Imam Ali an-Naqi al-Hadi (AS), the Tenth Infallible Successor of Holy Prophet Mohammad (SAWA)

On 15th of the Islamic month of Zil-Hijjah in 214 AH, Imam Ali an-Naqi al-Hadi (AS), the 10th Infallible Successor of Prophet Mohammad (SAWA) was born in the holy city of Medina. His period of Imamate or divinely-decreed leadership of mankind was 34 years, until he was martyred in the Iraqi city of Samarra through poisoning by the usurper Abbasid caliph, Mo’taz.
The Imam, who was forced to come to Samarra by the previous caliph, the tyrant Motawakkil, trained many prominent scholars, including his distant cousin, Hazrat Abdul-Azeem al-Hasani, whose shrine in Rayy, a southern suburb of Tehran, is visited by pilgrims throughout the year.
Despite the suffocating atmosphere of Abbasid rule, the 10th Imam strengthened the system of “wikala” (representation) throughout the Islamic realm, to serve the ummah during the imamate of his son, and especially the long occultation of his grandson, the eagerly awaited, Imam Mahdi (AS), who will reappear in the end times to establish the global government of peace, prosperity and justice, by weeding out oppression and the corruption from the earth.
Author: Syed Ali Shahbaz
Imam reza network