Imam Hasan - Hujjat Workshop

IMAM MUHAMMAD AT-TAQI (pbuh)THE PIOUS ONEHe is the only son of Imam Ali -Ar-Ridha (pbuh)His mother was Sayyida Sabika Khaizarun.He was born on the 10 th of Rajab 195 A.H. in Madina.One day when he was 5 years old, he was with some other children.The bad ruler Ma’mun who had poisoned his father passed by in hiscarriage. All the other children ran away but Imam stayed.Mamun stopped his carriage and asked the young Imam why he wasstanding there. Imam told him that the road was wide enough for allof them and he had not done anything wrong. Ma’mun asked himwho he was. When Imam told him that he was the son of Ali Ar-Ridha(pbuh) Ma’mun asked him if he knew what was in Ma’mun’s hand(Ma’mun was hiding a tiny fish in his hand).Imam said:“Allah has made tiny fish in the rivers. These fish are hunted by therulers and it is the Aimma who reveal the secrets of the rulers.”Imam Muhammad At-Taqi (pbuh) prepared the Muslims for the timewhen the 12 th Imam would come. He did this by training the Muslimsto ask questions and take advice from those who had learnt theQur’an, the laws of Islam and who were muttaqee (those with taqwa- who did all the wajib things and did not do haram things). This iscalled taqleed.Page 75