The Fourth Imam

Hazrat Zain-ul-Abideen (AS)

Name - Ali-ibn-ul Husain

Title - Zain-ul Abideen

Kunyat - Abu Muhammad

Born - Saturday 15th of Jamadi-ul-Awwal, at Medina

Father's Name - Husain ibn Ali

Mother's Name - Shahr Banoo, daughter of King Yazdigard II

Died - at the age of 58 years, in Medina , on the 21st of Muharram 95 AH. Poisoned by Waleed bin Abdul Malik Marwan.

Buried - Jannat-ul-Baqi .

Taken from Know Your Islam by Yousuf N. Lalljee

Here are some resources relating to Imam Zain-ul Abideen (A.S.)

• As-Sahifa Sajjadiyya (Psalms of Islam)

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