Day 1
The fifth Imam of the Shia; the son of Imam Zayn al-Abidin and of Umm Abd Allah Fatima, the daughter of Imam al-Hasan. Descended from al-Has…
Day 2
When the verse of those vested with authority (4:59) was revealed, Jabir asked the Prophet who they were. The Prophet named the Imams after …
Day 3
Al-Shaykh al-Mufid writes that he surpassed his brothers in knowledge, piety and standing; the surviving Companions of the Prophet, the lead…
Day 4
He rejected analogy (qiyas) as a source of law (Wasa'il al-Shi'a), and said the Khawarij erred out of ignorance, for religion is gentler tha…
Day 5
He taught Ziyarat Ashura to Alqama ibn Muhammad al-Hadrami, telling him that whoever greets al-Husayn with it on Ashura, near or far, has gr…
Day 6
His imamate spanned five Umayyad caliphs, from al-Walid ibn Abd al-Malik to Hisham ibn Abd al-Malik, in whose caliphate he was martyred (Tar…
Day 7
He had seven children, five sons and two daughters. His wife Umm Farwa, the daughter of al-Qasim ibn Muhammad, was the mother of Imam Ja'far…