Imam Hassan Askari (A.S.)

11rd Shiite Imam

Birth & Childhood

When he was born his father said that it was an order from the prophet (pbuh) that he should be named Hasan. It was so well known that the last Imams father would be called Hasan that people had previously looked for the 12th Imam amongst the sons of Imam Hasan Mujtaba (pbuh)

His mother was Sulail (or Hudaitha) who was a slave of the 10th Imam whom he had freed and subsequently married. The 10th Imam said of her that she was one who was free from all vice and pollution and that she was one of the righteous ones. After the 11th Imam's martyrdom he left all the "orders" of Imamate with her (his mother).

Imam Hadi (A.S.)

10rd Shiite Imam

Imam Ali Al-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 Javad (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.

Imam Javad (A.S.)

9rd Shiite Imam

Name: Muhammad
Title: At-Taqi and Al-Jawad
Nickname: Abu Ja'far
Born: Friday 10th of Rajab 195 A.H., at Medina
Father's Name: Ali ibn Musa
Mother's Name: Khaizaran
Died: At the age of 25 years, at Kazimayn, on 220 AH. Poisoned by Mu'tasin the Abbaside Caliph
Buried: in Kazimayn,Bagdad.

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