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BRIEF BIOGRAPHY OF 12 IMAMS

The Imams are twelve members of the Ahl al-Bayt of the Prophet (PBUH&HF) who are the successors of the Prophet and after him the Imam of the Islamic community. The first Imam is Imam Ali (AS) and the other Imams are his children and grandchildren and Sayyida Fatimah (SA).

They have been appointed to the Imamate by Allah (SWT) and have characteristics such as infallibility, superiority, knowledge of the unseen and the right of intercession. Imams (AS) have all the duties of the Prophet (PBUH) except receiving revelation and bringing Sharia.

Eleven Imams were martyred, and the last of them, the Promised Mahdi (AJTF), is absent. He will reappear in the future and fill the earth with justice.

 

IMAM ALI IBN ABI TALIB (as)

imam ali

Titles: Amir Al-Mumineen (Commander of the Faithful) Haydar (Brave hearted) Asadullah (Lion of God) Abu Turab (Father of Dust) Abu Yateem (Father of the Orphans)

Mother: Fatimah bint Asad

Father: Abu Talib

Born: 13th Rajab, 23 BH/595 CE

Place of Birth: Inside the Holy Ka’aba, Makkah

Kunya: Abu Al-Hassan, Abu Al-Hassanain

Period of Imamate: 29 years

Death: 21st Ramadan, 40 AH/661 CE

Age of martyrdom: 63

Buried: Najaf, Iraq

 

IMAM AL-HASSAN (as)

imam hassan

Titles: Al-Mujtaba (The selected one)

Mother: Fatimah bint Muhammad

Father: Ali Ibn Abu Talib

Born: 15th Ramadhan, 2 AH/624 CE

Place of Birth: Madinah

Kunya: Abu Muhammad

Period of Imamate: 9 years

Death: 7th Safar, 50 AH/670 CE

Age of martyrdom: 48

Buried: Baqi’, Madinah

 

IMAM AL-HUSSAIN (as)

imam hussain

Titles: Sayyid al-Shuhada (the Master of Martyrs)

Mother: Fatimah bint Muhammad

Father: Ali Ibn Abu Talib

Born: 3rd Shaban, 3 AH/626 CE

Place of Birth: Madinah

Kunya: Aba Abd Allah

Period of Imamate: 10 years

Death: 10th Muharram, 61 AH/680 CE

Age of martyrdom: 57

Buried: Karbala, Iraq

 

IMAM AL-SAJJAD (as)

imam sajjad

Titles: Zayn al-Abideen (Ornament of the Worshippers) Sayyid al-Sajjadeen (Master of the Prostrators)

Mother: Shahrbanu

Father: Hussain ibn Ali

Born: 5th Shaban, 38 AH/659 CE

Place of Birth: Makkah

Kunya: Abu al-Hassan

Period of Imamate: 10 years

Death: 25th Muharram, 95 AH/713 CE

Age of martyrdom: 57

Buried: al-Baqi’, Madinah

 

IMAM MUHAMMAD AL-BAQIR (as)

imam baqir

Titles: al-Baqir (Splitter of Knowledge)

Mother: Fatimah bint al-Hasan

Father: Ali ibn Hussain

Born: 1st Rajab, 57 AH/676 CE

Place of Birth: Madinah

Kunya: Abu Ja’far

Period of Imamate: 19 years

Death: 7th Dhul-Hijjah, 114 AH/733 CE

Age of martyrdom: 57

Buried: al-Baqi’, Madinah

 

IMAM JAFFAR AL-SADIQ (as)

imam sadiq

Titles: Al-Sadiq (Truthful one)

Mother: Ummu Farwah

Father: Muhammad Al-Baqir

Born: 17th Rabi’ al-Awwal, 83 AH/702 CE

Place of Birth: Madinah

Kunya: Abu Abdullah, Abu Musa

Period of Imamate: 32 years

Death: 25th Shawwal, 148 AH/765 CE

Age of martyrdom: 63

Buried: al-Baqi’, Madinah

 

IMAM MUSA AL-KADHIM (as)

imam kadhim

Titles: al-Kadhim (The Calm or Restrained); Bab al-Hawa’ij (The Door to Fulfilling One’s Needs)

Mother: Hamidah al-Barbariyyah

Father: Ja’far al-Sadiq

Born: 7th Safar, 128 AH/745 CE

Place of Birth: Madinah

Kunya: Abu al-Hassan

Period of Imamate: 32 years

Death: 25th Rajab, 183 AH/7991 CE

Age of martyrdom: 55

Buried: Kadhmayn Baghdad, Iraq

 

IMAM ALI AL-RIDHA (as)

imam ridha

Titles: Al-Ridha (the Pleasing One)

Mother: Umm al-Baneen Najmah

Father: Ali ibn Musa al-Ridha

Born: 11th Dhul-Qa’dah, 148 AH/765 CE

Place of Birth: Madinah

Kunya: Abu al-Hassan

Period of Imamate: 20 years

Death: 29th Safar, 203 AH/818 CE

Age of martyrdom: 55

Buried: Mashhad, Iran

 

IMAM TAQI AL-JAWAD (as)

imam jawad

Titles: al-Taqi [the Pious] al-Jawad [the Generous], al-Qani’ [the Content]

Mother: Khaizoran

Father: Ali Al-Ridha

Born: 10th Rajab, 195 AH/811 CE

Place of Birth: Madinah

Kunya: Abu Ja’far, al-Thani (the Second); Ibn al-Ridha

Period of Imamate: 17 years

Death: 30th Dhil-Qa’dah, 220 AH/835 CE

Age of martyrdom: 25

Buried: Kadhmayn Baghdad, Iraq

 

IMAM ALI AL-HADI (as)

imam hadi

Titles: al-Hadi [the Guide], al-Naqi [the Pure]

Mother: Summana Khatun

Father: Muhammad ibn Ali al-Jawad

Born: 2nd Rajab, 212 AH/827 CE

Place of Birth: Madinah

Kunya: Abu al-Hassan

Period of Imamate: 34 years

Death: 3rd Rajab, 254 AH/868 CE

Age of martyrdom: 42

Buried: Samarra, Iraq

 

IMAM HASSAN Al-ASKARI (as) 

imam askari

Titles: al-Askari

Mother: Hudayth / Sousan / Sulayl

Father: Ali ibn Muhammad al-Hadi al-Naqi

Born: 8th Rabi’ al-Thani, 232 AH/846 CE

Place of Birth: Madinah

Kunya: Abu Muhammad, Ibn al-Ridha

Period of Imamate: 6 years

Death: 8th, Rabi’ al-Awwal, 260 AH/874 CE

Age of martyrdom: 28

Buried: Samarra, Iraq

 

IMAM AL-MAHDI (aj)

imam mahdi

Titles: al-Mahdi (the guided), al-Hujjat ibn al-Hassan, al-Muntadhar (the Awaited)

Mother: Narjis Khatoun

Father: Hassan ibn Ali (al-Askari)

Born: 15th Sha’ban, 255 AH/869 CE

Place of Birth: Samarra, Iraq

Kunya: Abu Salih (The Most Pious One)

Period of Imamate: Continuous

Occultation: 329 AH