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The Life of Imam Ali [Naqi] al-Hadi, Study and Analysis

Author: Baqir Sharif al-Qarashi
Translator: Abdullah al-Shahin
Publisher: Ansariyan Publications – Qum
Category:

• Dedication
• Introduction
• Note
• His Birth and Upbringing
• The Origin and The Birth
• His Father
• His Mother
• Great Newborn Baby
• Ceremonies of the Birth
• Birth Date
• His Name
• His Surname
• His Epithets
• His Lineaments
• His Charm
• His Upbringing
• His Early Genius
• His Solemnity and Dignity
• The Alawids’ Reverence Towards him
• Relation of the People of the Book to him
• What authors say about him
• 1. Abul Falah al-Hanbali
• 2. Al-Yafi’iy
• 3. Abul Fida’
• 4. Ibn as-Sabbagh al-Maliki
• 5. Ibn Shahrashub
• 6. Al-Qutb ar-Rawandi
• 7. Ath-Thahabi
• 8. Ibn Hajar
• 9. Ibn Anbasah
• 10. Muhammad bin Talha
• 11. Aagha Buzurg at-Tahrani
• 12. Khayruddeen az-Zarkali
• Notes
• Aspects of his Personality
• Imamate
• The Need for Imamate
• Infallibility of the Imams
• The Knowledge of the Imams
• Announcing his Imamate
• 1. Isma’il bin Mihran
• 2. Al-Khayrani
• 3. As-Saqr bin Abu Dalf
• 4. Some of the Shi’a
• 5. Ahmad bin Abu Khalid
• His Generosity
• His Asceticism
• Working in his Farm
• Guiding the Deviant
• Honoring the Ulama’
• His Worship
• His Supplications in Qunut
• His supplication after Fajr Prayer
• His Supplication after the Asr’ Prayer
• The Response to his Supplications
• Notes
• His Knowledge and Sciences
• Traditions (Hadith)
• His traditions from the Prophet (S)
• His narrations from Amir’ul- Mu’minin
• His narrations from Imam al-Baqir
• His narrations from Imam as-Sadiq
• His narrations from Imam ar-Ridha
• Referring Obscure Traditions to the Ahlul Bayt
• Contradictory traditions
• Jurisprudence
• Washing the Dead
• Offering Prayers in (clothes of) Fur
• Offering prayers with man’s hair
• Passing before a prayer
• Offering prayers in the desert
• Prostrating on glass
• An Unconscious Person is not to Reoffer Prayer
• Offering qasr’ prayer in the journey to Mecca
• Khums
• Zakat
• Fasting
• Fasting of a suckling mother
• Expiation (kaffara) of specified fasts
• Trade
• Prohibition of working with the unjust
• Renting
• Entailment
• Foods
• Judgment
• Penalties
• Disbelief of the Excessive
• Theological Arguments
• The Impossibility of Seeing Allah
• Impossibility of Embodiment
• Impossibility of Describing Allah
• Monotheism
• Refuting of Compulsion and Free Will
• Samples of his supplications
• His supplication (du’a) during distress
• His Du’a at sleeping time
• The Du’a of Resorting
• His Du’a of Seeking Protection from Satan
• A Lofty Du’a
• His communes
• His Ziyarahs
• Ziyarah of Al-Ghadir
• From the prophets’ stories
• Noah and Iblis
• Moses and Allah
• A Maxim from Jesus Christ
• From The Islamic Events
• The Virtue of the Prophet and ‘Ali
• The Virtue of Patience
• Pessimism towards Days
• Cleanness
• Rarity of Lawful Income
• Ignoring the Fact of Death
• True Repentance
• Mob
• Words of Light
• Notes
• His Companions and the Narrators of his Traditions 
• 1. Ibrahim bin Isaaq
• 2. Ibrahim bin Abu Bakr ar-Razi
• 3. Ibrahim bin Idris
• 4. Ibrahim bin Dawud al-Ya’qubi
• 5. Ibrahim bin Shayba
• 6. Ibrahim bin Abdah an-Naysaburi
• 7. Ibrahim bin Uqbah
• 8. Ibrahim bin Muhammad bin Faris an-Naysaburi
• 9. Ibrahim bin Muhammad al-Hamadani
• 10. Ibrahim bin Mahziyar
• 11. Ibrahim ad-Dahqan
• 12. Ahmad bin Isaaq bin Abdullah al-Ash’ari al-Qummi
• 13. Ahmad bin Isaaq ar-Razi
• 14. Ahmad bin Isma’il bin Yaqtin
• 15. Ahmad bin Abu Abdullah al-Barqi
• 16. Ahmad bin al-Hasan bin Isaaq bin Sa’d
• 17. Ahmad bin al-Hasan bin ‘Ali bin Muhammad bin Fadhdhal
• 18. Ahmad bin Hamza bin al-Yasa’ al-Qummi
• 19. Ahmad bin al-Khadheeb
• 20. Ahmad bin Zakariyya bin Baba al-Qummi
• 21. Ahmad bin al-Fadhl
• 22. Ahmad bin Muhammad as-Siyadi al-Basri
• 23. Ahmad bin Muhammad bin Eesa al-Ash’ari al-Qummi
• 24. Ahmad bin Hilal as-Sabrtani al-Baghdadi
• 25. Isaaq bin Isma’il bin Noubakht
• 26. Isaaq bin Muhammad al-Basri
• 27. Ayyub bin Noah bin Duraj
• 28. Bishr bin Bashshar an-Naysaburi
• 29. Ja’far bin Ahmad
• 30. Ja’far bin Ibrahim bin Noah
• 31. Ja’far bin Abdullah bin al-Husayn bin Jami’ al-Qummi
• 32. Ja’far bin Muhammad bin Isma’il bin al-Khattab
• 33. Ja’far bin Muhammad bin Younus al-Ahwal as-Sayrafi
• 34. Hatim bin al-Faraj
• 35. Al-Hasan bin Ja’far
• 36. Al-Hasan bin al-Hasan al-Alawi
• 37. Al-Hasan bin al-Husayn al-Alawi
• 38. Al-Hasan bin Kharzath
• 39. Abu ‘Ali al-Hasan bin Rashid
• 40. Al-Hasan bin Dharif
• 41. Al-Hasan bin ‘Ali bin Umar bin ‘Ali bin al-Husayn bin ‘Ali bin Abu Talib 
• 42. Al-Hasan bin ‘Ali al-Washsha’
• 43. Al-Hasan bin ‘Ali bin Abu Uthman as-Sajjadah
• 44. Al-Hasan bin Muhammad al-Qummi
• 45. Al-Hasan bin Muhammad bin Hayy
• 46. Al-Hasan bin Muhammad al-Mada’ini
• 47. Al-Husayn bin Asad an-Nahdi
• 48. Al-Husayn bin Asad al-Basri
• 49. Al-Husayn bin Ashkib
• 50. Al-Husayn bin Ubaydillah al-Qummi
• 51. Al-Husayn bin Malik al-Qummi
• 52. Al-Husayn bin Muhammad al-Mada’ini
• 53. Hafs al-Marwazi
• 54. Hamdan bin Sulayman bin Umayrah an-Naysaburi
• 55. Hamza bin Sulayman bin Rasheed
• 56. Khalil bin Hashim al-Farisi
• 57. Khayran bin Isaaq az-Zakani
• 58. Khayran al-Khadim
• 59. Dawud bin Abu Zayd
• 60. Dawud bin al-Qassim al-Ja’fari
• 61. Dawud bin Sakhinah as-Sarimi
• 62. Raja’ bin Yahya bin Saman Abul Husayn al-Aqraba’iy
• 63. Ar-Rayyan bin as-Salt
• 64. As-Sariy bin Salamah al-Isfahani
• 65. Sulayman bin Hafswayh
• 66. Sulayman bin Dawud al-Marwazi
• 67. As-Sindi bin Muhammad
• 68. Abu Sa’eed Sahl bin Ziyad
• 69. Abu Nu’as Sahl bin Ya’qub bin Isaaq
• 70. Shahwayh bin Abdullah
• 71. Abul Khayr Salih bin Salamah ar-Razi
• 72. Salih bin Eesa bin Umar bin Bazi’
• 73. Salih bin Muhammad al-Hamadani
• 74. Abdus al-Attar
• 75. Abdur-Rahman bin Muhammad bin Tayfur
• 76. Abdur-Rahman bin Muhammad bin Ma’ruf al-Qummi
• 77. Abd as-Samad al-Qummi
• 78. Sharif Abdul Adheem al-Hasani
• His lineage
• His reliability and knowledge
• His meeting with Imam al-Hadi
• His death
• 79. Abu Amr Uthman bin Sa’eed al-Umari as-Samman
• 80. Urwa bin Yahya ad-Dahqan
• 81. ‘Ali bin Ibrahim al-Hamadani
• 82. ‘Ali bin Ibrahim bin Hashim al-Qummi
• 83. Abul Hasan ‘Ali bin Abu Qurrah
• 84. ‘Ali bin Bilal al-Baghdadi
• 85. ‘Ali bin Ja’far al-Hamadani
• 86. ‘Ali bin al-Hasan
• 87. ‘Ali bin al-Hasan bin Fadhdhal
• 88. ‘Ali bin al-Hasan bin Abd Rabbih
• 89. ‘Ali bin al-Husayn al-Hamadani
• 90. ‘Ali bin Ramees al-Baghdadi
• 91. ‘Ali bin ar-Rayyan bin as-Salt al-Ash’ari al-Qummi
• 92. ‘Ali bin Ziyad as-Saymari
• 93. ‘Ali bin Shira
• 94. ‘Ali bin Abdul Ghaffar
• 95. ‘Ali bin Abdullah
• 96. ‘Ali bin Abdullah bin Ja’far al-Himyari
• 97. ‘Ali bin Abdullah az-Zubayri
• 98. ‘Ali bin Ubaydillah
• 99. ‘Ali bin Amr al-Attar al-Qazwini
• 100. ‘Ali bin Muhammad bin Ziyad as-Saymari
• 101. ‘Ali bin Muhammad bin ash-Shuja’ an-Naysaburi
• 102. ‘Ali bin Muhammad bin Shirah al-Qashani
• 103. ‘Ali bin Muhammad al-Minqari
• 104. ‘Ali bin Muhammad an-Nawfali
• 105. ‘Ali bin Mahziyar al-Ahwazi ad-Dawraqi
• His worship
• Imam al-Jawad praises him
• His narrations
• 106. ‘Ali bin Yahya ad-Dahqan
• 107. Isa’ bin Ahmad
• 108. Faris bin Hatim al-Qazwini
• 109. Al-Fath bin Yazid al-Jirjani
• 110. Al-Fadhl bin Shathan an-Nayshaburi
• Imam al-Hasan praises him
• Confuting the opponents
• His works
• 111. Al-Fadhl bin Kathir al-Baghdadi
• 112. Al-Fadhl bin al-Mubarak
• 113. Al-Qassim ash-Sha’rani al-Yaqtini
• 114. Al-Qassim as-Sayqal
• 115. Kafur al-Khadim
• 116. Muhammad bin Abu Tayfur al-Mutatabbib
• 117. Muhammad bin Ahmad bin Ibrahim
• 118. Abu ‘Ali Muhammad bin Ahmad al-Mahmudi
• 119. Abul Hasan Muhammad bin Ahmad bin Ubaydillah bin al-Mansur
• 120. Muhammad bin Ahmad bin Mutahhar
• 121. Muhammad bin Ahmad bin Mihran
• 122. Muhammad bin Isma’il as-Saymari al-Qummi
• 123. Muhammad bin Jazzak al-Jammal
• 124. Muhammad bin al-Hasan bin Shammun al-Basri
• 125. Muhammad bin al-Hasan bin Abu al-Khattab az-Zayyat
• 126. Muhammad bin Hamza al-Qummi
• 127. Muhammad bin al-Husayn al-Fihri
• 128. Muhammad bin al-Husayn
• 129. Abul Abbas Muhammad bin Khalid ar-Razi
• 130. Muhammad bin Raja’ al-Khayyat
• 131. Muhammad bin ar-Rayyan bin as-Salt
• 132. Muhammad bin Sa’eed bin Kulthum al-Marwazi
• 133. Muhammad bin Sulayman al-Jallab
• 134. Muhammad bin Sayfi al-Kufi
• 135. Muhammad bin Abdul Jabbar
• 136. Muhammad bin Abdur-Rahman al-Hamadani an-Nawfali
• 137. Muhammad bin Abdullah bin Mihran al-Karkhi
• 138. Muhammad bin Abdullah an-Nawfali al-Hamadani
• 139. Muhammad bin Ubaydillah at-Tahi
• 140. Muhammad bin ‘Ali bin Eesa al-Ash’ari al-Qummi
• 141. Muhammad bin ‘Ali bin Mahziyar
• 142. Muhammad bin Eesa bin Ubayd al-Yaqtini
• 143. Muhammad bin al-Faraj ar-Rakhji
• 144. Muhammad bin al-Fadhl
• 145. Muhammad bin al-Fadhl al-Baghdadi
• 146. Abu Abdullah Muhammad bin al-Qassim bin Hamza bin Musa al-Alawi
• 147. Muhammad bin Marwan al-Jallab
• 148. Muhammad bin Marwan al-Khattab
• 149. Muhammad bin Musa bin Furat
• 150. Muhammad bin Musa ar-Rab’iy
• 151. Muhammad bin Yahya bin Daryab
• 152. Masqalah bin Isaaq al-Qummi al-Ash’ari
• 153. Mu’awiya bin Hakeem bin Mu’awiya bin Ammar al-Kufi
• 154. Mansur bin al-Abbas ar-Razi
• 155. Musa bin Dawud al-Ya’qubi
• 156. Musa bin Umar bin Bazee’ the mawla of al-Mansur
• 157. Musa bin Umar al-Hadheen
• 158. Musa bin Murshid al-Warraq an-Nayshaburi
• 159. Nasr bin Muzahim al-Qummi
• 160. An-Nadhr bin Muhammad al-Hamadani
• 161. Yahya bin Abu Bakr ar-Razi adh-Dharir
• 162. Yahya bin Muhammad
• 163. Abu Yusuf Ya’qub bin Isaaq ad-Dawraqi al-Ahwazi
• 164. Ya’qub al-Bajali
• 165. Ya’qub bin Manqush
• 166. Abu Yusuf al-Katib Ya’qub bin Yazid bin Hammad al-Annbari as-Salami
• 167. Abu Bakr bin Abu Tayfur al-Fahmaki al-Mutatabbib
• 168. Abul Husayn bin Hilal
• 169. Abul Husayn al-Hudhayni
• 170. Abu Tahir
• 171. Abu Tahir bin Hamza bin al-Yasa’ al-Ash’ari
• 172. Abu Tahir Muhammad
• 173. Abu Abdullah al-Mughazi
• 174. Abu Abdullah al-Mukari
• 175. Abu Muhammad bin Ibrahim
• 176. Abu Yahya al-Jirjani
• 177. Kulthum al-Karkhiyya
• Notes
• Imam al-Hadi in Samarra’
• In Yathrib
• Betraying the Imam
• Frustrating the plot
• The letter of al-Mutawakkil to Imam al-Hadi
• The worry of the people of Medina
• Searching the Imam’s house
• Sending the Imam to Surra Man Ra’a
• In Khan as-Sa’alik
• The meeting between the Imam and al-Mutawakkil
• Al-Mutawakkil refers to the Imam’s fatwas
• Al-Mutawakkil and poets
• Al-Mutawakkil invites ibn as-Sikkit to try the Imam
• The questions of Yahya bin Aktham
• His visiting to the tomb of Amir’ul- Mu’minin
• Invoking the shrine of Imam Husayn
• Breaking into the Imam’s house
• Al-Bathawi informs against the Imam
• The blockade against the Imam
• Imprisoning the Imam
• A vain attempt to assassinate the Imam
• Al-Mutawakkil despises the Imam
• The Imam’s prayer against al-Mutawakkil
• The death of al-Mutawakkil
• Al-Muntasir
• Executing the Plot
• The rule of al-Muntasir
• With The Alawids
• The Permission of Visiting the Tomb of Imam ‘Ali
• His Death
• The reign of al-Musta’een
• His Wasting and Lavishness
• The Deposition of Al-Musta’een
• Notes
• The Age of the Imam
• Political life
• The Prevailing of the Turks on the Rule
• Ignorance of the Turks
• Corruption of the Rule
• The Walis of the Islamic Districts
• The Hatred towards the Abbasid Rule
• Oppressing the Alawids
• Economical Blockade
• Gifting Monies to Disparage The Alawids
• Jailing the Alawids
• The Revolt of Martyr Yahya
• Destroying the Tomb of Imam Husayn
• Forbidding Muslims from Visiting Al-Husayn
• Complaint of Muslims
• Economical life
• The Waste of Al-Mutawakkil
• Celebrating the Homage to his Sons
• Bondmaids
• Palaces
• 1. Al-Ja’fari
• 2. Al-Burj
• 3. Al-Maleeh
• 4. Ash-Shabandaz
• 5. Al-Mukhtar
• 6. Al-Gharw
• 7. Barkwar
• 8. Al-Hayr
• Gifts To The Poets
• The general economical life
• Land Tax
• General Misery
• The religious life
• Heresies and Errors
• The Heresies of Ibn Hasakah
• The Imam Disavows Him
• The Heresies of Al-Fihri
• Interpreting the Obligations
• The Imam warns against them
• Causes of Extremism
• With the Waqifites
• The Creation of The Qur'an
• The life of amusement
• Wining
• Debauchery
• Notes
• To the Paradise
• The assassination
• The next Imam
• To Paradise
• Processions of escort
• In the last abode
• The date of his death
• Notes
• The Ziyarah of Imam ‘Ali al-Hadi (a.s)
• The Common Ziyarah Of Imam Al-Hadi And Imam Al-Askari