Imam Mohammad_ibn_ Ali (a.s) was born on the 10th of Rajab 195 AH in Medina. He was brought up in the house of prophethood and imamate, that house by which Allah had honored the Muslims. His father Imam_ar_Redha (a.s) had undertaken his upbringing and shed rays of light from his great soul onto him.
His famous epithets are Al_Jawad (the generous) and Al_Tagiy ( the pious) . Al_ma’moon the Abbasi caliph had tried him with different types of provocations, but he was not deceived….
Hazrat Fatemeh Masoumeh (A.S.) has a lofty and eminent personality; the holy Ahlul Bayt (A.S.) pointed out her glory and reverence, and even before her birth, but also before the birth of her honorable father, some Imams (A.S.) remarked her, and they referred to her high status, some of which are mentioned here.
Imam Sadiq (A.S.), in a hadith, before the birth of this elegant progeny, spoke of the virtues of her pilgrimage and shrine, drawing the attention of Shiaa Muslims to her and noted: “The city of Qom is our shrine, in which a woman from my offspring is buried, the name of whom is Fatemeh and whoever visits her, paradise is for him…”
