Israaf – Mutawakkil 2
Reading Time: < 1 minuteIt was narrated that one day al-Mutawakkil was drunken in his palace called al-Barkwar. He said to his drinking companions where it was not the season of flowers, ‘What do […]
The Life of ImamALI bin Muhammad AL-HADI
Israaf of Mutawakkil
Reading Time: 2 minutesMutawakkil spent the wealth of Muslims on his lusts and pleasures over the limit. The treasury was as his own property and he spent from it as he liked. Al-Mas’oudi […]
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 […]
Al-Mutawakkil invites ibn as-Sikkit to try the Imam Ali Naqi (as)
Reading Time: 4 minutesAl-Mutawakkil asked the prominent scholar Ya’qub bin Isaaq known as ibn as-Sikkit to ask Imam al-Hadi (a.s.) about a complicated, ambiguous question that he (the imam) might not find an […]
Judgements of Imam Ali Naqi (as)
Reading Time: 2 minutes1. Al-Mutawakkil had a Christian clerk who was preferable by him. Because he loved him too much he surnamed him as Abu Noah. Some other clerks denied that and said […]
Sharif Abdul Adheem al-Hasani ( Shah Abdul Azeem)
Reading Time: 2 minutesHe had the honor of meeting with Imam al-Hadi (a.s.) and showing him his beliefs. He said to Imam al-Hadi (a.s.), ‘O son of the messenger of Allah, I want […]
Ar-Rayyan bin as-Salt
Reading Time: < 1 minuteAl-Kashshi mentioned that Ma’mar bin Khallad said, ‘Ar-Rayyan bin as-Salt, when al-Fadhl bin Sahl wanted to send him to one of the districts of Khurasan, said to me, ‘I want […]