HE IS THE FOURTH OF THE TWELVE IMAMS AND HIS REAL NAME IS ALI BIN HUSSEIN BIN ZEYNEL ABIDIN.HE IS THE SON OF HOLY HUSSEIN.HE WAS SURVIVED OUT OF KERBELAH FOR THE SAKE OF HIS AUNT ZEINAB’S EFFORTS AND HIS BEING ILL. BEGINNING FROM HIS CHILDHOOD HE WAS IMPRISONED MANY TIMES FOR BEING A MEMBER OF HIS LINEAGE AND HIS RELIGIOUS BELIEF.DESPITE BEING RELEASED FOR SUCCESSIVE SHORT TERMS,HIS LIFE WAS ENDED WHEN HIS AGE WAS 70,IN PRISONS UNDER VERY HEAVY CONDITIONS.HE MARRIED WITH A DAUGHTER OF A MONK AND IMAM BAKR WAS BORN DURING THIS MARRIAGE.HIS MAUSOLEUM(TURBE) WAS CLOSE TO THAT OF HOLY PROPHET.