Imam al-Reza(A.S.)

He said: And with this chain of narration, he said: I heard al-Ridha, Ali b. Musa, peace be upon him, speak thus on the subject of Oneness of Allah:"The first step toward worship of Allah is to know Him, and the root of that knowledge is in…

The Shrine of Imam Reza, peace be on him, in Khurasan has become one of the holy and sacred shrines in Islam, for it has acquired a halo of admiration and sanctification, to the extent that none of the shrines of Allah's friends has such…

On 6th of the Islamic month of Ramadhan in 201 AH, a grand ceremony was held in the Khorasani city of Merv (presently in Turkmenistan) by the Abbasid caliph, Mamoun, to officially declare Imam Reza (AS), the 8th Infallible Successor of…

The following article is a translation of an excerpt from "Ruh-e-Mojarrad", a biographical account of a major Shi'i mystic, Sayyid Hashem Musawi Haddad, as narrated by Allamah Sayyid Muhammad Hussain Hussaini Tehrani - Quddisa…

It was not politically feasible for al-Mamoon to reach Baghdad accompanied by Imam al-Reza (A.S.), for that would stir the winds of dissension against him and he might not be strong enough to withstand them. From this standpoint, our…

Two travelers arrived in Khurasan and came before Imam Reza (A.S.) to ask the ruling about their prayers, whether while traveling they should be performed with two or four rak'ah. Addressing one of them Imam said, "You should…

As regarding his life during the reign of al-Amin, we cannot review any incident regarding the government's stance towards Imam al-Reza (A.S.), and this may be attributed to the confusing environment in which the Abbaside caliphate found…

In 186/799, Imam Mūsā b. Ja‘far (A.S.) was martyred. In 184/800, Ahmad son of Hārūn al-Rashīd known as Al-Sabtī, who practiced asceticism in the world and was engaged in worship, passed away. In 187/803, Fudayl b. ‘Ayād,…