Imam Muhammad ibn Ali al-Baqir (AS)

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Imam Muhammad ibn Ali al-Baqir (AS), known by the title Al-Baqir al-’Ulum (The One Who Opens and Expands Knowledge), is revered by Twelver Shia Muslims as the Fifth Imam. He lived during a period in which he was able to spread Islamic knowledge extensively, laying the foundation for the great scholarly movement that reached its height during the Imamate of his son, Imam Ja’far al-Sadiq (AS). His teachings on faith, ethics, knowledge, worship, and social conduct are preserved in classical Shia works such as Tuhaf al-’Uqul and Al-Kafi.