Mūsā al-Kāẓim

Islamic imam

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Mūsā al-Kāẓim was the seventh imam in Imāmī Shiʿism. He was a descendant of the Prophet Muhammad through his grandson, al-Ḥusayn. Mūsā al-Kāẓim is revered by Shiʿi Muslims for his piety and knowledge. He is considered an important figure in the lineage of imams who, according to Shiʿi belief, were divinely appointed spiritual and political leaders of the Muslim community after the Prophet Muhammad. His life and teachings are central to the spiritual development of Shiʿism.1

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Imamate in Shiʿi Islam
…that the imamate passed to Mūsā al-Kāẓim, another son of Jaʿfar. The strength of this faction was seen in the decision of the Abbasid caliph al-Maʾmūn to name as his heir the faction’s eighth imam, ʿAlī al-Riḍā. This decision was highly controversial from the start, however, and ʿAlī died before…
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…that the imamate passed to Mūsā al-Kāẓim, another son of Jaʿfar. The strength of this faction was seen in the decision of the Abbasid caliph al-Maʾmūn to name as his heir the faction’s eighth imam, ʿAlī al-Riḍā. This decision was highly controversial from the start, however, and ʿAlī died before…
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Jaʿfar al-Ṣādiq
…claimed the imamate; of these, Mūsā al-Kāẓim gained widest recognition. Shiʿi sects not recognizing Ismāʿīl are mostly known as “Twelvers”; they trace the succession from Jaʿfar to the 12th imam, who disappeared and is expected to return at the Last Judgment.
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…claimed the imamate; of these, Mūsā al-Kāẓim gained widest recognition. Shiʿi sects not recognizing Ismāʿīl are mostly known as “Twelvers”; they trace the succession from Jaʿfar to the 12th imam, who disappeared and is expected to return at the Last Judgment.
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