EID MUBAHILA
Labels: EID MUBAHILAEID |Letter of invitation to Christians of Najran:
Prophet of Islam (s) wrote a letter to Ibne Abdul Haris Alqamah, Bishop major in Najran, who was the official representative of the Romanian Church in the Hijaz. He called on people in the region to embrace Islam. The text message also works under:
In the name of the Lord to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob
This is the message of Muhammad, the Prophet, the Messenger of Allah to the Bishop of Najran: I praise and glorify the Lord of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, and I invite you all to the worship of God rather than worship of his creatures, so that you may come out of the guardianship of God's creatures, and held under the tutelage of God himself. In case you do not accept my invitation to be (at least) the payment of tribute (tribute) to the Islamic government (instead of, which will protect life and your property), otherwise you are here warned of serious consequences.
Muhammad (S), and says to his followers of the Bible, and said, "We must come for a year: 'Let us worship none but Allah"
(Qur'an, Surat Al-e-Imran (3), verse 64)
And blessings of Allaah be upon him and goes Mubahela
Closely in the ninth year of immigration, embassies from all over Arabia came without interruption of the Holy Prophet in Medina, and convert to Islam, and the Declaration of commitment to their tribes to Prophet Muhammad (S). (Mentioned in the Koran as set out below on this in Surat Al-Nasr (Aoun, Divine support)
When there comes God's help and victory, and saw the men entering the religion of Allah in companies, then celebrate the praises of your Lord and ask His forgiveness; certainly He often returning (to mercy).
(Qur'an, Sura victory over the (110), verses 1-3
So far, the Christians of Najran (city in the province of Yemen) had kept herself away. The Holy Prophet (PBUH) sent a letter, inviting them to embrace Islam. In response to that letter and advised the Christians themselves, the course of their work and did eventually send a representative assignment of fourteen members to Medina to study the facts relating to Hazrat Mohammad (PBUH) and his mission. Three Christian scholars, viz. Abdel Massih Aaquib, Saiyed and Abdul Haris, headed by the mandate.
When deputies reached the city, and changed their clothes, which was worn in flight, in and of themselves dressed in silk, and the development of gold rings on their fingers, and went to the mosque to receive the Holy Prophet (S). All received the blessings of Allaah be upon him traditionally, but the Messenger of Allah (r) did not respond, and turned his face away from them.
Left the mosque and approached Osman and Abdul Rahman bin Auf, complaining "your Apostle wrote to us and called us, but when we went to see him and wished him, and he has not reciprocated our wishes nor replied to us, and now what do you think we should do? Do we need to return or wait for the opportunity other? "Othman Abdul Rahman can not understand this situation. In the past taken disputes to Ali (AS), who advised them to remove the silk dresses and rings of gold that they were wearing, and put on their clerical robes. The Holy Prophet (S) would see them after that willingly.
Delegates to this Christian dressing modest and presented themselves to the Prophet (S) and those who responded to their greetings and said, "of the Lord, who was appointed by His Messenger, when I first came to me that they were accompanied by the devil."
After that the Prophet (S) advocated by and asked her to accept Islam. They asked: "What do you think of Jesus Christ?" Prophet (S) said: "You may rest today in this city, and after that you will receive replies to retrieve all your questions to me."
Messenger was waiting for revelation in this matter, on the day following verses from the Quran Sura No.3 (Al-e-Imran) verses 59-60 have revealed him to show the real attitude of Jesus Christ.
To be sure that Jesus is the likeness with God as the likeness of Adam, He created him from dust, then said to him: Be ', and it was. (This is) the truth from your Lord, so be not of Disputers.
(Qur'an, Surat Al-Imran, i (3), verses 59-60)
When it reappeared before the Holy Prophet (S), and the Holy Prophet (S), read out the verses above, before the Christians, adding that the visit of Jesus Christ was a prophet like Adam (AS) such as Adam (A), which was created from the dust, and therefore can not be to be the Son of God. After this, he called the Holy Prophet (S) of them to convert to Islam. Christians remained obstinate and refused to be convinced by anything. Then I got the following verse 61 of Sura No.3:
But whatever the disputes with you in this matter after what has come to you of knowledge, then say: let us call our sons and your sons and our women and your women, ourselves and yourselves, then let us be earnest in prayer, and invoked God's curse on liars.
(Qur'an, Surat Al-Imran, i (3), verse 61)
Now the Holy Prophet (S) is reproduced in the verse before the deputation of the Christians and declared the challenge of 'Mubahala'. The term 'Mubahala' is derived from the Arabic root 'Bahlah' meaning 'curse'. Thus, the word 'Mubahala' literally means cursing each other. Consult each other Christians, and eventually declared its acceptance of this challenge.
Early the next morning the Holy Prophet (S) Posted bin Salman the Persian (a) to a place, fixed outside the city for this historic event, for a small shelter for himself and those he intended to take him to participate in the competition. However, it was on the morning of Zilhajj 24th to the Holy Prophet (a) appeared in the time and place, from his headquarters with the holy Imam Hussein (AS) in his arms and held the Imam Hassan (AS) 's hand, and the Rev. - e-Fatima (A), followed by Imam Ali (AS) (such as sacred as Panjetan). The Holy Prophet (S) and then went to them that the word "Amen" when praying to God.
No sooner had the convoy of the Holy Prophet Mohammad (S) appears in front of a group opposed to the Christians of Najran, and then they were awestruck and spellbound. Abdul Haris lbne Alqamah, and the greatest the world among them, addressed his people:
"I see the divine light on the face of our fighters, I am beholding such faces among them as can make it move mountains from their place if they pray to God. Beware! Never try to compete with them, otherwise you will die and the entire nation of Christians will succumb to extinction! "
Then the Holy Prophet (S) again, "By Allah! Even though the Christians of Najran contested with us, it turned into monkeys and swans. Fire would be poured on them from heaven, and it could be fate."
When he declined to Christians 'Mubahala', the Holy Prophet (s) before them two options: either convert to Islam or be ready to come to terms. But Christians will not agree on this issue to decide in the end accepted an offer from the treaty of their own. Thus was the signing of the Treaty of Peace and in accordance with the requirements of the Christians of Najran would thereby be committed to pay the Holy Prophet (S) annual tribute, consisting of two thousand costumes worth: forty thousand Dinars, thirty horses, camels, thirty, thirty-thirty shields and spears. (Ref: Meraj, the United Nations and Nabuwat)
Authentic evidence is given below with regard to the verses from the Koran, Sura 3 verse 61, as contained in page 73 Imam Fakhruddin Razi in his Tafseer Kabir, e (Volume 2): "When this verse was revealed in the Holy Prophet (S), and the Christians of Najran accepted the challenge of 'Mubahala' and the Holy Prophet took with him Imam Hussein, Imam Hasan, Janab - e-Fatima and Imam Ali in the field of Mubahala. "
In the words of the mark in his Zamakhshari 'interpretation Scouts - e'. "There can be no more authentic and more powerful evidence for the safety of the owners of clothing, e, ie, Imam Ali (AS), Rev. - e-Fatima (AS), Imam Hassan (AS) and Imam Hussein (p) of this verse. For compliance to the command of God and the Holy Prophet (S) has summoned the people of Beit-ul-(A), took Hussain (AS) in his arms, and realized the Imam Hassan (AS) 's hand in his own, asked Janab - e-Fatima (a) to follow suit, Imam Ali (AS) to follow her, and this proves that the people of Jerusalem, Beit-ul (a) of those who verse was directed. "
It is related by Soad Ibne Waqas that: "When this verse was revealed, the Prophet (S) for the creation of Hazrat Ali (AS), Rev. - e-Fatima (AS), Imam Hassan (AS) and Imam Hussein (AS) and blessings of Allaah be like this: "Oh my God! This is the very inhabitants of the House May of mine! "(Sahih Muslim, vol 1, and Saheeh al-Tirmidhi).
Abdullah Ibne Umar quotes the Holy Prophet (S) has commented:
"If there was any spirit of the whole earth better than Ali (AS) and Fatima (A), and Hassan (AS) and Hussain (AS), would that God had told me to take them with me that 'Mubahala.' But, as was superior in dignity and respect for all human beings, and God is limited to the selection of the them only to participate in the 'Mubahala'. " (Interpretation - electronic Baizavi)
According to some versions, that on the morning of Zilhajj 24th, a large number of people thronged the door of the Holy Prophet (S), and expected every one his chance to be selected for the team of 'Mubahala'. But when the Holy Prophet (S) out of his house, accompanied by the people of Beit-ul (p). They were all stunned.
Mubahala important event for the following reasons:
1. Has proved to be a lesson to silence all Arab Christians who no longer dare any competition with the Holy Prophet (S).
2. At the invitation of 'Mubahala' was directed by God, and it was in compliance with the Holy Prophet ordered him to take the people of Beit-ul (p) with him to the field of 'Mubahala'. This circular serves how matters relating to the Apostleship and religion are determined, God willing; allow any margin for intervention by the general public (Ummat). The issue of Imam Ali (AS) 's succession, followed by ten Imam (p) s for the position of religious leadership should be viewed from this perspective.
3. And dispensing from Imam Ali (AS), Rev. - e-Fatima (A), can be of Imam Hassan (AS) and Imam Hussein (PBUH) to follow the teachings of the Holy Prophet (r) can no longer be disputed.
4. That, in spite of their childhood, Imam Hassan (AS) and Imam Hussein (AS) did not, however, serve as active partners of the Holy Prophet (S) in the field 'Mubahala'. This yields the conclusion that age is no criteria for greatness infallibles (Masoomeen). They are born decorated virtues and knowledge.
5. That the Holy Prophet, who prefers to work from a small number of clearly raise the status above all others.
It also emerged victorious against Islam and Christianity on the occasion of 'Mubahala', it is assumed in this day of importance in the day of Eid in Islamic history.
Why did Imam Ali (AS) included?
Almighty is His Messenger to say to the delegation of Najran: "Come on! We will summon our sons and your sons and our women and your women, and ourselves and yourselves ...."
To comply with this command, bringing with him the Prophet, Hasan and Al-Hussein, because they are sons of his daughter Fatima, and this because they are his sons. Fatima he brought with him to women they represent one of the members of the House of Representatives. But why was carrying with him Imam Ali peace be upon him, who was not of the children and women?
Imam Ali (AS) has no place in the verse is not included in the word "ourselves."
Made Imam Ali (AS) refers to him that the Messenger of Allah (r) consider Imam Ali (AS) is an extension of his personality. By looking at him so, the height of his over all Muslims.
Messenger (SA) said on numerous occasions:
"On me and I am him."
Hubshi Janadah son said that he heard the Messenger of Allah, saying:
"On me and I am him, and no one represents me, but Ali."
ABBAS(AS) Arzoo Til ko turub hai,
Labels: POETRY IMAM HUSSAIN(AS), RUBAI |ABBAS(AS) Arzoo Til ko turub hai,
Masoom To Nahi Hai Magar la Jawab hai,
Ya Rub kahain is ko nosahri Na Daikh lay,
is ka Shahbab Bhi to Ali(as) ka shahbab hai .
Jo Par Chokay Hain Jigar me
Labels: POETRY IMAM HUSSAIN(AS), RUBAI |Jo Par Chokay Hain Jigar me wo Daag Roshan kar,
Laga la Noor sa lo or Demag Roshan kar,
Agar Lahad ke Andahray ka Khof Ha Tojh ko,
Ghume HUSSAIN (AS) k Dil me Cheerag Roshan kar.
Namay Ya ALI(A.S) Apna Jamal Rakiyah Ga,
Labels: POETRY IMAM HUSSAIN(AS), RUBAI |Namay Ya ALI(A.S) Apna Jamal Rakiyah Ga,
Humare Simt Rukh Bamisal Rakiyah Ga,
Baroz Hashar Na Rah Jain Deed Sa Marhoom,
Hum Ap k Hain Humarah Kayal Rakiyah Ga ,
Sahib Fikro Nazar Haq ka Wali kahtay hain,
Labels: POETRY IMAM HUSSAIN(AS), RUBAI |Sahib Fikro Nazar Haq ka Wali kahtay hain,
kashif kanz n Habib Azla kahtay hain,
jo Doba Howa Suraj plat Kar Deakhay,
Hum Osay Apni Zaban ma "Ali" (AS)kahtay hain ,
Sun le jahan wala Hum Malngo Ka Nazariyah ,
Labels: POETRY IMAM HUSSAIN(AS), RUBAI |Sun le jahan wala Hum Malngo Ka Nazariyah ,
ABBAS(As) Shahansha ka Alam kO humaray Garo par ha,
Hum Ne Ye Tahiyah Kiya Hai ka Punjay K shakal MaiN,
ibn Ali(As) ka Hath Humaray Siro Par Hai.
Matam Ki Sadao Say Zamanay Ko Hila Do,
Labels: POETRY IMAM HUSSAIN(AS), RUBAI |Matam Ki Sadao Say Zamanay Ko Hila Do,
Deher Mai SHABBIR(AS) ka Pagum suna Do,
Mukhtar key Sorat Jesaya jena Nahi Ata,
Hurr(As)Ban ka osay jhom ka Marna hi Sekah Do
Tulo Howa Woh Zamanay Mai Aftab a Wafa ,
Labels: POETRY IMAM HUSSAIN(AS), RUBAI |Tulo Howa Woh Zamanay Mai Aftab a Wafa ,
k jis k Noor Say Qaim Hai Abo Tabay wafa ,
wafa ko itni bolandi par lay gayah ABBAS(As),
koe Bhi na La Saka aj Tak Jawab a Wafa.
Ab Tak Ulaj Rah Hai Yazeedi Hujom sa,
Labels: POETRY IMAM HUSSAIN(AS), RUBAI |Ab Tak Ulaj Rah Hai Yazeedi Hujom sa,
SHABBIR(AS) To Deen Ko Gahze Bana Diyah,
Toj (As)par Darood Par Ka Pochatay Hain Haq ka pass ,
To Na Namaz Ko bhi Namaze Bana Diya.
Ankho Mein Jagta Hai Sada Ghum HUSSAIN(As) kA,
Labels: POETRY IMAM HUSSAIN(AS), RUBAI |Ankho Mein Jagta Hai Sada Ghum HUSSAIN(As) kA,
Senay Mein Sans Layta Hai Matam HUSSAIN(As) ka,
Mati Mein Mil Gay Hain Eraday Yazeed ka,
Lahrah rah ha aj bhi purcham HUSSAIN(As) ka .
Bashar ko Naz Nabowat ka Noor an HUSSAIN(As)
Labels: POETRY IMAM HUSSAIN(AS), RUBAI |Bashar ko Naz Nabowat ka Noor an HUSSAIN(As)
JANABE FATIMA ZAHRA(As)ka dil ka Chain HUSSAIN(As)
kabhi Namaz Sa Pocha jo Ranj o Ghum ka Elaj
kah Namaz Na Buysakta HUSSAIN HUSSAIN(As)
AQWAAL 14 MASUMEEN A.S
Labels: AQWAAL 14 MASUMEEN A.S |"So I say: I can not demand any wages from my deployment with the exception of love for relatives,"
(Qur'an - 42; 23)
"The likeness of my household is that of Noah's Ark, whatever got into it got saved, and turned away from it got drowned and lost"
(And the Holy Prophet S.A.W)
"By God, we are followers of the reminder, and We the people of wisdom and we are a source of interpretation and revelation"
(Imam Ali, peace be upon him A.Ş)
"It is better for women not see men and not to let the men see them"
(Fatima Zahra S.A)
"No doubt we are the people of the house, and love and support made the incumbent (the believers) by the Almighty God."
(Imam Hassan A.Ş)
"Death with dignity is superior to life in shame"
(Imam Hussein A.Ş)
"We, the descendants of the Holy Prophet of Islam (PBUH), have been trained from childhood to face the pain and suffering"
(Imam Zain-ul-Abidin A.Ş)
"The leaders and their supporters to make sacrifices before they are successful,"
(Imam Mohammad Baqir al-A.Ş)
"Prayer and worship is always hidden, even glory to send Mohammad (PBUH) and his family."
(Imam Ja'far al-Sadiq, e A.Ş)
"For all that is God is the only thing and the final."
(Imam Musa al-Kadhim, e A.Ş)
"God's mercy extends to those who pass our knowledge and learn what they have learned to others. Because if people knew from the statements that they will work to solve them."
(Imam Ali Reza A.Ş)
"Knowledge is the best heritage and customs offices and pet the best"
(Imam Mohammad Taqi A.Ş)
"I do not thirst for revenge against your Muslim brother even if he had done bad"
(Imam Ali Naqi A.Ş)
"Lying is the key of the vices which poverty, misery, and access"
(Imam Hasan al-Askari A.Ş)
"It is through prayer Satan is a shame. The prayers and humiliation."
(Imam of the electronic age A.Ş)
MEANING OF SHIA
Labels: MEANING OF SHIA |The (Shia) in Quran and Hadith The word "Shia" means "followers; members of the party." As such, the term "Shia" alone is not meaningful positive or negative, only if we are the leader of the party. If it is one of the Shia (followers) of most of the staff of the righteous, then there is something wrong in the fact that the Shiites, especially if the leader of this kind may have been set by God. On the other hand, if one becomes a tyrant or Shiites wrong-doer, he must meet with the fate of its leader. In fact, the Qur'an indicates that the Day of Resurrection, people will come in groups and each group has a leader to him. God, who belong to the power and majesty, and said: One day and we should call each group of people from their respective Imams. (Qur'an 17:71) In the Day of Resurrection, and the fate of his followers, "" from each group is very dependent on the fate of his Imam (provided that they are really after the imam). God mentioned in the Quran that there are two kinds of imams. Some of the imams who invite people to Hell. Are authoritarian leaders in every age (such as Pharaoh, etc.): We have them (but) Imams inviting to the fire, and the Day of Resurrection they may not find help. In this world and we still curse them; and the Day of Resurrection and will be among the hateful. (Qur'an 28:41-42). Certainly, being members of such parties Satanic Imams have strongly condemned in the Koran, and the followers of these parties will meet the fate of their leaders. However, as mentioned in the Qur'an that there are imams, who are appointed by God as guides for mankind: We are assigned, including some imams who guide by Our authority because she was sick, and firmly believed in Our Signs. "(Quran 32:24) To be sure, that the true followers of (Shiite) for these imams to be a real thriving in the Day of Resurrection. And are, therefore, the Shiites do not mean anything, unless we know that the Shiites of them. God mentioned in the Quran that some slaves were Shiites from other slaves. For example, the Prophet Ibrahim, peace be upon him mentioned in the Koran specifically because the Shia of Noah: And most surely Abraham was among the Shiites of him (ie Noah) "(Quran 37:83) (Note that the word "Shia" is explicitly used, the message of the letter, in verse mentioned above, as well as the following verse.) In another verse, the Qur'an speaks of the Shiites against the enemies of Moses Moses: He (Moses) went into the city at a time when people (the city) has not been seen, so he found two men fighting, one of whom was of his Shia and the other enemy, one which had a Shia and I screamed to help him against the one who was his enemy " (Qur'an 28:15) In the above verse from the Koran, and one called the Shia of Moses (peace be upon him) and the other called the enemy of Moses, and the people at the time were either the Shia or the enemy of Moses (peace be upon him). Thus is the word Shi'ite official used by God in his holy book to the high rank of the prophets and their followers. Do you want to say that the Prophet Abraham was sectarian? How about the Prophet Noah and Moses, peace be upon him? If someone calls himself a Shia, and not because of any sectarianism, nor any innovation. It is because the Qur'an has used these words to some of the slaves better. Verses that I mentioned above in support of the Shiites, have used this term in the singular (for example, one group of followers). This means that he has a special meaning, such as: Shia of Noah (AS), the Shiites to Moses (peace be upon him). Also in the history of Islam, the Shiites might be used specifically for the followers of "Ali." The first person who uses this term was the Messenger of Allah himself: Messenger of Allah said to Ali: "O Ali Said tiding! Almighty and your fellow OPEC Shia (followers) will be in heaven." Sunni references: FADHA'IL base companions, Ahmad ibn Hanbal, v2, p655 Hilyatul parents, and Abu Naim, v4, p329 Tarikh, by Khatib al-Baghdadi, v12, p289 «Middle East», through Tabaraani Majma, Haythami, v10, p. 21-22 Al Darqunti, who said that this tradition has not transmitted through many of the authorities. Al-Qaeda Sawa'iq the Holocaust, by Ibn Hajar al-Haythami, st. 11, section 1, p247 So the Messenger of Allah may Allah bless him and HF) used to say in a number of "Shia Ali." This statement is not something invented in later! Prophet Muhammad and HF): The true followers of Imam Ali who would go to heaven, and this is a big happiness. Also Jabir Ibn Abdillah al-Ansari narrated that: Messenger of Allah may Allah bless him and HF) said: "The Shia of Ali are the real winner on the day of resurrection / rising" Sunni references: Al-e Ahmad virtues, as is mentioned in: Rule Bridges affection, by al-Qaeda, Qundoozi Hanafi, p62 Interpretation Durr Wallflower, by Hafiz Jalaluddin Suyuti, who quotes the tradition as follows: "We were with the Prophet when Ali came towards us and said the Holy Prophet: and his Shia will get salvation Day of Resurrection." In today's "high" can also refer to the day of the high-Mahdi (AS). But in the more general term, which means the Day of Resurrection. As it is narrated that: Messenger of Allah said: "O Ali! In the Day of Resurrection and will resort to God, and will turn to me and your children will turn to you and Shiites will resort to it, then you will see where it carries us. (Ie Paradise)." The reference year: Spring righteous, by Zamakhshari Moreover, it is narrated that: Messenger of Allah said: "O Ali!) And the Day of Resurrection) to you and your Shia will come toward God's good pleasure and well-pleasing, and there will come to your enemies angry and stubborn (for example, forced head up). Sunni references: Tabaraani, on the authority of Imam Ali, peace be upon him Al-Qaeda Sawa'iq the Holocaust, by Ibn Hajar al-Haythami, st. 11, section 1, p236 A more complete version of the tradition which has also been reported by the Sunnis, are as follows: Ibn Abbas (RA) narrated: When the verse "And those who believe and do righteous deeds are the best of creation (Quran 98:7)" was revealed, the Messenger of Allah may Allah bless him and HF) said to Ali: "and you and your Shia." He continued: "O Ali!) And the Day of Resurrection) to you and your Shia will come toward God's good pleasure and good pleasure, and your enemy will come angry with their heads, until forced to and he said:" Who are my enemies? "The Prophet may Allah bless him and HF) replied:" He is distancing himself from the insults and you you. And has a happy tiding for those who arrive first in the under al Qaeda Throne Day of Resurrection. "Ali asked:" Who are they, O Messenger of God? "He replied:" Shiites of you, Ali, and those who love you. " Sunni references: Jamal al-Din Hafiz bin - Dharandi, on the authority of Ibn Abbas Al-Qaeda Sawa'iq the Holocaust, by Ibn Hajar, st. 11, Part 1, p. 246-247 Then Ibn Hajar said provides a strange comment from the traditions of the first, saying: Shiite Ali Ahlussunnah since they are those who love the Ahl al-Bayt, and God and His Messenger command. But others (ie, other than a year) are the enemies of Ahl al-Bayt, in fact, for love outside the limits of the law is a fundamental opposition, which was the reason for their fate. Also, the enemies of the Ahl al-Bayt al-Qaeda outsiders, and both from Syria, not Muawiyah I and other comrades because they were Muteawweloon, and for them to reward good, and the Shiites is to reward good! The reference year: Al-Qaeda Sawa'iq the Holocaust, by Ibn Hajar, st. 11, section 1, p236 This is how to deal with the Sunni scholars and the hadith for "Shia Ali"! Shiites say they are real! Let's take a look at one of the traditions in this regard: Messenger of Allah said to Ali: "The first four individuals who will enter Paradise is me, and I was good, and Al-Hussein, our descendants will be behind us, our wives and our descendants will be behind, and we will be in our favor the Shiites, and the right to our company." Sunni references: Al virtues, Ahmed Tabaraani, as quoted in: Al-Qaeda Sawa'iq the Holocaust, by Ibn Hajar al-Haythami, st. 11, section 1, p246 The above-mentioned pieces of evidence, and the word "Shia" is used by God in the Holy Quran to His prophets, as well as their followers. Also, the owner of the blessed Prophet Muhammad may Allah bless him and HF) have repeatedly used this word for the followers of Imam Ali (AS). Shiite word used here in the meaning of, and, moreover, it is not in the plural (parties), rather than the verses above, as well as tradition, referring to his own party, any one party. If it is intended Shiite sectarian, not God will use His prophets to rank high in the Prophet Muhammad may Allah bless him and HF) have praised them. But there are some verses in the Koran, which uses a combination of Shiites is that "Shi ya'a" which means "the parties / groups." This is the general meaning of this term, and not a special meaning in the singular form given in the previous examples. Of course, only one party is accepted by God and the rest of the strongly condemned because they have been separated from the party unique. Therefore, it is clear why God condemned the "groups / parties / communities" (plural) who are separated from this group unique in some verses of the Koran. There can be no two sets of the righteous (with conflicting ideas) at the same time, because between the two leaders, one is definitely better and more qualified, and therefore that the claims and the motives of the leader of the other goes under question. However, I did not precisely define the term "Ahlussunnah Wall Jama'ah", I did not find newspaper "Wahhabiyyah", "Salafi" anywhere in the Koran or sayings of the Prophet. I agree that we should follow the Sunnah of the Prophet, but I would like to discover the origin of the exact term here. We are proud that the Shiites follow the Sunnah of the Prophet. However, the question is the year that are real and which one is not. The word "year" in itself does not serve the purpose of knowledge. For all Muslims, regardless of their beliefs they claim to follow the Sunnah of the Prophet and HF). Please refer to the article entitled "The Koran and the people of the house" for a detailed discussion in this regard. It should be emphasized that the Messenger of Allah never wished to divide Muslims into groups. The Prophet ordered all the people on the followers of Imam Ali (AS) and his agent during his lifetime, as was the caliph after him. Prophet wished everyone to do so. Unfortunately, those who have responded to him were few, and were known as "the Shiites" who are subject to all kind of discrimination and persecution, and suffered one day of the death of and compassion for all mankind, Muhammad may Allah bless him and HF). If each one (or say that the majority of Muslims) had obeyed the Prophet they so wish, and then there will be the absence of any group or school within Islam. Allah says in the Quran: "Hold on to the rope of God, and all of you together, not separate" (Quran 3:103) " And a rope of God, who should not be separated, they are the people of the house. In fact, some Sunni scholars narrated from Imam Ja'far al-Sadiq (AS) as saying: "We are on the rope of God, who talked about God, and said: 'Hold fast to the rope of God, and all of you together do not diverge (3:103)'" Sunni references: Al-Qaeda Sawa'iq the Holocaust, by Ibn Hajar al-Haythami, st. 11, section 1, P233 Interpretation of the Great, by al-Qaeda, Tha'labi, in the commentary on verse 3:103 Thus, if God condemns sectarianism, and he condemns those who have been separated from the cord, and not those who hold fast to it! He also said some of the rope of God is the Koran. This is also true. But by looking at the following tradition narrated by Umm Salamah said: Messenger of Allah said: "Ali is with the Koran and the Koran, Ali, they shall not separate from each other and leading to a return to all of me by the pool (Paradise)." Sunni references: Mustadrak, by al-Hakim, v3, p124 on the authority of Umm Salamah Al-Qaeda Sawa'iq the Holocaust, by Ibn Hajar, st. 9, section 2, p. 191,194 «Middle East», through Tabaraani, as in al-Saghir The second edition of the caliphs, by Imam al-Suyuti, p173 Then we can conclude that Imam Ali is the Koran *. * And craft that is, Imam Ali, peace be upon him is a strong rope of God, too, because they (the Holy Quran and Ali) are inseparable. In fact, there are a huge number of sources in the true traditions of the Sunni, who said the Holy Prophet and Ahl al-Bayt are inseparable, and if Muslims want to stay in the right way, you must be committed to each other. (Please refer to the article entitled: Holy Quran and Ahl al-Bayt). Therefore, one can conclude that those who have been separated from the people of the house is divided into sectarian communities and condemned by Allah and His Messenger, because of the difference. In fact, the majority opinion is not a criteria for distinguishing between good false from the truth. If you look at the Koran, and you will see that the Quran strongly condemns the majority of cases by saying that "the majority do not understand", "the majority do not use their logic", "the majority follow their wishes" ... In the last verse, he says: "You are the best nation (Ummah) raised up for (from) people. You had to be good and forbidding what is evil ..." (Qur'an 3:110). Removed also the best nation on the people of the house. Let us remember that, according to the Qur'an, "the nation" does not mean the whole people. But this is clear from the verse above, that this nation (Ummah) is raised for the benefit of the people. And therefore could be nation's only a subset of the people and not the whole people. In fact, one person can be a nation. Sometimes act one person is more worthy of the acts of the nation as a whole. This was the case with the Prophet Muhammad, Imam Ali, peace be upon him, as well as the case with the Prophet Abraham, peace be upon them all. Holy Koran states that Ibrahim (AS) was a nation (umma), and this means that his actions were more valuable than all other peoples. God said: "Lo! Abraham was a nation (a nation), who was obedient to God by nature upright, and he was not of the idolaters" (Quran 16:120) Thus, one can be a single individual to a nation in the language of the Koran. As for the verse 3:100, it is interesting to note that some Sunni scholars have narrated from Abu Ja'far (Imam al-Baqir (p)) as follows: Abu Ja'far (AS) said about this verse, 'You are the best nation brought removed for the benefit of (from) people ... (3:110) ': "The members of the House of Representatives of the Prophet." Sunni references: Ibn Abi Hatim, as is mentioned in: Durr Wallflower, by Imam al-Suyuti in the commentary on verse 3:110 of the Koran. As mentioned God in the Koran: "O you who believe, fear Allah and be with the truthful" (Qur'an 9:119) According to some interpretations of the year, "genuine" means the Imam Ali (AS): The reference year: Interpretation Durr Wallflower, by Hafiz Jalaluddin Suyuti, two reports: one from Ibn Mardawayh from Ibn Abbas, the second son of pawns from Abu Jafar (peace be upon him). This means that the people were afraid of God, and should not be separated from the Imam Ali (AS) after the death of the Prophet and HF). Unfortunately, this did not happen in general, and, therefore, unfortunate and divisions followed. With regard to al-Qaeda friendly world - "genuine", and there are many stories in the year in which the Messenger of Allah said: And sincere are three: Hazqeel (who was) the believer of Pharaoh (see Qur'an 40:28), and Habib al-Najjar (who was) the insured's family Yaasin (see Qur'an 36:20), Ali ibn Abi Talib, who is more positive among them (see Qur'an 9:119). " Sunni references: Abu Na'im, Ibn Assaker, on the authority of Abu Laila Al-Najjar, on the authority of Ibn Abbas Al-Qaeda Sawa'iq the Holocaust, by Ibn Hajar, st. 9, section 2, p. 192-193 In conclusion, we have shown in this article that the Shiites term was used in the Holy Quran to the followers of great servants of God, and in the sayings of the Prophet to the followers of Imam Ali (AS). One who follows this divinely appointed guide is free from conflicts of religion, I have realized a strong rope of God, and that he had been given him glad tiding of Paradise.
Wiladat Imam Hassan bin Ali (A.Ş)
Labels: Wiladat Imam Hassan bin Ali (A.Ş) |Wiladat Imam Hassan bin Ali (A.Ş)
15th day of the holy month of Ramadan, 3rd H, and the first son of Imam Ali (AS) and Hazrat Zahra (AS) and the grandson of the Prophet Muhammad (saww) was born.
Kunyat and Imam Hassan (A.Ş) was Abu Mohammad.
His laqab (title) has narrated from Syed, Sebt, argument, Taqi, Zaki, Mujtaba, Zahed, Amir and the Crown.
Growth and development of Imam Hassan (AS) was in the company Holy - The Prophet of Islam (S) for a period of seven years. Over the years thisty, and was accompanied by his father, Karim, Amiri Momeneen Hazrat Ali (AS).
After the Shahadat (martyrdom) of Imam Ali (AS) in the year 40 AH, Imam Hassan (AS) may have assumed the presidency of the Government in accordance to a request of Muslims.
He had sent to employees in different cities such as Ummayya built sheltered deep hostility and vendetta against Bani Hashim. They plotted and many of the conspiracies being hatched to extract Khilafat from Imam Hassan (AS) and to take control of the affairs of Muslims themselves. Thus, Muawiya sent several spies and secret agents to several cities in order to pave the way to weaken the government of Imam Hassan (AS)
He said he was ready for the army to the attack on Iraq. After being informed of the happenings, Imam Hassan (AS) sent many warnings to Mu'awiya. Then he called on Muslims to prepare themselves in the fight against Mu'awiya. With a great army, he prepared himself for battle.
Before facing the army of Imam Hassan (AS), Muawiyah decided to resort to trickery and deception.
On the one hand, and said that he falsely implicated the Imam Hassan (AS) and spread the rumor among the people about the peace treaty with him. Maaouya resorted to this ruse in order to weaken the morality of the army of Imam (peace be upon him).
On the other hand, he resorted to bribery, debauchery and promising big government function, he was seduced by senior officers from the army of Imam Hassan (AS) in its submission.
In this way, and joined the ranks of the army Maaouya one after the other.
Treachery and treason had penetrated in the army and the companions of Imam Hassan (AS). They have devoured his tents, unfastened his button, pulled the rug out from beneath the construction of the thigh leg with a dagger.
Showing his army resorting to such dubious methods and his colleagues are being agitated and mood disorder, and Imam Hassan (AS) thought it advisable to stop dissent and killing Shiites, he accepted the proposal of a peace treaty with Mu'awiya, but with special conditions.
As in the writings of Ibne Khalka, and the peace treaty concluded on 25 April 41 e.
Most important conditions for the peace treaty are:
Muawiya would not call himself as Amir-ul - Momeneen (Commander of the Faithful)
From then on, would that Imam Ali (a, o) may not be cursed or ill-treatment in the vulgar language.
The life and wealth and chastity of the female members of the Shiites could be secured and protected.
Will have all rights and privileges of Shiahs be accorded to them.
Mu'awiya would not appoint anyone to succeed him.
As can be seen from the terms of the peace treaty, Imam Hassan (AS) while showing a tyrant and a usurper Mu'awiya calmed the flames of discord; save the Islamic society from total annihilation, and safeguard the rights of the Shiites.
It can be rightfully said that the biggest achievement of the peace treaty was the discernment of truth from falsehood. Truth can not be taken by the extreme meanness and falsehood can not pretend to be on the right.
The holy Imam, through his behavior and work to make people aware that Mu'awiya is a pillar of falsehood, deception and betrayal, while the right khilafat Awsiya belongs to the true nature of Islam and Prophet Mohammad (saww). They do not want to judge people by resorting to force, bribery and fraud. The same matter was pursued during the events that took place in Karbala.
After the signing of the peace treaty, and some people find fault with this important work, and the wisdom of Imam Hassan (AS). Kdhawwa him and used abusive language against the holy character. It was as if they had ignored his divine gifted position and personal and unambiguous.
In reply, said Imam Hassan (A.Ş);
"I do not Hujat of Almighty God, and him being the anniversary of when his creatures. Did not the Holy Prophet of Islam (S) said:" Hassan Hussein and two of the imams, whether sitting or standing? If I had not done this work (signed the peace treaty), no one among the Shiites would still be in this world and every body would be killed and genocide. "
After the delivery of khilafat seemed to Mu'awiya. Imam Hassan (AS) left Kufa to land a house in Medina. Began to disseminate knowledge of God and spread among the Muslims. But Muawiyah did not prevent recourse to conspiracy and intrigue from the beginning, began to break the materials peace treaty.
For sure grip that Khilafat will remain in the house, and Sid has masterminded a plot to kill Imam Hassan (AS). To accomplish his diabolical poisoning Hazrat Muawiya Ibn Zahra (o) on four occasions.
On the occasion of the fourth, made by Imam Hassan (AS) to drink poison, and was effective in the Shahadat of Imam Hassan (AS).
This work builds on the treacherous, Imam (peace be upon him) suffered from heavy bleeding and his face changed color, and said: "On several occasions, given the poison to me, but I have never suffered such hardship in this event."
Jonada says; "I went to visit Imam (peace be upon him) during the period of the illness which led to his death. I saw the tub in front of him. In view of this poison made by Mu'awiya (may the curse of the Almighty that he was spitting blood in it and I said to the Imam (p)," Ya Maula! Why not treat yourself? "
Imam Hassan (AS) replied: "O slave of Allaah! How can I fix to die," I said to him: "We are from the Almighty and to Him we return."
Imam Hassan (AS) was shahadat because of the poison in the age of 47.
After reading Namaz, and had taken his body towards the Holy Temple / Rosa (shrine) of the Holy Prophet of Islam (saww) for burial.
Tholat the owner's son says: "There was such a dramatic rise from the crowds associated with heavy body towards his grave that if the needle will be thrown on the ground, it hit men (instead of hitting the Earth).
Built in the Umayyad period when I heard about the events and a large crowd accompanying the body of the son of the holy woman Hazrat Fatima Zahra (SA), but they were prevented from getting buried near the tomb of his father, the great holy sites.
Bin month Ashoob writes, which showered arrows on his body. Sticks and seventy of the arrows were removed from the holy body of Imam Hassan (AS).
According to the will of Imam Hassan (A.Ş). Imam Hussein (AS) refrained from fighting with them. Took the holy body of his brother to rest and buried there.
There is a difference of opinion on the day of Shahadat of Imam Hassan (AS).
Sheikh Kafami useful and believe that martyrdom is achieved by zero. Sheikh Abbas Qummi accept this saying in his book "Kara - ul - Basera". Ben month Ashoob says that Imam Hassan (AS) to achieve zero Shahadat 28th. Sheikh Kulaini and Khazaz Qummi say, the Holy Imam was martyred in the last day of the month of Safar.
It was narrated from Imam Hassan (AS) thirteen to sixteen children. Of his sons, is Fatima. The mother of Imam Muhammad Baqir (A.Ş). Kassem, and Abdullah are also children who have achieved Shahadat through a ring of Karbala behind his uncle Imam Hussain (AS).
WILADAT OF IMAM HUSSAIN A.S
Labels: WILADAT OF IMAM HUSSAIN A.S |Shiites all over the world to celebrate the birthday of Imam Hussein, grandson of former us the Holy Prophet, but a strange idea, although the Shiite Imam Hussein Willadat a ceremony today celebrating the martyrdom day, and celebrate in the context of mourning. Yes, all the land of Karbala every heart is Ashura. I wanted to write this article last night, but some how it was not ready for pregnancy, and it did not happen, while I sat in the house publication of my photos in Flickr. We have just opened the shop, you're asking for my eldest son Asif Shakir some quote from Imam Hussein different read and said to go to ezoftech .. But I think I'll write through the guidance of my heart. I'm not a hard core of Shiites in all, I keep playing on my Shiasm, the infant, not aggressive, and live in a global society with Hindus, Christians, Sikhs, Persians, people of different religions. For me, my religion is something personal and not maintained as the emblem of the captain's armband. Shiite uprising of spiritual happened a few years in spite of my wife and my children are in public and more importantly, better for me than the Shiites, but never did because it is practiced religion on my camera multi-colored like a human consciousness .. And I wore did not look, and appear, such as the Hindu ascetic, and this is my sparkling Passy to spirituality. Has been engaged in a current of religious thought for all but I was born and Shiites Shiasm is my birthright of national enthusiasm connected fragrant land I live. I do not want to sound Shia, but one of the problems I have thought being a liberal moderate Muslim Indians, and it is not against Islam is the fight against "anti-humanity." When genocide was happening, and the massacres in Karbala, Imam Hussein, and this number is not known, but a descendant of the Holy Prophet should be so shabbily treated, and shocks me from this kind of Muslims living within the fold of Islam, Yezidis. Not a single voice raised, no protest, just a silent acceptance of sin, and read my words carefully, and I know what applies to the modern day protest against Islam. S animation of the Holy Prophet protests a full-throated, justifiably, Salman Rushdie, Taslima Nasreen, and tattoos of the Bible on the back of the Dutch model .. Is justified so far the body of Islam .. souled in Saudi Arabia and developed in other countries remained silent about the continuing deaths of Muslims killed by Muslims in other communities the name of Islam .. What we are trying to prove? Karbala in the same situation exists in Islam? Yazid is believed he may be justified in destroying the goodwill of Imam Hussein, said he was not the ideal caliph, the first top terrorist, he had a jihad, and that it continues unabated follwers against the Shia. Today God is the largest roaming on the network, and bring you the Gospel of sectarian hatred .. I hate all that is Xi Shiasm Shiite Shiite ..? What has really changed, and the mind which do not borrow the verses from the Bible to prove my point. Barbarism is the legacy of Arab contemporary Islam, kill kill, calculated in heaven, that is why rogue mullahs do not want Muslims to educate themselves, and strange, even the most educated and Kafeel Ahmed, lost in the end. Man in the city of Hyderabad say cut Taslima Nasreen, and I'm not shocked the majority of the followers of Islam slaughter justified even in the days of Imam Ali in the later, and his son Imam Hussain.There was no one to cut off al-Yazid .. Imagine taking the sword and cut off the neck of Man while he was in prayer in the mosque. Imagine the hot and dusty sand in Karbala also people who pray Namaz, and fasted, and religion promoted by the Holy Prophet did not hesitate to kill his grandson preferred or his family. Yes, the Shia Islamists is the best on any given day, whether he had given blood, the same lesions, reduce the forehead every innovation is considered, except the killing of innocent people, and the kidnapping of the Koreans, and planting bombs in trains, 9 / 11 7 / 11 and these are all for the glory of forgiveness can be greater than the marginalization of Islam .. Lal Masjid, Abdul Aziz is only the tip of the iceberg .. We have to wake up from our drug-induced sleep a religious flavor .. Yes, I have nothing to say more than that .. Today I celebrate Wiladat e Imam Hussein But every day is a day of Ashura .. Every land is Karbala ..
NADE ALI KABEER IN ENGLISH
Labels: NADE ALI KABEER IN ENGLISH |NADE ALI KABEER
Transliteration
Advocacy, which is Manifestor wonders of the world, you will surely find him helper in your difficulties, all the sadness and grief should be removed. I offer best wishes to you time and give him confidence, and always referred to you to give temporal wish fulfillment. Hey! Has been awarded to support you, oh! Here was appointed to, all sorrow and sadness will disappear, and thee, of Thy greatness! Lord, by thee from Thy Apostleship! Muhammad - Blessings of Thee on Thy Apostle and grandchildren, by Thee from Thy granted to the energy and power of Wael, hey! Ali, O Ali, O! On Help! Hey! Ali grant you eternal hidden grants to you, help! God Almighty is supreme, and God Almighty is supreme, and God Almighty is supreme, and I am satisfied with the hostility (your) enemies. Here is the timeless, absolute; I have confidence in thee, and that fact, we serve you to do and we implore you to do help. Hey! Assistant to the resort to help! Hey! On Help! Hey! Mighty winner on all enemies, oh! Eternal leaders of leaders, oh! Manifestor wonders of the world, hey! He was selected as one, hey! The mighty and powerful, oh! Powerful, courageous, a gentleman is capable of unjust force liabilities and courage to you, oh! combater strong, you are great and irresistible, this Avenger strong and powerful that nothing can resist and keep the power to retaliate would like to give me time to thee, and higher, and no doubt is everything to you, Dink knows! People, there is no god but Allah the Supreme, and merciful, and output-Rahman! God, grant us enough, and the best governor, and the best Master, and the best assistant. Hey! Assistant to Applicants and abstract, hey! Assistant Rahim of the poor, and come to help! Hey! On Help! Hey! On Help! Hey! Thee from Thy mercy from Thy favor, from Thy goodness for the award, (instructions) Hey! Here's a merciful and gracious.
Hey! The Messenger of Allah may Allah bless Muhammad and his family.
Hassan(as) ko Badshah khas o Aam kehte hain
Labels: POETRY IMAM HUSSAIN(AS), RUBAI |Hassan(as) ko Badshah khas o Aam kehte hain
Ali ka Naaib o Qaim Muqaam kehte hain
Daleel aik hi kafi hai unki Azmat may
unhe Hussain(as) bhi apna Imam kehte hain
99 NAME OF ALLAHA
Labels: 99 NAME OF ALLAHA |NAMES MEANINGS
AL-MUSAWWIR THE FASHIONER
AL-BARI THE EVOLVER
AL-KHALIQ THE CREATOR
AL-MUTAKBBIR THE MAJESTIC
AL-JABBAR THE COMPELLER
AL-AZIZ THE MIGHTY
AL-MUHAYMIN THE PROTECTOR
AL-MU'MIN THE GUARDIAN OF FAITH
AS-SALAM THE SOURCE OF PEACE
AL-QUDDUS THE HOLY
AL-MALIK THE SOVEREIGN LORD
AR-RAHIM THE MERCIFUL
AR-RAHMAN THE BENEFICENT
AL-BASIR THE ALL-SEEING
AS-SAMI THE ALL-HEARING
AL-MUZILL THE DISHONORER
AL-MU'IZZ THE HONORER
AR-RAFI THE EXALTER
AL-KHAFID THE ABASER
AL-BASIT THE EXPANDER
AL-QABID THE COSTRICTOR
AL-'ALIM THE ALL-KNOWING
AL-FATTAH THE OPENER
AR-RAZZAQ THE PROVIDER
AL-WAHHAB THE BESTOWER
AL-QAHHAR THE SUBDUER
AL-GHAFFAR THE FORGIVER
AL-KARIM THE GENEROUS ONE
AL-JALIL THE SUBLIME ONE
AL-HASIB THE RECKONER
AL-MUOIT THE MAINTAINER
AL-HAFIZ THE PRESERVER
AL-KABIR THE MOST GREAT
AL-'ALI THE MOST HIGH
ASH-SHAKUR THE APPRECIATIVE
AL-GHAFUR THE ALL-FORGIVING
AL-'AZEEM THE GREAT ONE
AL-HALEEM THE FORBEARING ONE
AL-KHABBIR THE AWARE
AL-LATIF THE SUBTLE ONE
AL-'ADL THE JUST
AL-HAKAM THE JUDGE
AL-MUBDI THE ORIGINATOR
AL-MUHSI THE RECKONER
AL-HAMID THE PRAISEWORTHY
AL-WALI THE PROTECTING FRIEND
AL-MATIN THE FIRM ONE
AL-QAWI THE MOST STRONG
AL-WAKIL THE TRUSTEE
AL-HAQQ THE TRUTH ASH-SHAHID THE WITNESS
AL-BA'ITH THE RESURRECTOR
AL-MAJEED THE MOST GLORIOUS ONE
AL-WADUD THE LOVING
AL-HAKIM THE WISE
AL-WASI' THE ALL-EMBRACING
AL-MUJIB THE RESPONSIVE
AR-RAQIB THE WATCHFUL
AL-AWWAL THE FIRST
AL-MU'AKHKHIR THE DELAYER
AL-MUQADDIM THE EXPEDITER
AL-MUQADIR THE POWERFUL
AL-QADIR THE ABLE
AS-SAMAD THE ETERNAL
AL-AHAD THE ONE
AL-WAHID THE UNIQUE
AL-MAJID THE NOBLE
AL-WAJID THE FINDER
AL-QAYYUM THE SELF-SUBSISTING
AL-HAYY THE ALIVE
AL-MUMIT THE CREATOR OF DEATH
AL-MUHYI THE GIVER OF LIFE
AL-MU'ID THE RESTORER
AL-MUQSIT THE EQUITABLE
DHUL-JALAL-WAL-IKRAM THE LORD OF MAJESTY AND BOUNTY
MALIK-UL-MULK THE ETERNAL OWNER OF SOVEREIGNTY
AR-RA-'UF THE COMPASSIONATE
AL-AFWU THE PARDONER
AL-MUNTAQIM THE AVENGER
AL-TAWWAB THE ACCEPTOR OF REPENTENCE
AL-BARR THE SOURCE OF ALL GOODNESS
AL-MUTA'ALI THE MOST EXALTED
AL-WALI THE GOVERNOR
AL-BATIN THE HIDDEN
AZ-ZAHIR THE MANIFEST
AL-AKHIR THE LAST
AS-SABUR THE PATIENT
AR-RASHEED THE GUIDE TO THE RIGHT PATH
AL-WARIS THE SUPREME INHERITOR
AL-BAQI THE EVERLASTING
AL-BADI' THE INCOMPARABLE
AL-HADI THE GUIDE
AN-NUR THE LIGHT
AN-NAFI' THE PROPITIOUS
AZ-ZARR' THE DISTRESSER
AL-MANI' THE PREVENTER
AL-MUGHNI THE ENRICHER
AL-GHANI THE SELF-SUFFICIENT
AL-JAME' THE GATHERER
AL QURAN
Labels: AL QURAN |Word--------------- Meaning--------------- Mentioned in the Quran Al-Dunya This World 115(times) Al-Akhira The Here After 115
Al-Mala'ikah Angles 88 Al-Shayateen Satan 88
Al-Hayat Life 145 Al-Maout Death 145
Al-Rajul Man 24 Al-Mar'ha Women 24
Al-Shahr Month 12 Al-Yahom Day 365
Al-bahar Sea 32 Al-bar Land 13
If we add up the total words of both "sea" and "land" we get 45. Now if we do a simple calculation: 32/45 X 100% = 71.11111111% 13/45 X 100% = 28.88888888% Above is what we know today, the percentages of Water (Sea) and Land in the world. Yet another miracle in the Quran. The Miracles of the Quran will never end. There will never be a time where mankind can fully take in the knowledge that is in this Holy book. It is a miracle to all mankind, the word of God. There is no value that one can set to the words of the Creator. It is a treasure of which guides those that want to succeed in this life and the hereafter.
See, if we see in detail, than we should have a large number of Miracle narrated in Quran. Quran is the only source whcih will Update peoples every time till Roz-e-Hashur.
HISTORY AND LIFE OF TWELVE IMAM
Labels: HISTORY AND LIFE OF TWELVE IMAM |A Short History of the Lives of The Twelve ImamsThe Messenger Of ALLAH Said:-There Will Be Twelve IMAMS of The Muslims.(Bukhari v.9 #329)TOP
ALI IBNE ABU TALIB AL-MURTAZA(A.S)The First IMAM & Father of Imams(A.S)AMIR AL MOMINEEN ALI (A.S) Was The Son Of ABU TALIB(A.S) The ShaIkh Of The Banu Hashim.Abu Talib Was The Uncle And Guardian of the Holy Prophet (P.B.U.H) and the person who had brought the Prophet (P.B.U.H) to his house and raised him like his own son. After the Prophet (P.B.U.H) was chosen for his prophetic mission Abu Talib continued to support him and repelled from him the evil that came from the infidels among the Arabs and especially the Quraysh.According To Well Known Traditional Accounts ALI(A.S) Was Born Ten Years Before The Commencement Of The prophetic Mission Of The Prophet (P.B.U.H).When six years old as a result of famine in and around Macca he was requested by the Prophet (P.B.U.H) to leave his father's house and come to the house of his cousin the Prophet (P.B.U.H).There he was placed directly under the guardianship and custody of the Holy Prophet (P.B.U.H).A Few Years Later When The Prophet (P.B.U.H) Was Endowed With The Divine Gift Of Prophecy And For The First Time Received The Divine revelation in the cave of Hira as he left the cave to return to town and his own house he met Ali on the way. He told him what had happened and ALI(A.S) accepted the new faith. Again in a gathering when the Holy Prophet (P.B.U.H) had brought his relatives together and invited them to accept his religion, he said the first person to accept his call would be his vicegerent and inheritor and deputy. The only person to rise from his place and accept the faith was ALI(A.S) and the Prophet (P.B.U.H) accepted his declaration of faith. Therefore Ali was the first man in Islam to accept the faith and is the first among the followers of the Prophet (P.B.U.H) to have never worshipped other than the One God.ALI(A.S) Was Always In The Company Of The Prophet (P.B.U.H) Until The Prophet (P.B.U.H) Migrated From Macca To Medina. On The night of the migration to Madina hijrah when the infidels had surrounded the house of the Prophet (P.B.U.H) and were determined to invade the house at the end of the night and cut him to pieces while he was in bed ALI(A.S) slept in place of the Prophet (P.B.U.H) while the Prophet (P..U.H) left the house and set out for Medina. After the departure of the Prophet (P.B.U.H) according to his wish Ali gave back to the people the trusts and charges that they had left with the Prophet (P.B.U.H).Then he went to Medina with his mother, the daughter of the Prophet (P.B.U.H) and two other women.In Madina Also ALI(A.S) Was Constantly In The Company Of The Prophet (P.B.U.H) In Private And In Public. The Prophet (P.B.U.H) gave Fatimah his beloved daughter from Khadijah to Ali as his wife and when the Prophet (P.B.U.H) was creating bonds of brotherhood among his companions he selected Ali as his brother.ALI(A.S) Was Present In All The Wars In Which The Prophet (P.B.U.H) Participated Except The Battle Of Tabuk When He Was Ordered to stay in Madina in place of the Prophet (P.B.U.H).He did not retreat in any battle nor did he turn his face away from any enemy. He never disobeyed the Prophet (P.B.U.H) so that the Prophet (P.B.U.H) said ALI(A.S) is never separated from the Truth nor the Truth from Ali.On The Day Of The Death Of The Prophet (P.B.U.H) ALI(A.S) Was Thirty three Years Old. Although He Was Foremost In Religious Virtues and the most outstanding among the companions of the Prophet (P.B.U.H) he was pushed aside from the caliphate on the claim that he was too young and that he had many enemies among the people because of the blood of the polytheists he had spilled in the wars fought alongside the Prophet (P.B.U.H).Therefore ALI(A.S) was almost completely cut off from public affairs. He retreated to his house where he began to train competent individuals in the Divine sciences and in this way he passed the twenty-five years of the caliphate of the first three caliphs who succeeded the Prophet (P.B.U.H).When the third caliph was killed people gave their allegiance to him and he was chosen as caliph.During His Caliphate Of Nearly Four Years And Nine Months ALI(A.S) Followed The Way Of The Prophet (P.B.U.H) And Gave His Caliphate the form of a spiritual movement and renewal and began many different types of reforms. Naturally these reforms were against the interests of certain parties that sought their own benefit. As a result a group of the companions foremost among whom were Talhah and Zubayr who also gained the support of AYishah and especially MuaViya made a pretext of the death of the third caliph to raise their heads in opposition and began to revolt and rebel against Ali(A.S).In Order To Quell The Civil Strife And Sedition ALI(A.S) Fought A War Near Basra Known As The (Battle Of The Camel) Against Talhah and Zubayr in which Ummul MOmineen AYishah was also involved. He fought another war against MuaViya on the border of Iraq and Syria which lasted for a year and a half and is famous as the Battle of Siffin.He also fought against the Khawarij at Nahrawan in a battle known as the Battle of Nahrawan.Therefore most of the days of Ali's caliphate were spent in overcoming internal opposition. Finally in the morning of the 19th of Ramadan in the year 40 A.H.while praying in the mosque of Kufa he was wounded by one of the Khawarij and died as a martyr during the night of the 21st of Ramadan.According To The Testimony Of Friend And Foe Alike ALI(A.S) Had No Shortcomings From The Point Of View Of Human Perfection. And in the Islamic virtues he was a perfect example of the upbringing and training given by the Prophet (P.B.U.H).The discussions that have taken place concerning his personality and the books written on this subject by Shites Sunnis and members of other religions as well as the simply curious outside any distinct religious bodies are hardly equalled in the case of any other personality in history.In Science And Knowledge ALI(A.S) Was The Most Learned Of The Companions Of The Prophet (P.B.U.H) And Of Muslims In General. In his learned discourses he was the first in Islam to open the door for logical demonstration and proof and to discuss the "divine sciences or metaphysics maarifi ilahlyah.He spoke concerning the esoteric aspect of the Quran and devised Arabic grammar in order to preserve the Quran's form of expression. He was the most eloquent Arab in speech as has been mentioned in the first part of this book.The Courage Of ALI(A.S) Was Proverbial. In All The Wars In Which He Participated During The Lifetime Of The Prophet (P.B.U.H) And also afterward he never displayed fear or anxiety. Although in many battles such as those of Uhud Hunayn Khaybar and Khandaq the aides to the Prophet (P.B.U.H) and the Muslim army trembled in fear or dispersed and fled he never turned his back to the enemy. Never did a warrior or soldier engage Ali in battle and come out of it alive. Yet with full chivalry he would never slay a weak enemy nor pursue those who fled. He would not engage in surprise attacks or in turning streams of water upon the enemy.It has been definitively established historically that in the Battle of Khaybar in the attack against the fort he reached the ring of the door and with sudden motion tore off the door and cast it away. Also on the day when Macca was conquered the Prophet (P.B.U.H) ordered the idols to be broken. The idol Hubal was the largest idol in Mecca a giant stone statue placed on the top of the Kaba.Following The Command Of The Prophet (P.B.U.H) ALI(A.S) Placed His Feet On The Prophet (P.B.U.H)'S Shoulders Climbed to the top of the Kaba pulled (Hubal) from its place and cast it down.ALI(A.S) Was Also Without Equal In Religious Asceticism And The Worship Of God.In Answer To Some Who Had Complained Of ALI's(A.S) anger toward them the Prophet (P.B.U.H) said Do not reproach Ali for he is in a state of Divine ecstasy and bewilderment.ndolences.The daughter of the Prophet (P.B.U.H) said My cousin ALI(A.S) has not died.Rather in fear of God he has fainted. This condition overcomes him often.There are many stories told of Ali's(A.S) kindness to the lowly compassion for the needy and the poor and generosity and munificence toward those in misery and poverty.Ali(A.S) spent all that he earned to help the poor and the needy and himself lived in the strictest and simplest manner.Ali loved agriculture and spent much of his time digging wells planting trees and cultivating fields. But all the fields that he cultivated or wells that he built he gave in endowment waqf to the poor. His endowments known as the alms of Ali(A.S) had the noteworthy income of twenty four thousand gold dinars toward the end of his life.
HASSAN IBNE ALI(A.S) AL Mujtaba,The Second ImamImam HASSAN Mujtaba(A.S) upon whom be peace was the second Imam. He and his brother Imam HUSSAIN(A.S) were the two sons of Amir al-mOminin ALI(A.S) and HaZrat Fatima(S.A) the daughter of the Prophet (P.B.U.H).Many times the Prophet (P.B.U.H) had said HASSAN and HUSSAIN(A.S) are my children.Because of these same words ALI(A.S) would say to his other children You are my children and HASSAN(A.S) and HUSSAIN(A.S) are the children of the Prophet (P.B..H).Imam HASSAN(A.S) was born in the year 3 A.H.in Medina and shared in the life of the Prophet(P.B.U.H) for somewhat over seven years, growing up during that time under his loving care. After the death of the Prophet (P.B.U.H) which was no more than three or according to some six months earlier than the death of Hazrat Fatima(S.A) HASSAN(A.S) was placed directly under the care of his noble father. After the death of his father through Divine Command and according to the will of his father Imam HASSAN became Imam he also occupied the outward function of caliph for about six months, during which time he administered the affairs of the Muslims. During that time MuaViya who was a bitter enemy of Ali and his family and had fought for years with the ambition of capturing the caliphate first on the pretext of avenging the death of the third caliph and finally with an open claim to the caliphate marched his army into Iraq, the seat of Imam HASSAN's(A.S) caliphate. War ensued during which MuaViya gradually subverted the generals and commanders of Imam HASSAN's(A.S) army with large sums of money and deceiving promises until the army rebelled against Imam HASSAN(A.S).Finally the Imam was forced to make peace and to yield the caliphate to MuaViya provided it would again return to Imam HASSAN(A.S),after Mu'awiyah's death and the Imam's household and partisans would be protected in every way.In this way MuaViya captured the Islamic caliphate and entered Iraq. In a public speech he officially made null and void all the peace conditions and in every way possible placed the severest pressure upon the members of the Household of the Prophet (P.B.U.H) and the Shiah. During all the ten years of his Imamate Imam HASSAN(A.S) lived in conditions of extreme hardship and under persecution with no security even in his own house. In the year 50 A.H.he was poisoned and martyred by one of his own household who as has been accounted by historians had been motivated by MuaViya.In human perfection Imam HASSAN(A.S) was reminiscent of his father and a perfect example of his noble grandfather. In fact, as long as the Prophet (P.B.U.H) was alive he and his brother were always in the company of the Prophet (P.B.U.H) who even sometimes would carry them on his shoulders. Both Sunni and Shite sources have transmitted this saying of the Holy Prophet (P.B.U.H) concerning HASSAN(A.S) and HUSSAIN(A.S) These two children of mine are Imams whether they stand up or sit down allusion to whether they occupy the external function of caliphate or not. Also there are many traditions of the Holy Prophet (P.B.U.H) and Ali concerning the fact that Imam HASSAN(A.S) would gain the function of Imamate after his noble father.
HUSSAIN IBNE ALI (A.S)The Third Imam,Imam HUSSAIN(A.S) (SYED AL SHUHADA) the lord among martyrs the second child of Ali and FATIMA(S.A) was born in the year 4 A.H.And after the martyrdom of his brother Imam HASSAN Mujtaba(A.S) became Imam through Divine Command and his brother's will.Imam HUSSAIN(A.S) was Imam for a period of ten years all but the last six months coinciding with the caliphate of MuaViya.Imam Husayn lived under the most difficult outward conditions of suppression and persecution.This was due to the fact that first of all religious laws and regulations had lost much of their weight and credit and the edicts of the Umayyad government had gained complete authority and power. Secondly MuaViya and his aides made use of every possible means to put aside and move out of the way the Household of the Prophet (P.B.U.H) and the Shiah and thus obliterate the name of Ali(A.S) and his family. And above all MuaViya wanted to strengthen the basis of the caliphate of his son Yazid who because of his lack of principles and scruples was opposed by a large group of Muslims.Therefore in order to quell all opposition MuaViya had undertaken newer and more severe measures. By force and necessity Imam HUSSAIN(A.S) had to endure these days and to tolerate every kind of mental and spiritual agony and affliction from MuaViya and his aides until in the middle of the year 60 A.H.MuaViya died and his son Yazid took his place.Paying allegiance (bayah) was an old Arab practice which was carried out in important matters such as that of kingship and governorship. Those who were ruled and especially the well known among them would give their hand in alleging agreement and obedience to their king or prince and in this way would show their support for his actions. Disagreement after allegiance was considered as disgrace and dishonour for a people and it was like breaking an agreement after having signed it officially, it was considered as a definite crime. Following the example of the Holy Prophet (P.B.U.H), people believed that allegiance, when given by free will and not through force carried authority and weight.MuaViya had asked the well known among the people to give their allegiance to Yazid, but had not imposed this request upon Imam HUSSAIN(A.S).He had especially told Yazid in his last will that if HUSSAIN(A.S) refused to pay allegiance he should pass over it in silence and overlook the matter for he had understood correctly the disastrous consequences which would follow if the issue were to be pressed. But because of his egoism and recklessness Yazid neglected his father's advice and immediately after the death of his father ordered the governor of Medina either to force a pledge of allegiance from Imam HUSSAIN. or send his head to Damascus.After the governor of Medina informed Imam HUSSAIN(A.S) of this demand,the Imam, in order to think over the question,asked for a delay and overnight started with his family toward Macca.He sought refuge in the sanctuary of God which in Islam is the official place of refuge and security.This event occurred toward the end of the month of Rajab and the beginning of Shaban of 60 A.H.For nearly four months Imam HUSSAIN(A.S) stayed in Macca in refuge. This news spread throughout the Islamic world. On the one hand many people who were tired of the iniquities of MuaViya's rule and were even more dissatisfied when Yazid became caliph, corresponded with Imam HUSSAIN(A.S). and expressed their sympathy for him. On the other hand a flood of letters began to flow especially from Iraq and particularly the city of Kufa inviting the Imam to go to Iraq and accept the leadership of the populace there with the aim of beginning an uprising to overcome injustice and iniquity. Naturally such a situation was dangerous for Yazid.The stay of Imam HUSSAIN(A.S) in Macca continued until the season for pilgrimage when Muslims from all over the world poured in groups into Mecca in order to perform the rites of the hajj.The Imam discovered that some of the followers of Yazid had entered Mecca as pilgrims hajjis with the mission to kill the Imam during the rites of hajj with the arms they carried under their special pilgrimage dress ihram. The Imam shortened the pilgrimage rites and decided to leave. Amidst the vast crowd of people he stood up and in a short speech announced that he was setting out for Iraq. In this short speech he also declared that he would be martyred and asked Muslims to help him in attaining the goal he had in view and to offer their lives in the path of God. The next day he set out with his family and a group of his companions for Iraq.Imam HUSSAIN(A.S) was determined not to give his allegiance to Yazid and knew full well that he would be killed. He was aware that his death was inevitable in the face of the awesome military power of the Umayyads supported as it was by corruption in certain sectors spiritual decline and lack of will power among the people especially in Iraq. Some of the outstanding people of Mecca stood in the way of Imam HUSSAIN(A.S) and warned him of the danger of the move he was making. But he answered that he refused to pay allegiance and give his approval to a government of injustice and tyranny. He added that he knew that wherever he turned or went he would be killed. He would leave Mecca in order to preserve the respect for the house of God and not allow this respect to be destroyed by having his blood spilled there. While on the way to Kufa and still a few days journey away from the city he received news that the followers of Yazid in Kufa had put to death the representative of the Imam in that city and also one of the Imam's determined supporters who was a well known man in Kufa.Their feet had been tied and they had been dragged through the streets. The city and its surroundings were placed under strict observation and countless soldiers of the enemy were awaiting him, There was no way open to him but to march ahead and to face death. It was here that the Imam expressed his definitive determination to go ahead and be martyred and so he continued on his journey.Approximately seventy kilometres from Kufa in a desert named Kerbala the Imam and his entourage were surrounded by the army of Yazid.For eight days they stayed in this spot during which the circle narrowed and the number of the enemy's army increased. Finally the Imam with his household and a small numbers of companions were encircled by an army of thirty thousand soldiers.During these days the Imam fortified his position and made a final selection of his companions. At night he called his companions and during a short speech stated that there was nothing ahead but death and martyrdom. He added that since the enemy was concerned only with his person he would free them from all obligations so that anyone who wished could escape in the darkness of the night and save his life.Then he ordered the lights to be turned out and most of his companions who had joined him for their own advantage dispersed. Only a handful of those who loved the truth about forty of his close aides and some of the Banu Hashim remained.Once again the Imam assembled those who were left and put them to a test. He addressed his companions and Hashimite relatives saying again that the enemy was concerned only with his person. Each could benefit from the darkness of the night and escape the danger. But this time the faithful companions of the Imam answered each in his own way that they would not deviate for a moment from the path of truth of which the Imam was the leader and would never leave him alone. They said they would defend his household to the last drop of their blood and as long as they could carry a sword.On the ninth day of the month the last challenge to choose between (allegiance or war) was made by the enemy to the Imam. The Imam asked for a delay in order to worship overnight and became determined to enter battle on the next day.On the tenth day of MUHARRAM of the year 61/680 the Imam lined up before the enemy with his small band of followers less than ninety persons consisting of forty of his companions thirty some members of the army of the enemy that j joined him during the night and day of war, and his Hashimite family of children brothers nephews, nieces and cousins.That day they fought from morning until their final breath the Imam the young Hashimites and the companions were all martyred. Among those killed were two children of Imam HASSAN(A.S) who were only thirteen and eleven years old and a five year old child and a suckling baby of Imam HUSSAIN(A.S).The army of the enemy after ending the war plundered the haram of the Imam and burned his tents. They decapitated the bodies of the martyrs denuded them and threw them to the ground without burial. Then they moved the members of the haram all of whom were helpless women and girls, along with the heads of the martyrs, to Kufa.Among the prisoners there were three male members a twenty two year old son of Imam HUSSAIN(A.S) who was very ill and unable to move, namely Ali ibn HUSSAIN(A.S) the fourth Imam; his four year old son Muhammad ibn Ali(A.S) who became the fifth Imam and finally HASSAN the son of the second Imam who was also the son in Mlaw of Imam HUSSAIN(A.S) and who having been wounded during the war lay among the dead. They found him near death and through the intercession of one of the generals did not cut off his head. Rather they took him with the prisoners to Kufa and from there to Damascus before Yazid.The event of Karbala the capture of the women and children of the Household of the Prophet (P.B.U.H), their being taken as prisoners from town to town and the speeches made by the daughter of ALI(A.S) ZAINAB(S.A) and the fourth Imam who were among the prisoners disgraced the Umayyads.Such abuse of the Household of the Prophet (P.B.U.H) annulled the propaganda which Mu'awiyah had carried out for years. The matter reached such proportions that Yazid in public disowned and condemned the actions of his agents.The event of Kerbala was a major factor in the overthrow of Umayyad rule although its effect was delayed.It also strengthened the roots of The Followers of AHLULBAIT.Among its immediate results were the revolts and rebellions combined with bloody wars which continued for twelve years. Among those who were instrumental in the death of the Imam not one was able to escape revenge and punishment. Anyone who studies closely the history of the life of Imam HUSSAIN(P.B.U.H). and Yazid and the conditions that prevailed at that time, and analyses this chapter of Islamic history will have no doubt that in those circumstances there was no choice before Imam HUSSAIN(P.B.U.H). but to be killed.Swearing allegiance to Yazid would have meant publicly showing contempt for Islam something which was not possible for the Imam for Yazid not only showed no respect for Islam and its injunctions but also made a public demonstration of impudently treading under foot its basis and its laws. Those before him even if they opposed religious injunctions always did so in the guise of religion and at least formally respected religion. They took pride in being companions of the Holy Prophet (P.B.U.H) and the other religious figures in whom people believed. From this it can be concluded that the claim of some interpreters of these events is false when they say that the two brothers HASSAN(A.S) and HUSSAIN(A.S) had two different tastes and that one chose the way of peace and the other the way of war, so that one brother made peace with MuaViya although he had an army of forty thousand while the other went to war against Yazid with an army of forty. For we see that this same Imam HUSSAIN(A.S) who refused to pay allegiance to Yazid for one day lived for ten years under the rule of MuaViya in the same manner as his brother who also had endured for ten years under MuaViya without opposing him.It must be said in truth that if Imam HASSAN(A.S) or Imam HUSSAIN(A.S) had fought MuaViya they would have been killed without there being the least benefit for Islam.Their deaths would have had no effect before the righteous appearing policy of MuaViya a competent politician who emphasized his being a companion of the Holy Prophet (P.B.U.H) the "scribe of the revelation and Suckle of the faithful" and who used every stratagem possible to preserve a religious guise for his rule. Moreover with his ability to set the stage to accomplish his desires he could have had them killed by their own people and then assumed a state of mourning and sought to revenge their blood just as he sought to give the impression that he was avenging the killing of the third caliph. ALI IBNE HUSSAIN AL ZAINUL ALABEDIN(A.S),The Fourth ImamImam Sajjad(A.S) ALI IBNE HUSSAIN(A.S) entitled ZAINUL ABEDIN and Sajjad was the son of the third Imam and his wife the queen among women the daughter of Yazdigird the king of Persia. He was the only son of Imam HUSSAIN(A.S) to survive for his other three brothers Ali Akbar aged twenty five five year old JAFAR and Ali Asghar or Abdallah who was a suckling baby were martyred during the event of Kerbala.The Imam had also accompanied his father on the journey that terminated fatally in Kerbala but because of severe illness and the inability to carry arms or participate in fighting he was prevented from taking part in the holy war and being martyred.So he was sent with the womenfolk to Damascus. After spending a period in imprisonment he was sent with honour to Madina because Yazid wanted to conciliate public opinion. But for a second time, by the order of the Umayyad caliph,Abd alMalik he was chained and sent from Medina to Damascus and then again returned to Madina.The fourth Imam upon returning to Medina retired from public life completely closed the door of his house to strangers and spent his time in worship.He was in contact only with the elite among the Shites such as Abu Hamzah Thumali Abu Khalid Kabuli and the like.The elite disseminated among the Shiah the religious sciences they learned from the Imam.In this way The Followers of Ahlu Bayt spread considerably and showed its effects during the Imamate of the fifth Imam.Among the works of the fourth Imam is a book called Sahifa ALSajjadiyah.It consists of fifty seven prayers concerning the most sublime Divine sciences and is known as "The Psalm of the Household of the Prophet (P.B.U.H).The fourth Imam died according to some Shite traditions poisoned by Walid ibn Abd alMalik through the instigation of the Umayyad caliph Hisham) in 95/712 after thirty-five years of Imamate.
MUHAMMAD IBNE ALI ALBAQIR(A.S),The Fifth ImamImam MUHAMMAD IBNE ALI BAQIR the word Baqir meaning he who cuts and dissects a title given to him by the Prophet (P.B.U.H) was the son of the fourth Imam and was born in 67/675.He was present at the event of Karbala when he was four years old.After his father through Divine Command and the decree of those who went before him, he became Imam.In the year 114/732 he died according to some Shi'ite traditions poisoned by Ibrahim ibn Walid ibn Abdallah the nephew of Hisham the Umayyad caliph.During the Imamate of the fifth Imam as a result of the injustice of the Umayyads revolts and wars broke out in some corner of the Islamic world every day. Moreover there were disputes within the Umayyad family itself which kept the caliphate busy and to a certain extent left the members of the Household of the Prophet (P.B.U.H) alone. From the other side the tragedy of Karbala and the oppression suffered by the Household of the Prophet (P.B.U.H) of which the fourth Imam was the most noteworthy embodiment had attracted many Muslims to the Imams. These factors combined to make it possible for people and especially the Shites to go in great numbers to Medina and to come into the presence of the fifth Imam.Possibilities for disseminating truths about Islam and the sciences of the Household of the Prophet (P.B.U.H) which had never existed for the Imams before him were presented to the fifth Imam. The proof of this fact is the innumerable traditions recounted from the fifth Imam and the large number of illustrious men of science and Shite scholars who were trained by him in different Islamic sciences. These names are listed in books of biographies of famous man in time.
JAFAR IBNE MUHAMMAD ALSADIQ(A.S),The Sixth ImamImam JAFAR IBNE MUHAMMAD ALSADIQ(A.S) the son of the fifth Imam was born in 83/702.He died in 148/785 according to Shite tradition, poisoned and martyred through the intrigue of the Abbasid caliph Mansur.After the death of his father he became Imam by Divine Command and decree of those who came before him.During the Imamate of the sixth Imam greater possibilities and a more favorable climate existed for him to propagate religious teachings. This came about as a result of revolts in Islamic lands especially the uprising of the Muswaddah to overthrow the Umayyad caliphate, and the bloody wars which finally led to the fall and extinction of the Umayyads.The greater opportunities for Shite teachings were also a result of the favorable ground the fifth Imam had prepared during the twenty years of his Imamate through the propagation of the true teachings of Islam and the sciences of the Household of the Prophet (P.B.U.H).The Imam took advantage of the occasion to propagate the religious sciences until the very end of his Imamate which was contemporary with the end of the Umayad and beginning of the Abbasid caliphates. He instructed many scholars in different fields of the intellectual and transmitted sciences such as ZararaH Muhammad ibn Muslim Mumin Taqi Hisham ibn Hakam Aban ibn Taghlib, Hisham ibn Salim Hurayz Hisham Kalbi Nassabah and Jabir ibn Hayyan the alchemist. Even some important Sunni scholars such as Sufyan Thawri, Abu Hanifah, the founder of the Hanafi school of law Qadi.l Sukuni,Qadi Abu'Bakhtari,and others, had the honour of being his students. It is said that his classes and sessions of instruction produced four thousand scholars of hadith and other sciences. The number of traditions preserved from the fifth and sixth Imams is more than all the hadith that have been recorded from the Prophet (P.B.U.H)and the other ten Imams combined.Towards the end of his life the Imam was subjected to severe restrictions by the Abbasid caliph Mansur who ordered such torture and merciless killing of many of the descendants of the Prophet (P.B.U.H) who were Shite that his actions even surpassed the cruelty and heedlessness of the Umayyads.On his order they were arrested in groups some thrown into deep and dark prisons and tortured until they died while others were beheaded or buried alive or placed at the base of or between walls of buildings, and walls were constructed over them.Hisham the Umiad caliph had ordered the sixth Imam to be arrested and brought to Damascus. Later the Imam was arrested by Saffah. the Abbasid caliph, and brought to Iraq. Finally Mansur had him arrested again and brought to Samarrah where he had the Imam kept under supervision, was in every way harsh and discourteous to him, and several times thought of killing him. Eventually the Imam was allowed-to return to Medina where he spent the rest of his life in hid-ing, until he was poisoned and martyred through the intrigue of Mansur.Upon hearing the news of the imam's martyrdom Mansur wrote to the governor of Medina instructing him to go to the house of the Imam on the pretext of expressing his condolences to the family to ask for the Imam's will and testament and read it.Whoever was chosen by the Imam as his inheritor and successor should be beheaded on the spot.Of course the aim of Mansur was to put an end to the whole question of the Imamate and to Shite aspirations. When the governor of Medina following orders, read the last will and testament. He learnt that the Imam had chosen four people rather than one to administer his last will and testament: the caliph himself the governor of Medina Abdallah Aftah. the Imam's older son and Musa his younger son. In this way the plot of Mansur failed. MUSA IBNE JAFAR KAZAM(A.S),The Seventh ImamImam MUSA IBNE JAFAR KAZIM the son of the sixth Imam was born in 128/744 and was poisoned and martyred in prison in 183/799. He became Imam after the death of his father through Divine Command and the decree of his forefathers.The seventh Imam was a contemporary of the Abbasid caliphs Mansur Hadi Mahdi and Harun.He lived in very difficult times and in hiding, until finally Harun went on the Hajj. In Madina he had the Imam arrested while praying in the Mosque of the Prophet (P.B.U.H).He was chained and imprisoned then taken from Medina to Basra and from Basra to Baghdad where for years he was transferred from one prison to another. Finally he died in Baghdad in the Sindi ibn Shahak prison through poisoning and was buried in the cemetery of the Quraysh which is now located in the city of Kazimayn.
ALI IBNE MUSA AL RAZA(A.S)The Eight ImamImam Rida ALI IBNE MUSA(A.S) was the son of the seventh Imam and according to well known accounts was born in 148/765 and died in 203/817.The eighth Imam reached the Imamate after the death of his father through Divine Command and the decree of his forefathers. The period of his Imamate coincided with the caliphate of Harun and then his sons Amin and Mamun.After the death of his father Mamun fell into conflict with his brother Amin which led to bloody wars and finally the assassination of Amin after which Mamun became caliph. Until that day the policy of the Abbasid caliphate toward the Shi'ites had been increasingly harsh and cruel.Every once in a while one of the supporters of ALI(A.S) would revolt causing bloody wars and rebellions which were of great difficulty and consequence for the caliphate. The Shite Imams would not co operate with those who carried out these rebellions and would not interfere with their affairs. The Shites of that day who comprised a considerable population, continued to consider the Imams as their religious leaders to whom obedience was obligatory and believed in them as the real caliphs of the Holy Prophet (P.B.U.H). They considered the caliphate to be far from the sacred authority of their Imams, for the caliphate had come to seem more like the courts of the Persian kings and Roman emperors and was being run by a group of people more interested in worldly rule than in the strict application of religious principles..The continuation of such a situation was dangerous for the structure of the caliphate and was a serious threat to it.Mamun thought of finding a new solution for these difficulties which the seventy-year old policy of his Abbasid predecessors had not been able to solve. To accomplish this end he chose the eighth Imam as his successor hoping in this way to overcome two difficulties first of all to prevent the descendants of the Prophet (P.B.U.H) from rebelling against the government since they would be involved in the government themselves and secondly to cause the people to lose their spiritual belief and inner attachment to the Imams. This would be accomplished by having the Imams become engrossed in worldly matters and the politics of the caliphate itself which had always been considered by the Shites to be evil and impure. In this way their religious organization would crumble and they would no longer present any dangers to the caliphate. Obviously after accomplishing these ends the removal of the Imam would present no difficulties to the Abbasids.In order to have this decision put into effect Mamun asked the Imam to come to Marw from Medina. Once he had arrived there Mamun offered him first the caliphate and then the succession to the caliphate. The Imam made his apologies and turned down the proposal but he was finally induced to accept the successor ship with the condition that he would not interfere in governmental affairs or in the appointment or dismissal of government agents. This event occurred in 200/814.Soon Mamun realized that he had committed an error for there was a rapid spread of The Followers of Ahlu Bayt.Increasing growth in the peoples attachment to the Imam even from the army and government agents.Mamun sought to find a remedy for this difficulty and eventually had the Imam poisoned and martyred. The Imam was buried in the city of Tus in Iran which is now called Mashhad.Mamun displayed great interest in having works on the intellectual sciences translated into Arabic. He organized gatherings in which scholars of different religions and sects assembled and carried out scientific and scholarly debates. The eighth Imam also participated in these assemblies and joined in the discussions with scholars of other religions. Many of these debates are recorded in the collections of Shite hadiths.
MUHAMMAD IBNE ALI Taqi(A.S)The Ninth ImamImam Muhammad IBNE ALI TAQI(A.S) sometimes called Jawad and Ibn AL RAZA was the son of the eighth Imam. He was born in 196/809 in Medina and according to Shite traditions was martyred in 220/835 poisoned by his wife the daughter of Mamun at the instigation of the Abbasid caliph Mutasim.He was buried next to his grandfather the seventh Imam, in Kazimayn.He became Imam after the death of his father through Divine Command and by the decree of his forefathers.At the time of the death of his father he was in Medina.Mamun called him to Baghdad which was then the capital of the caliphate and outwardly showed him much kindness. He even gave the Imam his daughter in marriage and kept him in Baghdad. In reality he wanted to keep a close watch upon the Imam from both outside and within his own household. The Imam spent some time in Baghdad and then with the consent of Mamum set out for Medina where he remained until Mamun's death.When Mu'tasim became the caliph he called the Imam back to Baghdad and as we have seen through the Imam's wife had him poisoned and killed.
ALI IBNE MUHAMMAD NAQI(A.S)The Tenth ImamImam ALI IBNE MUHAMMAD NAQI sometimes referred to by the title of Hadi was the son of the ninth Imam. He was born in 212/ 827 in Medina and according to Shite accounts was martyred through poisoning by Mutazz the Abbasid caliph in 254/868.The tenth Imam was a contemporary of seven of the Abbasid caliphs Mamun Mutasim Wathiq Mutawakkil Muntasir Mustam and Mutazz. It was during the rule of Mutasim in 220/835 that his noble father died through poisoning in Baghdad. At that time Ali ibn Muhammad NAQI(A.S) was in Medina. There he became the Imam through Divine Command and the decree of the Imams before him. He stayed in Medina teaching religious sciences until the time of Mutawakkil. In 243/857 as a result of certain false charges Mutawakkil ordered one of his government officials to invite the Imam from Medina to Samarrah which was then the capital. He himself wrote the Imam a letter full of kindness and courtesy asking him to come to the capital where they could meet.Upon arrival in Samarrah the Imam was also shown certain outward courtesy and respect.Yet at the same time Mutawakkil tried by all possible means to trouble and dishonour him.Many times he called the Imam to his presence with the aim of killing or disgracing him and had his house searched.In his enmity toward the Household of the Prophet (P.B.U.H) Mutawakkil had no equal among the Abbasid caliphs.He was especially opposed to Ali, whom he cursed openly.He even ordered a clown to ridicule ALI(A.S) at voluptuous banquets.In the year 237/850 he ordered the mausoleum of Imam HUSSSAIN(A.S) in Kerbala and many of the houses around it to be torn down to the ground. Then water was turned upon the tomb of the Imam. He ordered the ground of the tomb to be ploughed and cultivated so that any trace of the tomb would be forgotten.During the life of Mutawakkil the condition of life of the descendants of ALI(A.S) in the Hijaz had reached such a pitiful state that their womenfolk had no veils with which to cover themselves. Many of them had only one old veil which they wore at the time of the daily prayers. Pressures of a similar kind were put on the descendants of Ali who lived in Egypt. The tenth Imam accepted in patience the tortures and afflictions of the Abbasid caliph Mutawakkil until the caliph died and was followed by Muntasir Mustain and finally Mutazz whose intrigue led to the Imam being poisoned and martyred.
HASSAN IBNE ALI ASKARI(A.S)The Eleventh ImamImam HASSAN IBNE ALI ASKARI(A.S) the son of the tenth Imam was born in 232/845 and according to some Shite sources was poioned and killed in 260/872 through the instigation of the Abbasid caliph Mutamid.The eleventh Imam gained the Imamate after the death of his noble father, through Divine Command and through the decree of the previous Imams.During the seven years of his Imamat due to untold restrictions placed upon him by the caliphate he lived in hiding and dissimulation taqiyah. He did not have any social contact with even the common people among the Shite population. Only the elite of the Shiah were able to see him. Even so he spent most of his time in prison.There was extreme repression at that time because the Shite population had reached a considerable level in both numbers and power. Everyone knew that the Shiah believed in the Imamate and the identity of the Shite Imams was also known. Therefore the caliphate kept the Imams under its close supervision more than ever before. It tried through every possible means and through secret plans to remove and destroy them. Also the caliphate had come to know that the elite among the Shia believed that the eleventh Imam according to traditions cited by him as well as his forefathers would have a son who was the promised Mahdi.The coming of the Mahdi had been foretold in authenticated hadiths of the Prophet (P.B.U.H) in both Sunni and Shite sources. For this reason the eleventh Imam more than other Imams was kept under close watch by the caliphate. The caliph of the time had decided definitely to put an end to the Imamate in The Followers of Ahlu Bayt through every possible means and to close the door to the Imamate once and for all.Therefore as soon as the news of the illness of the eleventh Imam reached Mutamid.he sent a Physician and a few of his trusted agents and judges to the house of the Imam to be with him and observe his condition and the situation within his house at all times. After the death of the Imam they had the house investigated and all his female slaves examined by the midwife.For two years the secret agents of the caliph searched for the successor of the Imam until they lost all hope.The eleventh Imam was buried in his house in Samarrah next to his noble father. Here it should be remembered that during their lifetimes the Imams trained many hundreds of scholars of religion and hadith and it is these scholars who have transmitted to us information about the Imams.In order not to prolong the matter the list of their names and works and their biographies have not been included here.
MUHAMMAD IBNE HASSAN ALMAHDI(A.S),The Twelfth ImamThe promised MAHDI(A.S) who is usually mentioned by his title of ImamI Asr the Imam of the Period and Sahib alZaman the Lord of the Age is the son of the eleventh Imam.His name is the same as that of the Holy Prophet (P.B.U.H). He was born in Samarrah in 256/868 and until 260/872 when his father was martyred lived under his father's care and tutelage. He was hidden from public view and only a few of the elite among the Shia were able to meet him. After the martyrdom of his father he became Imam and by Divine Command went into occultation ghaybat.Thereafter he appeared only to his deputies naib) and even then only in exceptional circumstances.The Imam chose as a special deputy for a time Uthman ibn Said Umari one of the companions of his father and grandfather who was his confidant and trusted friend.Through his deputy the Imam would answer the demands and questions of the Shia.After Uthman ibn Saad his son Muhammad ibn Uthman Umari was appointed the deputy of the Imam. After the death of Muhammad ibn Uthman Abu'l Qasim Husayn ibn Ruh Nawbakhti was the special deputy, and after his death Ali ibn Muhammad Simmari was chosen for this task.A few days before the death of Ali ibn Muhammad Simmari in 329/939 an order was issued by the Imam stating that in six days ALI IBNE Muhammad Simmari would die.Henceforth the special deputation of the Imam would come to an end and the major occultation ghaybat-i kubra would begin and would continue until the day God grants permission to the Imam to manifest himself.The occultation of the twelfth Imam is therefore divided into two parts the first the minor occultation ghaybat-i-sughra which began in 260/872 and ended in 329/939 lasting about seventy years the second the major occultation which commenced in 329/939 and will continue as long as God wills it.In a hadith upon whose authenticity everyone agrees the Holy Prophet (P.B.U.H) has said If there were to remain in the life of the world but one day Allah would prolong that day until He sends in it a man from my community and my household.His name will be the same as my name. He will fill the earth with equity and justice as it was filled with oppression and tyranny.On the Appearance of the MAHDI(A.S).In the discussion on prophecy and the Imamate it was indicated that as a result of the law of general guidance which governs all of creation, man is of necessity endowed with the power of receiving revelation through prophecy which directs him toward the perfection of the human norm and the well being of the human species. Obviously if this perfection and happiness were not possible for man whose life possesses a social aspect, the very fact that he is endowed with this power would be meaningless and futile. But there is no futility in creation. In other words ever since he has inhabited the earth man has had the wish to lead a social life filled with happiness in its true sense and has striven toward this end. If such a wish were not to have an objective existence it would never have been imprinted upon man's inner nature in the same way that if there were no food there would have been no hunger. Or if there were to be no water there would be no thirst and if there were to be no reproduction there would have been no sexual attraction between the sexes. Therefore by reason of inner necessity and determination the future will see a day when human society will be replete with justice and when all will live in peace and tranquility when human beings will be fully possessed of virtue and perfection. The establishment of such a condition will occur through human hands but with Divine succour.And the leader of such a society, who will be the saviour of man, is called in the language of the hadith, the Mahdi.In the different religions that govern the world such as Hinduism Buddhism Judaism Christianity Zoroastrianism and Islam there are references to a person who will come as the savior of mankind. These religions have usually given happy tidings of his coming although there are naturally certain differences in detail that can be discerned when these teachings are compared carefully. The hadith of the Holy Prophet (P.B.U.H) upon which all Muslims agree The Mahdi is of my progeny refers to this same truth. There are numerous hadiths cited in Sunni and Shite sources from the Holy Prophet (P.B.U.H) and the Imams concerning the appearance of the Mahdi such as that he is of the progeny of the Prophet (P.B.U.H) and that his appearance will enable human society to reach true perfection and the full realization of spiritual life. In addition there are numerous other traditions concerning the fact that the Mahdi is the son of the eleventh Imam Hassan al Askari(A.S).They agree that after being born and undergoing a long occultation the Mahdi will appear again filling with justice the world that has been corrupted by injustice and iniquityAs an example ALI IBNE Musa ALRAZA(A.S) the eighth Imam has said in the course of a hadith The Imam after me is my son Muhammad and after him his son Ali and after Ali his son, HASSAN(A.S) and after HASSAN(A.S) his son H.Hujjat ALQAIM who is awaited during his occultation and obeyed during his manifestation. If there remain from the life of the world but a single day Allah will extend that day until he becomes manifest and fill the world with justice in the same way that it had been filled with iniquity. But when? As for news of the hour verily my father told me, having heard it from his father who heard it from his father who heard it from his ancestors who heard it from Ali(A.S) that it was asked of the Holy Prophet (P.B.U.H),Oh Prophet (P.B.U.H) of God when will the support qaim who is from thy family appear? He said His case is like that of the Hour of the Resurrection. He alone will manifest it at its proper time. It is heavy in the heavens and the earth. It cometh not to you save unawares (Quran, VII, 187).102Saqr ibn Abi Dulaf said I heard from Abu JAFAR MUHAMMAD IBNE Ali al-Rida [the ninth Imam] who said The Imam after me is my son Ali his command is my command his word is my word to obey him is to obey me. The Imam after him is his son Hassan.His command is the command of his father; his word is the word of his father to obey him is to obey his father. After these words the Imam remained silent. I said to him Oh son of the Prophet (P.B.U.H) you will be the Imam after HASSANA Short History of the Lives ofThe Twelve ImamsThe Messenger Of ALLAH Said:-There Will Be Twelve IMAMS of The Muslims.(Bukhari v.9 #329)TOP
ALI IBNE ABU TALIB AL-MURTAZA(A.S)The First IMAM & Father of Imams(A.S)AMIR AL MOMINEEN ALI (A.S) Was The Son Of ABU TALIB(A.S) The ShaIkh Of The Banu Hashim.Abu Talib Was The Uncle And Guardian of the Holy Prophet (P.B.U.H) and the person who had brought the Prophet (P.B.U.H) to his house and raised him like his own son. After the Prophet (P.B.U.H) was chosen for his prophetic mission Abu Talib continued to support him and repelled from him the evil that came from the infidels among the Arabs and especially the Quraysh.According To Well Known Traditional Accounts ALI(A.S) Was Born Ten Years Before The Commencement Of The prophetic Mission Of The Prophet (P.B.U.H).When six years old as a result of famine in and around Macca he was requested by the Prophet (P.B.U.H) to leave his father's house and come to the house of his cousin the Prophet (P.B.U.H).There he was placed directly under the guardianship and custody of the Holy Prophet (P.B.U.H).A Few Years Later When The Prophet (P.B.U.H) Was Endowed With The Divine Gift Of Prophecy And For The First Time Received The Divine revelation in the cave of Hira as he left the cave to return to town and his own house he met Ali on the way. He told him what had happened and ALI(A.S) accepted the new faith. Again in a gathering when the Holy Prophet (P.B.U.H) had brought his relatives together and invited them to accept his religion, he said the first person to accept his call would be his vicegerent and inheritor and deputy. The only person to rise from his place and accept the faith was ALI(A.S) and the Prophet (P.B.U.H) accepted his declaration of faith. Therefore Ali was the first man in Islam to accept the faith and is the first among the followers of the Prophet (P.B.U.H) to have never worshipped other than the One God.ALI(A.S) Was Always In The Company Of The Prophet (P.B.U.H) Until The Prophet (P.B.U.H) Migrated From Macca To Medina. On The night of the migration to Madina hijrah when the infidels had surrounded the house of the Prophet (P.B.U.H) and were determined to invade the house at the end of the night and cut him to pieces while he was in bed ALI(A.S) slept in place of the Prophet (P.B.U.H) while the Prophet (P..U.H) left the house and set out for Medina. After the departure of the Prophet (P.B.U.H) according to his wish Ali gave back to the people the trusts and charges that they had left with the Prophet (P.B.U.H).Then he went to Medina with his mother, the daughter of the Prophet (P.B.U.H) and two other women.In Madina Also ALI(A.S) Was Constantly In The Company Of The Prophet (P.B.U.H) In Private And In Public. The Prophet (P.B.U.H) gave Fatimah his beloved daughter from Khadijah to Ali as his wife and when the Prophet (P.B.U.H) was creating bonds of brotherhood among his companions he selected Ali as his brother.ALI(A.S) Was Present In All The Wars In Which The Prophet (P.B.U.H) Participated Except The Battle Of Tabuk When He Was Ordered to stay in Madina in place of the Prophet (P.B.U.H).He did not retreat in any battle nor did he turn his face away from any enemy. He never disobeyed the Prophet (P.B.U.H) so that the Prophet (P.B.U.H) said ALI(A.S) is never separated from the Truth nor the Truth from Ali.On The Day Of The Death Of The Prophet (P.B.U.H) ALI(A.S) Was Thirty three Years Old. Although He Was Foremost In Religious Virtues and the most outstanding among the companions of the Prophet (P.B.U.H) he was pushed aside from the caliphate on the claim that he was too young and that he had many enemies among the people because of the blood of the polytheists he had spilled in the wars fought alongside the Prophet (P.B.U.H).Therefore ALI(A.S) was almost completely cut off from public affairs. He retreated to his house where he began to train competent individuals in the Divine sciences and in this way he passed the twenty-five years of the caliphate of the first three caliphs who succeeded the Prophet (P.B.U.H).When the third caliph was killed people gave their allegiance to him and he was chosen as caliph.During His Caliphate Of Nearly Four Years And Nine Months ALI(A.S) Followed The Way Of The Prophet (P.B.U.H) And Gave His Caliphate the form of a spiritual movement and renewal and began many different types of reforms. Naturally these reforms were against the interests of certain parties that sought their own benefit. As a result a group of the companions foremost among whom were Talhah and Zubayr who also gained the support of AYishah and especially MuaViya made a pretext of the death of the third caliph to raise their heads in opposition and began to revolt and rebel against Ali(A.S).In Order To Quell The Civil Strife And Sedition ALI(A.S) Fought A War Near Basra Known As The (Battle Of The Camel) Against Talhah and Zubayr in which Ummul MOmineen AYishah was also involved.He fought another war against MuaViya on the border of Iraq and Syria which lasted for a year and a half and is famous as the Battle of Siffin.He also fought against the Khawarij at Nahrawan in a battle known as the Battle of Nahrawan.Therefore most of the days of Ali's caliphate were spent in overcoming internal opposition. Finally in the morning of the 19th of Ramadan in the year 40 A.H.while praying in the mosque of Kufa he was wounded by one of the Khawarij and died as a martyr during the night of the 21st of Ramadan.According To The Testimony Of Friend And Foe Alike ALI(A.S) Had No Shortcomings From The Point Of View Of Human Perfection. And in the Islamic virtues he was a perfect example of the upbringing and training given by the Prophet (P.B.U.H).The discussions that have taken place concerning his personality and the books written on this subject by Shites Sunnis and members of other religions as well as the simply curious outside any distinct religious bodies are hardly equaled in the case of any other personality in history.In Science And Knowledge ALI(A.S) Was The Most Learned Of The Companions Of The Prophet (P.B.U.H) And Of Muslims In General. In his learned discourses he was the first in Islam to open the door for logical demonstration and proof and to discuss the divine sciences or metaphysics maarifi ilahlyah.He spoke concerning the esoteric aspect of the Quran and devised Arabic grammar in order to preserve the Quran's form of expression. He was the most eloquent Arab in speech as has been mentioned in the first part of this book.The Courage Of ALI(A.S) Was Proverbial.In All The Wars In Which He Participated During The Lifetime Of The Prophet (P.B.U.H) And also afterward he never displayed fear or anxiety. Although in many battles such as those of Uhud Hunayn Khaybar and Khandaq the aides to the Prophet (P.B.U.H) and the Muslim army trembled in fear or dispersed and fled he never turned his back to the enemy. Never did a warrior or soldier engage Ali in battle and come out of it alive. Yet with full chivalry he would never slay a weak enemy nor pursue those who fled. He would not engage in surprise attacks or in turning streams of water upon the enemy. It has been definitively established historically that in the Battle of Khaybar in the attack against the fort he reached the ring of the door and with sudden motion tore off the door and cast it away. Also on the day when Macca was conquered the Prophet (P.B.U.H) ordered the idols to be broken. The idol Hubal was the largest idol in Mecca a giant stone statue placed on the top of the Kaba.Following The Command Of The Prophet (P.B.U.H) ALI(A.S) Placed His Feet On The Prophet (P.B.U.H)'S Shoulders Climbed to the top of the Kaba pulled (Hubal) from its place and cast it down.ALI(A.S) Was Also Without Equal In Religious Asceticism And The Worship Of God. In Answer To Some Who Had Complained Of ALI's(A.S) anger toward them the Prophet (P.B.U.H) said Do not reproach Ali for he is in a state of Divine ecstasy and bewilderment.ndolences.The daughter of the Prophet (P.B.U.H) said My cousin ALI(A.S) has not died. Rather in fear of God he has fainted. This condition overcomes him often.There are many stories told of Ali's(A.S) kindness to the lowly compassion for the needy and the poor, and generosity and munificence toward those in misery and poverty.Ali(A.S) spent all that he earned to help the poor and the needy and himself lived in the strictest and simplest manner.Ali loved agriculture and spent much of his time digging wells planting trees and cultivating fields. But all the fields that he cultivated or wells that he built he gave in endowment waqf to the poor. His endowments known as the alms of Ali(A.S) had the noteworthy income of twenty four thousand gold dinars toward the end of his life.
HASSAN IBNE ALI(A.S) AL Mujtaba,The Second ImamImam HASSAN Mujtaba(A.S) upon whom be peace was the second Imam.He and his brother Imam HUSSAIN(A.S) were the two sons of Amir al-mOminin ALI(A.S) and Hadrat Fatima(S.A) the daughter of the Prophet (P.B.U.H).Many times the Prophet (P.B.U.H) had said HASSAN and HUSSAIN(A.S) are my children.Because of these same words ALI(A.S) would say to his other children You are my children and HASSAN(A.S) and HUSSAIN(A.S) are the children of the Prophet (P.B..H).Imam HASSAN(A.S) was born in the year 3 A.H.in Medina and shared in the life of the Prophet(P.B.U.H) for somewhat over seven years, growing up during that time under his loving care.After the death of the Prophet (P.B.U.H) which was no more than three or according to some six months earlier than the death of Hadrat Fatima(S.A), HASSAN(A.S) was placed directly under the care of his noble father. After the death of his father through Divine Command and according to the will of his father Imam HASSAN(P.B.U.H). Became Imam he also occupied the outward function of caliph for about six months, during which time he administered the affairs of the Muslims. During that time MuaViya who was a bitter enemy of Ali and his family and had fought for years with the ambition of capturing the caliphate first on the pretext of avenging the death of the third caliph and finally with an open claim to the caliphate marched his army into Iraq, the seat of Imam HASSAN's(A.S) caliphate. War ensued during which MuaViya gradually subverted the generals and commanders of Imam HASSAN's(A.S) army with large sums of money and deceiving promises until the army rebelled against Imam HASSAN(A.S).Finally the Imam was forced to make peace and to yield the caliphate to MuaViya provided it would again return to Imam HASSAN(A.S),after Mu'awiyah's death and the Imam's household and partisans would be protected in every way.In this way MuaViya captured the Islamic caliphate and entered Iraq. In a public speech he officially made null and void all the peace conditions and in every way possible placed the severest pressure upon the members of the Household of the Prophet (P.B.U.H) and the Shiah. During all the ten years of his Imamate Imam HASSAN(A.S) lived in conditions of extreme hardship and under persecution with no security even in his own house.In the year 50 A.H.he was poisoned and martyred by one of his own household who as has been accounted by historians had been motivated by MuaViya.In human perfection Imam HASSAN(A.S) was reminiscent of his father and a perfect example of his noble grandfather. In fact, as long as the Prophet (P.B.U.H) was alive he and his brother were always in the company of the Prophet (P.B.U.H) who even sometimes would carry them on his shoulders. Both Sunni and Shite sources have transmitted this saying of the Holy Prophet (P.B.U.H) concerning HASSAN(A.S) and HUSSAIN(A.S) These two children of mine are Imams whether they stand up or sit down allusion to whether they occupy the external function of caliphate or not. Also there are many traditions of the Holy Prophet (P.B.U.H) and Ali concerning the fact that Imam HASSAN(A.S) would gain the function of Imamate after his noble father.
HUSSAIN IBNE ALI (A.S)The Third Imam,Imam HUSSAIN(A.S) (SYED AL SHUHADA) the lord among martyrs the second child of Ali and FATIMA(S.A) was born in the year 4 A.H.And after the martyrdom of his brother Imam HASSAN Mujtaba(A.S) became Imam through Divine Command and his brother's will.Imam HUSSAIN(A.S) was Imam for a period of ten years all but the last six months coinciding with the caliphate of MuaViya.Imam Husayn lived under the most difficult outward conditions of suppression and persecution. This was due to the fact that first of all religious laws and regulations had lost much of their weight and credit and the edicts of the Umayyad government had gained complete authority and power. Secondly MuaViya and his aides made use of every possible means to put aside and move out of the way the Household of the Prophet (P.B.U.H) and the Shiah and thus obliterate the name of Ali(A.S) and his family. And above all MuaViya wanted to strengthen the basis of the caliphate of his son Yazid who because of his lack of principles and scruples was opposed by a large group of Muslims. Therefore in order to quell all opposition MuaViya had undertaken newer and more severe measures. By force and necessity Imam HUSSAIN(A.S) had to endure these days and to tolerate every kind of mental and spiritual agony and affliction from MuaViya and his aides until in the middle of the year 60 A.H.MuaViya died and his son Yazid took his place.Paying allegiance (bayah) was an old Arab practice which was carried out in important matters such as that of kingship and governorship. Those who were ruled and especially the well known among them would give their hand in alleging agreement and obedience to their king or prince and in this way would show their support for his actions. Disagreement after allegiance was considered as disgrace and dishonor for a people and it was like breaking an agreement after having signed it officially, it was considered as a definite crime. Following the example of the Holy Prophet (P.B.U.H), people believed that allegiance, when given by free will and not through force carried authority and weight.MuaViya had asked the well known among the people to give their allegiance to Yazid, but had not imposed this request upon Imam HUSSAIN(A.S).He had especially told Yazid in his last will that if HUSSAIN(A.S) refused to pay allegiance he should pass over it in silence and overlook the matter for he had understood correctly the disastrous consequences which would follow if the issue were to be pressed.But because of his egoism and recklessness Yazid neglected his father's advice and immediately after the death of his father ordered the governor of Medina either to force a pledge of allegiance from Imam Husayn or send his head to Damascus.After the governor of Medina informed Imam HUSSAIN(A.S) of this demand, the Imam, in order to think over the question, asked for a delay and overnight started with his family toward Macca.He sought refuge in the sanctuary of God which in Islam is the official place of refuge and security. This event occurred toward the end of the month of Rajab and the beginning of Shaban of 60 A.H.For nearly four months Imam HUSSAIN(A.S) stayed in Macca in refuge. This news spread throughout the Islamic world. On the one hand many people who were tired of the iniquities of MuaViya's rule and were even more dissatisfied when Yazid became caliph, corresponded with Imam HUSSAIN(P.B.U.H). and expressed their sympathy for him. On the other hand a flood of letters began to flow especially from Iraq and particularly the city of Kufa inviting the Imam to go to Iraq and accept the leadership of the populace there with the aim of beginning an uprising to overcome injustice and iniquity. Naturally such a situation was dangerous for Yazid.The stay of Imam HUSSAIN(A.S) in Macca continued until the season for pilgrimage when Muslims from all over the world poured in groups into Mecca in order to perform the rites of the hajj.The Imam discovered that some of the followers of Yazid had entered Mecca as pilgrims hajjis with the mission to kill the Imam during the rites of hajj with the arms they carried under their special pilgrimage dress ihram.The Imam shortened the pilgrimage rites and decided to leave. Amidst the vast crowd of people he stood up and in a short speech announced that he was setting out for Iraq. In this short speech he also declared that he would be martyred and asked Muslims to help him in attaining the goal he had in view and to offer their lives in the path of God. The next day he set out with his family and a group of his companions for Iraq.Imam HUSSAIN(A.S) was determined not to give his allegiance to Yazid and knew full well that he would be killed. He was aware that his death was inevitable in the face of the awesome military power of the Umayyads supported as it was by corruption in certain sectors spiritual decline and lack of will power among the people especially in Iraq. Some of the outstanding people of Mecca stood in the way of Imam HUSSAIN(A.S) and warned him of the danger of the move he was making. But he answered that he refused to pay allegiance and give his approval to a government of injustice and tyranny. He added that he knew that wherever he turned or went he would be killed. He would leave Mecca in order to preserve the respect for the house of God and not allow this respect to be destroyed by having his blood spilled there. While on the way to Kufa and still a few days journey away from the city he received news that the followers of Yazid in Kufa had put to death the representative of the Imam in that city and also one of the Imam's determined supporters who was a well known man in Kufa.Their feet had been tied and they had been dragged through the streets. The city and its surroundings were placed under strict observation and countless soldiers of the enemy were awaiting him, There was no way open to him but to march ahead and to face death.It was here that the Imam expressed his definitive determination to go ahead and be martyred and so he continued on his journey.Approximately seventy kilometers from Kufa in a desert named Kerbala the Imam and his entourage were surrounded by the army of Yazid.For eight days they stayed in this spot during which the circle narrowed and the number of the enemy's army increased. Finally the Imam with his household and a small numbers of companions were encircled by an army of thirty thousand soldiers. During these days the Imam fortified his position and made a final selection of his companions. At night he called his companions and during a short speech stated that there was nothing ahead but death and martyrdom. He added that since the enemy was concerned only with his person he would free them from all obligations so that anyone who wished could escape in the darkness of the night and save his life.Then he ordered the lights to be turned out and most of his companions who had joined him for their own advantage dispersed. Only a handful of those who loved the truth about forty of his close aides and some of the Banu Hashim remained.Once again the Imam assembled those who were left and put them to a test. He addressed his companions and Hashimite relatives saying again that the enemy was concerned only with his person. Each could benefit from the darkness of the night and escape the danger. But this time the faithful companions of the Imam answered each in his own way that they would not deviate for a moment from the path of truth of which the Imam was the leader and would never leave him alone. They said they would defend his household to the last drop of their blood and as long as they could carry a sword.On the ninth day of the month the last challenge to choose between (allegiance or war) was made by the enemy to the Imam. The Imam asked for a delay in order to worship overnight and became determined to enter battle on the next day.On the tenth day of MUHARRAM of the year 61/680 the Imam lined up before the enemy with his small band of followers less than ninety persons consisting of forty of his companions thirty some members of the army of the enemy that j joined him during the night and day of war, and his Hashimite family of children brothers nephews, nieces and cousins. That day they fought from morning until their final breath the Imam the young Hashimites and the companions were all martyred. Among those killed were two children of Imam HASSAN(A.S) who were only thirteen and eleven years old and a five year old child and a suckling baby of Imam HUSSAIN(A.S).The army of the enemy after ending the war plundered the haram of the Imam and burned his tents. They decapitated the bodies of the martyrs denuded them and threw them to the ground without burial. Then they moved the members of the haram all of whom were helpless women and girls, along with the heads of the martyrs, to Kufa.Among the prisoners there were three male members a twenty two year old son of Imam HUSSAIN(A.S) who was very ill and unable to move, namely Ali ibn HUSSAIN(A.S) the fourth Imam; his four year old son Muhammad ibn Ali(A.S) who became the fifth Imam and finally HASSAN the son of the second Imam who was also the son in Mlaw of Imam HUSSAIN(A.S) and who having been wounded during the war lay among the dead. They found him near death and through the intercession of one of the generals did not cut off his head. Rather they took him with the prisoners to Kufa and from there to Damascus before Yazid.The event of Karbala the capture of the women and children of the Household of the Prophet (P.B.U.H), their being taken as prisoners from town to town and the speeches made by the daughter of ALI(A.S) ZAINAB(S.A) and the fourth Imam who were among the prisoners disgraced the Umayyads.Such abuse of the Household of the Prophet (P.B.U.H) annulled the propaganda which Mu'awiyah had carried out for years. The matter reached such proportions that Yazid in public disowned and condemned the actions of his agents.The event of Kerbala was a major factor in the overthrow of Umayyad rule although its effect was delayed. It also strengthened the roots of The Followers of Ahlu Bayt.Among its immediate results were the revolts and rebellions combined with bloody wars which continued for twelve years. Among those who were instrumental in the death of the Imam not one was able to escape revenge and punishment.Anyone who studies closely the history of the life of Imam Husayn and Yazid and the conditions that prevailed at that time, and analyses this chapter of Islamic history will have no doubt that in those circumstances there was no choice before Imam Husayn but to be killed. Swearing allegiance to Yazid would have meant publicly showing contempt for Islam something which was not possible for the Imam for Yazid not only showed no respect for Islam and its injunctions but also made a public demonstration of impudently treading under foot its basis and its laws.Those before him even if they opposed religious injunctions always did so in the guise of religion and at least formally respected religion. They took pride in being companions of the Holy Prophet (P.B.U.H) and the other religious figures in whom people believed. From this it can be concluded that the claim of some interpreters of these events is false when they say that the two brothers HASSAN(A.S) and HUSSAIN(A.S) had two different tastes and that one chose the way of peace and the other the way of war, so that one brother made peace with MuaViya although he had an army of forty thousand while the other went to war against Yazid with an army of forty. For we see that this same Imam HUSSAIN(A.S) who refused to pay allegiance to Yazid for one day lived for ten years under the rule of MuaViya in the same manner as his brother who also had endured for ten years under MuaViya without opposing him.It must be said in truth that if Imam HASSAN(A.S) or Imam HUSSAIN(A.S) had fought Mu'awiyah they would have been killed without there being the least benefit for Islam. Their deaths would have had no effect before the righteous appearing policy of MuaViya a competent politician who emphasized his being a companion of the Holy Prophet (P.B.U.H) the scribe of the revelation and SSSuncle of the faithful" and who used every stratagem possible to preserve a religious guise for his rule. Moreover with his ability to set the stage to accomplish his desires he could have had them killed by their own people and then assumed a state of mourning and sought to revenge their blood just as he sought to give the impression that he was avenging the killing of the third caliph. ALI IBNE HUSSAIN AL ZAINUL ALABEDIN(A.S),The Fourth ImamImam Sajjad(A.S) ALI IBNE HUSSAIN(A.S) entitled ZAINUL ABEDIN and Sajjad was the son of the third Imam and his wife the queen among women the daughter of Yazdigird the king of Persia. He was the only son of Imam HUSSAIN(A.S) to survive for his other three brothers Ali Akbar aged twenty five five year old JAFAR and Ali Asghar or Abdallah who was a suckling baby were martyred during the event of Kerbala.The Imam had also accompanied his father on the journey that terminated fatally in Kerbala but because of severe illness and the inability to carry arms or participate in fighting he was prevented from taking part in the holy war and being martyred. So he was sent with the womenfolk to Damascus. After spending a period in imprisonment he was sent with honour to Madina because Yazid wanted to conciliate public opinion. But for a second time, by the order of the Umayyad caliph,Abd alMalik he was chained and sent from Medina to Damascus and then again returned to Madina.The fourth Imam upon returning to Medina retired from public life completely closed the door of his house to strangers and spent his time in worship.He was in contact only with the elite among the Shites such as Abu Hamzah Thumali Abu Khalid Kabuli and the like.The elite disseminated among the Shiah the religious sciences they learned from the Imam.In this way The Followers of Ahlu Bayt spread considerably and showed its effects during the Imamate of the fifth Imam. Among the works of the fourth Imam is a book called Sahifa ALSajjadiyah.It consists of fifty seven prayers concerning the most sublime Divine sciences and is known as The Psalm of the Household of the Prophet (P.B.U.H).The fourth Imam died according to some Shite traditions poisoned by Walid ibn Abd alMalik through the instigation of the Umayyad caliph Hisham) in 95/712 after thirty-five years of Imamate.
MUHAMMAD IBNE ALI ALBAQIR(A.S),The Fifth ImamImam MUHAMMAD IBNE ALI BAQIR the word Baqir meaning he who cuts and dissects a title given to him by the Prophet (P.B.U.H) was the son of the fourth Imam and was born in 67/675.He was present at the event of Karbala when he was four years old. After his father through Divine Command and the decree of those who went before him, he became Imam.In the year 114/732 he died according to some Shi'ite traditions poisoned by Ibrahim ibn Walid ibn 'Abdallah the nephew of Hisham, the Umayyad caliph. During the Imamate of the fifth Imam as a result of the injustice of the Umayyads revolts and wars broke out in some corner of the Islamic world every day. Moreover there were disputes within the Umayyad family itself which kept the caliphate busy and to a certain extent left the members of the Household of the Prophet (P.B.U.H) alone. From the other side the tragedy of Kerbala and the oppression suffered by the Household of the Prophet (P.B.U.H) of which the fourth Imam was the most noteworthy embodiment had attracted many Muslims to the Imams. These factors combined to make it possible for people and especially the Shi'ites to go in great numbers to Medina and to come into the presence of the fifth Imam.Possibilities for disseminating truths about Islam and the sciences of the Household of the Prophet (P.B.U.H) which had never existed for the Imams before him were presented to the fifth Imam. The proof of this fact is the innumerable traditions recounted from the fifth Imam and the large number of illustrious men of science and Shite scholars who were trained by him in different Islamic sciences. These names are listed in books of biographies of famous man in time.
JAFAR IBNE MUHAMMAD ALSADIQ(A.S),The Sixth ImamImam JAFAR IBNE MUHAMMAD ALSADIQ(A.S) the son of the fifth Imam was born in 83/702.He died in 148/785 according to Shite tradition, poisoned and martyred through the intrigue of the Abbasid caliph Mansur.After the death of his father he became Imam by Divine Command and decree of those who came before him.During the Imamate of the sixth Imam greater possibilities and a more favorable climate existed for him to propagate religious teachings. This came about as a result of revolts in Islamic lands especially the uprising of the Muswaddah to overthrow the Umayyad caliphate, and the bloody wars which finally led to the fall and extinction of the Umayyads.The greater opportunities for Shite teachings were also a result of the favorable ground the fifth Imam had prepared during the twenty years of his Imamate through the propagation of the true teachings of Islam and the sciences of the Household of the Prophet (P.B.U.H).The Imam took advantage of the occasion to propagate the religious sciences until the very end of his Imamate which was contemporary with the end of the Umayad and beginning of the Abbasid caliphates. He instructed many scholars in different fields of the intellectual and transmitted sciences such as ZararaH Muhammad ibn Muslim Mumin Taqi Hisham ibn Hakam Aban ibn Taghlib, Hisham ibn Salim Hurayz Hisham Kalbi Nassabah and Jabir ibn Hayyan the alchemist. Even some important Sunni scholars such as Sufyan Thawri, Abu Hanifah, the founder of the Hanafi school of law Qadi.l Sukuni,Qadi Abu'Bakhtari,and others,had the honour of being his students. It is said that his classes and sessions of instruction produced four thousand scholars of hadith and other sciences. The number of traditions preserved from the fifth and sixth Imams is more than all the hadith that have been recorded from the Prophet (P.B.U.H) and the other ten Imams combined.Towards the end of his life the Imam was subjected to severe restrictions by the Abbasid caliph Mansur who ordered such torture and merciless killing of many of the descendants of the Prophet (P.B.U.H) who were Shite that his actions even surpassed the cruelty and heedlessness of the Umayyads.On his order they were arrested in groups some thrown into deep and dark prisons and tortured until they died, while others were beheaded or buried alive or placed at the base of or between walls of buildings, and walls were constructed over them.Hisham the Umiad caliph had ordered the sixth Imam to be arrested and brought to Damascus. Later the Imam was arrested by Saffah., the Abbasid caliph, and brought to Iraq.Finally, Mansur had him arrested again and brought to Samarrah where he had the Imam kept under supervision, was in every way harsh and discourteous to him, and several times thought of killing him. Eventually the Imam was allowed-to return to Medina where he spent the rest of his life in hid-ing, until he was poisoned and martyred through the intrigue of Mansur.Upon hearing the news of the imam's martyrdom Mansur wrote to the governor of Medina instructing him to go to the house of the Imam on the pretext of expressing his condolences to the family to ask for the Imam's will and testament and read it. Whoever was chosen by the Imam as his inheritor and successor should be beheaded on the spot. Of course the aim of Mansur was to put an end to the whole question of the Imamate and to Shite aspirations. When the governor of Medina following orders, read the last will and testament.He learnt that the Imam had chosen four people rather than one to administer his last will and testament: the caliph himself the governor of Medina Abdallah Aftah. the Imam's older son and Musa his younger son. In this way the plot of Mansur failed. MUSA IBNE JAFAR KAZAM(A.S),The Seventh ImamImam MUSA IBNE JAFAR KAZIM the son of the sixth Imam was born in 128/744 and was poisoned and martyred in prison in 183/799.He became Imam after the death of his father through Divine Command and the decree of his forefathers.The seventh Imam was a contemporary of the Abbasid caliphs Mansur Hadi Mahdi and Harun.He lived in very difficult times and in hiding, until finally Harun went on the Hajj.In Madina he had the Imam arrested while praying in the Mosque of the Prophet (P.B.U.H).He was chained and imprisoned then taken from Medina to Basra and from Basra to Baghdad where for years he was transferred from one prison to another. Finally he died in Baghdad in the Sindi ibn Shahak prison through poisoning and was buried in the cemetery of the Quraysh which is now located in the city of Kazimayn.
ALI IBNE MUSA AL RAZA(A.S)The Eight ImamImam Rida ALI IBNE MUSA(A.S) was the son of the seventh Imam and according to well known accounts was born in 148/765 and died in 203/817.The eighth Imam reached the Imamate after the death of his father through Divine Command and the decree of his forefathers.The period of his Imamate coincided with the caliphate of Harun and then his sons Amin and Mamun.After the death of his father Mamun fell into conflict with his brother Amin which led to bloody wars and finally the assassination of Amin after which Mamun became caliph. Until that day the policy of the Abbasid caliphate toward the Shi'ites had been increasingly harsh and cruel.Every once in a while one of the supporters of ALI(A.S) would revolt causing bloody wars and rebellions which were of great difficulty and consequence for the caliphate. The Shite Imams would not co operate with those who carried out these rebellions and would not interfere with their affairs. The Shites of that day who comprised a considerable population continued to consider the Imams as their religious leaders to whom obedience was obligatory and believed in them as the real caliphs of the Holy Prophet (P.B.U.H). They considered the caliphate to be far from the sacred authority of their Imams, for the caliphate had come to seem more like the courts of the Persian kings and Roman emperors and was being run by a group of people more interested in worldly rule than in the strict application of religious principles..The continuation of such a situation was dangerous for the structure of the caliphate and was a serious threat to it.Mamun thought of finding a new solution for these difficulties which the seventy-year old policy of his Abbasid predecessors had not been able to solve. To accomplish this end he chose the eighth Imam as his successor hoping in this way to overcome two difficulties first of all to prevent the descendants of the Prophet (P.B.U.H) from rebelling against the government since they would be involved in the government themselves and secondly to cause the people to lose their spiritual belief and inner attachment to the Imams. This would be accomplished by having the Imams become engrossed in worldly matters and the politics of the caliphate itself which had always been considered by the Shites to be evil and impure. In this way their religious organization would crumble and they would no longer present any dangers to the caliphate. Obviously after accomplishing these ends the removal of the Imam would present no difficulties to the Abbasids.In order to have this decision put into effect Mamun asked the Imam to come to Marw from Medina. Once he had arrived there Ma'mun offered him first the caliphate and then the succession to the caliphate. The Imam made his apologies and turned down the proposal but he was finally induced to accept the successor ship with the condition that he would not interfere in governmental affairs or in the appointment or dismissal of government agents. This event occurred in 200/814.Soon Mamun realized that he had committed an error for there was a rapid spread of The Followers of Ahlu Bayt.Increasing growth in the peoples attachment to the Imam even from the army and government agents.Mamun sought to find a remedy for this difficulty and eventually had the Imam poisoned and martyred. The Imam was buried in the city of Tus in Iran which is now called Mashhad.Mamun displayed great interest in having works on the intellectual sciences translated into Arabic. He organized gatherings in which scholars of different religions and sects assembled and carried out scientific and scholarly debates. The eighth Imam also participated in these assemblies and joined in the discussions with scholars of other religions. Many of these debates are recorded in the collections of Shite hadiths.
MUHAMMAD IBNE ALI Taqi(A.S)The Ninth ImamImam Muhammad IBNE ALI TAQI(A.S) sometimes called Jawad and Ibn AL RAZA was the son of the eighth Imam. He was born in 196/809 in Medina and according to Shite traditions was martyred in 220/835 poisoned by his wife the daughter of Mamun at the instigation of the Abbasid caliph Mutasim.He was buried next to his grandfather the seventh Imam, in Kazimayn.He became Imam after the death of his father through Divine Command and by the decree of his forefathers.At the time of the death of his father he was in Medina.Mamun called him to Baghdad which was then the capital of the caliphate and outwardly showed him much kindness. He even gave the Imam his daughter in marriage and kept him in Baghdad. In reality he wanted to keep a close watch upon the Imam from both outside and within his own household. The Imam spent some time in Baghdad and then with the consent of Mamum set out for Medina where he remained until Mamun's death.When Mutasim became the caliph he called the Imam back to Baghdad and as we have seen through the Imam's wife had him poisoned and killed.
ALI IBNE MUHAMMAD NAQI(A.S)The Tenth ImamImam ALI IBNE MUHAMMAD NAQI sometimes referred to by the title of Hadi was the son of the ninth Imam. He was born in 212/ 827 in Medina and according to Shite accounts was martyred through poisoning by Mutazz the Abbasid caliph in 254/868.The tenth Imam was a contemporary of seven of the Abbasid caliphs Mamun Mutasim Wathiq Mutawakkil Muntasir Mustam and Mutazz. It was during the rule of Mutasim in 220/835 that his noble father died through poisoning in Baghdad.At that time Ali ibn Muhammad NAQI(A.S) was in Medina. There he became the Imam through Divine Command and the decree of the Imams before him. He stayed in Medina teaching religious sciences until the time of Mutawakkil. In 243/857 as a result of certain false charges Mutawakkil ordered one of his government officials to invite the Imam from Medina to Samarrah which was then the capital.He himself wrote the Imam a letter full of kindness and courtesy asking him to come to the capital where they could meet.Upon arrival in Samarrah the Imam was also shown certain outward courtesy and respect. Yet at the same time Mutawakkil tried by all possible means to trouble and dishonour him. Many times he called the Imam to his presence with the aim of killing or disgracing him and had his house searched.In his enmity toward the Household of the Prophet (P.B.U.H) Mutawakkil had no equal among the Abbasid caliphs. He was especially opposed to Ali, whom he cursed openly.He even ordered a clown to ridicule ALI(A.S) at voluptuous banquets. In the year 237/850 he ordered the mausoleum of Imam HUSSSAIN(A.S) in Karbala and many of the houses around it to be torn down to the ground. Then water was turned upon the tomb of the Imam. He ordered the ground of the tomb to be ploughed and cultivated so that any trace of the tomb would be forgotten.During the life of Mutawakkil the condition of life of the descendants of ALI(A.S) in the Hijaz had reached such a pitiful state that their womenfolk had no veils with which to cover themselves. Many of them had only one old veil which they wore at the time of the daily prayers. Pressures of a similar kind were put on the descendants of Ali who lived in Egypt. The tenth Imam accepted in patience the tortures and afflictions of the Abbasid caliph Mutawakkil until the caliph died and was followed by Muntasir Mustain and finally Mutazz whose intrigue led to the Imam being poisoned and martyred.
HASSAN IBNE ALI ASKARI(A.S)The Eleventh ImamImam HASSAN IBNE ALI ASKARI(A.S) the son of the tenth Imam was born in 232/845 and according to some Shite sources was poioned and killed in 260/872 through the instigation of the Abbasid caliph Mutamid.The eleventh Imam gained the Imamate after the death of his noble father, through Divine Command and through the decree of the previous Imams.During the seven years of his Imamat due to untold restrictions placed upon him by the caliphate he lived in hiding and dissimulation taqiyah. He did not have any social contact with even the common people among the Shite population. Only the elite of the Shiah were able to see him. Even so he spent most of his time in prison.There was extreme repression at that time because the Shi'ite population had reached a considerable level in both numbers and power. Everyone knew that the Shiah believed in the Imamate and the identity of the Shite Imams was also known. Therefore the caliphate kept the Imams under its close supervision more than ever before. It tried through every possible means and through secret plans to remove and destroy them. Also the caliphate had come to know that the elite among the Shia believed that the eleventh Imam according to traditions cited by him as well as his forefathers would have a son who was the promised Mahdi.The coming of the Mahdi had been foretold in authenticated hadiths of the Prophet (P.B.U.H) in both Sunni and Shite sources. For this reason the eleventh Imam more than other Imams was kept under close watch by the caliphate. The caliph of the time had decided definitely to put an end to the Imamate in The Followers of Ahlu Bayt through every possible means and to close the door to the Imamate once and for all.Therefore as soon as the news of the illness of the eleventh Imam reached Mutamid.he sent a Physician and a few of his trusted agents and judges to the house of the Imam to be with him and observe his condition and the situation within his house at all times. After the death of the Imam they had the house investigated and all his female slaves examined by the midwife.For two years the secret agents of the caliph searched for the successor of the Imam until they lost all hope.The eleventh Imam was buried in his house in Samarrah next to his noble father. Here it should be remembered that during their lifetimes the Imams trained many hundreds of scholars of religion and hadith and it is these scholars who have transmitted to us information about the Imams.In order not to prolong the matter the list of their names and works and their biographies have not been included here.
MUHAMMAD IBNE HASSAN ALMAHDI(A.S),The Twelfth ImamThe promised MAHDI(A.S) who is usually mentioned by his title of ImamI Asr the Imam of the Period and Sahib alZaman the Lord of the Age is the son of the eleventh Imam. His name is the same as that of the Holy Prophet (P.B.U.H). He was born in Samarrah in 256/868 and until 260/872 when his father was martyred lived under his father's care and tutelage. He was hidden from public view and only a few of the elite among the Shia were able to meet him. After the martyrdom of his father he became Imam and by Divine Command went into occultation ghaybat.Thereafter he appeared only to his deputies naib and even then only in exceptional circumstances.The Imam chose as a special deputy for a time Uthman ibn Said Umari one of the companions of his father and grandfather who was his confidant and trusted friend.Through his deputy the Imam would answer the demands and questions of the Shia.After Uthman ibn Saad his son Muhammad ibn Othman Umari was appointed the deputy of the Imam. After the death of Muhammad ibn Uthman Abu'l Qasim HUSSAIN(P.B.U.H). ibn Ruh Nawbakhti was the special deputy, and after his death Ali ibn Muhammad Simmari was chosen for this task.A few days before the death of Ali ibn Muhammad Simmari in 329/939 an order was issued by the Imam stating that in six days ALI IBNE Muhammad Simmari would die. Henceforth the special deputation of the Imam would come to an end and the major occultation ghaybat-i kubra would begin and would continue until the day God grants permission to the Imam to manifest himself. The occultation of the twelfth Imam is therefore divided into two parts the first the minor occultation ghaybat-i-sughra which began in 260/872 and ended in 329/939 lasting about seventy years the second the major occultation which commenced in 329/939 and will continue as long as God wills it. In a hadith upon whose authenticity everyone agrees the Holy Prophet (P.B.U.H) has said If there were to remain in the life of the world but one day Allah would prolong that day until He sends in it a man from my community and my household. His name will be the same as my name. He will fill the earth with equity and justice as it was filled with oppression and tyranny.On the Appearance of the MAHDI(A.S).In the discussion on prophecy and the Imamate it was indicated that as a result of the law of general guidance which governs all of creation, man is of necessity endowed with the power of receiving revelation through prophecy which directs him toward the perfection of the human norm and the well being of the human species. Obviously if this perfection and happiness were not possible for man whose life possesses a social aspect, the very fact that he is endowed with this power would be meaningless and futile. But there is no futility in creation. In other words ever since he has inhabited the earth man has had the wish to lead a social life filled with happiness in its true sense and has striven toward this end. If such a wish were not to have an objective existence it would never have been imprinted upon man's inner nature in the same way that if there were no food there would have been no hunger. Or if there were to be no water there would be no thirst and if there were to be no reproduction there would have been no sexual attraction between the sexes. Therefore by reason of inner necessity and determination the future will see a day when human society will be replete with justice and when all will live in peace and tranquility when human beings will be fully possessed of virtue and perfection. The establishment of such a condition will occur through human hands but with Divine succour.And the leader of such a society, who will be the saviour of man, is called in the language of the hadith, the Mahdi.In the different religions that govern the world such as Hinduism Buddhism Judaism Christianity Zoroastrianism and Islam there are references to a person who will come as the saviour of mankind. These religions have usually given happy tidings of his coming although there are naturally certain differences in detail that can be discerned when these teachings are compared carefully. The hadith of the Holy Prophet (P.B.U.H) upon which all Muslims agree The Mahdi is of my progeny refers to this same truth. There are numerous hadiths cited in Sunni and Shite sources from the Holy Prophet (P.B.U.H) and the Imams concerning the appearance of the Mahdi such as that he is of the progeny of the Prophet (P.B.U.H) and that his appearance will enable human society to reach true perfection and the full realisation of spiritual life.In addition there are numerous other traditions concerning the fact that the Mahdi is the son of the eleventh Imam Hassan al Askari(A.S).They agree that after being born and undergoing a long occultation the Mahdi will appear again filling with justice the world that has been corrupted by injustice and iniquityAs an example ALI IBNE Musa ALRAZA(A.S) the eighth Imam has said in the course of a hadith The Imam after me is my son Muhammad and after him his son Ali and after Ali his son, HASSAN(A.S) and after HASSAN(A.S) his son H.Hujjat ALQAIM who is awaited during his occultation and obeyed during his manifestation.If there remain from the life of the world but a single day Allah will extend that day until he becomes manifest and fill the world with justice in the same way that it had been filled with iniquity. But when? As for news of the hour verily my father told me, having heard it from his father who heard it from his father who heard it from his ancestors who heard it from Ali(A.S) that it was asked of the Holy Prophet (P.B.U.H),Oh Prophet (P.B.U.H) of God when will the support qaim who is from thy family appear? He said His case is like that of the Hour of the Resurrection. He alone will manifest it at its proper time.It is heavy in the heavens and the earth.It cometh not to you save unawares (Quran, VII, 187).102Saqr ibn Abi Dulaf said I heard from Abu JAFAR MUHAMMAD IBNE Ali al-Rida [the ninth Imam] who said The Imam after me is my son Ali his command is my command his word is my word to obey him is to obey me. The Imam after him is his son Hassan.His command is the command of his father; his word is the word of his father to obey him is to obey his father. After these words the Imam remained silent. I said to him Oh son of the Prophet (P.B.U.H) you will be the Imam after Hasan?The Imam cried hard then said, Verily after HASSAN his son is the awaited Imam who is al-qaim bil-haqq He who is supported by the Truth.Musa ibn JAFAR(A.S) Baghdadi said I heard from the Imam Abu Muhammad AL HASSAN IBNE ALI(A.S) the eleventh Imam who said I see that after me differences will appear among you concerning the Imam after me. Whoso accepts the Imams after the Prophet (P.B.U.H) of God but denies my son is like the person who accepts all the prophets but denies the prophet hood of Muhammad, the Prophet (P.B.U.H) of God upon whom be peace and blessing. And whoso denies [Muhammad] the Prophet (P.B.U.H) of God is like one who has denied all the prophets of God, for to obey the last of us is like obeying the first and to deny the last of us is like denying the first. But beware Verily for my son there is an occultation during which all people will fall into doubt except those whom Allah protects.The opponents of The Followers of AHLULBAIT protest that according to the beliefs of this school the Hidden Imam should by now be nearly twelve centuries old whereas this is impossible for any human being. In answer it must be said that the protest is based only on the unlikelihood of such an occurrence not its impossibility. Of course such a long lifetime or a life of a longer period is unlikely. But those who study the hadiths of the Holy Prophet (P.B.U.H) and the Imams will see that they refer to this life as one possessing miraculous qualities.Miracles are certainly not impossible nor can they be negated through scientific arguments. It can never be proved that the causes and agents that are functioning in the world are solely those that we see and know and that other causes which we do not know or whose effects and actions we have not seen nor understood do not exist. It is in this way possible that in one or several members of mankind there can be operating certain causes and agents which bestow upon them a very long life of a thousand or several thousand years. Medicine has not even lost hope of discovering a way to achieve very long life spans. In any case such protests from "peoples of the Book such as Jews Christians and Muslims are most strange for they accept the miracles of the prophets of God according to their own sacred scriptures..The opponents of The Followers of AHLULBAIT also protest that they considers the Imam necessary in order to expound the injunctions and verities of religion and to guide the people the occultation of the Imam is the negation of this very purpose for an Imam in occultation who cannot be reached by mankind cannot be in any way beneficial or effective. The opponents say that if God wills to bring forth an Imam to reform mankind He is able to create him at the necessary moment and does not need to create him thousands of years earlier. In answer it must be said that such people have not really understood the meaning of the Imam, for in the discussion on the Imamate it became clear that the duty of the Imam is not only the formal explanation of the religious sciences and exoteric guidance of the people. In the same way that he has the duty of guiding men outwardly the Imam also bears the function of walayat and the esoteric guidance of men. It is he who directs man's spiritual life and orients the inner aspect of human action toward God Clearly his physical presence or absence has no effect in this matter. The Imam watches over men inwardly and is in communion with the soul and spirit of men even if he be hidden from their physical eyes. His existence is always necessary even if the time has not as yet arrived for his outward appearance and the universal reconstruction that he is to bring about.
GHAIBAT-E-SUGHRA,GHAIBAT-E-SUGHRA means the minor concealment. Its period was about 70 years. It began in 260 A.H. when Imam ALMAHDI (A.S) first went into concealment and ended in 328 A.H.During GHAIBAT-E-SUGHRA the Imam appointed some agents to represent him and the people. The Imam had four agents. After the death of the fourth agent the Imam went into major concealment Ghaibut-ul-Kubra.This was on the 10th Shawal 329 A.H.The Signs Heralding the Reappearance of Imam ALMAHDI (A.S),Prophet Muhammad (P.B.U.H) has said Even if the entire duration of the world’s existence has already been exhausted and only one day is left before Doomsday Allah will expand that day to such length of time as to accommodate the kingdom of a person from my AHLULBAIT who will be called by name. He will fill out the earth with and justice as it will have been full of injustice and tyranny by thenFrom this Hadith it is clear to every Muslim that the twelfth Imam will reappear when this world is full of sins and injustice.There are many signs mentioned by the MASUMEEN (A.S) on the reappearance of the 12th Imam. It is reported in Biharul Anwar that after the last pilgrimage the Prophet made the Holy Prophet (P.B.U.H) stood near the Kaba and called his people to listen to him. The Prophet said listen to me carefully so that you transmit these words of mine to those who are absent today. The Prophet began My people a time will come when kings and rulers will be tyrannical. The Prophet also said that the payment of Zakat will be stopped.According to the MASUMEEN (A.S) Muslim countries will seek aid from non Muslim countries. This is already evident in a number of Muslim countries. Another prediction that is come true is that 60 impostors will claim to be Prophets.By their attractiveness their persuasion and their personality they will misguide the people. 58 false Prophets have already emerged since the days of the Prophet (P.B.U.H).We have only two more to witness.It is reported in QAYAMAT-E-SUGHRA citing Oqdatud Durr that Hazrat Amir (A.S) has said that the Mahdi will not appear until one third of the world population will die by being killed and one third will die as a result of epidemics.The Last Signs Heralding the Appearance of Imam ALMAHDI (A.S).There is a Hadith from Imam Muhammad BAQIR (A.S) that for three or seven consecutive days one will see reddish yellow fire raging in the East.Sufiani will emerge in Palestine where he will start a revolt in the month of Rajab. He will be an uncompassionate rebel and his rule will last for eight consecutive months. He will conquer and rule Egypt for four consecutive months.Sufiani will conquer Tunisia, Algeria Morocco Jordan and Syria.Sufiani has been specifically described by Aimma (A.S).as an ugly, blistered, green-eyed, cross-eyed person who will be an enemy of the friends of the Ahlul-Bait. Imam Ali (A.S) has said that Sufiani’s hatred of the devotees of the AHLULBAIT will be such that any person named ALI(P.B.U.H)., FATIMA(P.B.U.H)., HASSAN(P.B.U.H)., HUSSAIN(P.B.U.H)., ZAINAB, Ruquaiya will be arrested and beheaded straight away without further investigations. Sufiani will rip the Mimber of the Holy Prophet (P.B.U.H).The holy house of the Prophet which contains his grave will be pulled and used as a stable. Horses will be tied in that Holy place.Sufiani will then decide to attack Makka. His purpose would be to demolish the Holy Kaaba and kill the entire population of Makka.Sufiani’s army will set out via Baghdad but as Allah would have it when they get between Medina and Makka in the desert of Baida suddenly one night they will hear a voice from the sky which will say O Baida eat up the entire army of Sufiani.It is said that the entire army numbering 100,000 persons will be swallowed up by the earth, except for two. The two who will be spared will suddenly encounter an angel.He will slap both of them turning their faces right round, looking behind instead of front. And that will be the time when Imam ALMAHDI(A.S) will already have reappeared in Makka. The Imam will establish his authority in the Holy Mosque at Makka in the Haram.The angel will then order one of them calling him Bashir.O Bashir go straight to Makka into the Haram and inform the Imam that Sufiani’s army has been swallowed up by the land. The other called Nazir will be ordered to go to Sufiani and tell him that the Imam has already appeared.He should proceed straight to Makka and declare allegiance to him.Sufiani will prepare to attack the Imam but will not have enough courage.The Imam will catch Sufiani in Jerusalem and will kill him.Imam ALI (A.S) has said that nine definite signs will precede the emergence of IMAM MAHDI (A.S).These nine signs areDajaal will emerge.A loud voice will be heard from the sky.Sufiani will appear and wage a fierce war.The army of Sufiani will be swallowed by a sudden opening of the land between Makka and Medina in the desert of Baida.A revered wise saint will be murdered in Makka.This saint is to be a Hashimite descent.A Seyyid descendant of Imam Hassan (A.S) will emerge with his army. The army of Seyyid-e-Hassan and an image of a man will appear in the sky opposite the sun. There will be two eclipses in the holy month of Ramadhan contrary to the normal order and calculation and the eclipse of the moon. On three occasions a loud voice from the sky will be heard in the holy month of Ramadhan.The ReappearanceHazrat Isa (Jesus) Hazrat Khizr,Hazrat Ilias,and Hazrat Idris (A.S) will give allegiance to the Imam when he re appears.Also Jibrael will announce 313 companions of the Imam.These 313 companions will be people of eminent piety great knowledge and absolutely steadfast in their determination and faith towards the Imam.Another 1000 people will be in the army of the Imam.These people will fight battles and kill enemies like Dajal who will appear from India.Dajal will have the musical tunes with him.Then the Imam will lead the prayers Hazrat Isa (A.S)will be behind him.Let us all pray to Almighty Allah for the reappearance of Imam ALMAHDI (A.S).Amin.?The Imam cried hard then said Verily after Hasan his son is the awaited Imam who is al-qaim bil-haqq He who is supported by the Truth.Musa ibn JAFAR(A.S) Baghdadi said I heard from the Imam Abu Muhammad AL HASSAN IBNE ALI(A.S) the eleventh Imam who said I see that after me differences will appear among you concerning the Imam after me. Whoso accepts the Imams after the Prophet (P.B.U.H) of God but denies my son is like the person who accepts all the prophets but denies the prophet hood of Muhammad, the Prophet (P.B.U.H) of God upon whom be peace and blessing. And whoso denies Muhammad the Prophet (P.B.U.H) of God is like one who has denied all the prophets of God, for to obey the last of us is like obeying the first and to deny the last of us is like denying the first. But beware Verily for my son there is an occultation during which all people will fall into doubt except those whom Allah protects.The opponents of The Followers of AHLULBAIT protest that according to the beliefs of this school the Hidden Imam should by now be nearly twelve centuries old whereas this is impossible for any human being. In answer it must be said that the protest is based only on the unlikelihood of such an occurrence not its impossibility. Of course such a long lifetime or a life of a longer period is unlikely. But those who study the hadiths of the Holy Prophet (P.B.U.H) and the Imams will see that they refer to this life as one possessing miraculous qualities.Miracles are certainly not impossible nor can they be negated through scientific arguments. It can never be proved that the causes and agents that are functioning in the world are solely those that we see and know and that other causes which we do not know or whose effects and actions we have not seen nor understood do not exist.It is in this way possible that in one or several members of mankind there can be operating certain causes and agents which bestow upon them a very long life of a thousand or several thousand years. Medicine has not even lost hope of discovering a way to achieve very long life spans. In any case such protests from peoples of the Book such as Jews Christians and Muslims are most strange for they accept the miracles of the prophets of God according to their own sacred scriptures..The opponents of The Followers of AHLULBAIT also protest that they considers the Imam necessary in order to expound the injunctions and verities of religion and to guide the people the occultation of the Imam is the negation of this very purpose for an Imam in occultation who cannot be reached by mankind cannot be in any way beneficial or effective. The opponents say that if God wills to bring forth an Imam to reform mankind He is able to create him at the necessary moment and does not need to create him thousands of years earlier. In answer it must be said that such people have not really understood the meaning of the Imam for in the discussion on the Imamate it became clear that the duty of the Imam is not only the formal explanation of the religious sciences and exoteric guidance of the people. In the same way that he has the duty of guiding men outwardly the Imam also bears the function of walayat and the esoteric guidance of men. It is he who directs man's spiritual life and orients the inner aspect of human action toward God Clearly his physical presence or absence has no effect in this matter. The Imam watches over men inwardly and is in communion with the soul and spirit of men even if he be hidden from their physical eyes. His existence is always necessary even if the time has not as yet arrived for his outward appearance and the universal reconstruction that he is to bring about.
GHAIBAT-E-SUGHRA,GHAIBAT-E-SUGHRA means the minor concealment. Its period was about 70 years. It began in 260 A.H. when Imam ALMAHDI (A.S) first went into concealment and ended in 328 A.H.During GHAIBAT-E-SUGHRA the Imam appointed some agents to represent him and the people. The Imam had four agents.After the death of the fourth agent the Imam went into major concealment Ghaibut-ul-Kubra.This was on the 10th Shawal 329 A.H.The Signs Heralding the Reappearance of Imam ALMAHDI (A.S),Prophet Muhammad (P.B.U.H) has said Even if the entire duration of the world’s existence has already been exhausted and only one day is left before Doomsday Allah will expand that day to such length of time as to accommodate the kingdom of a person from my AHLULBAIT who will be called by name. He will fill out the earth with and justice as it will have been full of injustice and tyranny by thenFrom this Hadith it is clear to every Muslim that the twelfth Imam will reappear when this world is full of sins and injustice.There are many signs mentioned by the MASUMEEN (A.S) on the reappearance of the 12th Imam.It is reported in Biharul Anwar that after the last pilgrimage the Prophet made the Holy Prophet (P.B.U.H) stood near the Kaba and called his people to listen to him. The Prophet said listen to me carefully so that you transmit these words of mine to those who are absent today. The Prophet began My people a time will come when kings and rulers will be tyrannical. The Prophet also said that the payment of Zakat will be stopped.According to the MASUMEEN (A.S) Muslim countries will seek aid from non Muslim countries. This is already evident in a number of Muslim countries. Another prediction that is come true is that 60 impostors will claim to be Prophets. By their attractiveness their persuasion and their personality they will misguide the people. 58 false Prophets have already emerged since the days of the Prophet (P.B.U.H).We have only two more to witness.It is reported in QAYAMAT-E-SUGHRA citing Oqdatud Durr that Hazrat Amir (A.S) has said that the Mahdi will not appear until one third of the world population will die by being killed and one third will die as a result of epidemics.The Last Signs Heralding the Appearance of Imam ALMAHDI (A.S).There is a Hadith from Imam Muhammed BAQIR (A.S) that for three or seven consecutive days one will see reddish yellow fire raging in the East.Sufiani will emerge in Palestine where he will start a revolt in the month of Rajab.He will be an uncompassionate rebel and his rule will last for eight consecutive months. He will conquer and rule Egypt for four consecutive months.Sufiani will conquer Tunisia, Algeria Morocco Jordan and Syria.Sufiani has been specifically described by Aimma (A.S).as an ugly blistered, green-eyed cross-eyed person who will be an enemy of the friends of the AHLULBAIT.Imam Ali (A.S) has said that Sufiani’s hatred of the devotees of the AHLULBAIT will be such that any person named Ali, Fatema, Hassan, Hussein, Zainab, Ruquaiya will be arrested and beheaded straight away without further investigations. Sufiani will rip the Mimber of the Holy Prophet (P.B.U.H).The holy house of the Prophet which contains his grave will be pulled and used as a stable. Horses will be tied in that Holy place.Sufiani will then decide to attack Makka. His purpose would be to demolish the Holy Kaaba and kill the entire population of Makka.Sufiani’s army will set out via Baghdad but as Allah would have it when they get between Medina and Makka in the desert of Baida suddenly one night they will hear a voice from the sky which will say O Baida eat up the entire army of Sufiani.It is said that the entire army numbering 100,000 persons will be swallowed up by the earth, except for two. The two who will be spared will suddenly encounter an angel.He will slap both of them turning their faces right round, looking behind instead of front. And that will be the time when Imam ALMAHDI(A.S) will already have reappeared in Makka. The Imam will establish his authority in the Holy Mosque at Makka in the Haram.The angel will then order one of them calling him Bashir.O Bashir go straight to Makka into the Haram and inform the Imam that Sufiani’s army has been swallowed up by the land. The other called Nazir will be ordered to go to Sufiani and tell him that the Imam has already appeared.He should proceed straight to Makka and declare allegiance to him.Sufiani will prepare to attack the Imam but will not have enough courage.The Imam will catch Sufiani in Jerusalem and will kill him.Imam ALI (A.S) has said that nine definite signs will precede the emergence of IMAM MAHDI (A.S).These nine signs areDajaal will emerge.A loud voice will be heard from the sky.Sufiani will appear and wage a fierce war. The army of Sufiani will be swallowed by a sudden opening of the land between Makka and Medina in the desert of Baida.A revered wise saint will be murdered in Makka.This saint is to be a Hashimite descent.A Seyyid descendant of Imam Hassan (A.S) will emerge with his army. The army of Seyyid-e-Hassan and an image of a man will appear in the sky opposite the sun. There will be two eclipses in the holy month of Ramadhan contrary to the normal order and calculation and the eclipse of the moon. On three occasions a loud voice from the sky will be heard in the holy month of Ramadhan.The ReappearanceHazrat Isa (Jesus Hazrat Khizr,Hazrat Ilias,and Hazrat Idris (A.S) will give allegiance to the Imam when he re appears. Also Jibrael will announce 313 companions of the Imam.These 313 companions will be people of eminent piety great knowledge and absolutely steadfast in their determination and faith towards the Imam. Another 1000 people will be in the army of the Imam. These people will fight battles and kill enemies like Dajal who will appear from India.Dajal will have the musical tunes with him.Then the Imam will lead the prayers Hazrat Isa (A.S)will be behind him.Let us all pray to Almighty Allah for the reappearance of Imam ALMAHDI (A.S).Amin.
