
A comprehensive and detailed biography and analysis of the life of our tenth Imam, Ali bin Muhammad al-Hadi [a].
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- The Life of Imam ‘Ali al-Hadi, Study and Analysis
- Dedication
- Introduction
- 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
- Aspects of his Personality
- Imamate
- The Need for Imamate
- Infallibility of the Imams
- The Knowledge of the Imams
- Announcing his Imamate
- His Generosity
- His Asceticism
- Working in his Farm
- Guiding the Deviant
- 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
- 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
- Renting
- Entailment
- Foods
- Judgment
- Penalties
- Disbelief of the Excessive
- Theological Arguments
- The Impossibility of Seeing Allah
- Impossibility of Embodiment
- 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
- 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
- Mob
- Words of Light
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Al-Mutawakkil despises the Imam
- The Imam’s prayer against al-Mutawakkil
- 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
- 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
- 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
- To the Paradise
- The Ziyarah of Imam ‘Ali al-Hadi (a.s)
- The Common Ziyarah Of Imam Al-Hadi And Imam Al-Askari