Muhammad ibn Ali al-Hadi
Abū Jaʿfar Muḥammad ibn ʿAlī ibn Muḥammad ibn ʿAlī ibn Mūsā ibn Jaʿfar (Arabic: أبو جعفر محمد بن علي بن محمد بن علي بن موسى بن جعفر) was the son of Ali al-Hadi and the brother of Hasan al-Askari, the 10th and 11th Twelver Shia Imams, respectively. His Tomb was constructed between Samarra and Kazmeen that is situated about 93 kilometers north of Baghdad in Balad.[1]
The section of the Shia believed that the Awaited Imam Mahdi was Muhammad ibn Ali al-Hadi, who was put into occultation (Ghaybah) by the rule of Allah as the Abbasids wanted him killed in intent to remove the Imamat from existence, he reappeared a few times for short period of times and went back in to the large occultation (Ghaybah al-Kubrā).
Attack on Shrine
On July 7, 2016, at least 40 people were killed and over 74 injured after a group of attackers stormed the Mausoleum. The attackers included suicide car bombers, suicide bombers on foot, and several gunmen. They attacked Shi'ite pilgrims celebrating Eid al-Fitr.[2][3]
In the past, there was bombing and sectarian bloodshed in Samarra, where Imam Ali al-Hadi and eleventh Imam of Twelver Hassan al-Askari, the father and brother of Muhammad bin Ali al-Hadi are buried.[4]
See also
- Descendants of Ali ibn Abi Talib
- Ali al-Hadi Mausoleum attack
- Jafar ibn Ali al-Hadi
- Muhammad al-Mahdi
- Sayyid Ali Akbar
References
- ^ Ali Zain (July 8, 2016). "26 killed, 50 injured in suicide blast at shrine in Baghdad". Daily Pakistan. Retrieved July 8, 2016.
- ^ Hamdi Alkhshali and Angela Dewan (July 8, 2016). "40 dead in ISIS attack on Iraqi Shiite shrine, officials say". CNN. Retrieved July 14, 2016.
- ^ Brendan Cole (July 8, 2016). "Dozens killed in Eid al-Fitr attack on Shi'ite shrine near Baghdad". International Business Times (IBTimes). Retrieved July 14, 2016.
- ^ Omar Al-Jawoshy (July 7, 2016). "Dozens Killed in Suicide Attack on Shiite Shrine North of Baghdad". The New York Times. Retrieved July 14, 2016.
- Firaq al-Shi’ah (The Shi'ah Groups), by Abu Muhammad al-Hasan bin Musa al-Nubakhti, pg.93, 96, 98 and 105
- Al-Maqalat wa al-Firaq, by Sa'ad Ibn Abdillah al-Ash'ari al-Qummi (d. 301), pg.101 and 106-108