Imam Ali Reza/Redha/Ridha/Reda/Raza | The one Allah is pleased With | Usama Atar | 8th Imam

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The eighth Holy Imam was born on 11th Zilqadh148 A.H. in the holy city of Madinah. He was divinely entitled 'Al-Reza"(meaning that Allah Almighty and His Holy Messenger (S.A.W.) were deeply pleased with him).The Holy Imam (A) is also considered as the Aalim (the Greatest Erudite) of the Holy Ahlul Bayt (A).

His beloved father Imam Musa-ibn-Jafar (A) named him Ali. His agnomen was Abul Hasan.
His era Imamat began from 183 A.H. when he was 35 years old and he held that divine position for about 20 years.
The three Abbasid caliphs were his contemporaries: Haroon al-Rashid for the first ten years, Amin for another five years and finally Ma’mun for the last five years.
When Imam (A) attained the Imamat, the political government was then run by Haroon al-Rashid in Baghdad. The style of rule exercised by this Abbasid caliph was nothing but force over the people. They would constantly torment and kill the progeny and Shi'i of Fatemah (A) [Al-Uqdul-Farid 2/44].
Imam Reza (A) at first, did not make public his Imamat and did not establish contacts with anyone save his special followers and Shi'i. However, after a lapse of several years, Haroon al-Rashid’s government began to lose strength because of numerous rebellions against him. Taking advantage of this situation, Imam Reza (A) made public his Imamat in Medina and engaged in solving the people’s social problems as well as problems pertaining to beliefs.

After Haroon’s death in 193 A.H., conflict took place between his two sons Amin and Ma’mun which led to bloody wars and finally the assassination of Amin in 198 A.H.
Thus, Ma’mun became the caliph.
The Abbasid caliph feared the holy Imam (A) who was publicly recognized as the successor of the messenger of Allah.
Ma’mun thought of finding a new solution for this problem which his Abbasid predecessors had not been able to solve. He decided to invite Imam Reza (A) to Marv with the intention of making a fake freindship with Imam. Thus, he intended to have a direct eye upon the holy Imam. By stationing in his court he wanted to display that his government is approved by Imam Reza (A).
Imam Reza (A) did not accept this so-called invitation. Later, when these invitations turned into a threat, Imam forcefully traveled to Khorasan in 200 A.H. This was to avoid any bloodshed among the Shi'i. Imam Reza (A) displayed his dissatisfaction of such a forceful emigration.

Ma’mun at first offered Imam (A) the caliphate. His holiness seriously rejected Ma’mun’s proposal and replied:
If this caliphate is your right and Allah has set this for you it’s not lawful that you remove the clothes which Allah has made you wear and give others to wear.
If the caliphate is not your right, then it’s not lawful for you give me that which does not belong to you. (Al-Uyoon 2/140).
Then, Ma’mun proposed Imam to accept the heir-apparency. The holy Imam (A) turned down this proposal too but he was finally forced to accept it.
However, the Imam (A) put forward certain conditions such that he would not interfere in government affairs or in the appointment or dismissal of government agents. Here we see that Imam (A) did not accept any official responsibility in the state affairs as he did not recognize Ma’mun’s government to be lawful.

Imam’s discourses:
Ma’mun’s motive behind propagation of books particularly the Greek philosophy was to attract the people towards alien sciences thereby isolating the household of Ahl al-Bayt (A). Secondly, by this act, the deficient knowledge of the Abbasids in comparison with the Ahl al-bayt would remain concealed.
However, Hazrat Reza (A) opposed the obscure policies of the Abbasid government and skillfully safeguarded the realities of religion through discussions and debates with the learned philosophers and speakers of Ma’mun’s court.
The Jewish and the Christians erudite as well as dualists and atheists used to take part in those debates and they always submitted to Imam’s vast field of knowledge.

Imam’s martyrdom:
By laying down conditions for accepting the heir-apparency and by overcoming the scholars of his time, Imam (A) made futile Ma’mun’s plans and once again made clear before all, the truthfulness of the Ahl al-bayt (A) school of thought.
The vicious caliph feared the holy Imam’s increasing popularity and he had appointed him as his heir to the throne only for the fulfillment of his own sinister designs and getting Imam’s endorsement to his tricky plans. When all these failed, Ma’mun sought to find a remedy for this problem and decided to poison the holy Imam (A).
Ma’mun poisoned Imam (A) with grapes and consequently Imam (A) attained martyrdom in 203 A.H. He was buried in Toos (Mashad) and his grand shrine speaks well for the great personality

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