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IMAM AL-HADI (A.S.) & THE HOLY QURAN- (SECTION 3)
IN
PRAISE OF ISLAMIC SCHOLARS
There was a great Shia’h Scholar in the days of our 10th
Imam (as). Once a
Nasibi
(a person who curses the Ahlul-Bayt) had a debate with this scholar
and the scholar defeated him through Quranic verses and Prophetic
traditions.
One day this scholar came into a gathering, which consisted mostly
of Alavids and people of Banu Hashim; and Imam al-Hadi (as) was also
present. In the centre of that gathering, Imam (as) was seated and
there was a huge pillow placed at that spot. As soon as the Imam
(as) saw this scholar, he (as) rose from his place and asked the
scholar to come forward until the Imam (as) made him sit next to him
and offered him the pillow to relax.
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IMAM AL-HADI (A.S.)
& THE HOLY QURAN- (SECTION 2)
INCIDENT OF MAAL
AL-KATHEER
Once Mutawakkil, the
Abbasi ruler was poisoned, so he kept a vow that: “Should I recover,
I will give MAALUL-KATHEER in the cause of Allah (SWT).”
MAALUL-KATHEER in Arabic means ‘plenty of money’. Mutawakkil
vowed to give plenty of money but he did not specify the amount.
Eventually, when he recovered, Mutawakkil invited some scholars to
his court; mentioned to them about his vow sought their
guidance on the amount that could be considered by Islam as
MAALUL-KATHEER. He got different answers from them. One scholar
said, “It is 1000 dirhams.” The other said, “It is 10,000 dirhams.”
The third scholar said, “It should be 100,000 dirhams.”
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IMAM AL-HADI (A.S.)
& THE HOLY QURAN- (SECTION 1)
HAFIDH & ‘AALIM OF
QURAN IN CHILDHOOD
Imam Ali al-Hadi (as)
assumed the official role of Imamate at a very young age of 7 or 8
years. At that tender age, he (as) had become a point of reference
for the Muslims. People would refer to him and seek his guidance in
almost everything pertaining to their lives. When the enemies of
Ahlul-Bayt (as) saw this, they were displeased with the situation.
So, in conjunction with the government of the time, which was in
opposition of Ahlul-Bayt (as), they began looking for a person who
was the most knowledgeable of the time yet a sworn enemy of
Ahlul-Bayt (as) so that Imam al-Hadi (as) is put under his care for
training and the Muslims, particularly the Shia’hs do not get any
access to him.
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By Maulana Ali Naqi
Naqvi
Name and Lineage
His blessed
name was Ali, kunniyat Abul Hasan and appellative Naqi. Since prior
to him, Abul Hasan had also been the kunniyat of Hazrat All Murtaza
AS and Imam Ali Riza (AS) hence he is called Abul Hasan ‘the third'.
His esteemed mother was Samana Khatoon.
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Imam Ali Al-Hadi (AS)
Biography
Imam
(A) was only 8 years old when his father died. Thus, like his father, he
also took over the responsibility of Imamat at a very young age.
The
Abbaside Caliph Ma'mun Rashid was succeeded by Mu'tasim, who ruled for 8
years. He was in turn followed by Wathiq Billah. During the 5 years of
the reign of Wathiq, Imam (A) and the Shia were allowed to live
peacefully. After Wathiq, his brother Mutawakkil came to power.
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SUMMARY
OF MAJLIS ON
IMAM ALI AL-HADI (AS)
Date: 14th Dhul-Hijjah 1427 AH /
15th
January 2006
Occasion:
Wiladah of Imam Ali al-Hadi (as)
Topic: Imam Ali ibn Muhammad al-Hadi (as)
“Say: I do not ask you any reward for this (conveying of the message)
except the affection for (my) relatives”.
(42:23)
Imam
al-Hadi (as) reported from his fathers that:
“Ameer al-Mumineen Ali ibn Abi Talib (as) has
said that he (as) once heard the Messenger of Allah (saww) saying: ‘When
people shall be resurrected on the day of Judgement, a caller will call
me: ‘O Messenger of Allah! Allah has permitted you to reward your lovers
and the lovers of your progeny who have followed them for your sake; and
opposed their enemies for your sake. You can reward them as you like’.
I shall say: ‘My Lord!
Paradise! Put them in whatever part of it You like. This is the praised
estate, which You have promised’.”
(Bihar
al-Anwaar)
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Imam Ali Al-Hadi (AS)
Name - Ali
Title - An-Naqi and
Al-Hadi
Kunyat - Abul Hasan
Born - Friday 15th
of Zilhajj 212 A.H., at Surba
Father's Name -
Muhammad ibn Ali
Mother's Name -
Summana Khatoon
Died - At the age of
42 years, at Samarra , on Monday, 26th Jamadi-ul-Akhar 254 AH. Poisoned
by Mu'taz the Abbaside Caliph
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Imam Ali Al-Hadi (as) -
The Guardian of Islam
By:
Hyder Reza Zabet
Imam Ali-un-Naqi
Al-Hadi (A.S.), the tenth holy Imam, was the son of Imam Muhammad Taqi
Al-Jawad (A.S.) and Hazrat Samana al-Maghribiya (A.S.). He was the
Infallible Leader of the Muslims who safeguarded the Islamic Sharia from
the innovations spread by the ruling Abbasid caliphs was martyred by
poisoning on the third day of the month of Rajab in the year 254 A.H. at
Samarra (Iraq) by the Abbasid caliph Mu'taz.
Imamate:
The Tenth Holy Imam
(A.S.) like his father was also elevated to the rank of Imam in his
childhood. He was six years old when his father Imam Muhammad al-Jawad
(A.S.) was martyred.
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Our tenth Imam is
al-Imam Ali al-Hadi (a.s), who is also called al-Imam Ali-al-Naqi. He
was born to al-Imam Muhammad al-Jawad (a.s) on 15th Dhul al Hijjah, in
one of the villages around Medina. According to the Divine decree and
the command of the Prophet (s.a.w), al-Imam Muhammad al-Jawad designated
Ali al-Hadi (a.s) as his successor, the Imam and leader of the people
after himself.
Like his father,
al-Imam Ali al-Hadi (a.s) attained the position of Imamate at a very
tender age, and in this position he guided and led the people.
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Imam
Ali ibn Muhammed 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 Shi'ite accounts was martyred through poisoning by Mu'tazz
the Abbasid caliph, in 254/868.89 During his lifetime the tenth Imam was
contemporary with seven of the Abbasid caliphs: Ma'mun, Mu'tasim, Wathiq.
Mutawakkil, Muntasir, Musta'in and Mu'tazz, It was during the rule of
Mu'tasim in 220/835 that his noble father died through poisoning in
Baghdad. At that time Ahi ibn Muhammed Naqi 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
that were made, 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,
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Imam Ali Naqi Al-Hadi
(AS)
Born in Madina 5th Rajab 214
Hijri ( 8.9.829 AD). Died in Samarrah, Iraq 3rd Rajab 254 Hijri (
1.7.868) aged 40 years. Period of Imamat 34 years.
The period of Imamat of our
10th Imam coincided with the decline of the power of the Abbasid Empire.
They were threatened by the Turks and had to move the Capital from
Baghdad to Samarrah. He was only 6 years old when his father Imam
Muhammad Taqi (AS) was martyred in Baghdad when poisoned by Mu’tasim
Billah Abbasi. Our Imam lived in Madina for the remaining 8 years of the
reign of Mu’tasim and 5 years of the reign
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The Tenth Holy Imam Ali AI-Hadi(as)
the son of the Imam Mohammad AI-Jawad(as)
and Al-Sayyidah Samanah.
He died of poisoning,and was buried in
Samarra, Iraq, by his son the Eleventh Imam Hassan Al-Askari(as)
where his shrine stands today.
He remarkably excelled all others of his
time in the fields of human perfections, as vast knowledge, generosity,
politeness of manners, worshipping of Allah(swt),
with moral qualities and discipline.
As one example of his generosity is that he
paid thirty thousand Dirhams to an Arab man of Kufa, saying to him,
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An
introduction to eleventh infallible Hazrat Imam Taqi (AS)
Birth
Above Forty years of the life of Imam Ali Reza (A.S.) had passed and
still he did not have a son. The Shias were showing restlessness and
anxiety and praying to God to grant the Imam (A.S.) that son who was
being awaited, since they had heard from their previous Imams that the
Ninth Imam is the son of eighth Imam. Even sometimes they visited Imam
Ali Reza (A.S.) and questioned him about his successor. He would reply,
"God will give me a son who will be my heir and the Imam to follow me."
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Wise Words
Imam
said the knowledge of people depends on the four things ,
There are certain places of God where if
anybody expresses his request to God , it will be accepted . He who
feared God , then he will be fearedand he who obeyed God , he will be
obeyed and he who obeyed God he did not mind the displeasure of the
creature . He who disobeyed God , he should rest assure that he will
have to face the displeasure
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Imam Hadi (PBUH)
We begin this
article with a precious statement from Imam Hadi (AS), who was born in
Medina in the year 212 AH:
“You are
never immune from the evil of the one who attaches no value to himself
or herself.”
What a
wonderful saying from the Imam who was a boy of seven years when he was
orphaned when the evil Abbasid Caliph, Mu’tasem martyred through
poisoning his Illustrious Father, Imam Mohammad Taqi (AS) in Baghdad. It
was the will of God that the boy should be entrusted with the divinely
ordained leadership of the Ummah in the manner of Prophet Jesus (peace
upon him), who as the Holy Qur’an says proclaimed his mission from the
cradle. For the next 34 years he ably discharged his duties despite the
political and social hurdles thrown in his way by evil persons who
attach no value to their own miserable lives as well. Imam Hadi (AS)
also known as an-Naqi or
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An event from Imam
Al-Hadi (AS)’s life
By: Faez
Karimi
Mutawakkil, who was
a deadly foe of Ahlul Bayt (A.S.) keeping antagonism for the Prophet (S)’s
progeny (A.S.), himself had to ask Imam Ali bin Muhammad Al-Hadi (A.S.)
when the Caesar of Rome wrote to Mutawakkil a letter asking him a
question.
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Ali ibn Muhammad Naqi
The Tenth Imam
Imam
Ali ibn 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 Shi'ite accounts was martyred through poisoning by Mu'tazz
the Abbasid caliph, in 254/868.
The tenth Imam was a
contemporary of seven of the Abbasid caliphs: Ma'mun, Mu'tasim, Wathiq,
Mutawakkil, Muntasir, Musta'm and Mu'tazz. It was during the rule of
Mu'tasim in 220/835 that his noble father died through poisoning in
Baghdad. At that time Ali ibn Muhammad Naqi 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
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Imam Ali Al-Hadi (AS) Biography
THE TENTH Holy Imam , like his father
, was also elevated to the rank of Imam in his childhood . He was
six years old when his father Imam Muhammad al - Jawad(a.s.) died .
After the death of al - Ma'mun , al-Mu`tasim succeeded him , and was
later followed by the caliph al-Wathiq . In the first five years of
the reign of al-Wathiq , Imam Ali al-Hadi (an-Naqi(a.s.) ) lived
peacefully . After al-Wathiq , al-Mutawakkil came to power . Being
too occupied in State affairs , al-Mutawakkil did not get any time
to harass the Imam and his followers for four years . But as soon as
he freed himself from State affairs , he started to molest the Imam
.
The Holy
Imam(a.s.) devoted himself to the sacred mission of preaching in
Medina
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IMAM ‘ALI
AL-HADI (A.S.)
Birth: 15th Dhul-Hijjah 212 AH in Madina
Parents:
Imam Muhammad al-Taqi (a.s.) & Bibi Sumana Khatoon (a.s.)
Titles: Al-Naqi (The Pure), Al-Hadi (The
Guide)
Death:
3rd Rajab 254 AH in
Samarra,
‘Iraq
[Once
Mutawakkil was poisoned so he kept a vow (Nadhr) saying that, “If I
recover fully then I will ‘Maal al-Katheer’ in the cause of Allah (SWT)”.
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IMAM ALI
IBN MUHAMMAD AL-HADI (A.S.)
The Imams
from the progeny of the Holy Prophet (saww) have divinely inspired
erudition and as such they face no difficulty in intellectual
discussions and when subjects are rapidly changed in questions. The
rulers of their time were always envious of their merits in the field of
knowledge and tried unsuccessfully to humiliate them.
It is related that once Mutawakkil, the
Abbaside caliph called Ibn Sikkit, who was known as a great scholar
during those days and said, “I
wish to see Ali ibn Muhammad (a.s) humiliated in the court. Ask him
tough questions which he can not answer and I will reward you with
thousands of gold coins”.
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Imam
Ali Ibn Muhammed Al-Hadi (AS)
Mulla Mujaheedali Sheriff
Saturday 07 February 2004
The Imams from the progeny of the Holy
Prophet (saww) have divinely inspired erudition and as such they face no
difficulty in intellectual discussions and when subjects are rapidly
changed in questions. The rulers of their time were always envious of
their merits in the field of knowledge and tried unsuccessfully to
humiliate them.
It is related that once Mutawakkil, the Abbaside caliph called Ibn
Sikkit, who was known as a great scholar during those days and said, “I
wish to see Ali ibn Muhammad (a.s) humiliated in the court. Ask him
tough questions which he can not answer and I will reward you with
thousands of gold coins”.
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Imam Ali an-Naqi al-Hadi ('a)
By T.
Zayn al-'Abidin BBus
9th September, 2002.
"Better
than the good deed is the one who performs it. And more beautiful than
the beauty (of speech) is the sayer of it (decent words). And superior
to the knowledge is it's bearer and carrier. And worse than the evil is
it's attracter. And more horrible than the horror is the one who rides
it."
- Imam Ali an-Naqi al-Hadi (a)
The beautiful words of our holy Imam abu'l
Hasan Ali an-Naqi al-Hadi ('a) have inspired the Shi'ah from the time he
was born until today, and will continue to do so. His words are the
words of Allah's Apostle (s) and his descendents, the holy Ahlul Bayt
('a).
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Death of Imam Ali Al-Hadi (a.s.)
Imam Ali al-Hadi (a.s.) made a
decision to leave Medina for Samarra for the reason that Abd Allah ibn.
Muhammad was put in charge of war and prayer in Medina, the city of the
Apostle of Allah (s.a.w.). He told lies to Al-Mutawakkil with the
intention of harming him. Imam al-Hadi (a.s.) learnt of his lying and
wrote to al-Mutawakkil, mentioning ‘Abd Allah ibn Muhammad’s unfair
treatment of him and the lies with which he had slandered him. Al-Mutawakkil
sent his answer to his letter, in which he summoned him to come to al-‘Askar
(Samarra) as an act of courtesy both in word and deed. The text of the
letter has been preserved; it is:
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Twelfth Infallible Sayings
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This life (Dunia) is a market in
which some people gained and other lost.
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Do not expect honesty and purity of
intention from someone who has suffered from your malice; do not
expect loyalty from one to whom you have been disloyal; do not expect
goodwill from someone whom you regard with ill will; as his heart
towards you is the same as your heart towards him.
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Ali
Al-Hadi (AS)
Birth
Imam Ali un-Naqi (A.S.) known as Hazrat
Hadi was born in the mid of ZilHajj, 212 Hijrah in the vicinity of
Madina, at a place known as Surya.
His father is Imam Jawad (A.S.) his
mother Samana was a maid with excellence, virtue and piety. Imam (A.S.)
got the post of Imamate after the martyrdom of his father in the year
220 Hijrah. Although he was not more than 8 years of age, yet he was the
focus of the attention of Shias and the Abbasade caliphs were extremely
scared and afraid of him. They set their hand to his exile and torture.
Such as "Mutawakkil" brought Imam (A.S.) from Madina to Samarra and he
stayed then till the end of his life.
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