Muhammad Baqir al-Sadr

Muhammad Baqir al-Sadr
Personal
Born(1935-03-01)1 March 1935
Died9 April 1980(1980-04-09) (aged 45)
Resting placeWadi-us-Salaam, Najaf
ReligionIslam
NationalityIraqi
CitizenshipIraq
SectUsuli Twelver Shia Islam
Muslim leader
Based inNajaf, Iraq
PostGrand Ayatollah

Muhammad Baqir al-Sadr (Arabic: محمد باقر الصدر, romanizedMuḥammad Bāqir al-Ṣadr; 1 March 1935 – 9 April 1980), also known as al-Shahid al-Khamis (Arabic: الشهيد الخامس, romanizedal-Shahīd al-Khāmis, lit.'the fifth martyr'), was an Iraqi Islamic scholar, philosopher, and the ideological founder of the Islamic Dawa Party, born in al-Kadhimiya, Iraq. He was father-in-law to Muqtada al-Sadr, a cousin of Muhammad Sadeq al-Sadr and Imam Musa as-Sadr. His father Haydar al-Sadr was a well-respected high-ranking Shi'a cleric. His lineage can be traced back to Muhammad through the seventh Shia Imam Musa al-Kazim. Muhammad Baqir al-Sadr was executed in 1980 by the regime of Saddam Hussein along with his sister, Amina Sadr bint al-Huda.