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Shiavault - a Vault of Shia Islamic Books the Life of Imām 'ali Bin Mūsā Al-ridā Chapter Xii HIS COMPANIONS AND NARRATORS OF HIS TRADITIONS Imām al-Ridā, peace be on him, was, in his time, the giant of Islamic thought and the most learned person on the face of the earth, as al-Mmūn said. He supplied Islamic world with all elements of progress and renaissance. He employed the Prophetic Mosque, may Allah increase it in honor, as an institute for his lessons and lectures.

The religious scholars, the narrators, and the students of jurisprudence surrounded him, while he was twenty and some years old. [1] They recorded his verdicts, his marvelous wise sayings, and arts.

The religious scholars found in his traditions knowledge similar to that of his grandfather, the Messenger, may Allah bless him and his family, the first Inspirer of the ideological and scientific matters on earth; they came to know that he was as brilliant as his forefathers, the pure Imām, the pioneers of the cultural and scientific renaissance in the world of Islam.

The narrators said: There are no seven noble persons on earth from whom the Shia (khas) and non-Shia (ām) wrote traditions except Ali b. Mūsā (al-Ridā), peace be on him. [2] The religious scholars took great care of his traditions to the extent that when he passed through Nisābūr (Iran), they gathered around him. Their number was more than twenty thousand persons. They held ink pots and asked him to relate to them the traditions of his [1] Tahdhib al-Tahdhib. [2] Bihār al-Anwār, vol. 12, p. 29.

grandfather, Allahs Messenger, may Allah bless him and his family. He narrated to them the tradition called al-hadith al-dhahabi (the Golden Tradition), as we will mention it. As the tradition was of great importance, one of the Sām`ni Emirs ordered it to be written in gold and to be buried with him. [1] Some students of his grandfather, Imām al-Sādiq, peace be on him, and of his father Imām Mūsā, peace be on him, narrated (traditions) on his authority.

[2] A group of the religious scholars who were coincided with him also narrated from him. We will present the biographies of his companions and the narrators of his traditions. That is because, as we think, they will complete the research on the personality of the Imām and shows a side of his scientific life. (They are as follows:) Ibrāhim Bin al-Abbās b. Mohammed al-Sawli, the great, inspired poet. He was given the kunya of Abū Ishāq.