Question Paper on Lesson 43
Question 1: [20 points]
True or False:
(a) The imamate of Ja‘far as-SÄdiq (a.s.) was for thirty four years.
(b) The holy Imam’s imamate began in 141 A.H.
(c) Abu Hanifa studied under Imam Ja‘far as-SÄdiq for two years.
(d) ‘Umar bin ‘Abdu ’l-‘Aziz, the most just of the Umayyads ruled during the imamate of the sixth Imam.
(e) Mufazzal used four thousand dirhams to resolve the dispute between two Shi‘as.
(f) MarwÄn al-HimÄr, the last Umayyad ruler, arrested the sixth Imam and brought him to Damascus.
(g) Abu Hanifa said, “If it had not been for those two years Nu‘mÄn would have perished.”
(h) “Ja‘fari” is the name for the Shi‘a school of Islamic laws.
(i) The ‘AbbÄsid rulers, being cousins of the Prophet’s family, were kind and courteous towards them.
(j) The Umayyads were overthrown in the name of the Ahlu ’l-Bayt and the massacre of Karbala.
Question 2: [20 points]
Explain why you think that the ‘Abbasid rulers, even though they came to power in the name of the Ahlu ’l-Bayt, were always suspicious of the prominent figures of the Prophet’s family.
Question 3: [10 points]
Write your own impressions about the answer which Imam Ja‘far as-SÄdiq (a.s.) wrote to MansÅ«r explaining why he does not visit the king.
Notes:
[45] Nu‘mÄn was the first name of Imam Abu Hanifa.