The martyrdom of Imam Jafar Sadeq (peace be upon him)

Imam Jafar Sadegh was born in the seventeen of Rabie Aval in Heijrat 83 and the day of the birth of the prophet (peace of Allah be upon him and his descendants). His name was Abdullah and his title was Abu Abdullah. He was called with the names '' Saber'','' Fazel'', '' Taher'' and '' Sadeq''. Her mother, Fateme Um Foruze Bint Ghasem Bin Muhammad Bin Abi Bakr , was a virtuoso pious woman. Hazrat Sadeq (peace be upon him) sometimes called her '' Um Mokarame''. Imam Sadeq was wiser than his brothers and was well known all over the world. Among the scientists of Ahle Beit, it has been narrated from Jafar Sadeq (peace be upon him) more narrations. They have said that Imam Jafar Sadeq (peace be upon him) had a meeting that public and special people all over the world took part and asked him about the rules and the interpretation of Quran and no one left there without appropriate answers.
In the time of Imam Jafar Sadeq (peace be upon him), the religion of Shiite started a new stage of power and growth. That's why this school is called'' Jafari Religion''. The Shiite Religion was as an emotional love to the dynasty of the prophet (peace of Allah be upon him and his descendants) and the Shiite Religion did not expand enough before the time of Imam Jafar Sadeq (peace be upon him). Shias considered Amir Al-Momenin, Imam Ali (peace be upon him), better than the Rashedin Caliphs and the innocent Imams and were kind with the dynasty of the prophet (peace of Allah be upon him and his descendants), but they did not have scientific power in order to defend the Shiite thought. In the time of Imam Jafar Sadeq (peace be upon him), the specific interpretation of Shias from Quran and the tradition was complied with a scientific exactness and a lot of narrations were collected. In fact, Quran and the tradition were considered as the specific distinction of Shiite with other Islamic religions and differences between Shias and Sunnis were formed as a law system. It is clear that Imam Jafar Sadeq (peace be upon him) had an important role in this area and his scientific attempts helped the Shiite Religion to have its own ideas, rituals and slogans and to have its own features. Imam Sadeq (peace be upon him) spent a lot of time training narrators because narrating Hadiths was forbidden for a long time. Therefore, there are a lot of narrations from Imam Sadeq (peace be upon him); that is why the Shiite Religion is called '' Jafari''. Learning thousands Hadiths in different sciences, these narrators formed a big barrier against the deviational thoughts. Muhammad Bin Moslem learned sixteen thousand Hadiths from Imam Jafar Sadeq (peace be upon him). Hasan Bin Ali Vosha said '' I saw 900 narrators in the mosque of Kufa that narrated narrations from Jafar Bin Muhammad. Training 900 narrators was an enough number to narrate the narrations of infinite source of Imamate in different eras. Imam Sadeq (peace be upon him) trained a lot of students in order to remove doubts from the religion such as Hesham Bin Hakam, Hesham Bin Salem Momen Al-Tagh, Muhammad Bin Naman and Hamran Bin Ain that were considered scientific great personalities in his period and did valuable services.
Due to the political and social situation of Imam Sadeq (peace be upon him), he was under pressure by Marvani and Abasi governments in the time of his life. He convicted to be exiled even though he had not committed any crimes. However, in spite of the bothers of Abasi and Umavi, Imam Sadeq took advantage of chances and expanded and trained the Islamic sciences and the different topics with the pivot of the Islam and Quran. Since the caliphs tried to discharge Imam only with an excuse, Imam Sadeq (peace be upon him) hid his religion to keep the theological schools and the scientific assemblies that had been founded with a lot of attempt from any harm as Mansur Davaniqi, the tyrannical caliph of Abasi said '' Jafar Bin Muhammad is like bone in the throat that neither cannot be swallowed nor can be taken out. One of the greatest actions of Imam Jafar Sadeq (peace be upon him) was to form the system of Neghabat so that the Shiite scientists did not depend on the governors of era and trained the knowledgeable clergymen. The clergymen should depend on the believers in order to organize the affairs and they as the strongest religious pivot have a determining and effective role in the critical moments of the history. He trained the students with high rank in the different courses of science, Quran, morals, religion and theosophy. In the future, they became the source of benefits and good effects. One of the most important students of Imam Sadeq was Hesham Bin Hakam that was interested in science and knowledge from the beginning of his youth. He also learned all of the sciences in his time and wrote a book as valuable as the books of the philosophers of Yunnan. He studied the schools and thought and idea, but he never achieved to the satisfaction of science until his uncle introduced him to Imam Sadeq (peace be upon him) and then he was considered as the most prominent student of Imam Sadeq (peace be upon him). Imam cared about him as much as he said to him '' I express you the remarks that the messenger of God (peace of Allah be upon him and his descendants) stated to Hesan Bin Ansari '' as long as you help us with your remarks, God will constantly help you''.
Imam Sadeq (peace be upon him), the prominent personality, provided the best conditions to increase knowledge and to promote the awareness of the Muslims in the time of his life. Whenever Shias followed his scientific ways, they achieved to great successes. However, whenever they interested in other schools to understand cultural, religious, political, scientific and social discussions and they became the consumers of other schools without any objections, they went awry. Abu Al-Abas Sofah, the first Abasi caliph, summoned Imam from Medina to Iraq. After he observed the science and the virtues of Imam, he could not irritate him and Imam came back Medina. However, in the era of Mansour Davaniqi, as he saw the number of the Shias of Imam, he summoned Iraq once more and wanted to kill him several times. Imam Sadeq (peace be
him) was martyred in Shawl Month in Heijrat 148 in the age of 65 because of poisoned grapes that Mansour Davaniqi gave to him. Imam the was emaciated and weak at the end of his life as much as one of his companions started crying seeing his sickness and said '' woe me; I see you in such physical condition. Imam Sadeq (peace be upon him) stated '' do not cry; what is destined for a Muslim is good destination, whether his body members are cut or he is the owner of the east and the west''. It has been narrated from Imam Musa Bin Jafar (peace be upon him) '' after my father was martyred, I buried him. I took the body of Imam to Baghei Cemetery to bury him and buried him in the vicinity of his father and grandfather.
In the name of God the Merciful and the Compassionate. Peace be upon Muhammad and his immaculate descendants. Let's start the program. Today is the Shavval twenty sixth and the anniversary of the falling of Hazrat Yunes into the mouth of the fish.
Announcer: exalted God explains the actions and the activities of Yunes and his tribe in Quran in several Surahs. (Remember) Hazrat Yunes went toward the loaded ship (full of persons and luggage. It was supposed to choose a person among the persons of the ship. (He was chosen) and he failed. (They pushed him into water) and a big whale swallowed him because he deserved to this event. If he had not told beads, he would have doomed to stay in the stomach of the whale until the doomsday. We saved him and had him in the dry land of the plants while he was ill. We grew a squash bush for him (so that he could relax under its wide and wet leaves). We sent him toward the population of a hundred thousand persons. They believed in God. We granted them the blessings of the world for a while.
Although Yunes did not disobey the order of God, his action was like a servant that escaped from his master. Therefore, Exalted God punished him (refer to Quran for the translation of the above text). The event of the story is that a whale approached the ship and made the ship turbulent. Since it was a severe hit, all of the persons in the ship were about to drown. They had to have a person into water so that the whale swallowed it and then it got away from the ship. Finally, Yunes was chosen and they had to push him into mouth of the whale and it swallowed him. Because he praised God, he could save. When Yunes got informed that the torture had not descended over the tribe and he did not understand that his tribe had believed in God and repented, he got sad and angry. Consequently, he was like a person that got away from his father. After Yunes was swallowed by the whale, he understood that he was being tested by God and he shouted in the dark atmosphere of the stomach of the whale.
O' God! There is no God except you. You are immaculate and I was one of tyrants. Yunes is regretful of his action that left his tribe and without the order of God, he continued his path because his action meant that it was impossible to object to the orders of God and became angry against it. Although he never wanted to commit any crimes or tyrannies, God trained him so that he was qualified to pass the path of God with decent steps.
Although Yunes (peace be upon him) expressed his request and presented the matter of monotheism and his claim in relation to tyranny, he could express his inner feelings and his situation with such words. In fact, he requested God to save him. God accepted his request and saved him from grieve and difficulty.