Only then (did) they realise that Imam Ali -asws Ibn...

Only then (did) they realise that Imam Ali -asws Ibn Al-Hussain -asws must have been the distributor of money among them.’ [4] Abu Al-Hassan -asws (7 th Imam -asws – Imam Musa-e-Kazim -asws ) says: ‘When Imam Ali -asws Ibn Al-Hussain -asws was about to leave this world, he -asws closed his -asws eyes, then he -asws opened his eyes and recited Chapters 48 ‘Al-Fath’ and 56 ‘Al-Waaqia’ from the Holy Quran and said: “All praise belongs to Allah -azwj Who has Fulfilled His -azwj promise to us -asws and made us -asws to have the Earth as our -asws legacy and choose from Paradise whatever we -asws might like.

Thus, is the reward for those who work (hard).” At that time his -asws (soul) ascended to the (Heavens) and (the Imam) did not say anything further.’ [5] Our Sixth Imam -asws says: ‘Imam Ali -asws Ibn Hussain -asws (Imam Sajjad -asws ) cried over his father, Imam Hussain -asws Ibn Ali -asws for forty years – and whenever food was brought to him, he would cry over Imam Hussain -asws . One day his -asws servant said to him: “May I sacrifice myself for you -asws , O son of Rasool Allah -asws !

I am afraid that you -asws may die (from grief).” He (the Imam Sajjad -asws ) replied: “ I only complain of my distress and grief to Allah, and I know from Allah what you do not know (12:86) [6] . Verily whenever I -asws remember the killing of the children of Syeda Fatimah -asws , I -asws am choked with tears over them -asws .”’ [7] Imam -asws was poisoned by the governor of Medina by the instructions of the Muslim ruler Walid -la bin Abdul Malik -la .

The Imam -asws met martyrdom on the 25th of Muharram 95 A.H. (713 A.D) and was buried in Medina. With the passage of time a modest but beautiful Mausoleum was built to house the Imam -asws ‘s grave in ‘Jannat ul Baqi’, near the Holy grave of Rasool Allah -saww . Shamefully, in 1926 A.D., a King -la of Saudi Arabia destroyed the Holy shrine.

4 th Imam -asws was considered the most ascetic person of all times: ‘From Abu Ja’far Muhammad Bin Ali Al-Baqir -asws having said: ‘Ali -asws Bin Al-Husayn -asws used to pray Salat during the day and night, a thousand Cycles, like what Amir Al-Momineen -asws used to do. There were five hundred palm trees for him -asws , and he -asws would pray two cycles Salat at each palm tree.