'Worthwhile information about 12th IMAM (AS)'

✨ 'Worthwhile information about 12th IMAM (AS)'

💫 The Shi’a believe that Imam al-Mahdi is the only son of Imam Hasan al-Askari (the 11th Imam) who was born on the 15th of Sha’ban 255/869 in Samarra, Iraq.

💫 He became the divinely appointed Imam when his father was martyred in 260/874. Imam Mahdi (AS) went into occultation (disappearance; leaving among people while he is not identified) at the same time. He will re-appear when Allah wills.

💫 More specifically His title is "al-Mahdi”which means "The Guided One."

💫 His lineage, traced back to Imam ‘Ali (AS), is: Muhammad Ibn al-Hasan Ibn ‘Ali Ibn Muhammad Ibn ‘Ali Ibn Musa Ibn Ja’far Ibn Muhammad Ibn ‘Ali Ibn al-Husayn Ibn ‘Ali Ibn Abi Talib (AS).

💫 To be continued ...

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The Twelve Imams

 

The word "imam" in Arabic means "leader". In Islamic terminology it generally refers to any person who leads others in prayer. According to the early Sunni theologians, the Imam is the leader of the Islamic community, and his function is to enforce the revealed Law or Shari'ah. As such the term is equivalent to "caliph". In Sunnism it may also be an honorific term, given to certain important religious leaders, such as Imam Shafi'i, founder of one of the four Sunni schools of law. In Twelve-Imam Shi'ism it has two important meanings. As in Sunnism, the leader of others in prayer is called an "imam", especially the person who performs this function on a regular basis in a mosque. But more specifically, an Imam is one of the twelve successors of the Prophet listed below.