baqir during the days of Saddam those who lived in Arawah during the days of Saddam it was very similar cases times of fear, persecution death mass murder, mass graveyards that we see today very similar times the days of Saddam and the days of Ibn Umayah had to witness all of this but patiently he stood by the side of his father Imam Zain al-Abideen to lead the Ummah until the death of Imam Zain al-Abideen until he became the Imam himself insha'Allah we'll continue the discussion revolving on the knowledge of al-Baqir al-Assalam and what he had to offer which really you know surprised me when I was reading through his biography but I would like to thank you very much for joining us tonight may Allah SWT and Imam al-Baqir give you the ability to visit the house thank you very much for tuning in tonight if you are not able to view this episode 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