Adopted from the book : "The Faith of Shi'a Islam" by : Allamah Muhammad Ridha al-Muzaffar"
We believe that the Imams are twelve in number; that the prophet publicly announced them by name; and that each of them announcing his successor. They are:
We believe that the Imams are twelve in number ; that the prophet publicly announced them by name; and that each of them announced his successor. They are:
1) Abu 'l-Hasan 'Ali ibn Abi Talib, al-Murtada.
Born 23 years before the hijrah (601 A.D.), died in the year 40 A.H. (661 A.D).
2) Abu Muhammad Hasan ibn 'Ali, called Zakiy.
(2-50/623-670).
3) Abu Abdillah Husayn ibn 'Ali called Sayyid ash-Shuhada'.
(3-61/624-680).
4) Abu Muhammad 'Ali ibn Husayn, called Zayn al-Abidin.
(38-95/658-713)
5) Abu Ja'far Muhammad ibn' Ali, called al-Baqir.
(57-114/678-732)
6) Abu 'Abdillah Ja'far ibn' Ali, called as-Sadiq.
(83-/-148/702-765)
7) Abu Ibrahim Musa ibn Ja'far, called al-Kazim.
(128-183/745-799)
8) Abu 'l-Hasan 'Ali ibn Musa, called ar-Rida.
(148-203/765-818)
9) Abu Ja'far Muhammad ibn 'Ali, called al-Jawad.
(195-220/810-835)
10) Abu 'l-Hasan 'Ali ibn Muhammad, called al-Hadi.
(212-254/827-868)
11) Abu 'l-Qasim Muhammad Hasan,ibn' Ali called al-Askari.
(232-260/846-870)
12) Abu 'l-Qasim Muhammad ibn Hasan, called al-Mahdi.
(256-/870-)
