Intercession: calling Imam Musa al Kadhim Bab al Hawaij

April 13, 2018 by Admin Posted in All Q&A, Imam Kadhim as, The Fourteen Infallibles Tagged Bab al Hawaij, Dua, Imam Kadhim, Intercession, Tawassul

Question 159: In a dua’a made at the Shahadat of Imam al Kadhim (AS), a reference to was made calling him ‘Bab al Hawaij’. Someone explaining it to me stated it meant he is a door to dua’as or prayers being heard or granted. When we are making dua’as after salah and try to call on the intercession of the Imams (AS), after saying salawat of course, are we to name the Imams (AS) and Rasullah (SAWS) by name for the ones that we want to intercede for us? Can we generally say “Ya abwab (doors) al Hawaj (in referencing that any of the imams that are referred to or known to intercede for dua’as to be answered)?

Answer 159: The believers have been asked to practice this method of tawassul in the Qur’an,[1] “Oh you who believe! Be wary of Allah (swt) and seek a means of nearness to Him…” Therefore, there is no contradiction between asking the Imams (AS) and Allah’s (SWT) apostles (SAWS) for something. The doctrine of tawhid, keeping in mind that if the Imams (AS) do something, it is with the permission of Allah (swt). Thus it is okay to say ‘Ya Ali Madad’ or ‘Abwab al Hawaj’ with such a mindset.

‘Bab al Hawaij’ means the door to fulfilling people’s needs. Many hadiths allow us to ask the Imams (AS) for help and a means of livelihood, making no difference between asking them during their lifetime and after. They are the mediators of Allah’s (SWT) grace and it is through them that Allah’s (SWT) grace flows to the rest of His creation, and they are of great respect to Him. The nickname of ‘Bab al-Hawaij’ is one of the most famous nicknames of Hadrat Abalfadl al-Abbas (PBUH) amongst the Shiites. All the Imams (AS) referred to ‘Bab al-Hawaij’ too.

When we make dua’as, instead of calling on the Imams (AS) by individual names can we just refer to any of them as ‘Bab Al Hawaij’ and ‘Abwab al Hawaij’, because the Imams (AS) are infallible and ‘Bab al-Hawaij’.

For further information in this regards, please refer to the following answer:

Index: Name, Titles and Lineage of Imam Musa Kadhim (AS), answer 030.

Index: The unmarried daughters of Imam Kadhim as / Fatima Masumah sa, answer 027.

Index: Seeking one’s need from someone other than Allah, answer 005.

[1] . Surah Maidah, Verse 35.

Name, Titles and Lineage of Imam Musa Kadhim (AS)

May 5, 2017 by Admin Posted in All Q&A, Imam Kadhim as Tagged Banu Hashim, Hamidah Barbariyah, Imam Musa Kadhim, Kadhemayn, Kadhemiyah, Musaffah, Quraish Cemetery

Question 030: Can you please tell me the Name, Titles and Lineage of Imam Musa Kadhim (AS)?

Answer 030: His holy name was Musa son of Ja’far, son of Muhammad Baqir, son of Ali (Zainul Abedin), son of Hussein, son of Ali, son of Abu Talib.[1] Imam Musa Kadhim (A.S.) was born in Abwa[2] (a place between Makkah and Medina) on Sunday seventh of Safar 128 A.H. According to the most famous report,[3] he was poisoned in the year 183 A.H.[4] in Harun al-Rashid’s prison where he succumbed to death and was martyred. He was then buried in the western part of Baghdad in a grave known as Quraish Cemetery.[5] That place is now known as Kadhemayn or al-Kadhemiyah.

Sheikh Mufid says: “In this graveyard Banu Hashim, tribal leaders and nobles used to be buried.”[6]

Imam Kadhim’s mother was called Hamidah Barbariyah.[7] She was also called Hamidah Musaffah[8] but Ibn Shahr Ashub is of the view that Hamidah Musaffah was the daughter of Sā’d Barbari nicknamed “Lu’lu’a”, mother of Musa bin Ja’far (AS).[9]
‘Abd Salih, Kadhim,[10] Sabir[11] and Amin[12] are some of the nicknames of the Imam. Indeed, among these nicknames, Kadhim is the most famous of them.[13]

Sheikh Mufid says, Aba Ibrahim, Abal Hasan and Aba Ali are the Imam’s patronymics.[14] Some have considered Abul Hasan, the First, Abu Ibrahim,[15] and Abu Ismail[16] as his patronymics.

For further information, please read the following answer:

Index: The unmarried daughters of Imam Kadhim as / Fatima Masumah sa, answer 027.

[1] . Ibn Toulun, Shamsuddin, Muhammad al-Aemmah al-Ithna Ashar, p. 89, Al-Razi Publications, Qom (date uknown).

[2] . Sheikh Mufid, al-Irshad fi Ma’refat Hujajillah ‘Alal ‘ibad, vol.2, p. 215, Congress on Sheikh Mufid, Qom, first edition, 1413 A.H; Tabarsi, Fazl bin Hasan, E’lam al-Wara be-A’lam al-Huda, vol.2, p. 6, Aalulbayt (AS) Institute, Qom, first edition, 1417 A.H.

[3] . According to some other reports, the Imam was martyred in the year 181 A.H. See, Amin Ameli, Sayyid Mohsen, A’ayan al-Shi’ah, vol.2, p. 5, Dar al-Ta’aruf, Beirut, 1403 A.H. According to some other reports, he was martyred in the year 186 (Kashefi Sabzewari, Mullah Hussein, Rawdhat al-Shuhada, p. 514, Navid Islam, Qom, third edition, 1382 ). Yet, according to another repot, he was poisoned to death in the year 188 A.H. (A’ayan a-Shi’ah, vol.2, p. 5).

[4] . Sheikh Mufid, al-Irshad fi Ma’refat Hujajillah ‘Alal ‘ibad, vol.2, p. 215; Tabarsi, Fazl bin Hasan, E’lam al-Wara be-A’lam al-Hoda, vol.2, p. 6; Muhaddith Arbili, Kashf al-Ghummah fi Ma’refat al-Aemmah, vol.2, p. 747, Al-Radhi Publications, Qom, first edition, 1421 A.H.; Imad al-Tabari, Hasan bin Ali, Tuhfat al-Abrar fi Manaqib al-Aemmah al-Athar (AS), p. 168, Mirath Maktub, Tehran, first edition, 1376 (Solar calendar).

[5] . Ibn Shahr Ashub Mazandarani, Manaqib Aal Abi Talib, vol.4, p. 323 and 324, Allamah Publications Institute, Qom, 1379 A.H.

[6] . Sheikh Mufid, al-Irshad fi Ma’refat Hujajillah ‘Alal ‘ibad, vol.2, p. 342.

[7] . Ibid, p. 215, E’lam al-Wara Bi A’alam al-Wara, vol.2, p. 6; Husseini Ameli, Sayyid Taaj al-Din, Al-Tatimmah fi Tawarikh al

Aemmah (AS), p. 106, Be’athat Institute, Qom, first edition, 1412 A.H.

[8] . E’lam al-Wara Bi A’alam al-Wara, vol.2, p. 6.

[9] . Manaqib Aal Abi Talib, vol.4, p. 323.

[10] . Al-Irshad fi Ma’refat Hujajillah ‘Alal ‘ibad, vol.2, p. 215 and 216.

[11] . Ibn Abi al-Thalj Baghdadi, Tarikh Ahlulbayt, p. 131, Aalulbayt (AS), Qom, first edition, 1410 A.H.

[12] . Manaqib Aal Abi Taib, vol.4, p. 323, Shafe’I, Muhammad bin Talhah, Matalib al-So’ul fi Manaqib Aal al-Rasul, p. 289, Al-Balagh, Beirut, first edition, 1419 A.H.

[13] . Ibid, al-Tatimmah fi Tawarikh al-Aemmah (AS), p. 105.

[14] . Al-Irshad fi Ma’refat Hujajillah ‘Alal ‘ibad, vol.2, p.215.

[15] . Manaqib Aal Abi Taib, vol.4, p. 323.

[16] . Qarashi, Baqir Sharif, Hayat al-Imam Musa bin Ja’far (AS), vol.1, p. 49, Dar al-Balaghah, Beirut, first edition, 1413 A.H.

The unmarried daughters of Imam Kadhim as / Fatima Masumah sa

May 4, 2017 by Admin Posted in All Q&A, Imam Kadhim as Tagged Ali bin Yaqtin, Fatima al-Sughra, Haroun al-Rashid, Imam Kadhim, Imam Reza, Massumah, Sayyid, Taqiyya, Unmarried Daughter

Question 027: I have a question regarding Imam Musa Kadhims (as) unmarried daughters. I was recently in conversation with some of my Shia family about the fact that our Imam (as) had 18 daughters, but they never married. Is this true? If it is true, please give an explanation as to the reason(s) why the daughters never married. I was told that one reason is that there were no Sadat around to marry them, is this true?

Answer 027: There have been mentioned some different opinions regarding the daughters of Imam Musa Kadhim (as) and why his daughters never married. We need to evaluate the reasons to see which are considered sahih. Read More