The life of Imām
'Ali Bin Mūsā
al-Ridā

Bāqir Sharif al-Qarashi

Translated

Jāsim al-Rasheed

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PUBLISHER'S PREFACE

A Foreword by His Eminence, Imām al-Sayyid 'Abd al-A'lā al-Sabzwāri, may his blessings last

DEDICATION

INTRODUCTION

A. Tibb (Dissertation) of Imām al-Ridā

B. Imām al-Ridā's Musnad

C. Jawām' al-Shri'a

CHAPTER I

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6. Qurrat 'Ayn al-Mu'minin

7. Makkyadat al-Mulhidin

The Year of his Birth

His Characteristics

His Solemnity

The Inscription of his Ring

His Childhood

His Behavior

CHAPTER II

HIS QUALITIES

His Renunciation the World

His Munificence

His Entertaining Guests

His Releasing Slaves

His Kindness to Slaves

His Knowledge

His Knowledge of all Languages

His Prophecies

His Acts of Worship and Reverential Fear

His Supplication during his Personal Prayer (qunūt)

His Supplication during the Prayer for giving Thanks (salāt al-Shukr)

The Imām uses Supplication as Weapon

Supplication is the Weapon of the Prophets

Concealing Supplication

Slowness in Answering Supplication

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His Amulet (hirz)

Some of his Supplications

CHAPTER III

IMPRESSIONS OF HIS CHARACTER

1. Imām al-Kāzim

2. Al-Ma'mūn

3. Ibrāhim Bin al-'Abbās al-Sawli

4. Abū al-Salt al-Harawi

5. Al-Rajā' Bin Abū al-Dhhāk

6. Al-Shaykh al-Mufid

7. Al-Wāqidi

8. Jamāl al-Din

9. Yousif b. Taghri Bardi

17. Mahmūd Bin Wihayb

18. 'Ârif Thāmir

19. Mohammed Bin Shākir al-Kutubi

20. 'Abd al-'Âl

21. Yousif al-Nabahāni

22. 'Abd al-Qādir Ahmed

23. Yousif Bin Oghlā

24. Al-Zargali

25. Mohammed Jawād Fadl Allah

26. Ahmed al-Khazraji

27. One of those who show love for him

28. Al-Shabrāwi

29. Abū Nu'ās

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30. Di'bil al-Khazā'i

31. Al-Sāhib Bin 'Abbād

32. Ibn al-Hajjāj

33. 'Abd Allah Bin al-Mubārak

34. AL-Sawli

35. Ibn Hammād

36. AL-Arbali

CHAPTER IV

UNDER THE CARE OF HIS FATHER

A. His Scientific Talents

B. His Acts of Worship and his reverential Fear

3. His Asceticism

4. His Clemency

His Munificence

6. His Helping the Distressed

The Imām with Hārūn

The Imām is arrested

His Imprisonment in Basrah

Hārūn orders the Imām to be killed

His Imprisonment in Baghdad

His Textual Nomination for the Imāmate of al-Ridā

1. Mohammed Bin Islmā'il

6. 'Abd Allah al-Hāshimi

7. 'Abd Allah Bin Marhūm

8. 'Abd Allah Bin al-Harth

9. Haydar Bin Ayyūb

10. Al-Husayn Bin Bashir

11. Ja'far Bin Khalaf

12. Nasr Bin Qābūs

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13. Mohammed Bin Sinān

The Imām's Commandments

The Prison of al-Sindi

Imām Mūsā sends a Letter to Hārūn

Hārūn al-Rashid orders the Imām to be assassinated

The Imām joins the Most High Comrade

The Police investigate the Event

The Imām is put on the Bridge

The Horrible Announcement

Sulaymān prepares the Imām for Burial

Imām al-Ridā undertakes the Great Leadership

His Travel to Basrah

The Imām travels to Kūfa

CHAPTER V

HIS DEBATES AND HIS ARGUMENTS

1. 'Umrān al-Sābi'i's Questions

The Debate is being postponed

The Debate is being resumed

Al-Sābi'i becomes Muslim

Mohammed Fears for the Imām

The Imām honors 'Umrān

The Questions of Sulaymān al-Marūzi

The Imām debates with Abū Qurra

His debate with the Catholic

The Imām debates with the High Rabbi

The Imām debates with the Hindu High Priest

The Imām debates with an Atheist

The Imām debates with 'Ali Bin al-Jahm

Al-Mu'mūn questions Imām al-Ridā

Al-Ma'mūn lauds the Imām's Talents

Ibn al-Sikit's Questions

The Imām debates a Man

The Imām's Debate Concerning the Prophet's Family

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CHAPTER VI

HIS WORKS

1. His Dissertation on Islamic Law

1. The acts of wudū'

2. Things that Invalidate wudū'

1. The Obligatory Ghusls

A. Ghusl of janāba

B. Ghusl of hayd

D. Ghusl for touching a corpse

The Recommended Ghusls

2. His Golden Medical Dissertation

A. The Cause of Writing it

The Explanation and Translation of the Dissertation

3. Al-Ma'mūn praises the Golden Medical Dissertation

A. Its Medical Contents

2. His Studying it

3. His Showing it to the Physicians

The Text of the Golden Medical Dissertation

A. The Heart

2. The Nerves

3. The Brain

4. The Hands and the Legs

5. The Ear

6. The Eye

3. The Sahifa of al-Ridā

CHAPTER ONE

ON INVOCATION OF ALLAH

CHAPTER TWO

ON THE ADHÂN

CHAPTER TWO

ON URGING TO PERFORMING THE FIVE PRAYERS AND THE QUALITY OF THE PRAYER FOR THE DEAD

CHAPTER FOUR

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ON THE EXCELLENCE OF AHL AL-BAYT, AND IT IS IN THREE PARTS Part one is on the Excellence of 'Ali Bin Abū Tālib (a.s):

PART TWO

ON THE EXCELLENCE OF FÂTIMA (A.S)

Part Three

On the Excellence of al-Hasan and al-Husayn, their Birth, and ahl al-Bayt (a.s) in General

CHAPTER FIVE

ON THE EXCELLENCE OF THE BELIEVER, GOOD MANNERS, AND THE EXCELLENCE OF HIM WHOSE NAME IS MOHAMMED OR AHMED

CHAPTER SIX

ON MENTIONING FOODS, FRUIT, AND OINTMENTS

CHAPTER SEVEN

ON OBEYING THE PARENTS AND TIGHTENING THE BONDS OF KIN

CHAPTER EIGHT

ON WARNING AGAINST CHEATING, BACKBITING, AND TATTLING

CHAPTER NINE

THE EXCELLENCE OF INVASION AND JIHÂD

CHAPTER TEN

MISCELLANEOUS TRADITIONS

Al-Fiqh al-Radawi

CHAPTER VII

DOCTRINAL RESEARCHES

1. The Unity of Allah

A. Full Knowledge of Allah's Essence is Impossible

B. Seeing Allah is Impossible

Negation of the Like from Allah

The Essence of Allah's Oneness

The Power of Allah

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The Great Creator and His Attributes are Eternal

The Creator Far Above Space

Seeing Allah is Impossible

Authorization and Compulsion are Invalid

Confuting the Views of the Qadariya

The Imāmate

1. The Importance of the Imāmate

2. The Marks of the Imām

3. The Imāms are the Vicegerents of Allah

CHAPTER VIII

ON THE HOLY QUR'ÂN

His Mentioning some Words

Al-Bassmala

Examples of his Interpreting the Qur'ān

CHAPTER IX

THE SCIENCE OF ISLAMIC JURISPRUDENCE

Examples of his Jurisprudence

1. The Purity of Well Water

2. Things that Invalidate wudū'

3. The Limit of the Face in Wudū'

4. Wudū' with a Bandage (jabira)

5. The Wudū' of Man and Woman

6. Seeking of Help from others in Wudū' is Reprehensible

7. How Tayammum is Performed

8. Tayammum with Mud

9. Incapability of Performing the Ghusl of Janāba

10. The Skins of Dead Animals

11. Gold and Silver Containers

12. Ghusl On Friday

13. Touching the Corpse of other than Man

14. The Prayer for the Dead without Wudū'

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15. Raising the Hands during the Takbir for the Prayer for the Dead

16. Prayer is the best Act of Worship

17. Prayer is the Sacrifice of the Allah- fearing

18. Prayer should be performed in its Timing

19. Timing of the Evening Prayer

20. Timings of the Noon and Afternoon Prayers

21. The Compensatory Supererogatory Prayers

22. The Late-night Supererogatory Prayers for those who have Excuses

23. It is not Permissible to perform Prayer while wearing the Skins of Beasts of Prey

24. Prayer when Wearing Silk Clothing

25. Performing Prayer on Roads is Reprehensible

26. Prayer by the Grave of the Prophet

27. Prayer in al-Masjid al-Harām

28. Prayer at al-Hatim

29. Prayer in the two Mosques

30. Supplication during leaving the House is Recommended

31. Sitting between al-Adhān and al-Iqāma

32. Al-Adhān

33. Al-Iqāma

34. Raising and Lowering Voice during Prayer

35. Postponing some of the Recitation of the Supererogatory Prayer

36. Turning the Face during Prayer

37. Zakāt al-Fitra

38. Zakāt due on Deposit and Loan

39. Zakāt on Crops

40. 'Alawide's zakāt is for the 'Alawides

41. Zakāt must be paid when due

42. The Fitra on behalf of him who does not belong to the Family

43. The One-Fifth Tax (Khums)

44. Khums on Treasure

45. Khums must be given to the Imām

46. Khums should be paid to the Imām

47. Religious Expiation on breaking the fast through the Lawful and Unlawful

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48. Liquid Enemas

49. Brushing Teeth in the Month of Ramadān

50. Intention for Travel at Night

51. Recommended Fast is not compensated

52. Fast on the Day of Doubt

53. If a Fast of Ramadān is Missed

54. Recommended Fasts

55. The fast on the Day of 'Îd al-Ghadir

56. Summoning the Believers to make a Pilgrim is Recommended

57. Hajj on behalf of the Dead

58. Hiring Someone to perform the Hajj

59. Al-Ihrām before the appointed Time and Place

60. Passing through al-Miqāt

61. How 'Umrat al-Tamattu' is Performed

62. Ceasing al-Talbiya

63. Al-Muhrim can buy female Salves

64. It is Permissible for al-Muhrim to wear a Ring

65. Al-Muhrim can walk in Shade

66. Religious Expiation for killing a Bird in the Holy Shrine

67. Redemption for casting Shadow

68. Supplication by al-Rukn al-Yamāni

69. Obligatory Circumambulation

70. Stone-Throwing

71. Animal for Immolation is sufficient for a Group of People

72. Clothes should not be sold for buying an Animal for Immolation

73. Visiting the Prophet is Recommended

74. Running away from Fighting in the Way of Allah is Prohibited

75. Adopting the Bedouin Customs after the Emigration is Prohibited

76. Buying Infidel Captives is Permissible

77. The Precepts of al-Khrājj

78. Al-Amr bi al-Ma'rūf and al-Nahy 'an al-Munkar

79. Making Use of the fat Tails which are cut off from Living Sheep

80. Wage for Writing the Qur'ān

81. Al-Maysar is a Game of Hazard

82. Work for Tyrannical Ruler

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83. Option of Animals

84. Changing Coins

85. Selling unripe Fruit

86. Buying the Children of the protected People is Prohibited

87. The Imām pays the Debts of the Debtors

88. Buying Debt

89. The Debtor should not be oppressed

90. Employing Worker before Specifying his Wage is Reprehensible

91. Rent does not invalidate Selling Property

92. Revoking Grant before Receiving it

93. A Magian orders his Wealth to be given to the Poor

94. A Muslim Woman orders two Beds to be given to the Christians

95. The Orphan should take his Wealth when he becomes Adult

96. A Man orders a Share of his wealth to be given to the Imām

97. A Man orders a Sword to be given to a Man

98. The Precept of Will concerning Disowning a Child

99. Good Wife

100. It is Permissible to marry a Woman along with the Slave-wife of her Father

101. It is Reprehensible for a Woman to marry an Ill-natured Man

102. Marriage at Night

103. Giving Food at Marriage

104. Looking at the Hair of unrelated Woman is Prohibited

105. Looking at the Hair of Sister-in-law is not Permissible

106. A Person claims that he has married a Woman

107. Marriage Contract with the Intention of Joke is invalid

108. It is Permissible for Son to marry the Daughter of his Father's Slave-wife

109. It is unlawful to marry two Sisters at the same Time

110. It is Lawful to marry Midwife

111. Contracting a Fixed-term Marriage with a dhimmi Woman

112. If Wife becomes a Muslim

113. Choosing Trustworthy Woman

114. Man should believe Woman when she denies Husband

115. Contracting a Fixed-term Marriage with Bond maid

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116. The 'Idda of Mutt'a

117. The Period of Mutt'a

118. No Inheritance in Mutt'a

119. Moving the Woman of Fixed-term Marriage from one City to another

120. It is Lawful for the Wife to grant her Female Slave to her Husband

121. It is Permissible for the man to take Grant from his Salve-wife

122. Giving Dower more than that in the Sunna

123. A Precept for him who stipulates that he and his Wife should not inherit each other

124. Congratulation on Child on the seventh Day

125. The Period of Suckling Baby

126. Preferring a Child to the rest of the Children

127. Keeping Woman in good Fellowship

128. Spending generously on Family

129. Divorce lacking Conditions is Invalid

130 The Divorce of the Drunk

131. The Divorce of the Dumb

132. The Correctness of Divorce before those Present

133. A Three-time Divorce after 'Idda

134. Al-Muhalil should be Adult

135. The Castrated cannot be Muhalil

136. Witnesses for Returning to Wife

137. Second Divorce without having Sexual Intercourse

138. Driving the Woman with Revocable 'Idda out of her House

139. The Difference between the 'Idda of Divorce and that of Death

140. If al-Mukhtala'a returns to her Husband

141. Al-Zahār does not occur due to Anger

142. Al-Zahār occurs against Bond maid

143. Precepts for him who likens the Back of his Wife to that of his Mother

144. Abandoning Bond maid for Swearing

145. Releasing old Salves

146. A Man had anal Sexual Intercourse with his Pregnant Female-slave

147. A Precept for unpromissory Oath

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148. False Oath

149. Hunting Birds at Night is lawful

150. Hunting Birds belong to someone

151. Rabithā is Lawful

152. The Meat of Vulture is Prohibited

153. Mutton

154. Wine is Prohibited

155. Beer is Prohibited

156. Selling the Pasture within a Personal Property

157. The nearest Woman inherits Property when there is none except her

158. The Testimony of Women

159. The prescribed Punishment for him who wars against Allah

160. Banishing the anti-Islam Warrior

161. The Blood of a Thief is not protected by the Law

162. Precept for him who helps and kills a person

CHAPTER X

REASONS FOR SOME RELIGIOUS PRECEPTS AND OTHERS

Theological Questions

A. The Reason for ordering the creation to profess Allah

B. Professing Allah's Oneness

C. There is Nothing like Allah

D. The Cause for Charging Servants (with Religious Duties)

E. The Cause for Knowledge of the Messengers

F. The Reason for Obeying Rulers

G. The Imām is from among the

Progeny of the Prophet

The Causes of the Religious Precepts

The Ghusl of Janāba

A. Cleanness

B. Returning Vitality to the Body

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The ghusl for the two 'Îds and Friday

Ghusl al-Maiyit

Ghusl for Touching a Corpse

Ghusl for Urine and Feces is not

The Phrases which make up the adhān

The Phrases which make up the Prayer

The Traveler's Shortened Prayer

The distance making shortening prayer obligatory

Daytime supererogatory prayers are canceled

The Prayer for the Dead

The five takkbirs over the Dead

The Prayer for the Dead without wudū'

The Prayer for the Dead is at all Times

Ghusl al-maiyit

Shrouding the Dead

The Burial of the Dead

The Prayer for an eclipse of the Sun

The Reason for the Performance of the Prayer for Unusual Natural Events (Âyāt)

Fasting is confined to the Month of Ramadān

The menstruating Women leave Fasting and Prayer

The menstruating Women have to compensate for Fasting

Compensating for the Month of Ramadān

Fasting instead of Releasing a Salve

Fasting two successive Months

The Succession in fasting two Months

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The Hajj

The Hajj is obligatory

The Hajj is one Time

The Ihrām

The Procession round the Ka'ba

Kissing and Touching the Black Stone

The Hajj in Dhu al-Hijja

Philip Hatti's Statement regarding the Hajj

Zakāt

The Reasons for some unlawful Things

1. Killing the Soul

2. The Disobedience of Parents

3. Adultery

The Punishment for Adulterer

The Testimony which establishes Adultery

3. Sodomy and Lesbianism

5. Looking at the hair of women

6. Usury

7. Swallowing the Property of the Orphans

8. Theft

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15. Beasts and Birds of Prey

16. That over which any other (Name) than that of Allah has been invoked

17. Eating the Meat of Mules is Reprehensible

18. Man may marry up to four Women

19. Repeating the Divorce Statement thrice

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20. The Woman divorced nine times

21. The Inheritance of Woman

The Conditions of the Prophets and Bygone Communities

The Drowning of Pharaoh

The Drowning of the World during the Days of Nūh

The Miracle of Mūsā

Ulū al-'Azm

Al-Hawariyūn (the Disciples)

Ibrāhim, the Bosom Friend of Allah

Ismā'il, the Truthful in his Promise

The Reasons for some Islamic Affairs

The Qur'ān is always new

'Ali is the Divider of Paradise and of

Hell

'Ali does not restore Fadak

The Companions of the Prophet

The People desert 'Ali

Imām 'Ali does not take his own Right

CHAPTER XI

INCLUSIVE WISE SAYINGS

The Excellence of Reason

Reflecting on the Affair of Allah

Believer's Noble Qualities

The Best and Worst of Men

Faith and Islam

Vainglory corrupts deeds

Sins

Enjoining Good and Forbidding Evil

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He Who loves the Disobedient!

The Good Men

Honest Work

Perfect Reason

The Reality of Reliance on Allah

The Pillars of Faith

Noble Traits

Giving Thanks for Favors

His Commandments

A. His Commandments to Ahmed

B. His Commandments to Ibrāhim

C. His Commandments to Ahmed and al-Husayn

D. Equality between the Rich and the Poor

Smiling at the Believer

General Commandments

Tightening the Bonds of Kin

Wise Sayings of some Prophets

Mūsā's Whispered Prayers

In the Scriptures of Ibrāhim

'Îsā with the Disciples

Preaching and Guidance

His Short Wise Sayings

CHAPTER XII

HIS COMPANIONS AND NARRATORS OF HIS TRADITIONS

1. Ibrāhim Bin al-'Abbās

His Paying a Visit to the Imām

Examples of his Poetry

His Burning the Divan of his Poetry

Examples of his Writings

His Death

2. Ibrāhim Bin Abū al-Bilād

3. Ibrāhim Bin Abū Mahmūd

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4. Ibrāhim Bin Ishāq al-Nahāwandi

5. Ibrāhim Bin Ismā'il Bin Dāwud

6. Ibrāhim Bin Bashir

7. Ibrāhim Bin Salāma al-Nishābūri

8. Ibrāhim Bin Shu'ayb al-Wāqifi

9. Ibrāhim Bin Shu'ayb al-'Aqarqūfi

10. Ibrāhim Bin Sālih

11. Ibrāhim Bin 'Abd al-Hamid

12. Ibrāhim Bin 'Ali

13. Ibrāhim Bin Mohammed

14. Ibrāhim Bin Mohammed

15. Ibrāhim Bin Mohammed

16. Ibrāhim Bin Mohammed al-Hamadāni

17. Ibrāhim Bin Mūsā

18. Ibrāhim Bin Hāshim

19. Ibrāhim Bin Hāshim al-'Abbāsi

20. Ahmed Bin Abū Nasr

21. Ahmed Bin Ashyam

22. Ahmed Bin 'Âmir

23. Ahmed Bin 'Umar al-Hallāl

24. Ahmed Bin al-Fayd

25. Ahmed Bin Mohammed

26. Ahmed Bin Mohammed

27. Ahmed Bin Mohammed

28. Ahmed Bin Yusuf

29. Idris Bin Zayd

30. Idris Bin 'Abd Allah

31. Idris Bin 'Îsā

32. Idris Bin Yaqtin

33. Ishāq Bin Âdam

34. Ishāq Bin Ibrāhim

35. Ishāq Bin Ibrāhim

36. Ishāq Bin Mohammed

37. Ishāq Bin Imām Mūsā

38. Ismā'il Bin Sa'd

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39. Ismā'il Bin 'Abbād

40. Ismā'il Bin 'Îsā

41. Ismā'il Bin Qutayba

42. Ismā'il Bin Mahrān

43. Ismā'il Bin Hammām

51. Thaljj Bin Abū Thaljj

52. Ja'far Bin Bashir al-Bujayli

53. Ja'far Bin Ibrāhim al-Haddrami

54. Ja'far Bin Ibrāhim

55. Ja'far Bin 'Îsā

56. Ja'far Bin al-Muthannā al-Khatib

57. Ja'far Bin Mohammed al-Qazwini

58. Al-Hasan Bin Ibrāhim al-Kūfi

59. Al-Hasan Bin Asbāt al-Kindi

60. Al-Hasan Bin Asad al-Basri

61. Al-Hasan Bin Bashir

62. Al-Hasan Bin Bashshār al-Madā'ini

63. Al-Hasan Bin al-Jahm

64. Al-Hasan Bin al-Jahm al-Rāzi

65. Al-Hasan Bin al-Husayn al-Anbāri

66. Al-Hasan Bin al-Husayn

67. Al-Hasan Bin al-Husayn al-'Alawi

68. Al-Hasan Bin Rāshid

69. Al-Hasan Bin Ziyād

70. Al-Hasan Bin Sa'id al-Kūfi

71. Al-Hasan Bin Shādhān al-Wāsiti

72. Al-Hasan Bin Shu'ayb al-Madā'ini

73. Al-Hasan Bin 'Abbād

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74. Al-Hasan Bin al-'Abbās al-Ma'rūfi

75. Al-Hasan Bin 'Ali

76. Al-Hasan Bin 'Ali

77. Al-Hasan Bin 'Ali

78. Al-Hasan Bin 'Ali al-Daylami

79. Al-Hasan Bin 'Ali

80. Al-Hasan Bin 'Ali al-Washshā'

81. Al-Hasan Bin 'Umar

82. Al-Hasan Bin Faddāl

83. Al-Hasan Bin Qārūn

84. Al-Hasan Bin al-Qāsim

85. Al-Hasan Bin Mahbūb al-Sarrād

86. Al-Hasan Bin Mohammed

87. Al-Hasan Bin Mohammed

88. Al-Hasan Bin Mohammed al-Qummi

89. Al-Hasan Bin Mohammed

90. Al-Hasan Bin al-Nadr al-Armani

91. Al-Hasan Bin Yazid

92. Al-Hasan Bin Yunus

93. Al-Hasan al-Taflisi

94. Al-Husayn Bin Ibrāhim

95. Al-Husayn Bin Abū Sa'id

96. Al-Husayn Bin Bashshār al-Wāsiti

97. Al-Husayn Bin Bashir

98. AL-Husayn Bin al-Jahm

99. Al-Husayn Bin Khālid al-Sayrafi

100. Al-Husayn Bin Ziyād

101. Al-Husayn Bin Sa'id

102. Al-Husayn Bin Shu'ayb al-Madā'ini

103. Al-Husayn Bin Sālih al-Khath'ami

104. Al-Husayn Bin 'Abd Rabbah

105. Al-Husayn Bin 'Ali Bin Rabi'

106. Al-Husayn Bin 'Ali Bin Yaqtin

107. Al-Husayn Bin 'Umar

108. Al-Husayn Bin Qiyāmā

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109. Al-Husayn Bin Mūsā

110. Al-Husayn Bin Mayyāh

111. Al-Husayn Bin Yasār al-Madā'ini

112. Hammād Bin Bakr Bin Mohammed al-Azdi

113. Hammād Bin 'Uthmān

114. Hammād Bin 'Uthmān al-Nāb

115. Hammād Bin 'Îsā

116. Hamdān Bin Ibrāhim al-Ahwāzi

117. Hamza Bin Buzaygh al-Wāqifi

118. Haydar Bin Ayyūb

119. Khalaf Bin Salama al-Basri

120. Khayrān, the Retainer of Imām al-Ridā

121. Dārim Bin Qubaysa

122. Dāwud Bin Sulaymān

123. Dāwud Bin 'Ali al-'Abdi

124. Dāwud Bin 'Ali al-Ya'qūbi

125. Dāwud Bin al-Qāsim

126. Dāwud Bin Māfna al-Sarmi

127. Dāwud Bin al-Nu'mān

128. Di'bil al-Khazā'i

His Scientific Position

His Works

His Poetry

His Praising and Lamenting for the 'Alawides

His Lamenting for al-Husayn

His Satire

His Satire upon al-Rashid

His Satire upon Ibrāhim

His Satire upon al-Mu'tasim

His Satire upon al-Wāthiq

Di'bil joins the Garden

129. Rahim 'Abdūs al-Khannji

130. Rayyān Bin Shubayb

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131. Al-Rayyān Bin al-Salt Al-Ash'ari al-Qummi

132. Zakariya Bin Âdam

133. Zakariya Abū Yahyā

134. Zakariyā Bin Idris

135. Zakariyā Bin 'Abd al-Samad al-Qummi

136. Zakariyā Bin 'Abd Allah al-Mu'min

137. Zakariyā Bin Yahyā

138. Sa'd Bin Hammād

139. Sa'd Bin Sa'd

140. Sa'd, the Servant of Abū Dalaf

141. Sa'd Bin Jināh al-Azdi al-Baghdādi

142. Sa'id Bin Sa'id al-Qummi

143. Sulaymān Bin Ja'far

144. Sulaymān Bin al-Ja'fari

145. Sulaymān Bin Hafs

146. Sulaymān Bin Hafs al-Marwazi

147. Sulaymān Bin Dāwud al-Khaffāf

148. Sulaymān Bin Rashid

149. Al-Sindi Bin al-Rabi' al-Kūfi

150. Sawāda al-Qattān

151. Sahl Bin al-Ash'ari

152. Sahl Bin al-Yasa'

153. Shu'ayb Bin Hammād

154. Sālih Bin 'Abd Allah al-Khath'ami

155. Sālih Bin 'Ali

156. Sālih al-Khabbāz al-Kūfi

157. Sabāh Bin Nasr al-Hindi

158. Sadaqa al-Khurasāni

159. Safwān Bin Yahyā al-Bujayli

160. Tāhir Bin Hātam

161. 'Abbād Bin Mohammed

162. Al-'Abbās Bin Ja'far

163. Al-'Abbās Bin Mohammed

164. Al-'Abbās Bin Ma'rūf

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165. Al-'Abbās Bin Mūsā

166. Al-'Abbās Bin Hishām

167. Al-'Abbās, the Retainer of Imām al-Ridā

168. Al-'Abbās al-Najāshi

169. 'Abd al-Jabbār Bin al-Mubārak

170. 'Abd al-Hamid Bin Sa'id

171. 'Abd al-Rahmān Bin Abū Najjrān

172. 'Abd al-Salām Bin Sālih al-Harawi

173. 'Abd al-'Aziz Bin Muslim

174. 'Abd al-'Aziz Bin al-Muhtadi

175. 'Abd Allah Bin Abān

176. 'Abd Allah Bin Ibrāhim al-Ansāri

177. 'Abd Allah Bin Ayyūb al-Juzayni

178. 'Abd Allah Bin Jundub

179. 'Abd Allah Bin al-Hārith

180. 'Abd Allah Bin al-Salt al-Qummi

181. 'Abd Allah Bin Tāwus

182. 'Abd Allah Bin 'Ali

183. 'Abd Allah Bin al-Mubārak

184. 'Abd Allah Bin Mohammed

185. 'Abd Allah Bin Mohammed

186. 'Abd Allah Bin Mohammed

187. 'Abd Allah Bin al-Mughira

188. 'Abd al-Wahhāb

189. 'Ubayd al-Nasri

190. 'Ubayd Allah

191. 'Ubayd Allah Bin Ishāq al-Madā'ini

192. 'Ubayd Allah Bin 'Abd Allah al-Dahqān

193. 'Ubayd Allah Bin 'Ali

194. 'Uthmān Bin Rashid

195. 'Uthmān Bin 'Îsā al-'Âmiri, al-Kilābi

196. 'Atiya Bin Rustam

(28)

197. 'Aqaba Bin Rustam

198. 'Ali Bin Abū Thawr

199. 'Ali Bin Ahmed

200. 'Ali Bin Idris

201. 'Ali Bin Asbāt al-Maqari

202. 'Ali Bin Ja'far

203. 'Ali Bin Hadid

204. 'Ali Bin al-Husayn

205. 'Ali Bin al-Husayn

206. 'Ali Bin Sa'id al-Madā'ini

207. 'Ali Bin Swayd al-Sā'i

208. 'Ali Bin Sayf

209. 'Ali Bin Sā'id al-Barbari

210. 'Ali Bin 'Abd Allah

211. 'Ali Bin 'Ubayd Allah

212. 'Ali Bin 'Uthmān

213. 'Ali Bin 'Ali Bin Razin al-Khazā'i

214. 'Ali Bin al-Fadl al-Wāsiti

215. 'Ali Bin Mahdi

216. 'Ali Bin Mahzyār al-Ahwāzi Imām al-Jawād's Letter to him His Works

217. 'Ali Bin Yahyā

218. 'Ali Bin Yunus Bin Behman

219. 'Ammār Bin Yazid

220. 'Amr Bin Zuhayr al-Jazzri

221. 'Amr Bin Furāt al-Kātib, al-Baghdādi

222. 'Amr Bin Sa'id al-Madā'ini

223. 'Îsā Bin 'Uthmān

224. 'Îsā Bin 'Îsā` al-Kalāmi

225. 'Ubays Bin 'Uthmān

226. Fudālah Bin Ayyūb

227. Al-Fadl Bin Sinān al-Nisābūri

228. Al-Fadl Bin Sahl

(29)

229. Al-Qāsim Bin Asbāt

230. Al-Qāsim Bin Fudayl

231. Al-Qāsim Bin Yahyā

232. Muhsin Bin Ahmed al-Qaysi

233. Mohammed Bin Abū Jarir al-Qummi

234. Mohammed Bin Abū 'Abbād

235. Mohammed Bin Abū 'Umayr al-Azdi

236. Mohammed Bin Ahmed

237. Mohammed Bin Ishāq al-Kūfi

238. Mohammed Bin Ishāq

239. Mohammed Bin Aslam

240. Mohammed Bin Aslam al-Tūsi

241. Mohammed Bin Ismā'il Bin Buzaygh'

242. Mohammed Bin Orma al-Qummi

243. Mohammed Bin Bahr

244. Mohammed Bin Judhā'a al-Fārisi

245. Mohammed Bin Ja'far al-'Anbi

246. Mohammed Bin Ja'far al-Muqnā'i

247. Mohammed Bin Jumhūr

248. Mohammed Bin al-Husayn

249. Mohammed Bin al-Husayn

250. Mohammed Bin Hamza.

251. Mohammed Bin Khālid al-Barqi

252. Mohammed Bin al-Khatib al-Ahwāzi

253. Mohammed Bin Rāshid

254. Mohammed Bin Zayd al-Rāzimi

255. Mohammed Bin Zayd al-Tabari

256. Mohammed Bin Sālim al-Qummi

257. Mohammed Bin Sulaymān al-Daylami

258. Mohammed Bin Sammā'a al-Sayrafi

259. Mohammed Bin Sinān al-Zāhiri

(30)

260. Mohammed Bin Sahl al-Ash'ari

261. Mohammed Bin Sahl al-Bujayli, al-Rāzi

262. Mohammed Bin Sahl

263. Mohammed Bin Sadaqa

264. Mohammed Bin 'Abd Allah al-Saqil al-Azdi

265. Mohammed Bin 'Abd Allah al-Ash'ari

266. Mohammed Bin 'Abd Allah al-Saqil

267. Mohammed Bin 'Abd Allah

268. Mohammed Bin 'Abd Allah

269. Mohammed Bin 'Abd Allah al-Khurasāni

270. Mohammed Bin 'Abd Allah al-Tāhiri

271. Mohammed Bin 'Abd Allah al-Tahūri

272. Mohammed Bin 'Abd Allah al-Qummi

273. Mohammed Bin 'Abd Allah al-Madā'ini

274. Mohammed Bin 'Ubayd

275. Mohammed Bin 'Ubayd Allah al-Hamadāni

276. Mohammed Bin 'Ubayd Allah

277. Mohammed Bin 'Ubayda

278. Mohammed Bin 'Arafa

279. Mohammed Bin 'Ali Bin Ja'far

280. Mohammed Bin 'Ali

281. Mohammed Bin 'Ali al-Hamadāni

282. Mohammed Bin 'Ammār

283. Mohammed Bin 'Ammāra

284. Mohammed Bin 'Umar Bin Zayd

285. Mohammed Bin 'Umar

286. Mohammed Bin 'Umar al-Sābāti

(31)

287. Mohammed Bin 'Umar al-Kanāsi

288. Mohammed Bin 'Umar al-Zayyāt

289. Mohammed Bin 'Îsā Bin Yaqtin

290. Mohammed Bin 'Îsā al-Qummi

291. Mohammed Bin Furāt al-Ju'fi

292. Mohammed Bin al-Farajj al-Rakhji

293. Mohammed Bin al-Fadl al-Azdi

294. Mohammed Bin al-Fadl Bin 'Umar

295. Mohammed Bin al-Fudayl al-Sayrafi

296. Mohammed Bin al-Fayd al-Madā'ini

297. Mohammed Bin al-Qāsim Bin al-Fudayl

298. Mohammed Bin al-Qāsim Bin al-Fudayl

299. Mohammed Bin al-Qāsim al-Bushinjāni

300. Mohammed Bin Ka'ab al-Qurti

301. Mohammed Bin Kulayb al-Ash'ari 703

302. Mohammed Bin Mansūr Bin al-Abrad al-Nakha'i

303. Mohammed Bin Mansūr al-Ash'athi

304. Mohammed Bin Mansūr al-Ash'ari

305. Mohammed Bin Mansūr Bin Nasr al-Khazā'i

306. Mohammed Bin Mansūr al-Kūfi

307. Mohammed Bin Yahyā Bin Habib

308. Mohammed Bin Yahya al-Sābāti

309. Mohammed Bin Yazid al-Tabari

310. Mohammed Bin Yunus Bin 'Abd al-Rahmān

311. Mohammed, the Retainer of al-Ridā

312. Marzbān

313. Marzbān Bin 'Umrān al-Ash'ari al-Qummi

(32)

314. Marwān Bin Yahyā

315. Murauwik Bin 'Ubayd

316. Musāfir

317. Mu'āwiya Bin Hakim Bin Mu'āwiya

318. Mu'āwiya Bin Sa'id

319. Mu'āwiya Bin Sa'id

320. Mu'āwiya Bin Yahyā

321. Mu'āwiya al-Ja'fari

322. Ma'rūf Bin Fayrūz al-Karkhi

323. Mu'ammar Bin Khallād al-Baghdādi

324. Ma'an Bin Khālid

325. Muqātil Bin Muqātil al-Balkhi

326. Mūsā Bin Abū al-Hasan al-Rāzi

327. Mūsā Bin Jund

328. Mūsā Bin Ranjawayh al-Armani

329. Mūsā Bin Salama

330. Mūsā Bin 'Îsā Bin 'Ubayd al-Yaqtini

331. Mūsā Bin al-Qāsim al-Bujayli

332. Mūsā Bin Mu'ammar

333. Mūsā Bin Mahrān

334. Muwaffaq Bin Hārūn

335. Muwaffaq, the Retainer of Imām al-Ridā

336. Nasr Bin Qābūs al-Lakhmi al-Qābūsi

337. Nasr Bin Mughallis

338. Al-Walid Bin Abān

339. Al-Walid Bin Abān al-Dabi al-Rāzi

340. Hārūn Bin 'Umar

341. Hishām Bin Ibrāhim al-'Abbāsi

342. Herthama Bin A'yun

(33)

343. Hishām Bin Ibrāhim al-Ahmar

344. Hishām Bin Ibrāhim al-'Abbāsi

345. Al-Haythem Bin 'Abd Allah

346. Al-Haythem Bin 'Abd Allah

al-Rummāni

347. Yāsir

348. Yahyā Bin Ibrāhim

349. Yahyā Bin Ahmed

350. Yahyā Bin Bashshār

351. Yahyā Bin Jundub al-Zayyāt

352. Yahyā Bin Sulaymān al-Kātib

353. Yahyā Bin al-'Abbās al-Warrāq

354. Yahyā Bin 'Amrū

355. Yahyā Bin al-Mubārak

356. Yahyā Bin Mohammed Bin Abū Habib

357. Yahyā Bin Mūsā al-San'āni

358. Yahyā Bin Yahyā al-Tamimi

359. Yahyā Bin Yazid al-Kūfi

360. Yahyā al-San'āni

361. Yazid Bin 'Umar

362. Al-Yasa' Bin Hamza

363. Ya'qūb Bin Sa'id al-Kindi

364. Ya'qūb Bin 'Abd Allah Bin Jundub

365. Ya'qūb Bin Yaqtin

366. Yūnus Bin 'Abd al-Rahmān

367. Yūnus Bin Ya'qūb al-Bujayli, al-Dihni

CHAPTER XIII

THE TIME OF THE IMÂM

The Scientific Life

The Satellite of Ibn al-Muqanna'

The Institutes and Libraries

The Depository of Wisdom

(34)

The Translation of Books

The Maps and Observatories

The Dominating Sciences

1. The Interpretation of the Qur'ān

2. The Hadith (Tradition)

4. Science of Islamic Jurisprudence

4. Science of Fundamentals

9. Architecture and Civil Engineering

10. Astronomy

The Scientific Centers

The Economic Life

The Revenues of the State

Extravagance and Wastefulness

Al-Ma'mūn takes Bourān in Marriage

The Misery and Wretchedness of the Common People

Heavy Taxes imposed on Inheritances

Cruelty in taking Land Taxes

The Inheritance of the 'Abbāsid Kings

1. The Inheritance of al-Mansūr

2. The Inheritance of al-Mahdi

3. The Inheritance of al-Rashid

The Muslims hate the 'Abbāsid Government

Discords and Popular Revolts

The Revolt of Abū al-Sarāyā

The Leader of the Revolt

(35)

Abū al-Sarāyā joins the Revolt

Abū al-Sarāyā meets Mohammed

The Declaration of the Revolt

The Death of the Leader Mohammed

Severe Punishments on the 'Alawides

The Letter of al-Khawārizmi

The Wāqifities

1. The Cause for the Wāqifites' doctrines

2. The Wāqifites' doctrines spread

The Imām condemns the Wāqifites' doctrines

The Problem of creating the Qur'ān

Fabricating Lies against the Imāms

CHAPTER XIV

IN THE TIME OF AL-RASHÎD, AL-AMÎN, AND AL-MA'MÛN Hārūn al-Rashid

B. His Fondness of Singing

C. His Playing Game at Dice

Hārūn al-Rashid's Attitude toward Imām al-Ridā

1. Safwān Bin Yahyā

2. Mohammed Bin Sinān

'Îsā Bin Ja'far informs Hārūn al-Rashid of the Imām

Yahyā informs Hārūn al-Rashid of the Imām

The Imām's Supplication against the Barāmika

The Imām's House is attacked

Sufyān's Letter to Hārūn

The Government of Al-Amin

1. His Absorbing in Pleasures

(36)

2. His Hating Knowledge

3. His Weak Opinion

4. Concealing himself from Subjects

His deposing Al-Ma'mūn

Al-Rashid is Responsible for these Events

Destructive Battles

Baghdad is besieged

Al-Amin is murdered

The Government of al-Ma'mūn

His Mother

Al-Ma'mūn's Qualities

Treachery

1. 'Abd Allah Bin Mūsā al-Hādi

2. Ishāq Bin Mūsā al-Hādi

3. Hamid Bin 'Abd al-Hamid al-Tūsi

4. Al-Fadl Bin Sahl

Cruelty

Slyness

Inclination to Amusement

A. His Playing Chess

B. His Fondness of Music

C. His Drinking Wine

Al-Ma'mūn receives valuable Gifts

His affecting Shiism

1. Who taught him Shiism?

Returning Fadak to the 'Alawides

His Praising Imām 'Ali, the Commander of the Faithful

His Disparaging Mu'āwiya

His Proving the Imāmate of Imām 'Ali

(37)

Al-Ma'mūn's Answer to the Tradition

Al-Ma'mūn debates with Theologians

The Traditionalists and the Theologians keeps silent

His Entrusting the Imām with Regency

His Shiism is false

The Reasons for his Pretending Shiism

His Policy

CHAPTER XV

IMAM AL-RIDÂ AND REGENCY

Al-Ma'mūn's Motives

Al-Fadl's Letter to the Imām

The Attitude of the Imām

Al-Ma'mūn sends Messengers to the Imām

(38)

The Imām says Farewell to the Grave of the Prophet

The Imām orders his family to weep over him

The Imām appoints his Son al-Jawād To the Sacred House of Allah

Al-Ma'mūn receives the Imām

Al-Ma'mūn asks the Imām to undertake the Caliphate

Al-Ma'mūn's claimed Justifications

His false Justifications

Al-Ma'mūn asks the Imām to undertake Regency

Al-Ma'mūn forces the Imām

The Conditions of the Imām

The Textual Document of Regency

The Contents of the Document of Regency

The Contents of what the Imām has written

The Contents of al-Fadl's writing

The Pledge of Allegiance to the Imām

The Way of the Pledge of Allegiance

The Imām predicts that this Matter will not be achieved

Al-Ma'mūn delivers a Speech

Imām al-Ridā delivers a Speech

Al-'Abbās delivers a Speech

Persons abstain from pledging Allegiance to the Imām

Al-Ma'mūn orders them to be executed

Important Decrees

The Imām marries al-Ma'mūn's Daughter

(39)

The Pledge of Allegiance to the Imām in all Cities

Persons criticize the Imām

1. Mohammed Bin 'Arafa

2. A Man

3. Al-Rayyān Bin al-Salt

4. A Khārijite

The Indignant with al-Ma'mūn

Deposing al-Ma'mūn

The Pledge of Allegiance to Ibrāhim Bin Shakkla

Al-Ma'mūn's Letter to the 'Abbāsids

CHAPTER XVI

THE AFFAIRS OF THE IMÂM

IN KHURASÂN

Poets visit the Imām

The Imām awards a Prize to Di'bil

The Imām awards a Prize to Ibrāhim

The Immortal Poem of Di'bil

The Text of the Poem

The Imām spends all what he has

The Imām's Sermon on Allah's Oneness

The Sermon which the Imām has written to al-Ma'mūn

Al-Ma'mūn asks the Imām for good Poetry

The Imām's Letter to his Son al-Jawād

The letter of Praise and Condition

(40)

Al-Ma'mūn's Signature

Imām al-Ridā's Signature

With his Brother Zayd

With His Sister Fātima

The 'Îd Prayer

The Imām's Supplication in Asking for Water

The Imām's Supplication

The Imām's Sermon

Admonition and Warning

Al-Ma'mūn fears the Imām

Important Decisions

The Imām does not praise al-Ma'mūn

The Imām refuses to appoint Governors

The Imām predicts that he will not enter Baghdad

The Imām and al-Fadl Bin Sahl

A false Suggestion for assassinating al- Ma'mūn

His informing against the Imām

His Opposing the Imām

EPILOG

The Imām gives Sincere Advice to al-Ma'mūn

Al-Ma'mūn decides to rerun to Baghdad

The Public Bath-house of Sarkhas

Al-Fadl is struck down

The Imām is assassinated

Irregular Statements

1. His Natural Death

2. The 'Abbāsids assassinate the Imām

3. His Death of Poison

To the Shelter Garden

Al-Ma'mūn's pretense

Concealing the Death of the Imām

(41)

The Body of the Imām is escorted

At his Final Resting Place

Al-Ma'mūn stays at the Grave of the Imām

Al-Ma'mūn and Herthama

The Age of the Imām

Poets lament for the Imām

1. Ashja' Bin 'Amrū al-Salami

2. Di'bil al-Khazā'i

3. Ibn al-Mushayya' al-Medeni

4. Al-Khawāfi

5. Al-Dabi

The Excellence of the Visitation to the Imām's Holy Shrine

The life of Imām 'Ali Bin Mūsā al-Ridā

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