Family Tree

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**I would like to know/discuss that the information mentioned below is how far is it true and authentic. :hmmm:
Is the below family tree is correct and authentic or otherwise.
If we count “Imam” starting from Hazrat Ali r.a., till ‘Mohammad Al Mahdi’, it will be 12 Imam. What is significance in ‘Imamat’? and Also would like to know what is ‘Mustaali’ and ‘Nizari Imaamah’?

Source is quoted below. **

After Hazrat Abu Bakar r.a.,: these three Khalifas were martyred. There name is as under:

2- Hazrat Umar r.a., is selected as the second Khalifa
3- then Hazrat Othman is selected as the third Khalifa
4- then Hazrat Ali r.a. is selected as the last and fourth khalifa

The family of the Prophet PBUH are made up primarily of four original members. They are:

1- Hazrat Ali r.a., poisoned.
2- Hazrat Fatima r.a.
3- Hazrat Hassan r.a. poisoned.
4- Hazrat Hussain r.a. martyred.

(i) Hazrat Ali r.a., were assassinated. (ii) Hazrat Hassan r.a., were poisoned. (iii) Hazrat Hussain r.a., martyred in a battle.

(iv) Hazrat Zain-ul-Abideen poised,
(v) Mohammed Al Baqir, poisoned,
(vi) Jafar Al Siddiq or Sadiq, murdered,
(vii) Musa Al Kadhim, poisoned,
(viii) Ali Al Ridha, poisoned,
(ix) Mohammed Al Jawwad, poisoned,
(x) Ali Al Naqi, poisoned,
(xi) Hasan Al Aksari, poisoned,
(xii) Mohammad Al Mahdi (?)

Family tree of Muhammad - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Family tree of Husayn ibn Ali - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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As far as I know the family tree of the prophet (SAW) is authentic as the family trees have been maintained by many syed families. My family traces itself to Ali Naqi. As far as other questions you have asked I and not sure.

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Do you want to verify the names in the family tree, or their method of death?
the family tree is as authentic as it could be. The method of death is sometimes arguable.

It is not surprising if most of them were poisoned since the slogan of caliphate being the right of Banu Hashim was a very strong slogan at that time. Imam Ali Reza was even made heir to throne by Mamoon Rasheed. Zaid in Ali Zainul Abedin was martyred fighting Umayyads demanding same right. Abbasids succeeded against Umayyads using the same slogan (Abbasids were offsprings of Abbas bin Abdul Muttalib, prophet's uncle).
So most of those imams remained incarcerated by Umayyads and Abbasids, as they were weary of any 'rebellion' from them due to their kinship to the prophet.

Since we talked about Abbasids, here is an interesting point. Abbasids were supported by common Muslims in their fight against Umayyads because they said that caliphate belongs to Banu Hashim. Many thought that by Banu Hashim they meant the Imams from Ali's family. But Abbasids took caliphate themselves.
One of their reasoning went like this: Who deserves caliphate more? Uncle or Uncle's son?
By 'Uncle' they meant their forefather Hazrat Abbas bin Abdul Muttalib (prophet's uncle). And by 'Uncle's son' they meant Hazrat Ali bin Abu Talib (prophet's other uncle).

**PS: I hope everyone sees this post as a neutral one. I try to stay away from sectarian propaganda as much as possible. I shared what I thought might be interesting to everyone.

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Peace,

once the family three is confirmed, after that yes I would like to know why the lineage were murdered? And that time there was no birth of 'shia', then how does it is started? and why?

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They were murdered or poisoned because the emperors were afraid of their right to govern and fear of popular public support for them.
everyone knew of that fact. Both Umayyads and Abbasids. Abbasids were the kins of those imams, and even more harsh on them than Umayyads. Because they were even more fearful of a popular revolt from them.

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The term Shia did not exist at the time, but the concept the the Caliphate rightfully belonged to the Ahlul-Bayt did exist both before and after the Caliphate of Hazrat Ali (ra). As such, the Ahlul-Bayt represented the single biggest political threat to the Umayyad and Abbasid Caliphs and dynasties.

The Umayyad and Abbasids preferred to keep the Ahlul Bayt under lavish house arrest as a result. Occasionally they would believe their prisoners were too dangerous and would have them poisoned; this obviously made the Ahlul Bayt suspicious of further invitations to enjoy the hospitality of the Caliphs. In turn, the Caliphs would assume that the only reason why the Ahlul-Bayt were not coming to live under "protection" at the court was because they were plotting to overthrow the Caliph, so they would arrange for further assassinations.

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Mustali and Nizari are branches of Ismaili Shia Islam - Dawoodi Bohras are from the Mustali branch and the Aga Khan’s followers are from the Nizari branch.

By the year 1094, the Ismaili Fatimid Caliphate was essentially under the control of its Sunni Generals and Viziers, though the state nominally was Ismaili Shia (only a minority of the population was Shia, most were Sunni, as a result the army was mostly Sunni and ended up taking effective control of the state). The Ismaili Caliph/Imam’s eldest son Nizar, who would normally be the next imam, was viewed by the Sunni army as too difficult to control so they made the Imam declare his younger son Al-Mustali to be the next imam.

Most religious Ismailis saw this as a Sunni power grab and many left Egypt with Nizar, viewing him as the true imam. The community eventually settled in Central Asia and India and ultimately become the Aga Khanis.

Other Ismailies accepted Al-Mustali as being the previous Imam’s choice as declared him to be the new Caliph/Imam. When Salahuddin eventually took over Egypt, the followers of this branch of Ismailies left Egypt and ended up eventually mostly in India, where they ultimately became the Dawoodi Bohras.