Muḥammad al-Bāqir
Shīʿite imam
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Muḥammad al-Bāqir was the fifth imam in Shīʿī Islam. He was the son of the fourth imam, ʿAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib, and the great-grandson of the Prophet Muḥammad. The Shīʿī belief is that the imamate, or spiritual leadership, is inherited through the descendants of ʿAlī. Muḥammad al-Bāqir's teachings emphasized the importance of the Qurʾān and the traditions of the Prophet, and he is considered a significant scholar and jurist within Shīʿī Islam. His son, Jaʿfar al-Ṣādiq, succeeded him as the sixth imam.123
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