Musa al-Kadhim, Arabic imam (born 745)

Musa al-Kazim

Seventh of the Twelve Shia Imams (745–799)

Musa al-Kazim was a descendant of the Islamic prophet Muhammad and the seventh imam in Twelver Shia Islam. Musa is often known by the title al-Kazim, apparently a reference to his patience and gentle disposition. He was born in 745 in Medina to Ja'far al-Sadiq, the sixth Shia…