It has competed with the heaven in its highness and nobility...

It has competed with the heaven in its highness and nobility, and has gone higher than the polestars in rank and position. It has all qualities of perfection that it is not excepted by “other than” or “except”. These Imams have been ordered in glory like the order of pearls, and harmonized in honor that the first of them equals the next.

Many were those who strove to degrade this house but Allah exalted and still exalts it, and many were those who spared no effort to separate the unity of this house but Allah gathered and gathers it. How many rights of this house were lost but Allah does not ignore or lose…’[^26] Educational studies say that house has great influence on the forming of man’s behaviors and the building of his personality.

The good or bad scenes he sees inside the house are pressed inside him and shall adhere to him throughout his life. In the light of this fact, Imam Abu Muhammad (a.s.) got the highest scenes of the purest education. He grew up in a house that Allah had purified and exalted…that house that raised the Word of Allah high in the earth and offered dear sacrifices for the sake of Islam. Imam Abu Muhammad (a.s.) grew up in the house of the Qur'an and the heart of Islam.

His father Imam al-Hadi (a.s.) fed him with guidance and ideals to be the continuity of the mission of Islam. God-Fearing The distinct aspect in the childhood of Imam Abu Muhammad al-Hasan al-Askari (a.s.) was the fear of Allah. He was God-fearing since his early years. Historians mentioned that one day some man passed by Imam Abu Muhammad (a.s.) and saw him cry while he was with his fellow children.

The man thought that this child cried for the toys in the children’s hands and that he could not participate in their playing. The man told the child that he would buy him what he might play with. The child said, ‘No! We have not been created for play.’ The man was astonished and said, ‘Then, what for we have been created?’ The child said, ‘For knowledge and worship.’ The man asked the child, ‘Where have you got this from?’ The child said, ‘From this saying of Allah*(What!

Did you then think that We had created you in vain)* [^27] .’ The man was astonished and confused. He said to the child, ‘What has happened to you while you are guiltless little child?’ The child said, ‘Be away from me!