Yunnus Naqqash
Reading Time: 2 minutesOnce “Younas Naqqash” came terrified and trembling to see our 10th Imam, Imam Hadi (as) and said, “Oh the son of the Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) I am at the verge […]
12 HAZRAT IMAM ALI NAQI (AS)
“By God, we were unable to stop ourselves from standing up automatically.”
Reading Time: < 1 minuteSayyid Hashim Bahrani has narrated a traditional report, whosegist is as follows: Whenever Imam Hadi (a.s.) entered the assembly of Mutawakkil, all the people present there arose to accord respect […]
Zarafa, companion of Mutawakkil
Reading Time: < 1 minuteA man named Zarafa, companion of Mutawakkil, the Abbasidehas narrated that there was an Indian conjurer in the employ ofMutawakkil. He was an extraordinary magician having no peer.Mutawakkil told him: […]
Allah is the king.” “The kingdom is Allah’s the One, the forceful”
Reading Time: 2 minutesSayyid Ibne Tawus has narrated from Qasim bin Alaa fromSaafi, servant of Imam Ali Naqi (a.s.) that he (Qasim) said: “I soughtpermission of His Eminence to perform the Ziyarat of […]
Mutawakkil Abbasi and Imam Hadi (as)
Reading Time: < 1 minuteMutawakkil Abbasi constructed a fort and put windows in it sothat the sun may enter it from the four sides. He also placednumerous birds around, so that whenever he sat […]
NAJMUS SAAQIB Incident Seventy-five: Sayyid Bahrul Uloom
Reading Time: < 1 minuteIt is narrated from Aqa Salmasi that one day I was prayingwith Allamah Bahrul Uloom in the shrine of Imam Ali Naqi (a.s.)and Imam Hasan Askari (a.s.). After reciting the […]
Imam Ali Naqi (as) in Prison
Reading Time: < 1 minuteMutawakkil ordered to arrest Imam al-Hadi (a.s.) and put him in prison. After some days in prison, Saqr bin Abu Dulaf came to visit him. The chamberlain, who knew him […]
‘O Sa’eed, stay as you are until we bring you a candle!’
Reading Time: 2 minutesone day al-Mutawakkil was afflicted with abscesses and he was about to die from that. Al-Fat~h bin Khaqan counseled him to send a messenger to Imam al-Hadi (a.s.) to tell […]
‘O Abu Hashim, send a man from our mawali to al-Ha’ir to pray Allah for me!’
Reading Time: < 1 minuteAbu Hashim Said, “I visited Abul Hasan Ali bin Muhammad when he was ill. He said to me, ‘O Abu Hashim, send a man from our mawali to al-Ha’ir to […]
The questions of Yahya bin Aktham
Reading Time: 6 minutesYahya bin Aktham offered some questions, which he had prepared and written down before, to Imam al-Hadi (a.s.) in order to try him. Here are the questions with their answers […]