Jihad of the Imam and His Struggle and Resistance Against Harun This adventurous life of Mūsā b. Ja‘far (P.B.U.H.) is such a life, that you see how…
The Tireless Endeavour and Appealing to Taqiyyah The life of Mūsā b. Ja‘far is a surprising and strange one. First, in the private…
The Period of the Imamate of Abi al-hasan, Musa b. Ja‘far This 35-year time period–from 148 to 183 A.H.–namely the period of the Imamate of Abī al-Ḥasan,…
The Secret Organization and Its Role What does “organization” mean? It is obvious that it did not mean a well-organized party with…
The Existence of Secret Politico-Ideological Organizations Imam Ṣādiq (P.B.U.H.), with the extensive help of his father and grandfather–meaning Imam Sajjād and Imam…
Propagation and the Expression of Religious Laws This is a clear line in the life of Imam Ṣādiq (P.B.U.H.); in a more distinctive…
Imam Sadiq’s (P.B.U.H.) Invitation to the Imamate When Imam Bāqir (P.B.U.H.) died, circumstances changed in favor of the household of the Prophet (P.B.U.T.)…
The Biography of Imam Sadiq, in an Aura of Uncertainty Here it is necessary to refer to one of the most unfortunate things that the researcher…
Last Years of the Umayyad Government Imam Bāqir (P.B.U.H.) passed away at the age of fifty seven and during the reign of…
Political Circumstances at the Time of Imam Baqir’s Martyrdom The Imam (P.B.U.H.) sometimes goes even furthermore; he specifies the year of victory and fulfills the…