{"id":3464,"date":"2021-11-11T20:47:47","date_gmt":"2021-11-11T20:47:47","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2021-11-11T20:47:47","modified_gmt":"2021-11-11T20:47:47","slug":"fadak-in-the-view-of-imam-musa-al-kazim-a-s","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shiastudies.com\/en\/3464\/fadak-in-the-view-of-imam-musa-al-kazim-a-s\/","title":{"rendered":"Fadak in the View of Imam Musa al-Kazim (A.S.)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Fadak in the View of Imam Musa al-Kazim (A.S.)<\/strong><\/h1>\n

Fadak in the View of Imam Musa al-Kazim (A.S.): <\/strong>But Fadak remained the symbol of the lost justice according to the Ahl al-Bayt (A.S.); for al-Zamakhshari says in his Rabi’ al-Abrar, “Harun al-Rashid kept pressing Mousa ibn Ja’fer (A.S.) to take Fadak back, and he kept refusing. When he insisted that he should, he said, `I shall not take it back except in its boundaries.’ He asked him, `And what are its boundaries?<\/p>\n

‘ He said, `The first is Aden;’ al-Rashid’s face changed colour and he asked him, `And what is the second boundary?’ He said, `Samarkand;’ now his face started shaking in outrage. He asked him, `And what is the third boundary?’ He said, `Africa;’ and the caliph’s face now turned black in anger, yet he asked him, `And what is the fourth boundary?’ He said, `The ocean, and whatever is beyond the Caspian Sea and Armenia.’ Harun al-Rashid then said, `There is nothing left for us; so, come and take my throne as well!’ The Imam (A.S.) said, `I had told you before that if I defined its boundaries, you would refuse to give it back to me.'”
\nFrom this dialogue between Imam Mousa ibn Ja’fer (A.S.) and Harun al-Rashid, we can comprehend the vast dimension of the significance of Fadak to Ahl al-Bayt (A.S.), and that it did not represent simply a piece of land and a few palm trees but a big missionary objective whose significance was linked to the significance of the Message itself in its connotation and depth.<\/p>\n

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Intellectual aspects of the Imam’s life Exegesis<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n