’Imām al-Bāqir (a.s.),

the 7^th infallible,

the 5^th Apostolic ’imām

Kunya : ’Abu Jaʿfar

Name : Muḥammad (a.s.)

Title of Honour : al-Bāqir, meaning the splitter (critic, analyzer) of the knowledge.

Father ’s name : ʿAli ibn al-Ḥusayn ( ’Imām as-Sajjād ) (a.s.)

Mother ’s name : Fātimah, daughter of ’imām Ḥasan (al-Mujtabā) (a.s.).

Date of birth : 3^rdṢafar of 57^th year A.H. (676 A.D.)

The blessed place of birth : The holy city of Medina, al-Ḥijāz.

Lifetime : 57 Hijri years.

Duration of imamate : 19 Hijri years.

Date of martyrdom : 7^thDhil-Ḥijjah, 114 A.H. (733 A.D.).

Murderer : Poisoned by ’Ibrāhim ibn Walid

The place of burial : The blessed Baqi ʿ cemetery in the holy city of Medina, al-Ḥijāz.

Number of children : 5 sons, 2 daughters.