{"id":22633,"date":"2019-01-28T15:30:22","date_gmt":"2019-01-28T12:00:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/roshd.com\/?p=22633"},"modified":"2025-10-15T13:20:58","modified_gmt":"2025-10-15T09:50:58","slug":"divine-light","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/roshd.com\/en\/divine-light\/","title":{"rendered":"The Divine Brightness"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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There were strenuous efforts on every occasion to hold the personality of Imam Jawad\u00a0(PBUH)\u00a0in contempt. This fact was so obvious that it is narrated that:\u201d Ma\u2019moon [1]<\/a>would touch upon all deceitful acts in order to belittle Aboo Ja\u2019far\u2019s (Imam Jawad\u00a0(PBUH))\u00a0character.\u00a0\u00a0All of Mamoon\u2019s efforts however would fail.\u201d[2]<\/a><\/p>

In spite of all these efforts, Ma\u2019oon would fail and the Imam would gain a higher popularity and power amongst the people. This would even scare the military who had control over the reins of government. Imam Jawad\u00a0(PBUH)\u00a0successfully protected Imamah (divine leadership) from the harsh and dangerous situation it had fallen in.\u00a0\u00a0He was able to secure the pillars of religion, encourage reason and proof, and give light and guidance to the dark path.\u00a0\u00a0He proved the trueness of the claim of his father \u2013Imam Reza\u00a0(PBUH)\u00a0– about him: \u201cNo infant has been born as blessed and good as this infant in Islam.\u201d[3]<\/a>\u00a0In another text it has been recorded that Imam Reza\u00a0(PBUH)\u00a0said, \u201cThis newborn infant is him whom no other like him has been born to be so full of blessings for our followers.\u201d[4]<\/a><\/p>

Indeed, as days would pass by, the popularity of the Imam would rise and his star would continue shining. Even though his age would count him as a child, he had reached the status of Imamah during childhood years.\u00a0\u00a0Enemies and friends all could not help but admit and witness to his knowledge and excellence.\u00a0\u00a0Despite Ma\u2019oon\u2019s efforts to embarrass Imam Jawad\u00a0(PBUH)\u00a0in different scientific and theoretical assemblies, those assemblies would on the contrary show the vast amount of Imam\u2019s knowledge.\u00a0<\/p>

Sibt ibn Jouzi, one of the famous Sunni scholars, said \u201cHe (Imam Jawad\u00a0(PBUH)) was like his father in knowledge, asceticism, and generosity.\u201d[5]<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>

Jahidh Mu\u2019tazili Uthmani lived in Basrah and was not a follower of Imam Ali and his progeny\u00a0(PBUT). He had a long hand in knowledge and the sciences, and is the author of many books about science and the techniques of his time. He lived in the same era as Imam Jawad\u00a0(PBUH)\u00a0and his children. Jahidh has placed Imam Jawad\u00a0(PBUH)\u00a0in the ten \u201cTalebyun<\/em>\u201d and has said about them, \u201ceach of them is a knowledgeable. They are ascetic, devotee, brave, generous, chaste, and pure.\u201d[6]<\/a><\/p>

The other scholars have said many similar things about Imam Jawad\u00a0(PBUH), which will not be stated in this piece.\u00a0\u00a0All in all Imam Jawad\u00a0(PBUH)\u00a0was highly respected by his friends and common people. When Imam Jawad\u00a0(PBUH)\u00a0wanted to enter the capital city of\u00a0Baghdad, people would run to high altitudes just to see the Imam. It was as if seeing the Imam even if it meant from afar was a huge important event for them.\u00a0<\/p>

Another way to familiarize ourselves with the greatness of Imam Jawad\u00a0(PBUH)\u00a0is by seeing the great respect of the elders for him. The uncle of his father who was the son of the sixth Imam was a man named Ali ibn Ja\u2019far al-Sadiq. Ali ibn Ja\u2019far was himself of the great religious scholars, and yet he would very highly respect Imam Jawad\u00a0(PBUH).\u00a0<\/p>

Muhammad ibn Hassan narrates, \u2018For two years I was with Ali ibn Ja\u2019far and would record and write the narrations he had heard from his brother (Imam Moosa ibn Ja\u2019far\u00a0(PBUH)).\u00a0\u00a0One of the days that I was sitting in his presence, Imam Muhammad ibn Ali al-Jawad\u00a0(PBUH)\u00a0entered Masjid al-Nabi[7]<\/a>. Ali ibn Ja\u2019far hurried toward the Imam without even wearing his shoes or cloak. He kissed the Imam\u2019s hand and revered him.\u00a0<\/p>

The Imam said, \u201cUncle! Please sit, may Allah bless you.\u201d<\/p>

Ali ibn Ja\u2019far said, \u201cMy Master! How shall I sit when you are standing?\u201d<\/p>

When Ali ibn Ja\u2019far returned to his small gathering, the people around him began reproaching him for what he did.\u00a0\u00a0They said, \u201cYou are the uncle of his father, why do you act as such?\u201d<\/p>

Ali ibn Ja\u2019far told them, \u201cRemain silent!\u201d He then held his beard and said, \u201cWhen Allah has not made this white beard worthy and deserving, but has made this young man worthy of the status of Imamah, then how can I deny his virtue?\u201d\u2026\u2019[8]<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>

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(Selection taken from the book, \u201cThe Political Life of Imam Jawad\u00a0<\/strong>(PBUH)<\/strong>\u201d by Allamah Ja\u2019far Murtada Ameli)<\/strong><\/p>

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Footnotes:<\/h1>

[1]<\/a> The Abbasid Caliph<\/p>

[2]<\/a> Al-Kuleini, Usool al-Kafi, vol. 1, p. 494: Narrated by Muhammad ibn Rayan<\/p>

[3]<\/a> Allamah Majlesi, Bihar al-Anwar, vol. 50, p. 20, narrated by Imam Reza\u00a0(PBUH)<\/p>

[4]<\/a> Al-Kuleini, Usool al-Kafi, vol. 1, p. 321: Narrated by Imam Reza\u00a0(PBUH)<\/p>

[5]<\/a> Sibt ibn Jouzi, Tadhkirat al-khawas, p. 358-359<\/p>

[6]<\/a> Jahidh Mu\u2019tazili Uthmani, Athar al-Jahidh, p. 235<\/p>

[7]<\/a> The Mosque of Prophet Muhammad\u00a0(PBUH&HP)\u00a0located in\u00a0Medina<\/p>

[8]<\/a> Al-Kuleini, Usul al-Kafi, vol. 1, p. 322<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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