Imam Al-Sadiq

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HIS BIRTH AND HIS DEATH
His Birth:
Traditionalists and historians know that al- Sadiq, peace be on him, was born on the seventeen
the of Rabi' al- Awal in the year 80 (A.H.) or in the year 83 (A.H.) Both years are famous for
them.
But, we have already mentioned that al- Sadiq, peace be on him, one time, said to al- Mansur:
"Now, I am over seventy years of age." It was reported on the authority of Mohammed b. al-
Rabi', the chamberlain of al- Mansur, when he brought him at night to al- Mansur and he said
about him: "He was over seventy years of age." Al- Majlisy, may his grave be fragrant,
reported on the authority of Mohammed b. Sa'id, who said: "He (al- Sadiq), peace be on him,
died at the age of seventy- one." This report, as you see, does not suit the second report, nor
the first one, because they agreed that he was died in the year 148 (A.H.).
So his birth was three years or more before the year 80 (A.H.).
For this reason, there are three reports about his death; the middle of them is the report of 80
years of age. And maybe this report is the first of them.
His Death:
It was said: Al- Sadiq, peace be on him, died on the twenty- fifth of Shawal. And it was said:
in the middle of Rajab. The first report is more famous. The historians of the two parties
(Sunna and Shi'a) agreed that he died in the year 148 (A.H.) as we have already said.
Also the Shi'te writers agreed that al- Mansur assassinated him with poison. It was said that
the poison was in the grapes. Also al- Kaf'amy mentioned that in his book 'al- Musbah.'
Also some Sunni writers have mentioned his death with poison in their books such as Is'aful
Raghibin, Nur al- Absar, Tadhkiratul Khawas, al- Swa'iqul Muhriqa, and so on.