Imam Ali Al-Sajjad (AS)
The Holy Imam Ali (zayul abidin) is the
fourth imam and was popularly know as Zaynul abidin. The mother of this
holy Imam was the royal personage shahr Banu the daughter of King
yazdgerd the per Islamic ruler of Persia. Imam Zyanul abidin spent his
first two year of infancy in the lap of Ali ibn Abi Talib and twelve
years he had the gracious patronage of his uncle the imam al-Hassan.
The knowledge and piety of this holy
imam was matchless AZ-Zuhari. al-Waqidi and Ibn Uyaynah say that they
could not find any one equal to him in piety and Godliness. He was so
mindful of Allah that when ever he sat for prayer his face complexion
changed and all of his body tremble. When he was asked why it is so he
answered " Know ye not before whom i stand in prayer and with whom i
hold discourse"
His charity was unassuming and hidden.
After his passing away the people said that hidden charity ended with
the departure of Imam, like his grand father Holy Imam take the bag of
flour on his back to the doors of poor families.
This Imam was also present in Karbala
.at the time of gruesome tragedy of the massacre of his father and all
of his cousins , brothers and friends of his father and suffered a
heartless captivity and imprisonment at the hands of devilish forces of
Yazid.
The Holy Imam lived about thirty four
years after the tragedy of karbala and spent all his life in prayer and
in remembrance of his father and family.he never forget his prayers even
at he time when all of men of his family have been killed by the Yazid's
army and all the tent were set to fire and all rest were taken to
captivity he offer all his prayer and tahajud , THIS IMAM IS ALSO
POPULARLY KNOW AS "SAJJAD"
On the 25th of Muharam 95 A.H when he
was in Medina , the Governor of Medina give him poison, The funeral
prayers for this Holy Imam were conducted by Fifth Imam Baqir his Son
and he was buried in Jannat-ul-baqi Grave yard . |