On the 29th Dhul Qa'dah marks the
Shahadat of the 9th Imam a.s,
Muhammad Taqi. It is a sorrowful and
heavy day on which another Imam a.s
was martyred and the many enemies
around him, including his own wife,
plotted against him, Just like Imam
Hasan a.s. May Allah swt Curse the
Oppressors of Our Imams, Inshallah,
Mola Ali Waaris.
and how they endured and endured.
May Allah swt Hasten your Emergence,
O Blessed Imams a.s so that you may
avenge what the oppressors did to the
Rose Garden of Fatima a.s, Inshallah,
Mola Ali Waaris.
O Ahmed al Hassan and Muhammad al
Mahdi a.s, I ask that you accept our
condolences for what the tyrants did to
your grandfather, the Masoom,
Mazloom, the merciful one... how it
pains to know the plight of your family
Intentions are powerful and even more
so when coupled with work, and Allah
swt Knows Best.
O Ansari's, please remember to pray
for the Imam a.s, and your fellow
believers and work to elevate yourself
and each other from this labyrinth.
Mola Ali Waaris
Fi Aman Allah
In Honor of Imam Taqi for His Shahadat
by: Laila Ali
The 29th Dhul Qa'adah marks a sad
and heavy day. It was on this day that
the 9th Imam, Muhammad Taqi was
martyred. It is truly heartbreaking to
realize how the Imams a.s were
treated and the injustice and
ignorance they faced. Throughout
their lives, they were opposed by
many and apart from Imam Ali a.s
and Imam Hussain a.s, who were
martyred by the sword, they were
poisoned. And our 9th Imam was
poisoned by his wife, just like Imam
Hasan a.s.
Now this was during the time of
Mamun l.a. Mamun called the young
Imam (PBUH) to Baghdad from
Medina and offered his daughter.
This infuriated his family (Abbasids).
To prove to them the excellence of
Imam even at a young age he
arranged a meeting between Imam
and the most learned of men at that
time -Yahya bin Athkam. It was a
grand occasion with some 900 other
scholars present. Imam (PBUH) was
first asked by Yahya: What is the
compensation (kaffara) for a person
in Ehraam who hunted and killed his
prey?"
Imam replied that there were many
more details required before he could
answer the question:
Did the Muhrim (one in Ehraam)
hunt in the haram or outside?
Did the Muhrim know Sharia or not?
Did he hunt intentionally or not?
Did he hunt for the first time or was
this one of many times?
Was he free or a slave?
Was his prey a bird or an animal?
Was it big or small?
Had he hunted by day or by night?
Was he baligh or not?
Was he repentant or not?
Was his ehraam for Hajj or Umra?
Yahya was stunned. He looked down
and started sweating. Mamun asked
the young Imam to answer the
question, which he did, and then
Imam a.s asked Yayha a question
which he could not answer.
The Abbasids admitted defeat and
Mamun took the opportunity to offer
his daughter to Imam. Imam Taqi
a.s, read his own Nikah (the khutba
of which is used today) with the
Mehr of 500 dirhams.
Imam a.s wrote a letter to Mamun
that he would also give Ummul Fazl
Mehr from the wealth of The World
to Come (Aakhira ).
This was in the form of 10 duas
which were for fulfilling any hajaat
(desires) Thus his title is Al-Jawad
(the generous one). These duas are
found in Mafatihul Jinaan.
Imam lived for a year in Baghdad
with Ummul Fazl. She was very
disobedient to Imam. When she
found out that Imam had another
wife (from the progeny of Ammar-eYasir) and that there were also
children, she was jealous and angry
realizing that her father's plan had
failed. She complained to her father
who also realized that his plan, to
keep the 12th Imam in his progeny,
had failed. He was enraged and in his
rage he drank heavily and went to
the 9th Imam's house and attacked
Imam with a sword.
Both Ummul Fazl and a servant saw
the attack and believed Imam was
dead. Mamun, on waking the next
morning, realized the consequences
of his attack and was thinking of