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SYNOPSIS
One day, a servant of Imam Kadhim dropped hot soup on him by accident. The servant was scared but Imam Kadhim was not angry, he told his servant not to worry and then he freed him. Imam Kadhim was always calm and kind. How can we calm down when we are angry?
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Because he was patient toward the pain and the misfortunes he met form the tyrannical rulers, who punished him severely and treated him with all kinds of wrong and detested things.
Because he was brilliant through his holy ethics and his bright generosity through which he represented the ethics of his grandfather, the Messenger, may Allah bless him and his family.
He was given the nickname of al-’Abd al-Salih because of his (too much) worship and exertion in obedience (to Allah) to the extent that proverbs were coined about him throughout times and generations. He is famous for this nickname with the narrators of hadith; those who narrated on his authority said: “Al-’Abd al-Salih has related to me.”
Because he was one of the Muslim masters and one of their Imams; due to this nickname he was praised by the famous poet, Abu al-Fath who says:
I am the servant of the noble master; wherever I am, he is given my best regards. And if I am the servant of the noble, then I am free and the time is my servant.32
Because he was the most faithful human being who was created in his time; he was loyal and kind to his companions and followers; rather he was loyal even to his opponents and those who harbored malice against him.
He was trusted in the full meaning of the word; rather his great personality was full of trust-he was entrusted with the affairs and precepts of the religion and with the affairs of the Muslims. He gained this nickname just as his grandfather, the great Prophet, had gained it and attained through it the confidence of all the people.
Among his nicknames is Qa’id al-’Askar.33 Shaikh ‘Abbas al-Gummi, Thiqatual Islam and a famous researcher, may Allah make bloom his grave, has said: “The reason for giving such a nickname to the Imam, peace be on him, is that he represented al-Mansur on the Day of al-Nouruz. Meanwhile the troops and their commanders paid a visit to him. None of his forefathers and sons had undertaken such a ceremony, so he was given this nickname on this occasion.”34
He was given this nickname because he restrained his anger toward those wrongdoers who severely punished him and subjected him to exhaustion, to the extent that he died a martyr of poison in a dark prison. He did not show his pain and sorrows to anyone; rather he thanked Allah for that. Ibn al-Athir has said: “He (Musa) is known for this nickname due to his patience, gentleness, and repelling evil with kindness.”35
He was given this nickname because he had a clear soul which was not spoiled by neither the sins of life nor by the defilement of material, to the extent that it became high and unique.
This is the greatest of his nicknames in mentioning, the most famous of them in circulation and spreading. The non-Shi’a and the Shi’a know well that when a distressed or a sad person visit the grave of Musa, Allah relieves his pain and sorrows, and that when someone seeks sanctuary in his holy shrine, his needs are granted.
Imam Musa, peace be on him, took care of this creative summons; he ordered the Muslims to be serious in acquiring knowledge and understanding the religion; he warned them against acquiring some science of which they took no advantage in developing their life.
The historians have narrated that Imam Musa entered the Masjid of the Prophet, peace be on them, and saw some people surrounding a man, magnifying him and going too far in honoring him. So he, peace be on him, said to one of his companions:
-What is that (man)?
-‘Allama (a scholar).
– (In which science) is he ‘allama?
-He is the most knowledgeable in the lineage and battles of the Arabs.
-Such a science does not harm him who has no knowledge of it and does not benefit him who has knowledge of him.
Then Imam Musa turned to his companions and explained to them the beneficial science for whose acquiring they had to spend their life. He said to them:
“Science is of three kinds: a clear verse or a just (religious) duty or a standing Sunna, other than them is surplus.” Genealogy or having knowledge of events of a war do not grow intellect nor it makes a human civilization nor does it create a progress and development in the life of the Muslims.
For it is a science that does not harm him who has no knowledge of it and does not benefit him who has knowledge of him. For this reason the Imam regarded it as unimportant and urged the Muslims to spend their time on science other than it.
Imam Musa, peace be on him, talked to his companions of that which they had to know. He, peace be on, has said to them: “I have found the knowledge of all the people (encompassed) by four things:
1. You should know your Lord;
2. You should know what He has done for you;
3. You should know what He wants from you;
4. You should know what would make you abandon your religion.
These four points has been explained by His Eminence, late, Sayyid Muhsin al-Ameen, who has said:
“The first (point means that it is) obligatory (on you) to have knowledge of Allah, which is a favor.
The second (point) is that you should know the boons He bestows upon you and you should thank and serve Him for them.
The third (point) you should know what He wants from you in what He has made obligatory on you and commanded you to perform it, that you may perform it according to the limit He wants from you, so through that you are worthy of reward.
The fourth (point) is that you should know the thing that makes you disobey Allah in order to avoid it.”36
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