‘Ali al-Asghar in the words of the Imam

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[Bihar al-Anwar, volume 98 page 270]


Narrated from the Nahiya (office) of Imam al-Mahdi:


“Peace be upon Abdullah the son of al-Hussain, the infant baby child - the victim of the pierced arrow, drenched in his blood that has ascended to the heavens, the slaughtered who was slain in his father’s lap, the Curse of God be upon Harmala ibn al-Kahil (his killer)…”


السلام على عبد الله بن الحسين الطفل الرضيع، المرمي الصريع المتشحط دما المصعد دمه في السماء، المذبوح بالسهم في حجر أبيه لعنالله راميه حرملة بن كاهل الأسدي وذويه


‘Abdullah was the infant son of Imam al-Hussain, commonly referred to as ‘Ali al-Asghar.


The reason I am sure that they are both the same person is because of the almost identical descriptions of both ‘Abdullah and ‘Ali al-Asghar, and that both were killed by a poisoned arrow by the cursed hands of Harmala, and both martyred in the lap of their father. This is how one can conclude it is the same person with different descriptions.


Perhaps ‘Ali al-Asghar is a title (laqab) given to ‘Abdullah. 


Ziyarat al-Nahiya of Imam al-Mahdi states:


اَلسَّلامُ عَلَى الرَّضيعِ الصَّغيرِ،


“Peace be upon the suckling infant (al-Radh’e al-Sagheer)”.


Wa Allahu ‘Aalam.

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