Day 1
The son of Imam al-Hadi, the eleventh Imam of the Shia and the father of Imam al-Mahdi. His mother was a bondwoman named Hudayth or Hudaytha…
Day 2
He was brought to Samarra with his father in 233 AH, about a year old, and lived there to the end of his life (Firaq al-Shi'a). It is often …
Day 3
He was imprisoned in 255 AH and held into the reign of al-Mu'tamid; in Safar 260 AH al-Mu'tamid imprisoned him again and had news of him bro…
Day 4
So he reached the Shia through agents and letters. His servant Aqid, whom he had raised, carried many of his letters (al-Ghayba of al-Tusi),…
Day 5
When the Shia disputed whether God has a body, Sahl ibn Ziyad wrote to him. He forbade going deep into God's essence and wrote: God is One a…
Day 6
Because the Abbasids were searching for his son, he showed him only to a few trusted companions and relatives. Once he showed him to some fo…
Day 7
In his will he named only his mother Hudayth, because of the danger to his son (al-Fusul al-Ashara of al-Shaykh al-Mufid). His brother Ja'fa…