The Mahdi Times November 2011 | Page 45

The Wiladat of Imam Naqi a.s. By: Laila Ali Imam Ali un Naqi a.s is the tenth Imam a.s, his mother was a very pious lady who spent her whole life fasting. The 10th Imam has said that his mother was one of the ladies of paradise and one of those from 'Ahlul Haqq' (people of truth). Imam Ali un Naqi a.s became Imam at the age of 8 years. Although an Imam a.s is born an Imam a.s, by this it is meant that he was now the one that the people would have to pay the allegiance too. The Calipha of the time wrote to the governor of Medina asking him to send the young Imam to a person called Junaydi for tutorage (the governor of Madina was threatened that if he did not do this than the people of Madina would be annihilated). Junaydi was a well-known poet of that time and 'anti - Ahlulbayt' and was 80 years old. The Calipha felt that if this was done than anything that the Imam a.s did or said could be attributed to Junaydi i.e. it was taught to Imam by Junaydi.  When Junaydi was once asked about the progress of his student he said : "I am the student and he is the teacher. I now know what knowledge is. What I say is because of what I have been taught by Im