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    Muhammad al-Mahdi

    Twelfth and last of the Twelve Shia Imams

    "Twelfth Imam" redirects here. For the twelfth imam in Isma'ilism, see al-Qa'im (Fatimid caliph).

    For the ruler of Córdoba, Andalus, see Muhammad II of Córdoba. For other uses, see Mahdi (disambiguation).

    Muhammad al-Mahdi
    مُحَمَّد ٱلْمَهْدِي

    Twelfth Imam of Twelver Shi'ism

    Incumbent

    Assumed office
    874 CE
    Preceded byHasan al-Askari
    Title

    List of titles

    • al-Mahdi
      (lit. 'the rightly guided')
    • al-Qa'im
      (lit. 'he who will rise')
    • Sahib al-Zaman
      (lit. 'lord of the age')
    • Baqiyat Allah
      (lit. 'the remnant of God')
    • al-Muntazar
      (lit. 'the awaited')
    • Sahib al-Amr
      (lit. 'lord of the cause')
    • Hujjat Allah
      (lit. 'the proof of God')
    • Yusuf-e-Zahra
      (lit. 'awaited to Zahra')
    Bornc. 255AH (c. 868CE)

    Samarra, Abbasid Empire

    Parents
    Known forBeing the last of the Twelve Imams
    RelativesAhl al-B

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    Imam Husayn alayhis-salam is the son of Imam Ali alayhis-salam and Fatima alayhas-salam the daughter of the holy Prophet Muhammad sallallahu- alayhi-wa-aalih. He was the second grandson of the prophet Muhammad salla-llahu-alayhi-wa-aalih, and he was the holy prophet’s third caliph successor, after his father and brother Hasan alayhis-salam.

    Like his father and brother, he was the Imam (leader) of the people. [On instructions from Allah Almighty, prophet Muhammad salla-llahu-alayhiwa-aalih announced the twelve Imams 6 who would succeed him in leading the Muslim nation.] Imam Husayn is the father of the nine Imams who followed him in succession.

    He was born in Medina on the third of the month of Sha‘ban, in the third year after Hijra – 624 CE.

    On the day of Ashura, while suffering from extreme thirst, he was brutally killed and his head severed by the swords of the army of Yazid-bin- Mo‘awiyah on Saturday the tenth of Muharram in the year 61 after Hijra –around 681 CE – in Karba

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    A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE LIVES OF THE TWELVE IMAMS

    ON THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE IMAM (IMAMOLOGY) (part-2)

    A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE LIVES OF THE TWELVE IMAMS

    The First Imam Amir al-mu'minin Ali

    Amir al-mu'minin Ali[1] - upon whom be peace - was the son of Abu Talib, the Shaykh of the Banu Hashim. Abu Talib was the uncle and guardian of the Holy Prophet and the person who had brought the Prophet to his house and raised him like his own son. After the Prophet was chosen for his prophetic mission, Abu Talib continued to support him and repelled from him the evil that came from the infidels among the Arabs and especially the Quraysh.

    According to well-known traditional accounts Ali was born ten years before the commencement of the prophetic mission of the

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    Prophet. When six years old, as a result of famine in and around Mecca, he was requested by the Prophet to leave his father's house and come to the house of his cousin, the Prophet. There he was placed directly under the guardianshi

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