IMAM BAKR IS FIFTH OF THE TWELVE IMAMS AND HIS REAL NAME IS MOHAMMAD BIN ALI’IL BAKR.HE WAS BORN AS THE SON OF ZEYNEL ABIDIN AND AMONK’S DAUGHTER.YAZID THROUGH FORTUNE- TELLING SEES THAT A SON FROM HOLY ALI’S LINEAGE IS ABOUT TO BORN AND ORDERS HIS SOLDIERS TO KILL EVER NEWBORN CHILD THROUGHOUT THE CITY.SOLDIERS SEARCH ALL HOUSES AND KILL BABIES.BAKR’S MOTHER,DAUGHTER OF A MONK,UNDERSTANDS THAT SOLDIERS ARE LOOKING FOR HER BABY AND PUTS IT INTO THE BOILING CAULDRON BY WRAPPING THE BABY WITH CLOTHES.SHE TELLS TO HER SON,”THE POWER OF YOUR LINEAGE WILL SAVE YOU,”AND REMOVES THE BABY FOLLOWING THE SEARCH OF SOLDIERS.THE BABY WAS STILL ALIVE AND SHE GIVES IT A NAME,BAKR.” IN TEH EVENT IN KERBELAH,IMAM HUSSEIN EMBRACES ALI ASKHAR,WHO WAS SIX MONTHS OLDER AT THE TIME BEING,AND TELLS TO SOLDIERS THAT CAPTURED THEM,”WE COULD BE GUILTY BUT,WHAT CRIME DID THIS BABY COMMITTED.PLEASE,GIVE IT SOME WATER.”IBN-I ZIYAD,COMMANDER OF THE SOLDIERS,FORESEES THAT THE SOLDIERS WOULD FEEL COMPASSION FOR THE CAPTIVES AND WOULD GIVE WATER,UPON HUSSEIN’S TELLING.HE GOES IN THROUGH THE BABY’S THROAT AND EXITS ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE BODY.THE BABY DIES IMMEDIATELY.IMAM MAHDI WAS BORN IN A CAVE AND THEN DISAPPEARS MYSTERIOUSLY.