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