A Kingdom is barren.
A Kingdom is barren.\u201d \n When Mamoon came to power, he had to deal with the revolt of his brother, and was more vulnerable due to both external and internal campaigns against his governance.\u00a0 Therefore, in order to forge closer ties with the Ahl Al-Bayt -asws , he invited the son (Ali Al-Reza -asws ) of Imam Musa-e-Kazim -asws to Baghdad.\u00a0 In addition, Mamoon married his daughter to Ali Al-Reza -asws and insisted on him -asws to become his successor, but Imam Ali Al-Reza -asws refused and when compelled, Ali Al-Reza -asws accepted it under the conditions that he -asws will neither be involved in Mamoon\u2019s governance nor act as successor but only in that case if he -asws lives after Masoom -asws .
He (Mamoon) was pleased with this, but would always envy the Imam -asws . Mamoon, as a result, organised a number of religious debates in his court, with his agenda of defaming and snubbing Al-Reza -asws . These gatherings involved famous and renowned scholars coming from atheist, Christian, Jewish, and Sunni backgrounds to question the Imam -asws .
When the results of such debates were not to his likings, Mamoon attempted to publicly humiliate the Imam -asws through the spells and trickeries of both local and international magicians \u2013 trying to adapt the approach of Pharaohs!
\u00a0Mamoon, feeling helpless against the Divine Powers Bestowed by Allah -azwj to the Imam -asws , \u00a0found no other solution to his devious wishes but to poison Imam Ali Al-Reza -asws , in a similar fashion to that of his father \u2013 Rashid who poisoned Imam Musa-e-Kazim.
\n Hence, both the 7 th and 8 th Imams -asws (Al-Kazim and Al-Reza) were poisoned and killed by the two Abbasid caliphs (Haroon and Mamoon Rashid) \u2013 there is no evidence that they -asws had either supported Abbasid governments or benefited for them in any way – whatsoever. These are the blatant lies orchestrated by the Ismailis propaganda!
\n \n The second allegation is that the 7 th and 8 th Imams named their daughters after the name of Aysha (wife of Rasool Allah -saww ), who is considered a Nasabi by Shias, as reflected by her hostility against Imam Ali -asws (e.g., war of camel)!