Imam askari (as)

Father: Imam Ali al-Hadi Al-Naqi (as), 10th imam
Mother: Sawsan
Date of Birth:8th Rabi ath-Thāni 232 AH
Place of Birth: Madina.
Nickname : Al-Askari. Was called so because he lived in the city
of Samarra , which was a military camp. Askar means army in Arabic
Death : Died at the age of 28, in Samarah, on Friday
the eighth Rabi-ul-Awwal 260 A.H. ( 873 A.D.) buried
in Samarra
period of Imamate: 6 years

When Imam Askari(as) was only 2 years old, his family was forcibly
moved from madina to Samarra. The reason for this was because the
evil Caliph of the time-Mutawakkil wanted to keep a close eye on
Imam’s father-Imam Ali Al-Naqi (as).
Imam Hasan al Askari’s (as) life from childhood to adulthood was spent
in a house where his father Imam ‘Ali Naqi (as) was to remain under
house arrest.
But despite this close guard on the Imam, Imam Askari (as) remained
under the guidance of his father for 22 years.The Imam he conducted
his duties as Imam from inside the house, teaching people The Quran
and instructing his followers on the true teachings of Islam as taught by
the Prophet of Islam and his Ahlul Bayt.

• Imam Al-Naqi (as) Imam
Askari’s (as) father was
under close
surveillance by Caliph
Mutawakkil’s spies In
the city of Samara.
Spies were everywhere
• Even restricting the
Shias from meeting
their imam

Imām Hasan al-Askari (‘a) led a simple life and even from the time of
his childhood, he taught people not to waste time. One day, when he
was a young boy, A man was walking by a group of children with a
young boy watching them. The man asked the young boy –who was
Imam Al Askari(as): ‘do you want to play with the other boys your age?’
Imām Hasan al-Askari (as) replied to the man, ‘we
were not created to play.’ Then the Imām recited
the following verse of the Qur’ān:
We did not create the sky and
earth and whatever is between
them for play
Sura Anbiya-21:16
Then imam al- Askari said (as) ; This world will
one day perish, It will not remain for anyone and
no one will remain in it.

• There is a famous incident involving a man called
Yaqub al-Kindi, considered as a great philosopher
of Iraq.
• Al-Kindi wrote a book in which he claimed some
verses of the holy Quran were contradictory.He
wanted to prove that the Quran was not the word
of Almighty Allah (SWT).
• Imam Hassan Askari (as), waited for an opportunity
to prove him wrong .

One day, by chance one of Al-Kindi’s students came to Imam
Hassan Askari (as).
• Imam Hassan Askari (as) asked him: "Is there anyone
amongst you who can stop your teacher from
wasting his time in this useless effort fighting the
Noble Qur'an?"
• The student replied: "Sir, we are his students, how
can we object to his teaching?“
• Imam Hassan Askari (as): urged the student that he
could at least convey to his teacher what he (imam)
had to say.
• The Student agreed.

• Imam Al-Askari (as) gave the student some
questions to give his teacher and also told him to
ask his teacher;
• “is it not possible that when you read a book
you may not have understood what the
author was intending to say”?
• This was in reference to the questions he had
raised on the Quran, the author being ALLAH
(swt)

Student gives Al-Kindi Imam’s response
• When the student met his teacher, gave him the questions that Imam
had given him.
Al-Kindi was amazed, but did not
believe his student that all this
was from him (student). The
Student admitted the questions
were from Imam Hassan Al-
Askari (as).
Al-Kindi remarked; “ now you
have spoken the truth. Only
someone from the house of Ahl
Bayt can come up with this”
Al-Kindi realized his errors and
ordered that the book that he
wrote be burnt

• Yaqub al-Kindi was not alone in benefiting
from Imam Hassan Askari (as). Several
scholars benefited from his oceans of
knowledge.
• Many others who came into contact with
Imam Hassan Askari (as), later became
leading scientists,, Mathematicians and
doctors

Imam under constant imprisonment
• The Abbasid Caliphs constantly imprisoned Imam Hassan
Askari (as) just to harass him and break him down. Caliph
Mutawakkil, ordered his jailer ,Salih bin Wasif to treat Imam
Hassan Askari (as) very harshly. Salih sent for two of the evilest
men he could find to beat and torture the Imam.
• After a while, when Salih went to check on their progress, he
found the two evil men had changed into men of worship,
constantly praying. A furious Salih questioned them and they
replied:
• "What can we say about a man who fasts through the day
and stands (in prayer) through the night, who does not
speak and occupies himself with nothing except worship?
When he looks at us, our limbs shake and within us is (a
feeling) which we have never had."

• After Salih’s first attempt to torture the Imam (as) failed, he
sent in another cruel man called Nahrir. Nahrir ignored even
his own wife who warned him:
• "Fear Allah (SWT), have you no idea of who is imprisoned in
your prison? He is a pious man and a great worshipper of
Allah (SWT). I am afraid that Allah (SWT) will curse you."
• Nahrir replied: "O' really. Just watch me; I am going to send
him inside the cage of the wild animals."
• Imam Hassan Askari (as) was sent to this cage and the people
thought that this was the end of Imam Hassan Askari's (as) life.
But when they returned to look what had happened instead
they all witnessed that Imam Hassan Askari (as) was
surrounded by the wild animals which all were prostrating
before Him.

Imam’s condition in prison
Ahmed Bin Ishaq relates that when he went to
Samarra and asked for the whereabouts of the 11th
Imam, he was told that Imam had been imprisoned.
After bribing the guards he was able to visit Imam one
night. He described the prison as a tunnel under the
caliph’s home where there was no space to stretch
ones legs nor room to be able to stand. Ahmed says
he cried when he saw Imams condition. Food was
only one glass of water and a piece of dry bread a day.

Ismail bin Muhammad says, "I was sitting on the road waiting
for our 11th Imam, so that I may stop him and ask him for
money. Before that, I had hidden 200 dinars as my saving.”
“As Imam Hassan Askari (as) passed by, i rushed and stopped
him and swore to him that I was very poor and had no money”.
“Imam (as) though annoyed with my swearing, asked his servant
to give me all the money he was carrying and then told me;
• "We do not deprive anybody from our help but you took a
false oath and made Allah (SWT) angry. You must never do that
again. Depend on Allah (SWT) and have in him, You have hidden
200 Dinars hidden, but you will not be able to lay your hands
upon them, when you need them."
• Ismail says “One day when I extremely needed those coins, I
rushed towards the place I had hidden them. But there was
no sign of the coins. I came to know that my son saw me
burying the coins and took it and ran away”. This was exactly
the way Imam Hassan Askari (as) had predicted

Once, when the imam (as) was in prison, There was a severe drought in Samarra. Water dried up
and crops died. Prayers organized by the Muslims were not successful. However a Christian
priest came and whenever he raised his hands, it would rain. The Muslim’s faith started
wavering and the Caliph got worried for if they left Islam he would have none to rule over.
The Caliph Mutaz brought Imam Al-Askari (as) from prison telling the imam:
“Save your grandfather’s religion as people are doubting Islam”.
Imam (as) asked the Caliph to call all the people outside Samarra with the Christian priest. He
asked the Christian priest to pray for rain. When the priest raised his hands, Imam noticed that
his one hand was in a closed fist. Imam asked for whatever was in the priest’s hands to be taken
away. Imam (as) then asked the priest to pray for rain again. There was no rain this time.
Imam (as) revealed the priest’s secret- the priest had in this hand a bone of a past Prophet
which whenever placed under the open sky caused it to rain from the mercy and blessing of
ALLAH (swt) .
After this Imam (as) raised his hands to pray for rain The imam being a direct descendant of
prophet muhammad (saw) was also blessed like the prophets, by ALLAH (swt). his prayer was
answered as the dark clouds began to gather and it rained.
The people were overjoyed and the Caliph Mutaz could not send imam back to prison. Thus
imam was freed and he could go back to his house, though only for some time.

After the death of Caliph Mutawakkil, the Turks in the
army became very powerful. They began controlling
more of the Government and there was tension with
the Caliphs
Caliph Mutaz, was attacked by some Turks, whipped,
chained and left to die in the dungeon.
It was during this, when the enemy were in their own
problems, our 12th Imam (as) was born on 15th Shaaban
256 AH. His birth was kept a secret and only a few
close companions of Imam Askari (as) knew.

The story behind Imam Askari’s wife-Nargis
Imam’s father Imam Ali Naqi (as) asked his friend Bishr Al-Ansari to go to Baghdad.
The Imam gave a letter, which he placed in a red purse, with 220 Dinars and then
said to his friend;
“Take this letter and go to Baghdad. Go to the ferry at the River Tigris when the boats
from Syria are being unloaded. Look out for the ship owner whose name is Amr. Observe
when he exhibits a slave girl who would be wearing two silk garments and a veil to
protect her from being seen or handled by the buyers. You will hear this girl say the
following in the language of the Romans”
“even if you have the wealth and glory of Solomon the son of David, I can never have
affection for you, so do not waste your money in purchasing me.”
Imam said her owner, amr will then protest saying that he has to sell her . But the
slave girl will answer;
“Why this haste?”
“let me choose my purchaser, so that my heart may accept him in confidence and
gratitude?”
Imam told Bshir; "Bshir, after this , go to Amr and inform him that you have a letter
for the girl. You must give this letter to the slave girl to read, so that she may agree to
be bought by you”.

Bishr goes to baghdad
• Bishr Al-Ansari said that he followed all the instructions
as given to him by his master, Imam Ali Al-Naqi (as)
with regard to this slave girl. All the events that his
master foretold materialized. Bishr Al-Ansari added:
When she read the letter, she started to cry and said to
amr to sell her to the writer of this letter, swearing and
threatening to kill herself if he did not. Bishr started to
bargain with the slave trader on the price until he
agreed to sell her at amount given to Bishr by his Imam
Ali Al-Naqi (as).
• Bishr received the cheering and happy slave girl and
accompanied her to a room where he had rented in
Baghdad. As she sat down, she took out the letter and
started kissing it and swabbing with it her eyes and
face.

Nargis Khatoon’s story
• Bishr commented : “You are kissing a letter of someone you do not
know?”
• Nargis (as) related her story in arabic, which amazed Bishr : “Little do
you know of the position of descendants of Prophet Mohammed (saw).
My name is Malika daughter of Yashoa, the son of Caesar the King of
the Romans. My mother is a descendant of Shamoon (simon) who
was a disciple of Jesus, son of Mary (sa).”
• Nargis (as) continued;
• "My grandfather the Caesar wanted to marry me off to his nephew.
He summoned to his palace 300 monks, priests and dignitaries all
descendants of the disciples of Jesus. He also called 4000 men of his
high ranking officers and noblemen. A magnificent throne, adorned
with jewels and gems and huge crosses was erected in the palace and
raised forty steps high.”

The throne collapses
• Nargis (as) added: "As my grandfather's nephew went
up the throne the bishops stood up and opened
their bibles.Suddenly the palace started to shake,
the crosses fell to the ground and the throne
crashed down as its pillars shattered. His nephew
was knocked down unconscious. The bishops
turned pale and trembled. A senior bishop said to
my grandfather: “O' King, relieve us from attending
this ceremony and witness these signs which augur
an evil omen of the end of Christianity and the
Royal religion."

Another attempt
• Nargis (as) said: "My grandfather was severely
disturbed by this. He angrily commanded that the
crosses be lifted and the pillars fixed. He ordered
that ceremony to continue and called upon the
brother of his nephew to marry me instead, so that
the good fortunes of the latter nephew would stave
off the jinx of his brother. Once again a tremor hit
the palace causing great fear among the guests who
ran away leaving the palace. My grandfather was
saddened by this and returned to his sleeping
chamber.”

The marriage ceremony
• Nargis (as) said: "That night, I had a vision as I saw Jesus (as)
with Shamoon and a number of other disciples in the palace
of my grandfather. I also saw some noblemen entering the
palace. They were introduced to me as the prophet
Mohammad (saw), Imam Ali (as) his sons.”
• “Jesus (as) advanced to receive them and embraced Prophet
Mohammad (saw). Prophet Mohammad (saw) said to Jesus:”
• "O' spirit of God, I have come to you to wed your disciple
Shamoon's daughter Malika to this son of mine, pointing out
to Imam Hassan Askari (as). Jesus (as) looked at Shamoon and
said: Honor has marched towards you. Relate your kin to the
kinship of the progeny of Prophet Mohammad (saw). Shamoon
agreed. Then Prophet Mohammad (saw) gave an eloquent
speech and conducted my marriage ceremony to his son
imam Hassan Al Askari (as)”

Fatima Zahra(as) visits Nargis Khatoon
• Nargis (as) then said: “After 14 nights, i saw another vision
where I saw Fatima (as) daughter of Prophet Mohammad (saw)
and Mary (as) mother of Jesus (as) along with a number of maids
of honor came to visit me.”
• “Mary (as) said to me: "This is Fatima your husband's mother."
I embraced her and cried and complained that Imam Hassan
Askari (as) did not come to see me. She said that her son
would not visit me until I embraced Islam.”
• “I was willing heart and soul to accept Islam, and spoke those
words: Ash'hado An La Ilaha Illa Allah, Wa Anna
Mohammadan RasoolAllah. Fatima (as) embraced me and said:
"Now expect the visit of Imam Hassan Askari(as)’ I will send
him to you".
• On the following night, I saw Imam Hassan Askari(as) He visited
me every night ever since.

Nargis captured disguised as a maid
• Bishr Al-Ansari asked: "Then how you became a captive?"
Nargis (as) said: "Imam Hassan Askari (as) told me one night,
that my grandfather will send out a big army to fight the
Muslims and then he would join that army later on. When
that happens, I was to follow my grandfather disguised as a
maid. As I did what I was told, I found myself surrounded by
the Muslim army. I was taken captive. No body knew that I
was a Roman princess and I never told anyone. The rest of the
story you witnessed in the slave market.“
• Bishr Al-Ansari asked: "How come you are a Roman and you
speak Arabic so well?"
• Nargis (as) replied: “My grandfather loved me so much that he
wanted me to study literature and languages. He appointed
his royal female interpreter as my teacher. She taught me
Arabic until I became proficient with it."

Nargis Khatoon meets Imam Ali al-Naqi
• Bishr Al-Ansari said: “When I returned back to Samarra
with Nargis (as), I took her to Imam Ali Al-Naqi (as), her
husband's father, who asked her: "How Allah showed you
the dignity of Islam and the honor of Mohammad and his
progeny (as)?" She said: "What can I say O' son of the
Messenger of Allah about what you know better than I do."
• Imam Ali Al-Naqi (as) Gave Nargis (as) the good news that
she and his son Imam Hassan Al-Askari (as) will be the
parents of the 12th and final Imam(as)
• Imam Naqi (as) entrusted Nargis (as) to his sister Hakimah
and asked her to teach Nargis (as) the basic principles of
Islam. After sometime she was married to Imam Hasan
Askari (as)

Imam Askari(as) prepares the shias
• Imam (as) prepared the
shias in many many ways
for the coming of our
12th and final Imam (as).
• Imam wrote letters to
shias explaining why the
Imam will go into
Ghayabat and what is
expected from them.

Martyrdom of Imam Askari (as)
• The Caliph Mutamid, received reports that a son
may have been born in the house of Imam Hassan
Al- Askari(as) and that he was the final Mahdi who
would bring justice to the world.
• The caliph was terrified and increased his spying on
the holy house. Bearing no success, the evil caliph
finally decided to poison Imam Hassan Al- Askari(as)
• Imam died on 8th Rabi al Awal 260 AH, at the age of
28. even though Imam was so young, his hair had
become white due to the sufferings he bore in
prison

Imam Mahdi leads the funeral prayers
Caliph Mutamid himself attended the funeral prayer.
When everyone had lined up, Imam Hasan al-Askari’s(as)
brother, Jaafar stood in front of the people to lead the
prayer(salat Al mayyat).
Before he could commence the prayer, a five year old boy
came out of the house, went near his uncle, and told him
• “Please move aside uncle, only an Imam can lead the
funeral prayer of another Imam”.
• His uncle Jaafar stepped aside and this five year old boy
led the prayers. Immediately after the end of the prayer
Imam Mahdi (as) went inside his house. Mutamid and his
spies followed the imam, but could not find him.

Imam’s burial
• Imam Hassan Al-Askari (as) was buried next to his
Father Imam Ali Al-Hadi (as)
• The whole of Samarra shut down as the people
mourned this great Imam.
• Since then till today many people come to Samarra
pay their respects to the 2 great imams buried
there, to ask for their needs to ALLAH (swt)through
the imams and to seek ALLAH’s (swt) blessings

The Al-Askari Mosque in Sammara

FILTH AND SIN
ALL OF FILTH AND SIN ARE
PLACED IN ONE HOUSE AND
IT’S KEY IS LYING
LYING
FILTH AND
SINS

• IT IS BAD MANNERS TO
SHOW HAPPINESS ,
WHEN SOMEONE IS
GRIEVING

• WHEN A CHILD
SHOWS DISRESPECT
AND DISOBEDIENCE
TO HIS FATHER, IT IS
SIGN (IF IGNORED)
WILL LEAD TO THE
CHILD CUTTING OFF
RELATIONSHIP WITH
HIS FATHER WHEN HE
GROWS UP

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