One day Imam Hassan al-Askari (PBUH) sent someone for Bakhtishu, one of the greatest physicians of his time, and asked Bakhtishu to send one of his students to the Imam. At that time Imam al-Askari (PBUH) was under surveillance of the Abbasid dynasty in
Imam Muhammad al-Taqi (peace be upon him), the ninth infallible Imam and son of Imam Ali al-Reza (peace be upon him), assumed the position of Imamate at the age of seven. Since Imam al-Jawad (peace be upon him) was the
In one of the years, Caliph Al-Mahdi (from the Abbasid dynasty) entered Medina. After visiting the tomb of the Prophet, he met Imam Musa al-Kadhim (peace be upon him). To test the Imam’s knowledge, as he presumed, he raised the
Yunus ibn Ya’qub, one of the companions of Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him), narrates: I was with Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him) when a man from Syria came to him and said, “I know the science of theology,
