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
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.
Imam Reza Shrine in Mashhad, Iran, receives nearly 30 million pilgrims annually and is the most visited site in Islam. As one of the holiest sites in Shia Islam, it contains the burial place of Reza, Musa al-Kazim's son and successor. The vast complex is the world's largest mosque after Masjid al-Haram in Mecca and the Prophet's Mosque in Medina.
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
Musa al-Kazim
…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 around 745 in Medina, al-Kazim spent the first twenty years of his life under the care and guidance of his father. This period coincided with the…
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.
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.