How to Pronounce Ali al-Ridha
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Apr 12, 0770 Medina, Al Madinah Region, Saudi Arabia Died on 04 Sep 0818 (aged 48)
eighth of the Twelve Imams
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About Ali Al Ridha
- Ali ibn Musa al-Rida (Arabic: ?????? ???? ??????? ?????????, Aliy Musa ar-Ri?a; c.
- 29 December 766 – 23 August 818)), also spelled Reza in Persian, also known as Abu al-Hasan, was a descendant of the Islamic prophet, Muhammad, and the eighth Shia Imam, after his father Musa al-Kadhim, and before his son Muhammad al-Jawad.
- He was an Imam of knowledge according to the Zaydi (Fiver) Shia school and Sufis.
- He lived in a period when Abbasid caliphs were facing numerous difficulties, the most important of which was Shia revolts.
- The Caliph Al-Ma'mun sought out a remedy for this problem by appointing Al-Ridha as his successor, through whom he could be involved in worldly affairs.
- However, according to the Shia view, when Al-Ma'mun saw that the Imam gained even more popularity, he decided to correct his mistake by poisoning him.
- The Imam was buried at the Imam Reza shrine in a village in Khorasan, which afterwards gained the name Mashhad, meaning the place of martyrdom.
