’Imām al-Bāqir (a.s.),
the 7th infallible,
the 5th 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
:
3rdṢafar of 57th
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
:
7thDhil-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.