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The Fourteen Ma'soomeen

Prophet Muhammad Ar-Rasool (PBUH&HF)	Imam Ali Al-Ameeril Mo'mineen (AS)
Hazrat Fatima Az-Zahra (AS)	Imam Hasan Al-Mujtaba (AS)
Imam Husain As-Shaheed (AS)	Imam Zain-ul-Abideeen (AS)
Imam Muhammad Al-Baqir (AS)	Imam Ja'far As-Saadiq (AS)
Imam Musa Al-Kazim (AS)	Imam Ali Ar-Reza (AS)
Imam Muhammad At-Taqi (AS)	Imam Ali An-Naqi (AS)
Imam Hasan Al-Askari (AS)	Imam Muhammad Al-Mahdi (AS)

Prophet Muhammad al-Mustafa (PBUH)

Name	Muhammad
Title	Al-Mustafa, Al-Amin, Ar-Rasool
Kunyat	Abul Qasim
Born	Friday, the 17th of Rabi-ul Awwal
Father's Name	Abdullah Ibn Abdul Muttalib
Mother's Name	Amina bint-e-Wahab
Martyred	at the age of 63 years on Monday, 28th Safar 11 AH
Buried	in his house adjoining the mosque at Medina The Daughter of the Holy Prophet and the Wife of Imam Ali

Hazrat Fatima Zahra (AS) Leader of the Women of Paradise

Name	Fatima
Title	Az-Zahra
Kunyat	Umm-ul-Aimma
Born	Friday 20th of Jamadi-ul-Akhar in Mecca
Father's Name	Holy Prophet Muhammad Ibn-e-Abdulla (PBUH)
Mother's Name	Khadija bint-e-Khuwailid
Died	14th Jamadi-ul-Awwal at Medina at the age of 18 years (due to injury inflicted upon her through force of a falling door by a hypocrite).
Buried	The cemetery of Jannatul Baqi at Medina

SAYINGS

* Allah has made "Faith" (iman) the means to purify one from polytheism.

* Allah made "Prayer" (namaz) to guard one from arrogance.

* He prescribed "Fast" (saum or roza) to strengthen sincere devotion to Allah.

* He prescribed "Pilgrimage" (haj) to elevate the religion.

* He prescribed "Alms" (zakat) to chasten oneself and increase one's sustenance.

The First Imam Hazrat Ali Al-Murtaza (A.S)Amir-ul-Mo'mineen

Name	Ali
Title	Al-Murtaza, Al-Amir-ul-Mo'mineen, Abu-Turab, Asadullah
Kunyat	Abul Hasan
Born	Friday 13th of Rajab, in the Holy Ka'ba
Father's Name	Abu Talib-ibne-Abdul Muttalib
Mother's Name	Fatima bint-e-Asad
Martyred	at the age of 63 years, at Kufa, on Monday, the 21st Ramadan 40 AH, murdered by an assassin who mortally wounded him with a poisoned sword in the Mosque at Kufa during morning prayers on the 19th of Ramadan.
Buried	Najaf, near Kufa.

SAYINGS

* When few blessings come in your way do not drive them away through thanklessness.

* The wise aims at perfection, the foolish aim at wealth.

* People, often hate those thing which they do not know or cannot understand.

* Ask your heart about Friendship, for surely it is a witness that cannot be bribed.

* One who does not realize his own value is condemned to utter failure.

The Second Imam Hazrat Hasan Al-Mujtaba (AS)

Name	Hasan
Title	Al-Mujtaba
Kunyat	Abul Muhammad
Born	Tuesday, 15th Ramadan 3 AH at Medina
Father's Name	Ali ibne abu Talib
Mother's Name	Fatima (Daughter of the Holy Prophet)
Died	at the age of 46 years, at Medina, on Thursday, 28th Safar, 50 AH.
Buried	at the cemetery of Jannat-ul-Baqi in Medina

SAYINGS

* If you fail to obtain something of worldly benefit, take it as if the thought of it had never crossed your mind at all.

* Never did a nation resort to mutual counsel except that they were guided by it towards maturity.

* It is love which brings closer those who are remote by ancestry, and it is the absence of love which causes dissociation between those who are related by ancestry.

* Oppourtunity is something which is quick to vanish and late to return.

The Third Imam Hazrat Husain As-Shaheed (AS)

Name	Husain
Title	Sayyid-ush-Shohada (Leader of Martyrs)
Kunyat	Abu Abdullah
Born	Thursday, 3rd Shaban 4 AH at Medina
Father's Name	Ali ibne abu Talib
Mother's Name	Fatima (Daughter of the Holy Prophet)
Martyred	at the age of 57 years, in Kerbala, on 10th Muharram 61 AH by Yazid-ibn-Muawiya and his ruthless army.
Buried	in Kerbala

The Fourth Imam Hazrat Zain-ul-Abideen (AS)

Name	Ali-ibn-ul Husain
Title	Zain-ul Abideen
Kunyat	Abu Muhammad
Born	Saturday 15th of Jamadi-ul-Awwal, at Medina
Father's Name	Husain ibn Ali
Mother's Name	Shahr Banoo, daughter of King Yazdigard II
Martyred	at the age of 58 years, in Medina , on the 21st of Muharram 95 AH. Poisoned by Waleed bin Abdul Malik Marwan.
Buried	Jannat-ul-Baqi .

SAYINGS

* Refrain from lying in all things, big or small in seriousness or in jest. For when one starts lying in pretty matters, soon he will have the audacity to lie in important matters aslo.

* A man need not fear. Allah except on the account of his own sins and should place his hopes only with his lord.

* When about something one does not know one should not be ashamed of having to learn about it.

* Patience is to faith what the head is to the body, one who does not have patience also lacks faith.

The Fifth Imam Hazrat Muhammad Baqir (AS)

Name	Muhammad
Title	Al-Baqir
Kunyat	Abu Jafar
Born	Tuesday 1st of Rajab 57 A.H. , at Medina
Father's Name	Ali ibn Husain
Mother's Name	Fatima binte Hassan
Martyred	At the age of 59 years, at Medina, on Monday, 7th Zilhajj 116 AH. Poisoned by Hisham bin Abdul Malik
Buried	Jannat-ul-Baqi .

SAYINGS

* The height of perfection is excellence in the understanding of the religion, endurance in hardships and administration of the affairs of life according to one's means, in the right measure.

* The scholar who derives benefit from his knowledge is better then seventy thousand devotees.

* One who disobeys Allah has no knowledge of him.

The Sixth Imam Hazrat Ja'far As-Sadiq (AS)

Name	Ja'far
Title	As-Sadiq
Kunyat	Abu Abdullah
Born	Monday 17th of Rabi-ul-Awwal 83 A.H. in Medina
Father's Name	Muhammad ibn Ali
Mother's Name	Umme-e-Farwah
Martyred	At the age of 65 years, at Medina, on Monday, 15th Rajab 148 AH. Poisoned by Mansur Dawaneeqi the Abbasite
Buried	Jannat-ul-Baqi

SAYINGS

One who has these five characteristics is the choicest of men;
*	One who feels joyous when he does something good.
*	One who repents when he does something bad.
*	One who is grateful when he receives something from Allah.
*	One who patinetly endures Allah's trial.
*	One who forgives when he is done some injustice or wrong, forgiving on who has wronged him.

The Seventh Imam Hazrat Musa-al Kadhim (AS)

Name	Musa
Title	Al-Kadhim
Kunyat	Abu Ibrahim
Born	Sunday 7st of Safarb 128 A.H. , at Abwa (Between Mecca and Medina)
Father's Name	Ja'far ibn Muhammad
Mother's Name	Hamida Khatoon
Martyred	At the age of 55 years, at Baghdad, on Friday, 25th Rajab 183 AH. Poisoned by Harun-al-Rashid the Abbaside caliph
Buried	Kazmain, Baghdad .

SAYINGS

* No charity is superior to giving a helping hand to the weak.

* Never bother to learn something, not knowing which does not do you any harm, and never neglect to learn something whose negligence will increase your ignorance.

The Eighth Imam Hazrat Ali Ar-Ridha (AS)

Name	Ali
Title	Ar-Ridha
Kunyat	Abul Hasan
Born	Thursday 11th of Zilqad 148 A.H. , at Medina
Father's Name	Moosa ibn Ja'far
Mother's Name	Ummul Baneen Najma
Martyred	At the age of 55 years, at Mashad in Khorasan, on Tuesday, 17th Safar 203 AH. Poisoned by Mamoon the Abbaside Caliph
Buried	in Mashad, Iran

SAYINGS
Doing 6 things without doing the other 6 things is self-mockery.
* Asking forgiveness from Allah verbally without repenting with the heart.

* Asking for Allah's help without undertaking any effort.

* Making a firm resolution to do something without taking due precautions.

* Beseeching deliverance from hell fire without refraining from lusts.

* Asking Allah for paradise without enduring related hardships.

* Remembering Allah without anticipating to encounter him.

Doing 6 things without doing the other 6 things is self-mockery.
*	Asking forgiveness from Allah verbally without repenting with the heart.
*	Asking for Allah's help without undertaking any effort.
*	Making a firm resolution to do something without taking due precautions.
*	Beseeching deliverance from hell fire without refraining from lusts.
*	Asking Allah for paradise without enduring related hardships.
*	Remembering Allah without anticipating to encounter him.

The Ninth Imam Hazrat Muhammad At-Taqi (AS)

Name	Muhammad
Title	At-Taqi and Al-Jawad
Kunyat	Abu Ja'far
Born	Friday 10th of Rajab 195 A.H. , at Medina
Father's Name	Ali ibn Musa
Mother's Name	Khaizuran
Martyred	At the age of 25 years, at Kazmain , on Wednesday, 29th Zilqad 220 AH. Poisoned by Mu'tasin the Abbaside Caliph
Buried	in Kazmain, Bagdad.

SAYINGS

* The trust in Allah is the price of everything that is precious and the ladder to every goal which is high & sublime.

* One who follows his desire, concedes to the wishes of his enemy.

* Do not be an apparent friend of Allah in open and a secret enemy of his in private.

The Tenth Imam Hazrat Ali An-Naqi (AS)

Name	Ali
Title	An-Naqi and Al-Hadi
Kunyat	Abul Hasan
Born	Friday 15th of Zilhajj 212 A.H., at Surba
Father's Name	Muhammad ibn Ali
Mother's Name	Summana Khatoon
Martyred	At the age of 42 years, at Samarra , on Monday, 26th Jamadi-ul-Akhar 254 AH. Poisoned by Mu'taz the Abbaside Caliph
Buried	at Samarra, Baghdad.

SAYINGS

*	Do not expect honesty and purity of intention from someone who has suffered from your malice.
*	Do not expect loyalty from one to whom you have been disloyal.
*	Do not expect goodwill from someone whom you regard with ill will; as his heart towards you is the same as your heart towards him.

The Eleventh Imam Hazrat Hasan al-Askari (AS)

Name	Hasan
Title	Al-Askari
Kunyat	Abu Muhammad
Born	Monday 8th of Rabi-ul-Akhar 232 A.H. , at Medina
Father's Name	Ali ibn Muhammad
Mother's Name	Saleel
Martyred	At the age of 28 years, at Samarra, on Friday 8th Rabi-ul-Awwal 260 AH. Poisoned by Mo'tamad the Abbaside Caliph
Buried	at Samarra, Baghdad.

SAYINGS

* Generosity has a limit, which when crossed becomes extravagance.

* Caution has a limit which when crossed becomes cowardice.

* Thriftiness has a limit, which when crossed becomes miserliness.

* Courage has a limit, which when crossed becomes fool-hardiness.

The Twelfth Imam Hazrat Muhammad al-Mahdi (AS)

Name	Muhammad
Title	Al-Mahdi, Sahib-ul-Asr, Al-Hujjat, Al-Qa'im
Kunyat	Abul Qasim
Born	Friday 15th of Shaban 255 A.H., at Samarra
Father's Name	Imam Hasan-al-Askari
Mother's Name	Nargis Khatoon
Martyred	Still living but in hiding and will appear before the Day of Judgement to establish justice on earth.

SAYINGS

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* * Rest assured that no one has a special relationship with Allah. Whoever denies me is not my follower. The appearance of the relief (Al-Faraj) depends solely upon Allah, therefore those who propose a certain time for it, are liars. As to the benefit of my existence in occultation, it is like the benefit of the sun behind clouds where the eyes do not see. Indeed my existence is an amnesty for the people of the earth. Pray much to Allah to hasten the relief, therefore in it also lies the release from your sufferings.

O Allah, send thy Blessings on Mohammad and the descendents of Mohammad.

Jamia Uloom-e-Islami

*	Allah has made "Faith" (iman) the means to purify one from polytheism.
*	Allah made "Prayer" (namaz) to guard one from arrogance.
*	He prescribed "Fast" (saum or roza) to strengthen sincere devotion to Allah.
*	He prescribed "Pilgrimage" (haj) to elevate the religion.
*	He prescribed "Alms" (zakat) to chasten oneself and increase one's sustenance.

*	When few blessings come in your way do not drive them away through thanklessness.
*	The wise aims at perfection, the foolish aim at wealth.
*	People, often hate those thing which they do not know or cannot understand.
*	Ask your heart about Friendship, for surely it is a witness that cannot be bribed.
*	One who does not realize his own value is condemned to utter failure.

*	If you fail to obtain something of worldly benefit, take it as if the thought of it had never crossed your mind at all.
*	Never did a nation resort to mutual counsel except that they were guided by it towards maturity.
*	It is love which brings closer those who are remote by ancestry, and it is the absence of love which causes dissociation between those who are related by ancestry.
*	Oppourtunity is something which is quick to vanish and late to return.

*	Refrain from lying in all things, big or small in seriousness or in jest. For when one starts lying in pretty matters, soon he will have the audacity to lie in important matters aslo.
*	A man need not fear. Allah except on the account of his own sins and should place his hopes only with his lord.
*	When about something one does not know one should not be ashamed of having to learn about it.
*	Patience is to faith what the head is to the body, one who does not have patience also lacks faith.

*	The height of perfection is excellence in the understanding of the religion, endurance in hardships and administration of the affairs of life according to one's means, in the right measure.
*	The scholar who derives benefit from his knowledge is better then seventy thousand devotees.
*	One who disobeys Allah has no knowledge of him.

*	No charity is superior to giving a helping hand to the weak.
*	Never bother to learn something, not knowing which does not do you any harm, and never neglect to learn something whose negligence will increase your ignorance.

*	The trust in Allah is the price of everything that is precious and the ladder to every goal which is high & sublime.
*	One who follows his desire, concedes to the wishes of his enemy.
*	Do not be an apparent friend of Allah in open and a secret enemy of his in private.

*	Generosity has a limit, which when crossed becomes extravagance.
*	Caution has a limit which when crossed becomes cowardice.
*	Thriftiness has a limit, which when crossed becomes miserliness.
*	Courage has a limit, which when crossed becomes fool-hardiness.