Ninth Imam...

Ninth Imam: Abu Ja'far ath-Thani MUHAMMAD at-Taqi al- Jawad, son of 'All ar-Riza, was born on 10th Rajab 195/811 in Medina; died of poison in Baghdad on 30th Dhu 'l-qa"dah 220/835; was buried near his grandfather at al-Kazimiyyah. Tenth Imam: Abu '1-Hasan ath-Thalith ‘ALI an-Naqi al-Hadi, son of Muhammad at-Taqi, was born on 5th Rajab 212/827 in Medina; died of poison in Samarra (Iraq) on 3rd Rajab, 254/868.

Eleventh Imam: Abu Muhammad "AL-HASAN al-"Askari, son of 'Ali an-Naqi, was born on 8th Rabi’u 'th-Thani, 232/846 in Medina; died of poison in Samarra (Iraq) on 8th Rabi’u '1-Awwal 260/874. Twelfth Imam: Abu '1-Qasim MUHAMMAD AL-MAHDI, son of al-Hasan al-‘Askari, was born on 15th Sha'ban 255/869 in Samarra (Iraq). He is our present Imam; he went into .Lesser Occultation in 260/874 which continued until 329/844; then the Greater Occultation began, which still continues.

He will reappear when Allah allows him, to establish the Kingdom of Allah on earth, to fill the world with justice and equality, as it would be full of injustice and tyranny. He is al-Qa'im (the one who shall stand to establish the rule of Allah); al-Hujjah (the Proof of Allah over His creatures); Sahibu 'z-Zamân (the Lord of Our Time), and Sahibu 'IAmr (the one vested with Divine authority). Previous…