Ali al-Rida
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Ali ibn Musa al-Rida was a descendant of the Islamic prophet Muhammad and the eighth of the Twelve Imams, succeeding his father Musa al-Kazim and his grandfather Ja'far al-Sadiq. His lineage traces th
Silver Abbasid dirham, minted in Isfahan around 817, citing al-Ma'mun as caliph and al-Rida as heir apparent (wali ahd al-muslimin). It is preserved at the Astan Quds Razavi Central Museum.
30 million Muslims making pilgrimages to the Imam Reza Shrine annualy, the world's largest mosque after Masjid al-Haram in Mecca and the Prophet's Mosque in Medina.
Dar al-Hifaz, one of the shrine's closest sections to the tomb of al-Rida.
A copy of the Quran ascribed to al-Rida, preserved at the Astan Quds Razavi Central Museum.
Muhammad al-Jawad
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Muhammad ibn Ali al-Jawad, also known as Muhammad al-Taqi, was a descendant of the Islamic prophet Muhammad and the ninth of the Twelve Imams, succeeding his father Ali al-Rida. Born in Medina around
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…through Muhammad. While others mentioned the existence of a daughter of al-Rida called Fatima. Most Hadiths indicate that al-Rida had only one son, Muhammad al-Jawad, and al-Rida's lineage continued through him. Muhammad al-Jawad was the only son of al-Rida, born to Sabika (or Khayzuran), a freed slave from Nubia…
The Kazimayn Shrine, where al-Jawad, alongside his grandfather and the seventh Imam, Musa al-Kazim, are buried. It is a holy site in Shia Islam.
Calligraphic inscription of al-Jawad on the zarih of Imam Husayn in Karbala