 The name of God, the old merciful, the ever merciful, and Allah's blessings and peace be upon Muhammad and upon his pure family. Hello and welcome our dear viewers to another episode of the Shi'at calendar. My congratulations to you on this blessed evening, the birthday of the fifth Shi'at Imam. The holy name of the fifth Shi'at Imam was Muhammad. His epithet was Baqir or Baqir al-Alm, and this name was given to him because he had dealt in the oceans of knowledge and had revealed the secrets of different sciences. Other epithets of this Imam are Shaqir, one who thanks God a lot, Sabir, one who has a lot of patience, and Hadi, one who guides others, each of which is an indication of one of the attributes of that great Imam. The agnomen of the Imam was Abu Jaffaq, his mother was Fatima, daughter of Imam Hassan Mushtaba, Allah's blessings and peace be upon him. Therefore he was a descendant of the Prophet's eldest grandson, Imam Hassan, peace be upon him, on his mother's side, and he was a descendant of Imam Hussein, Allah's blessings and peace be upon him, on his father's side. His father was the Lord of the Prosterators, before God, Imam Ali ibn al-Hussain, Imam Baqir, Allah's blessings and peace be upon him, was born on Friday, on Safar III, of the year 55 after Hijrah in Medina. He was present in Karbala, along with his father and his grandfather, Imam Hussein, and he was a small boy who was almost four years old. The era of Imam Baqir's Imamate started from 95 after Hijrah, which was the year of Imam Sajja's murderdom, and lasted until 114 after Hijrah, which makes it 19 years and a few months. In the era of Imam Muhammad Baqir, peace be upon him, and his son, Imam Ja'far Sadaq's Imamate, events such as the ouster of the Vani Umayyad density, the Abbasids rising up to power, the creation of political conflicts, and the advent of commanders and the adversaries of such as Abu Suleyim al-Khalal and Abu Muslim al-Kharasani occurred. Moreover, books on philosophy and theological controversies were translated in this era, and a number of Sufi elites and aesthetics who were followers and fans of the ruling regime, meaning Allah Baqir's regime emerged. In this era as well, judges and theologians, who acted based on the bindings of the government officials and powerful individuals, also emerged. These people used to interpret and explain justice, jurisprudence, beliefs, theology, and ethics based on the interests of the powerful ruling class of the caliphate and deviated Sajjad Quranic teachings as Imamate and guardianship, which had drawn the attention of many righteous people after the event of Ashura and the Heric incident of Karbala to the rightfulness of the descendants of Imam Ali peace be upon him, and had uncovered the true, corrupt face of the Benu Umayyad tyrants and those who had sold their faith to the worldly pleasures and attempted to make the people forget their prophet's traditions. Some others were also busy forging traditions in favor of the ruling regime or distorting the traditions in favor of the tyrants who had usurped caliphate. These were very disastrous factors, again a switch the guardians and protectors of the religion had to fight. This is why Imam Muhammad al-Baqir alaihi salam and after him Imam Ja'far al-Sadaq alaihi salam seized the political opportunity of those times when he started propagating the original and genuine Islamic teachings and religious knowledge and founded the first Shi'at and Islamic Sciences University. This is because these two Imams and after them they are Apparentices with the heirs and the true guardians of the prophet's teachings and those of the true essence of justice and law so that they had to make every attempt to educate some pious and knowledgeable Apparentices and worthy and devoted companions to compile, edit and teach the jurisprudence of the family of the prophet. This is why Imam Baqir alaihi salam class was always full of scholars, scientists, traditionalists, preachers and famous poets. The knowledge of Imam Baqir al-Lah's blessings and peace be upon him originated from divine revelations as did that of other Imams as they had no need, no teacher to teach them such knowledge and they had not been educated by any man. J. Bin Abdullah used to come to Imam Baqir al-Lah's blessings and peace be upon him and learn from his vast knowledge and he constantly said to the Imam, O Peercer of Sciences, I hereby testify that you own a divine knowledge in young age. In Imam Baqir al-Lah's blessings and peace be upon him school of thought, knowledge and virtues were taught simultaneously. In Imam Baqir al-Lah's blessings and peace be upon him school of thought, knowledge and virtues were taught simultaneously to the people. Imam Baqir al-Lah was also in charge of the charities that used to be paid to the messenger of God. Allah's blessings and peace be upon him and upon his pure family and Imam Ali peace be upon him. His two ancestors and he used to pay these charities to the Bani Hashim and the poor and the needy and he used to manage their financial affairs as well. Imam Baqir al-Lah's Salam enjoyed commandable attributes and he had practiced the Islamic moral values. He was praiseworthy both on the outside and on the inside level. He always wore clean clothes and he walked with the utmost dignity and grandeur. The fifth Shi'at Imam was very kind and friendly with the believers and his followers as well. He used to shake hands with all of his companions whenever he met them and encourage everyone to do the same. He used to say in his speeches shaking hands wipes out all displeasures in the hearts as well as the sins on both sides just like the way the leaves of the trees fall in autumn. Imam Baqir al-Lah's blessings and peace be upon him was very careful to adhere to all of the Islamic practices such as paying charity, helping the needy, keeping part in the funeral of the believers. Imam Baqir al-Lah's blessings and peace be upon him was very careful to adhere to all of the Islamic practices such as paying charity, helping the needy, taking part in the funeral of the believers, visiting the Sikh and observing politeness and other religious traditions. He intended to revive the tradition of his ancestor, the messenger of God, among the people and to teach moral virtues to the people as well. He used to go out on hot days to check on the farms on palm groves and he used to work with the workers and farmers on the farms as shoveled the ground to make it ready for the crops to be planted. Whatever he earned through hard labor and gradual work he gave away as charity and in God's cause. When he went to say the morning prayer in the mosque of his ancestor, the messenger of God al-Lah's blessings be upon him and upon his pure family, after saying the prayer the people gathered around him and benefited from the light of his knowledge and virtues. For twenty years, Muawiyah in Shah and his agents in other Islamic regions had worked at their full capacity to display the Islamic truths upside down, with or through bribery, threatening, mischief or employing mercenaries. Therefore, after the tragic incident of Karbala and the unprecedented oppressions and atrocities that the descendants of Abu Sufyan committed which made the people pay attention to the righteous fullness of the family of the Prophet Imam Sajjad, peace be upon him, and his son Imam Muhammad al-Baqir, peace be upon him, made a lot of attempts to correct the people's beliefs, especially regarding the issues of Imamate and leadership, which must be assumed only by infallible Imams as they are the only worthy persons to assume these important positions. These two Imams also made considerable efforts to teaching the true Islamic teachings and knowledge to the people and these teachings and the promotion of the Islamic jurisprudence and law went up to such a point that the honorable son of the Imam, namely Imam Ja'far al-Basadi, Allah's blessings and peace be upon him, founded a university with over four thousand students and he promoted the Islamic traditions and teachings all around the world in that time. The grounds for this important goal to be realized were set, first by Imam Sajjad through his prayers and litany and his reminding of the many Omeya's atrocities and through promotion of good and prevention of evil and second by Imam Baqir through holding classes and explaining the clarifying the necessary religious matters for the people. Through his realistic and acute vision of the future and the divine revelations, the messenger of God, Allah's blessings and peace be upon him and upon his pure family, specified the responsibilities of his descendants and family members in the future and their role in promoting the two religious teachings in a series of traditions. A sheikh al-Saduq has transmitted the following tradition by Imam Rida al-Salam in his book Oyun Akhbar al-Rida and Al-Amali. The role of Imam Hussain's peace be upon him ring was what is explained in the verse, Inna Allah baaliga amri, meaning for Allah will surely accomplish his purpose and Ali bin al-Hussain, Allah's blessings and peace be upon him, used to wear his father's ring. Muhammad bin Ali, peace be upon him, also used to wear the same ring of Imam Hussain, Allah's blessings and peace be upon him. However, it's claimed in the book Al Fusul al-Muhammad that the role of the Imam's ring had been in this verse, Rabbilatadar ni Farda, meaning my lord, do not leave me alone. The author of this book Al Fusul al-Muhammad has also added the following to his discussion. Imam Bakr, Allah's blessings and peace be upon him, lived in the era of the caliphate of Walid bin Abdul Malik, Suleiman bin Abdul Malik, Omar bin Abdul Aziz, Yazid bin Abdul Malik and Husham bin Abdul Malik. Some have also added the names Walid bin Yazid bin Abdul Malik, Yazid bin Walid bin Abdul Malik and Ibrahim bin Walid bin Abdul Malik to the above mentioned names. Sheikh Mufeed has written the following in his book Al-Irshad that Imam Bakr had seven children, Abu Abdullah Jafar bin Muhammad, his eldest son, and this is why Imam Bakr was also called Abu Jafar. His other son was Abdullah, and the mother of these two sons was Umm Farwa, the daughter of Gashem bin Muhammad bin Abu Bakr. Two other sons of the Imam were called Ibrahim and Ubaidullah, whose mother was Umu Hakim, daughter of Asad bin Muqabiyah. No lineage today exists from these two sons. Other children of the Imam were Ali and Zaynah, whose mother was a slave woman. Umu Salameh was also another daughter of the Imam whose mother was also another slave woman. Some have said that Umu Salameh and Zaynah have been the same person, and this claim has also been made in the book Al-Aminwala. Bina Shahghamunzah also maintained that Imam Bakr had had seven children, and he has also enumerated them, like Sheikh Mufeed, with the difference that he had also enumerated an Abu Abdullah al-Fattah as one of them, of one of Imam's Bakr sons. He had said that, except for Imam Sadaq, who had a lineage other children of Imam Bakr, passed away without leaving a lineage. Imam Bakr's shining scientific, social, political and moral personality was so dazzling that no one could have ever denied or overlooked the perfection and the comprehensiveness of his personality, and all of the scholars and elites that had met him had found admitting that Imam's numerous virtues causing their own perfection. They added, by doing so, they added to their credit and worth in the eyes of other scholars and thinkers. The scientific figures of various Islamic sects have described Imam Muhammad Bakr's characteristics and their words have been recorded in the pages of History Forever. In that, in the time of Imam Muhammad Bakr, Allah's blessings and peace be upon him, some Jewish scholars used to pretend to be Muslims, and this is why they found the opportunity to spread some big traditions in the name of the Prophet, which were called Isra'iliyat. The effect of these traditions on the Jesprudence and theological issues was extremely dangerous, therefore the Imam stopped the spread of their undesirable culture by condemning these traditions and refuting them. Later on, other infallible Imams also made every effort to cut off this undesirable cultural connection between the Muslims and the Jews, which intended to lead the genuine and rich Islamic culture. What makes obeying an Imam obligatory is the sound mind, and the Mercos also verify the choice made by the sound mind. This is why all of the infallible Imams had some miracles which are beyond the power of ordinary human beings. For instance, one of the companions of Imam Bakr said, I used to teach the Qur'an to a woman in Kufa, and once I joked with her a little, so when I went to meet the Imam, he reproached me upon that and said, Anyone who commits sins in secret, God the Almighty will never pay attention to him. What did you say to that woman? The Imam asked, I covered my face as I was ashamed of myself and pretended. Then the Imam said, never go back to doing that obscene deed again. The entire life of the great Imam Abu Ja'far Muhammadin al-Baqr peace be upon him is full of wisdom, examples and advice. What follows is a small part of the Imam's words. No mixture is ever better than the mixture of patience with knowledge. The best worship is being chased in one's sexual life and in one's earnings. Prudency and faith are tied together with a string, so when one loses one, you will lose the other as well. I advise you to observe piety, truthfulness and to have individual reasoning and also to pay back the deposes to their honors, no matter whether the honor is a good person or a bad one. And if Imam Ali's murder Imam says, gives me something to keep safe for him, I will return it to him, definitely. God bless Imam Muhammadin al-Baqr, Allah's blessings be upon him. This is for this episode of the Shi'at calendar, until we meet with another episode. Thank you very much indeed. Anas salamu alaykum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh.