Muhammad ibn Ali al-Baqir was a descendant of the Islamic prophet Muhammad and the fifth of the Twelve Imams, succeeding his father Ali al-Sajjad. He was the grandson of Husayn on his father’s side, t
A drawing depicting a delegation of merchants from Khorasan visiting al-Baqir (in the center), 1526
The Al-Baqi Cemetery was destroyed in 1926 during and by the Wahhabis in Saudi Arabia.
Now-destroyed zarih covering the grave of al-Baqir in the mausoleum of four Shia Imams
The Imam's destroyed gravesite in the al-Baqi Cemetery in the present
Ja'far ibn Muhammad al-Sadiq was a descendant of the Islamic prophet Muhammad and the sixth and last agreed-upon Shia Imam amongst Twelver and Ismaili Muslims. He had a unique lineage among the Twelve
Muhammad al-Baqir
…authority in law and prophetic tradition in Sunni Islam. Muhammad al-Baqir died around 732, poisoned by the Umayyads. He was succeeded by his eldest son, Ja'far al-Sadiq, who played a pivotal role in the development of Shia theology and jurisprudence. Al-Baqir is buried in the Baqi Cemetery in Medina. The shrine that…
Ja'far al-Sadiq (middle-right) depicted among other Shia Imams in a Qajar era artwork
In front of Fatima bint Asad, four graves stand in a row, from right to left: Hasan, Ali al-Sajjad, Muhammad al-Baqir, and Ja'far al-Sadiq, with the grave of Abbas ibn Abd al-Muttalib, the Prophet's uncle, standing separately to the right.
A 15th-century depiction of Jabir ibn Hayyan, who is reported to have been a student of Ja'far al-Sadiq.