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5th Imám - Muḥammad ibn Alí - Abu Ja'far
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Pronunciation: moham-mad-ebn-a-lee ah-boo-ja...far
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Name Full / Kunya
Muḥammad ibn Alí Abu Ja'far
Title
Arabic		 Turkish
Baqir al-Ulum (The Revealer of Knowledge) Beşinci Alí
Birth Date Birth Place Age when assumed Imámate Age at death Length of Imámate
A.H. 57
A.D. 677		 Medina 38 57 19
Death Date    Reason and Place of Death Burial Place
A.H. 114
A.D. 732		 According to some Shia scholars, he was poisoned by Ibrahim ibn Walid ibn 'Abdallah in Medina, Saudi Arabia on the order of Caliph Hisham ibn Abd al-Malik. Buried in Jannat al-Baqi, Medina, Saudi Arabia.
Importance
Sunni and Shia sources both describe him as one of the early and most eminent legal scholars, teaching many students during his tenure.
[ Wikipedia - The Twelve Imáms ]
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