Alhassanain(p) Network for Heritage and Islamic Thought

Tabl of Contents

Dedication. 11

Introduction. 12

Note. 16

His Birth and Upbringing. 17

The Origin and The Birth. 17

His Father 17

His Mother 17

Great Newborn Baby. 18

Ceremonies of the Birth. 18

Birth Date. 18

His Name. 18

His Surname. 18

His Epithets. 19

His Lineaments. 19

His Charm.. 20

His Upbringing. 21

His Early Genius. 21

His Solemnity and Dignity. 22

The Alawids’ Reverence Towards him.. 23

Relation of the People of the Book to him.. 23

What authors say about him.. 24

1. Abul Falah al-Hanbali 24

2. Al-Yafi’iy. 24

3. Abul Fida’ 25

4. Ibn as-Sabbagh al-Maliki 25

5. Ibn Shahrashub. 25

6. Al-Qutb ar-Rawandi 25

7. Ath-Thahabi 25

8. Ibn Hajar 25

9. Ibn Anbasah. 25

10. Muhammad bin Talha. 25

11. Aagha Buzurg at-Tahrani 26

12. Khayruddeen az-Zarkali 26

Notes. 27

Aspects of his Personality. 28

Imamate. 28

The Need for Imamate. 28

Infallibility of the Imams. 29

The Knowledge of the Imams. 29

Announcing his Imamate. 31

1. Isma’il bin Mihran. 31

2. Al-Khayrani 31

3. As-Saqr bin Abu Dalf. 31

4. Some of the Shi’a. 31

5. Ahmad bin Abu Khalid. 31

His Generosity. 32

His Asceticism.. 33

Working in his Farm.. 33

Guiding the Deviant 34

Honoring the Ulama’ 35

His Worship. 36

His Supplications in Qunut 36

His supplication after Fajr Prayer 38

His Supplication after the Asr’ Prayer 39

The Response to his Supplications. 40

Notes. 43

His Knowledge and Sciences. 44

Traditions (Hadith) 44

His traditions from the Prophet (S) 44

His narrations from Amir’ul- Mu’minin. 47

His narrations from Imam al-Baqir 48

His narrations from Imam as-Sadiq. 48

His narrations from Imam ar-Ridha. 50

Referring Obscure Traditions to the Ahlul Bayt 50

Contradictory traditions. 50

Jurisprudence. 51

Washing the Dead. 51

Offering Prayers in (clothes of) Fur 51

Offering prayers with man’s hair 52

Passing before a prayer 52

Offering prayers in the desert 52

Prostrating on glass. 52

An Unconscious Person is not to Reoffer Prayer 53

Offering qasr’ prayer in the journey to Mecca. 53

Khums. 53

Zakat 54

Fasting. 55

Fasting of a suckling mother 55

Expiation (kaffara) of specified fasts. 55

Trade. 56

Prohibition of working with the unjust 56

Renting. 56

Entailment 57

Foods. 57

Judgment 57

Penalties. 58

Disbelief of the Excessive. 58

Theological Arguments. 59

The Impossibility of Seeing Allah. 59

Impossibility of Embodiment 60

Impossibility of Describing Allah. 61

Monotheism.. 61

Refuting of Compulsion and Free Will 61

Samples of his supplications. 76

His supplication (du’a) during distress. 77

His Du’a at sleeping time. 79

The Du’a of Resorting. 79

His Du’a of Seeking Protection from Satan. 80

A Lofty Du’a. 80

His communes. 80

His Ziyarahs. 80

Ziyarah of Al-Ghadir 81

From the prophets’ stories. 83

Noah and Iblis. 83

Moses and Allah. 84

A Maxim from Jesus Christ 84

From The Islamic Events. 84

The Virtue of the Prophet and ‘Ali 85

The Virtue of Patience. 85

Pessimism towards Days. 85

Cleanness. 86

Rarity of Lawful Income. 86

Ignoring the Fact of Death. 86

True Repentance. 87

Mob. 87

Words of Light 87

Notes. 90

His Companions and the Narrators of his Traditions  94

1. Ibrahim bin Isaaq. 94

2. Ibrahim bin Abu Bakr ar-Razi 94

3. Ibrahim bin Idris. 94

4. Ibrahim bin Dawud al-Ya’qubi 94

5. Ibrahim bin Shayba. 95

6. Ibrahim bin Abdah an-Naysaburi 95

7. Ibrahim bin Uqbah. 95

8. Ibrahim bin Muhammad bin Faris an-Naysaburi 95

9. Ibrahim bin Muhammad al-Hamadani 95

10. Ibrahim bin Mahziyar 96

11. Ibrahim ad-Dahqan. 96

12. Ahmad bin Isaaq bin Abdullah al-Ash’ari al-Qummi 96

13. Ahmad bin Isaaq ar-Razi 96

14. Ahmad bin Isma’il bin Yaqtin. 96

15. Ahmad bin Abu Abdullah al-Barqi 96

16. Ahmad bin al-Hasan bin Isaaq bin Sa’d. 96

17. Ahmad bin al-Hasan bin ‘Ali bin Muhammad bin Fadhdhal 96

18. Ahmad bin Hamza bin al-Yasa’ al-Qummi 96

19. Ahmad bin al-Khadheeb. 97

20. Ahmad bin Zakariyya bin Baba al-Qummi 97

21. Ahmad bin al-Fadhl 97

22. Ahmad bin Muhammad as-Siyadi al-Basri 97

23. Ahmad bin Muhammad bin Eesa al-Ash’ari al-Qummi 97

24. Ahmad bin Hilal as-Sabrtani al-Baghdadi 97

25. Isaaq bin Isma’il bin Noubakht 97

26. Isaaq bin Muhammad al-Basri 97

27. Ayyub bin Noah bin Duraj 97

28. Bishr bin Bashshar an-Naysaburi 98

29. Ja’far bin Ahmad. 98

30. Ja’far bin Ibrahim bin Noah. 98

31. Ja’far bin Abdullah bin al-Husayn bin Jami’ al-Qummi 98

32. Ja’far bin Muhammad bin Isma’il bin al-Khattab. 98

33. Ja’far bin Muhammad bin Younus al-Ahwal as-Sayrafi 98

34. Hatim bin al-Faraj 98

35. Al-Hasan bin Ja’far 98

36. Al-Hasan bin al-Hasan al-Alawi 98

37. Al-Hasan bin al-Husayn al-Alawi 98

38. Al-Hasan bin Kharzath. 98

39. Abu ‘Ali al-Hasan bin Rashid. 99

40. Al-Hasan bin Dharif. 100

41. Al-Hasan bin ‘Ali bin Umar bin ‘Ali bin al-Husayn bin ‘Ali bin Abu Talib  100

42. Al-Hasan bin ‘Ali al-Washsha’ 100

43. Al-Hasan bin ‘Ali bin Abu Uthman as-Sajjadah. 101

44. Al-Hasan bin Muhammad al-Qummi 101

45. Al-Hasan bin Muhammad bin Hayy. 101

46. Al-Hasan bin Muhammad al-Mada’ini 102

47. Al-Husayn bin Asad an-Nahdi 102

48. Al-Husayn bin Asad al-Basri 102

49. Al-Husayn bin Ashkib. 102

50. Al-Husayn bin Ubaydillah al-Qummi 102

51. Al-Husayn bin Malik al-Qummi 102

52. Al-Husayn bin Muhammad al-Mada’ini 102

53. Hafs al-Marwazi 102

54. Hamdan bin Sulayman bin Umayrah an-Naysaburi 102

55. Hamza bin Sulayman bin Rasheed. 102

56. Khalil bin Hashim al-Farisi 102

57. Khayran bin Isaaq az-Zakani 103

58. Khayran al-Khadim.. 103

59. Dawud bin Abu Zayd. 103

60. Dawud bin al-Qassim al-Ja’fari 103

61. Dawud bin Sakhinah as-Sarimi 103

62. Raja’ bin Yahya bin Saman Abul Husayn al-Aqraba’iy. 103

63. Ar-Rayyan bin as-Salt 103

64. As-Sariy bin Salamah al-Isfahani 104

65. Sulayman bin Hafswayh. 104

66. Sulayman bin Dawud al-Marwazi 104

67. As-Sindi bin Muhammad. 104

68. Abu Sa’eed Sahl bin Ziyad. 104

69. Abu Nu’as Sahl bin Ya’qub bin Isaaq. 104

70. Shahwayh bin Abdullah. 104

71. Abul Khayr Salih bin Salamah ar-Razi 104

72. Salih bin Eesa bin Umar bin Bazi’ 104

73. Salih bin Muhammad al-Hamadani 104

74. Abdus al-Attar 105

75. Abdur-Rahman bin Muhammad bin Tayfur 105

76. Abdur-Rahman bin Muhammad bin Ma’ruf al-Qummi 105

77. Abd as-Samad al-Qummi 105

78. Sharif Abdul Adheem al-Hasani 105

His lineage. 105

His reliability and knowledge. 105

His meeting with Imam al-Hadi 105

His death. 106

79. Abu Amr Uthman bin Sa’eed al-Umari as-Samman. 107

80. Urwa bin Yahya ad-Dahqan. 107

81. ‘Ali bin Ibrahim al-Hamadani 107

82. ‘Ali bin Ibrahim bin Hashim al-Qummi 107

83. Abul Hasan ‘Ali bin Abu Qurrah. 108

84. ‘Ali bin Bilal al-Baghdadi 108

85. ‘Ali bin Ja’far al-Hamadani 108

86. ‘Ali bin al-Hasan. 109

87. ‘Ali bin al-Hasan bin Fadhdhal 109

88. ‘Ali bin al-Hasan bin Abd Rabbih. 110

89. ‘Ali bin al-Husayn al-Hamadani 110

90. ‘Ali bin Ramees al-Baghdadi 110

91. ‘Ali bin ar-Rayyan bin as-Salt al-Ash’ari al-Qummi 110

92. ‘Ali bin Ziyad as-Saymari 110

93. ‘Ali bin Shira. 110

94. ‘Ali bin Abdul Ghaffar 110

95. ‘Ali bin Abdullah. 110

96. ‘Ali bin Abdullah bin Ja’far al-Himyari 110

97. ‘Ali bin Abdullah az-Zubayri 110

98. ‘Ali bin Ubaydillah. 110

99. ‘Ali bin Amr al-Attar al-Qazwini 110

100. ‘Ali bin Muhammad bin Ziyad as-Saymari 110

101. ‘Ali bin Muhammad bin ash-Shuja’ an-Naysaburi 111

102. ‘Ali bin Muhammad bin Shirah al-Qashani 111

103. ‘Ali bin Muhammad al-Minqari 111

104. ‘Ali bin Muhammad an-Nawfali 111

105. ‘Ali bin Mahziyar al-Ahwazi ad-Dawraqi 111

His worship. 111

Imam al-Jawad praises him.. 111

His narrations. 112

106. ‘Ali bin Yahya ad-Dahqan. 112

107. Isa’ bin Ahmad. 112

108. Faris bin Hatim al-Qazwini 112

109. Al-Fath bin Yazid al-Jirjani 113

110. Al-Fadhl bin Shathan an-Nayshaburi 113

Imam al-Hasan praises him.. 113

Confuting the opponents. 113

His works. 113

111. Al-Fadhl bin Kathir al-Baghdadi 113

112. Al-Fadhl bin al-Mubarak. 114

113. Al-Qassim ash-Sha’rani al-Yaqtini 114

114. Al-Qassim as-Sayqal 114

115. Kafur al-Khadim.. 114

116. Muhammad bin Abu Tayfur al-Mutatabbib. 114

117. Muhammad bin Ahmad bin Ibrahim.. 114

118. Abu ‘Ali Muhammad bin Ahmad al-Mahmudi 114

119. Abul Hasan Muhammad bin Ahmad bin Ubaydillah bin al-Mansur 114

120. Muhammad bin Ahmad bin Mutahhar 114

121. Muhammad bin Ahmad bin Mihran. 115

122. Muhammad bin Isma’il as-Saymari al-Qummi 115

123. Muhammad bin Jazzak al-Jammal 115

124. Muhammad bin al-Hasan bin Shammun al-Basri 115

125. Muhammad bin al-Hasan bin Abu al-Khattab az-Zayyat 115

126. Muhammad bin Hamza al-Qummi 115

127. Muhammad bin al-Husayn al-Fihri 115

128. Muhammad bin al-Husayn. 116

129. Abul Abbas Muhammad bin Khalid ar-Razi 116

130. Muhammad bin Raja’ al-Khayyat 116

131. Muhammad bin ar-Rayyan bin as-Salt 116

132. Muhammad bin Sa’eed bin Kulthum al-Marwazi 116

133. Muhammad bin Sulayman al-Jallab. 116

134. Muhammad bin Sayfi al-Kufi 116

135. Muhammad bin Abdul Jabbar 116

136. Muhammad bin Abdur-Rahman al-Hamadani an-Nawfali 116

137. Muhammad bin Abdullah bin Mihran al-Karkhi 116

138. Muhammad bin Abdullah an-Nawfali al-Hamadani 116

139. Muhammad bin Ubaydillah at-Tahi 117

140. Muhammad bin ‘Ali bin Eesa al-Ash’ari al-Qummi 117

141. Muhammad bin ‘Ali bin Mahziyar 117

142. Muhammad bin Eesa bin Ubayd al-Yaqtini 117

143. Muhammad bin al-Faraj ar-Rakhji 117

144. Muhammad bin al-Fadhl 118

145. Muhammad bin al-Fadhl al-Baghdadi 118

146. Abu Abdullah Muhammad bin al-Qassim bin Hamza bin Musa al-Alawi 118

147. Muhammad bin Marwan al-Jallab. 118

148. Muhammad bin Marwan al-Khattab. 118

149. Muhammad bin Musa bin Furat 118

150. Muhammad bin Musa ar-Rab’iy. 118

151. Muhammad bin Yahya bin Daryab. 118

152. Masqalah bin Isaaq al-Qummi al-Ash’ari 118

153. Mu’awiya bin Hakeem bin Mu’awiya bin Ammar al-Kufi 118

154. Mansur bin al-Abbas ar-Razi 118

155. Musa bin Dawud al-Ya’qubi 118

156. Musa bin Umar bin Bazee’ the mawla of al-Mansur 119

157. Musa bin Umar al-Hadheen. 119

158. Musa bin Murshid al-Warraq an-Nayshaburi 119

159. Nasr bin Muzahim al-Qummi 119

160. An-Nadhr bin Muhammad al-Hamadani 119

161. Yahya bin Abu Bakr ar-Razi adh-Dharir 119

162. Yahya bin Muhammad. 119

163. Abu Yusuf Ya’qub bin Isaaq ad-Dawraqi al-Ahwazi 119

164. Ya’qub al-Bajali 119

165. Ya’qub bin Manqush. 119

166. Abu Yusuf al-Katib Ya’qub bin Yazid bin Hammad al-Annbari as-Salami 120

167. Abu Bakr bin Abu Tayfur al-Fahmaki al-Mutatabbib. 120

168. Abul Husayn bin Hilal 120

169. Abul Husayn al-Hudhayni 120

170. Abu Tahir 120

171. Abu Tahir bin Hamza bin al-Yasa’ al-Ash’ari 120

172. Abu Tahir Muhammad. 120

173. Abu Abdullah al-Mughazi 120

174. Abu Abdullah al-Mukari 120

175. Abu Muhammad bin Ibrahim.. 120

176. Abu Yahya al-Jirjani 120

177. Kulthum al-Karkhiyya. 121

Notes. 122

Imam al-Hadi in Samarra’ 128

In Yathrib. 128

Betraying the Imam.. 128

Frustrating the plot 129

The letter of al-Mutawakkil to Imam al-Hadi 129

The worry of the people of Medina. 129

Searching the Imam’s house. 130

Sending the Imam to Surra Man Ra’a. 130

In Khan as-Sa’alik. 130

The meeting between the Imam and al-Mutawakkil 131

Al-Mutawakkil refers to the Imam’s fatwas. 131

Al-Mutawakkil and poets. 132

Al-Mutawakkil invites ibn as-Sikkit to try the Imam.. 133

The questions of Yahya bin Aktham.. 134

His visiting to the tomb of Amir’ul- Mu’minin. 137

Invoking the shrine of Imam Husayn. 138

Breaking into the Imam’s house. 140

Al-Bathawi informs against the Imam.. 141

The blockade against the Imam.. 142

Imprisoning the Imam.. 142

A vain attempt to assassinate the Imam.. 142

Al-Mutawakkil despises the Imam.. 143

The Imam’s prayer against al-Mutawakkil 144

The death of al-Mutawakkil 147

Al-Muntasir 147

Executing the Plot 148

The rule of al-Muntasir 148

With The Alawids. 148

The Permission of Visiting the Tomb of Imam ‘Ali 149

His Death. 149

The reign of al-Musta’een. 149

His Wasting and Lavishness. 149

The Deposition of Al-Musta’een. 150

Notes. 151

The Age of the Imam.. 153

Political life. 153

The Prevailing of the Turks on the Rule. 153

Ignorance of the Turks. 153

Corruption of the Rule. 154

The Walis of the Islamic Districts. 154

The Hatred towards the Abbasid Rule. 155

Oppressing the Alawids. 155

Economical Blockade. 155

Gifting Monies to Disparage The Alawids. 156

Jailing the Alawids. 156

The Revolt of Martyr Yahya. 156

Destroying the Tomb of Imam Husayn. 157

Forbidding Muslims from Visiting Al-Husayn. 158

Complaint of Muslims. 159

Economical life. 159

The Waste of Al-Mutawakkil 159

Celebrating the Homage to his Sons. 160

Bondmaids. 160

Palaces. 160

1. Al-Ja’fari 161

2. Al-Burj 161

3. Al-Maleeh. 161

4. Ash-Shabandaz. 161

5. Al-Mukhtar 161

6. Al-Gharw.. 161

7. Barkwar 161

8. Al-Hayr 161

Gifts To The Poets. 162

The general economical life. 163

Land Tax. 163

General Misery. 164

The religious life. 164

Heresies and Errors. 164

The Heresies of Ibn Hasakah. 164

The Imam Disavows Him.. 165

The Heresies of Al-Fihri 165

Interpreting the Obligations. 165

The Imam warns against them.. 166

Causes of Extremism.. 167

With the Waqifites. 167

The Creation of The Qur'an. 167

The life of amusement 167

Wining. 168

Debauchery. 168

Notes. 169

To the Paradise. 171

The assassination. 171

The next Imam.. 172

To Paradise. 172

Processions of escort 172

In the last abode. 172

The date of his death. 172

Notes. 174

The Ziyarah of Imam ‘Ali al-Hadi (a.s) 175

The Common Ziyarah Of Imam Al-Hadi And Imam Al-Askari 185