A Brief HistoryA Brief Historyofof

The Fourteen The Fourteen InfalliblesInfallibles

The messenger of GOD (PBUH) The messenger of GOD (PBUH) said: "Behold! My Ahlul-Bayt said: "Behold! My Ahlul-Bayt

are like the Ark of Noah. are like the Ark of Noah. Whoever embarked in it was Whoever embarked in it was SAVED, and whoever turned SAVED, and whoever turned away from it was PERISHED."away from it was PERISHED."

Lets start with basics…Lets start with basics…

The Last Prophet of GOD

NameName Muhammad

Father’s NameFather’s Name Abdullah bin Abdul-Muttalib bin Hashim

Mother’s NameMother’s Name Amina

Kunyah (Patronymic)Kunyah (Patronymic) Abu'l-Qasim

TitleTitle Rasulu'l-Lah, Nabiyu'l-Lah, an-Nabi.

Date of BirthDate of Birth 17th Rabi-ul-Awwal, Monday 8/25/570 A.D. at Mecca

Date of Death or Date of Death or MartyrdomMartyrdom

28th Safar, 11 AH., Monday, 5/25/632 at Medina

AgeAge 63

Cause of MartyrdomCause of Martyrdom Natural

Place of BurialPlace of Burial Masjid-e-Nabavi, Medina Al-Munawwarah

Bibi Fatima

NameName Fatimah

Father’s NameFather’s Name Muhammad PBUH

Mother’s NameMother’s Name Khadija Bint-e-Khuwailid A.S.

Kunyah (Patronymic)Kunyah (Patronymic) Umm Abiha

TitleTitle Az-Zahra', as-Siddiqah,Al-Batul, Sayyidatu'n-Nisa

Date of BirthDate of Birth 20th Jamadi As-Sani, 5 years after the declaration ofProphet-hood, Thursday 1/2/615 A.D at Mecca

Date of Death or Date of Death or MartyrdomMartyrdom

13th Jamadi ul Awwal or 3Jamadi As-Sani, 11 A.H. 6th or 26th August 632 A.D. at Medina

AgeAge 18

Cause of MartyrdomCause of Martyrdom Injured by the falling door of her house causedby a mob of hypocrites

Place of BurialPlace of Burial Masjid-e-Nabvi or Graveyard of Baqi, Medina

1st Imam

NameName Ali

Father’s NameFather’s Name Abu Talib bin Abdul Muttalib bin Hashim

Mother’s NameMother’s Name Fatimah binte Asad b Hashim b Abd Munaf

Kunyah (Patronymic)Kunyah (Patronymic) Abu'l-Hasan, Abu'l-Hasanayn, AbuTurab

TitleTitle Amir Al-mu'minin, Al-Wasi, Al-Murtaza.(Haydar)

Date of BirthDate of Birth 13 Rajab, Friday, 23 B.H, 10/9/599 A.D. (10 years before Prophethood) inside Holy Kaba Mecca

Date of Death or Date of Death or MartyrdomMartyrdom

21st Ramadhan, 40 AH. Thurs 1/28/661 A.D. at Masjid-e-Kufa, Kufa, Iraq

AgeAge 63

Cause of MartyrdomCause of Martyrdom Injured during Fajar prayers

Place of BurialPlace of Burial Najaf, Al-Ashraf outskirts of Kufa, Iraq

2nd Imam

NameName Al-Hasan

Father’s NameFather’s Name Ali bin Abi Talib

Mother’s NameMother’s Name Fatimah Az-Zahra

Kunyah (Patronymic)Kunyah (Patronymic) Abu Muhammad

TitleTitle Al-Mujtaba, as-Sibt (Al-Akbar)

Date of BirthDate of Birth 15th Ramadhan, 3 A.H., Friday3/1/625 A.D. at Medina

Date of Death or Date of Death or MartyrdomMartyrdom

28th Safar, 50 AH. Wednesday 3/27/670 A.D. at Medina

AgeAge 47

Cause of MartyrdomCause of Martyrdom Poison

Place of BurialPlace of Burial Graveyard of Baqi, Medina

3rd Imam

NameName Al-Husayn

Father’s NameFather’s Name Ali bin Abi Talib

Mother’s NameMother’s Name Fatimah Az-Zahra

Kunyah (Patronymic)Kunyah (Patronymic) Abu 'Abdillah

TitleTitle Sayyidu'sh-Shuhada', as- Sibt (Al-Asghar)

Date of BirthDate of Birth 3rd Shaban, 4 AH. Wednesday 1/8/626 at Medina

Date of Death or Date of Death or MartyrdomMartyrdom

1/8/626 at Medina 10th Muharram 61 A.H., Wed10/10/680 A.D. at Karbala, Iraq

AgeAge 57

Cause of MartyrdomCause of Martyrdom In the Battle of Ashura (Karbala), Iraq

Place of BurialPlace of Burial Karbala' (at-Taff), Iraq

4th Imam

NameName Ali

Father’s NameFather’s Name Husayn bin Ali

Mother’s NameMother’s Name Ghazala Shahzanaan

Kunyah (Patronymic)Kunyah (Patronymic) Abu Muhammad Abu Al-Hasan

TitleTitle Zaynu'l-Abidin, Sayyidu's-Sajidin, as-Sajjad.

Date of BirthDate of Birth 5th Shaban, 38 AH. Sunday 1/6/659 A.D. at Medina(or 15 Jamadi Al-Awwal)

Date of Death or Date of Death or MartyrdomMartyrdom

25th Muharram, 95 A.H., Friday 10/20/713 A.D. atMedina

AgeAge 57

Cause of MartyrdomCause of Martyrdom Poison

Place of BurialPlace of Burial Graveyard of Baqi,Medina

5th Imam

NameName Muhammad

Father’s NameFather’s Name Ali bin Husayn

Mother’s NameMother’s Name Umm Abdullah binte Imam Hasan

Kunyah (Patronymic)Kunyah (Patronymic) Abu Ja'far

TitleTitle Al-Baqir

Date of BirthDate of Birth 1 Rajab, 57 A.H., Sunday, 5/10/677 A.D. at Medina(or 3rd Safar 57 A.H.)

Date of Death or Date of Death or MartyrdomMartyrdom

7th Dhi'l-hijjah, 114 A.H., Wed 1/28/733 A.D. at Medina

AgeAge 57

Cause of MartyrdomCause of Martyrdom Poison

Place of BurialPlace of Burial Graveyard of Baqi, Medina

6th Imam

NameName Jafar

Father’s NameFather’s Name Muhammad bin Ali

Mother’s NameMother’s Name Umm Farwa, binte Qasim bin Muhammad binAbu Bakr

Kunyah (Patronymic)Kunyah (Patronymic) Abu 'Abdillah, Abu Musa

TitleTitle Al-Sadiq

Date of BirthDate of Birth 17th Rabi Al-Awwal, 83 AH. Thursday, 4/20/702 A.D. at Medina

Date of Death or Date of Death or MartyrdomMartyrdom

25th Shawwal, 148 A.H., Sat, 12/14/765 A.D. at Medina

AgeAge 65

Cause of MartyrdomCause of Martyrdom Poison

Place of BurialPlace of Burial Graveyard of Baqi, Medina

7th Imam

NameName Musa

Father’s NameFather’s Name Jafar bin Muhammad

Mother’s NameMother’s Name Hamidah Al-Barbariyya

Kunyah (Patronymic)Kunyah (Patronymic) Abu'l Hasan (Al-Awwal = the First), Abu Ibrahim

TitleTitle Al-Kadhim, Al-'Abd as-Salih, Al-'Alim

Date of BirthDate of Birth 7th Safar, 128 A.H., Monday,11/8/745 A.D. at Medina

Date of Death or Date of Death or MartyrdomMartyrdom

25th Rajab, 183 A.H., Sunday 9/1/799 at Baghdad, Iraq

AgeAge 55

Cause of MartyrdomCause of Martyrdom Poison

Place of BurialPlace of Burial Kazimiyyah outskirts of Baghdad, Iraq

8th Imam

NameName Ali

Father’s NameFather’s Name Musa bin Jafar

Mother’s NameMother’s Name Al Khayzran

Kunyah (Patronymic)Kunyah (Patronymic) Abu'l Hasan (ath-Thani = the Second)

TitleTitle Al-Rida

Date of BirthDate of Birth 11 Zeeqadah, 148 A.H.,Sunday 12/29/765 A.D. atMedina

Date of Death or Date of Death or MartyrdomMartyrdom

17th Safar, 203 A.H., Tues 8/24/818 A.D. at Mashad, Iran(Or last day of Safar)

AgeAge 55

Cause of MartyrdomCause of Martyrdom Poison

Place of BurialPlace of Burial Mash'had (Tus),Khurasan, Iran

9th Imam

NameName Muhammad

Father’s NameFather’s Name Ali bin Musa

Mother’s NameMother’s Name Sakina

Kunyah (Patronymic)Kunyah (Patronymic) Abu Ja'far (ath-Thani = the Second),Abu Abdillah

TitleTitle Al-Taqi, Al-Jawad

Date of BirthDate of Birth 10th Rajab, 195 AH., Tuesday 4/8/811 A.D. at Medina

Date of Death or Date of Death or MartyrdomMartyrdom

Last day of Zeeqadah (29 or30), 220 A.H., Wednesday,11/24/835 A.D. at Baghdad,Iraq

AgeAge 25

Cause of MartyrdomCause of Martyrdom Poison

Place of BurialPlace of Burial Kazimiyyah outskirts of Baghdad, Iraq

10th Imam

NameName Ali

Father’s NameFather’s Name Muhammad bin Ali

Mother’s NameMother’s Name Samana Al-Maghribiya

Kunyah (Patronymic)Kunyah (Patronymic) Abu'l Hasan (ath-Thalith = the Third)

TitleTitle An-Naqi, Al-Hadi

Date of BirthDate of Birth 15 Zil-Hijjah 212 A.H., Friday, 3/6/828 A.D. at Medina

Date of Death or Date of Death or MartyrdomMartyrdom

3rd Rajab, 254 AH., Monday, 6/28/868 A.D. at Samarrah,Iraq

AgeAge 42

Cause of MartyrdomCause of Martyrdom Poison

Place of BurialPlace of Burial Samarra' (Surra-manra'a),Iraq

11th Imam

NameName Al-Hasan

Father’s NameFather’s Name Ali bin Muhammad

Mother’s NameMother’s Name Ummul Walad -Susan

Kunyah (Patronymic)Kunyah (Patronymic) Abu Muhammad

TitleTitle Al-Askari

Date of BirthDate of Birth 8th Rabi As-Sani, 232 AH.12/3/846 A.D. at Medina(or 24 Rabi Al-Awwal)

Date of Death or Date of Death or MartyrdomMartyrdom

8th Rabi Al-Awwal, 260 AH.,Fri 1/1/874 A.D at Samarrah,Iraq

AgeAge 28

Cause of MartyrdomCause of Martyrdom Poison

Place of BurialPlace of Burial Samarra' (Surra-manra'a),Iraq

12th Imam

NameName Muhammad

Father’s NameFather’s Name Al-Hasan bin Ali

Mother’s NameMother’s Name Ummul Walad Narjis alias Saiqal

Kunyah (Patronymic)Kunyah (Patronymic) Abu'l-Qasim

TitleTitle Al-Mahdi, Al-Qa’im, Al-Hujjah, Al-Gha’ib, Sahibu’z-Zaman, Sahibu’l Amr.

Date of BirthDate of Birth 15th Sha’ban, 255 AH., Friday, 7/29/869 A.D. at Samarrah,Iraq

Date of Death or Date of Death or MartyrdomMartyrdom

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Cause of MartyrdomCause of Martyrdom

Place of BurialPlace of Burial