Day 6

The lesson

1. Al-Mufid names as his children Imam al-Hasan al-Askari, al-Husayn, Muhammad and a daughter, A'isha (al-Irshad); Ibn Shahrashub names a daughter Aliyya (Manaqib). Other sources add Ja'far, who later claimed the Imamate and is called al-Kadhdhab. The mother of Imam al-Askari was the bondwoman Hudayth (al-Kafi; al-Irshad), also called Salil.
2. He was martyred in Samarra in Rajab 254 AH (868), in the reign of al-Mu'tazz (al-Irshad). Some sources give 3 Rajab (Firaq al-Shi'a), others 25 or 26 Jumada al-Thani (Kashf al-Ghumma). According to reports, al-Mu'tazz poisoned him (Dala'il al-Imama).
3. Imam al-Hasan al-Askari and some of the Shia prayed over him in his house; then al-Mu'tazz had the body set down before the crowd and prayed over it. The mourners struck their faces, and the crowd was so great that Imam al-Askari could barely pass. He was buried in the house in Samarra where he had been held (Ithbat al-Wasiyya of al-Mas'udi; Kashf al-Ghumma).

Questions

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