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.
Musa ibn Ja'far al-Kazim was a descendant of the Islamic prophet Muhammad and the seventh Imam in Twelver Shia Islam, succeeding his father Ja'far al-Sadiq and preceding his son Ali al-Rida. Born arou
Ali al-Rida
…c. 29 December 765 – c. 5 September 818) 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 through Ali and Fatima, via the line of Husayn. He is also part of the chain of mystical authority…
The wooden tomb of Musa al-Kazim, dated to the eleventh century, kept in Iraqi Museum.
The Al-Kazim Shrine in Baghdad, Iraq, where his grandson and the ninth Imam Muhammad al-Jawad is also buried, is a holy site in Shia Islam.
An inscription bearing the title “Imam Musa al-Kazim” on the walls of the Imam Husayn Shrine in Karbala.