 In the name of God, the all-merciful, the ever-merciful, and Allah's blessings and peace be upon our Prophet Muhammad and upon his pure family. Peace be upon you, our respected viewers, and welcome to another episode of the Shi'a counter program. Today is the third of Rajab, the anniversary of the murder done of Imam Hadi al-Salam. Imam Abu Al-Hassan Ali An-Napri al-Hadi, Allah's blessings and peace be upon him, known as Imam Hadi, the 10th Imam of Shi'a. The Imam was born on the 15th of Dhul Hijjah, 212 after Hijrat, around Medina at a place called Surayah. Imam Hadi, Allah's blessings and peace be upon him, and his son Imam Hassan, Allah's blessings and peace be upon him, were known as As-Karian because the Abbasid Caliph took them to Samarra, As-Kar, since 233 after Hijrat, and they were supervised till the end of their holy life. Imam Hadi al-Salam was also known as an Naqee, Allah's scholar. Faqih, jurist, I mean trustworthy and Tayyid as well. His nickname was Abu Al-Hassan, as the nickname of Imam Musa Kazim, and Imam Riza were also Abu Al-Hassan. Now in order not to fall into confusion, Imam Kazim al-Salam was known as the first Abu Al-Hassan, and then Imam Riza al-Salam was known as the second Abu Al-Hassan, and Imam Al-Hadi al-Salam was known as the third Abu Al-Hassan. His respected father was Imam Jawad al-Salam, and his respected mother was Samma who was a very virtuous lady. Imam Hadi al-Salam became Imam while he was 6 or 8 years old in 220 after Hijrat, that is after the matadum of Imam Jawad al-Salam. The period of his Imamate was 33 years, coinciding with the caliphate of Mu'tasim, Basij, Mu'tawekel, Muntasr, Mu'tasim and Mu'tazib. The greatness of the character of Imam Hadi al-Salam was to the extent that his friends and his enemies confessed to. Some of these confessions were based on the moral character of Imam, as well as his scientific dimension, which was the result of his generosity. Imam Hadi al-Salam had a pure soul and firm decision to the extent that no one could be compared with him. Ibn Shahar Ayyu narrates from Rajal that he had the best and the purest behavior among the people of the society. He was the most truthful person in society. When he was silent, dignity and splendor appeared in his face, and when he was talking he had witty remarks and short speech to the extent that his speech affected the soul of human beings. The great moral characteristics were significantly evident in the Imam, as some of his most moral characteristics are Imamate perfection and knowledge. God the Almighty with his endless power has granted the secrets of knowledge to the family of the Prophet and has decorated them with the ornament of the knowledge. Now these treasures are the collections of divine secret knowledge that God the Almighty has granted to Imams of Shia that are the true leaders of the humans. Imam Hadi Allah's blessings and peace be upon him, who is one of the Imams of Shia and a member of the family of the Prophet, Allah's blessings, peace be upon him and upon his pure family, has also the extended and comprehensive knowledge to the extent that these cultural and scientific symbols have sure the great thinkers as well. Imam Hadi, who is one of the Imams of Shia and a member of the family of the Prophet, Allah's blessings and peace be upon him and upon his pure family, has also the extended and comprehensive knowledge to the extent that these cultural and scientific symbols have surprised many great thinkers and philosophers. The Abbasids were very afraid of leadership of Shia and therefore believed that the movement of Shia against them was very dangerous. Thus they concluded that they could achieve their goals by taking Imam Hadi away from the center of Shiaism in Medina, which was a place where the Shias were gathering him. As a result, they again employed the policy of exile and military supervision, which was a successful experience of Abbasids. Mutawakil sent a letter to Imam Hadi upon finding out the content of the letter, Imam Hadi, peace be upon him, sent a letter back to Mutawakil and informed him of his enmity malice and lies of the writer of the letter. Mutawakil employed a tyrannical and double standard policy. First, he dismissed the writer of the letter who had slandered Imam in order to pretend that he was the lover of Imam and then he ordered his clerk to write a letter to Imam and pretend that Mutawakil loves Imam. However, the real content of this letter was the verdict of capturing Imam and taking him from Medina to Samarra. And this way, yes, did the Christian doctor of the court who was aware of calling Imam and was also aware of Mutawakil's intention said the following. Based on what I heard, the intention of the caliph by calling Muhammad ibn Ali, Allah's blessings and peace be upon him, and taking him to Samarra was to prevent people from tending to his famous character so that Abbasids would not lose power. Now, in order to decrease the negative outcomes of capturing Imam, Mutawakil wrote a very respective letter to him. However, writing a letter was such respectable words by the person like Mutawakil who oppressed the family of the Prophet and who ever had a leadership with them was very surprising and indicates the fear of these bloodthirsty enemies of Shia from Imam. Now he simultaneously showed humility in front of Imam and on the other hand he used to call himself the commander of the faithful people and kept his title for himself alone. He wanted to show Imam that he has not accepted the willyat of the family of the Prophet and Imam also has to follow him. He continuously praised the great position of the Imam. However, he sent Yahya ibn Harthama to take care of the Imam. This is why the history shows that Yahya ibn Harthama was accompanied by 300 armed soldiers. When Yahya ibn Harthama came to Imam for the notification and preparation of the exile, the people gathered in front of the Imam's house and complained, objected and yammered to the extent that Yahya stated the following. I had not seen such a kind of objection till that day and I tried a lot but I couldn't calm them. I swore that I had not bad intention about Imam's Hadi alaihi salam and was not useful as well. Then I searched the house but I couldn't find anything except Quran, books and things like that. Imam was exiled in 243 after Hijrat. When they exiled the Imam to Samarra according to the Mavakil's command, they took the Imam to a place called Khan al-Sa'alik that was the place that poor people were gathered to gather him. Sahil ibn Said by seeing the Imam's residence told him, O the son of the Prophet of God, these oppressors try to extinguish your light and because of this they have kept you in the place of the poor people. Imam replied upon that to him, O the son of Said, is that your understanding and do you think that we will be humiliated by these actions? Though during the caliphate of Motavakil, Imam Hadi Allah's blessings and peace be upon him had a very difficult time. The fear of Motavakil from Imam made him order his soldiers to enter the house of Imam from the wall occasionally and search the place. Then they crossed the borders and insulted the holy Imam. It's been narrated in the history books that sometimes Motavakil called out Imam while he was drunk in order to humiliate him. Every time that Motavakil tried to destroy the character of Imam, in a cowardly way he was defeated. The continuous and useless efforts and failures of Motavakil in achieving his goals were to the extent that one day he shouted at his companions and said the following, Woe on you, I don't know what to do with Ibn Ar-Riza. He has made a lot of difficulties for me and made me so confused. I tried to take him drink a sip of wine but it was not useful. Motavakil's failure made him to conspire the murder of a man. Thus he ordered Sa'id Hajaab to kill him. Ibn Ar-Rama says, I went to Sa'id Hajaab and it was the time that Motavakil had submitted Abul Hassan alayhi salam to him in order to kill him. Sa'id looked at me and told me ridiculously, do you want to see your God? I said, God cannot be seen by eyes, he said upon that. I mean the one that can you call him a man? I said yes. He said, I was assigned to kill him and I will do it tomorrow. Now the courier with him and when he comes out you can enter. When the courier came out I entered the house that the Imam was imprisoned in. I entered and saw that they dug a grave in front of a man. I greeted and cried a lot. Imam asked me, why are you crying? I said, for the thing that I am seeing, he said, do not cry for that. They cannot achieve a goal. It won't take them more than two years that God will kill him and his supporters. I swear to God it was not more than two days that Motavakil was killed. In another plot Motavakil brought four of his henchmen to kill Imam with a sword. He was so angry to the extent that he swore to burn the body of Imam after he is murdered. The executioners of Motavakil who were waiting for Imam with their swords to kill him were affected by seeing the dignity and glory of Imam, that they forgot even their decision and even escorted him respectfully. When they returned Motavakil asked them, why didn't you follow my order? They answered that the dignity and glory we saw was more than that to be afraid of one handed soldiers. We did not have the power in front of the Imam. He just affected us and influenced us to the extent that we could not do what you have asked us to do. Thus one's more conspiracy of Imam's murder was failed as well. During two decades of caliphate Motavakil did nothing but bad behavior and killing Shias and finally he was entrapted by the hatred that he had towards the family of the prophet and their followers. The night that Motavakil was killed about the Mokannous, the clown of the court was ridiculing a man of Shia and Motavakil's wine party as he always did. Motavakil by that time was drinking wine and was laughing loudly. Montaser, his son, who loved the imams of Shia, got very angry of that behavior and threatened him secretly. Ibadah did not continue his work, Motavakil understood and asked him the reason. Ibadah said the reason. At this time Montaser stood up and said, O commander of the faithful, the one that this dog is ridiculing and the people are laughing is your cousin and the head of your family and he is your pride as well. If you want, eat his meat, meaning backbiting him, eat it up, but do not let that dog and his followers eat with you as well. In order to ridicule his son due to his interest in a man Ali, Allah's blessings and peace be upon him, Motavakil asked his singers to sing a nasty lurk about him and his mother. This indecent behavior Motavakil made, his son plot the conspiracy of murdering Motavakil at that night. Thus he plotted the conspiracy of the murder of Motavakil accompanied by the Turks and his minister Fath Ebn Khagan killed him as well. After killing Motavakil, Imam Hadi lived for seven years and the time of next caliphs, although the pressure of the system of caliphate compared to the profit of Motavakil decreased. The main policies of the system except the period of Montaser align when anti-Islam policy did not change too much and Imam was continuously under military supervision and he was pending his life in that condition. Finally, the conspiracy of the enemies of Imam Hadi, alaihi salam, made him poison with Motaz's order and the poison that Motamid poured in water or permeate. Abu Dawud says Imam was hospitalized and I went to visit him. When I was leaving he said, because you have come to visit me so you have the right on me and I have to preserve your right. He was sick in bed and the Shi'as were visiting him. Imam Hadi, Allah's blessings and peace be upon him, introduced the next Imam Orally and also in written form so that after his martyrdom the Shi'as could not be confused. Imam Hadi, Allah's blessings and peace be upon him was martyred on the 3rd of Rajab 254 after Hijrat. Ahmad ibn Dawud says, I was carrying the possessions of people that many of them were khumus and religious bows of people of Qom to deliver them to Abu-l-Hasan. When I arrived a man who was riding a camel came up to me and said, O Ahmad ibn Dawud and O Muhammad ibn Ishaq, I am carrying a letter from your master, Abu-l-Hasan, Allah's blessings and peace be upon him, which is an address to you. Tonight I will join the Divine Shrine thus be careful till the command of my son, Hasan, is delivered to you. When we heard this news we became very sad and cried but we did not tell this news to the people who were accompanying us. The reflection of the news of martyrdom of Imam of Shi'a hurt the heart of the oppressed people. The whole city was unanimously in grief of that great teacher and the compassionate father of the poor and orphans. On the day of the martyrdom of Imam a large crowd of Bani Hashem, Bani Abu Talib and Bani Abbas gathered in the house of Imam and were mourning him inside the house. People were slapping their own faces and were scratching their cheeks. They took the holy body of Imam Hadi alaihi salam on the shoulder and they passed the holy house of Musa ibn Baga When Mu'tamin Abbasid saw them he decided to use the method of damegoratory and pray over the body of Imam. Thus he ordered to put the holy body of Imam in order to pray over his body. However Imam Hassan al-Askeri alaihi salam had prayed over the holy body of Imam accompanied by Shi'a's before the funeral. Then Imam was buried in one of the houses that he was imprisoned in. The overcrowding was to the extent that Imam Hassan al-Askeri could pass with difficulties through the crowd. At this time a young man brought a vehicle for Imam and people escorted him to his house. This is for today. 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