I have seen my mother set fire to big pieces of firewood but...

I have seen my mother set fire to big pieces of firewood but fire is not lit except with small pieces, and I fear that I shall be from the small pieces of the firewood of the Hell.’[^28] The faith in Allah was a part and an element of Imam Abu Muhammad (a.s.). He did not fear but Allah and this remained in him until the last moment of his life. With His Father Imam Abu Muhammad al-Askari (a.s.) spent a part of his life with his father Imam al-Hadi (a.s.).

He did not part with him even in his travels. He saw in his father a true picture of the morals of his grandfather the messenger of Allah (a.s.) who had been preferred to all prophets, and saw in him the spirits of his fathers the infallible imams (a.s.). On the other hand, Imam al-Hadi (a.s.) saw in his son the natural continuity of the great imamate and general authority of the Prophet (a.s)…