| Designation | Kunyah | Name | Father Name | Title | Date of Birth | Date of Death | Place of burial |
| The Last Prophet of Allah |
Abu al-Qasim | Muhammad | 'Abdullah |
Rasul Allah, Nabiy Allah. |
17th Rabi' I, in the Year of the Elephant. 8/25/570. |
28th Safar, 11 AH. 5/25/632. |
Madina al-Munawwarah, Arabia. |
| - - - | Umm Abiha | Fatimah | Muhammad |
al-Zahra', al-Siddiqah, al-Batoul, Sayyidatu al-Nisa |
20th Jumada II, in the 5th Year after the declaration of Prophethood. 1/2/615. |
3rd Jumada II, 11 AH. 8/26/632. | - - - |
| 1st Imam | Abu al-Hasan, Abu al-Hasanayn |
Ali | Abu Talib |
Amir al-mu'minin, al-Wasi, al-Murtada, Haydar | 13th Rajab, 10 years before the declaration of the Prophethood.
5/25/600. | 21st Ramadhan, 40 AH. 1/28/661. | al-Najaf, Iraq. |
| 2nd Imam | Abu Muhammad | al-Hasan |
'Ali | al-Mujtaba, as-Sibt (al-Akbar) | 15th Ramadhan, 3 AH. 3/1/625. | 7th Safar, 50 AH. 3/6/670. | Madina, Arabia. |
| 3rd Imam | Abu 'Abdillah | al-Husayn |
'Ali |
Sayyidu al-Shuhada', as-Sibt (al-Asghar) | 3rd Sha'ban, 4 AH. 1/8/626. | 10th Muharram, 61 AH. 10/10/680. | Karbala', Iraq. |
| 4th Imam | Abu Muhammad | Ali | al-Husayn |
Zaynul-Abidin, Sayyidu al-Sajidin, al-Sajjad. | 5th Sha'ban, 38 AH. 1/6/659. | 25th Muharram, 95 AH. 10/20/713. | Madina, Arabia. |
| 5th Imam | Abu Ja'far | Muhammad | 'Ali | al-Baqir | 3rd Safar, 57 AH. 12/16/676. | 7th Dhi'l-hijjah, 114 AH. 1/28/733. | " |
| 6th Imam |
Abu 'Abdillah, Abu Musa | Ja'far | Muhammad |
al-Sadiq | 17th Rabi' I, 83 AH. 4/20/702. | 25th Shawwal, 148 AH. 12/14/765. | " |
| 7th Imam | Abu al-Hasan al-Awwal, Abu Ibrahim |
Musa | Ja'far |
al-Kadhim, al-'Abd al-Salih, al-'Alim |
7th Safar, 129 AH. 10/28/746. | 25th Rajab, 183 AH. 9/1/799. | al-Kazimiyyah, Iraq. |
| 8th Imam |
Abu al-Hasan al-Thani | 'Ali |
Musa | al-Rida | 11th Dhi'l-qi'dah, 148 AH. 12/29/765. |
17th Safar, 203 AH. 8/24/818. |
Mash'had, Iran. |
| 9th Imam | Abu Ja'far al-Thani |
Muhammad | 'Ali | al-Taqi, al-Jawad | 10th Rajab, 195 AH. 4/8/811. | 30th Dhi'l-qi'dah, 220 AH. 11/25/835. |
al-Kazimiyyah, Iraq. |
| 10th Imam | Abu al-Hasan al-Thalith |
'Ali | Muhammad | al-Naqi, al-Hadi | 2nd Rajab, 212 AH. 9/27/827. | 3rd Rajab, 254 AH. 6/28/868. | Samarra', Iraq. |
| 11th Imam |
Abu Muhammad | al-Hasan |
'Ali | al-Askari | 8th Rabi' II, 232 AH. 12/3/846. | 8th Rabi' I, 260 AH. 1/1/874. | " |
| 12th Imam | Abu al-Qasim | Muhammad |
al-Hasan | al-Mahdi, al-Qa'im, al-Hujjah, al-Gha'ib, Sahibu al-Zaman, Sahibu al-Amr. | 15th Sha'ban, 255 AH. 7/29/869. | Still alive but in occultation |
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