TOC: The Life of Imam ‘Ali al-Hadi, Study and Analysis

The Life of Imam ‘Ali al-Hadi, Study and Analysis

Title

Dedication

Introduction

Chapter 1
His Birth And Upbringing

-The Origin And The Birth

-His Father

-His Mother

-Great Newborn Baby

-Ceremonies of the Birth

-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

Chapter 2
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 Shia

5. Ahmad bin Abu Khalid

-Forbidding from associating with Sufis

-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

Chapter 3
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 Musa bin Ja’far

-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 on seeing the crescent

-Fasting of a suckling mother

-Expiation (kaffara) of specified fasts

-Trade

-Prohibition of working with the unjust

-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 the Ulama’ During the Time of Occultation

-The Virtue Of Patience

-Pessimism Towards Days

-Cleanness

-Rarity of Lawful Income

-Ignoring the Fact of Death

-True Repentance

-The Meaning Of “Rajeem”

-Mob

-Words Of Light

Chapter 4
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 flight to ar-Riy

-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 works

-His narrations

106. Ali bin Yahya ad-Dahqan

107. Eesa 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 Şayfi 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

Chapter 5
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

-Annulling the Interdict of Visiting the Tomb of Imam Husayn

-His Death

-The reign of al-Musta’een

-His Wasting and Lavishness

-The Deposition of Al-Musta’een

Chapter 6
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

-The general economical life

-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

Chapter 7
To the Paradise

-The assassination

-The next Imam

-To Paradise

-Processions of escort

-In the last abode

-The date of his death

Chapter 8
The Ziyarah of Imam Ali al-Hadi (a.s)

Chapter 9
The Common Ziyarah Of Imam Al-Hadi And Imam Al-Askari