Muhammad al-Mahdi
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Muhammad al-Mahdi is believed by the Twelver Shia to be the last of the Twelve Imams and the eschatological Mahdi, who will emerge in the end of time to establish peace and justice and redeem Islam.
Al-Askari Shrine in Samarra, Iraq, 2017. This is where the tenth and eleventh of the Twelve Imams, Ali al-Hadi and Hasan al-Askari, are buried.
Muhammad al-Jawad
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Muhammad ibn Ali al-Jawad was a descendant of the Islamic prophet Muhammad and the ninth of the Twelve Imams, succeeding his father, Ali al-Rida. He is known by the epithets al-Jawād and al-Taqī. Like
The Kazimayn shrine, where al-Jawad is buried
Calligraphic inscription of al-Jawad's name on the zarih of Husayn ibn Ali, located in Karbala