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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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