Mohammed al-Numān al-Ukkburi al-Baghdādi...

Mohammed al-Numān al-Ukkburi al-Baghdādi, better known as al-Shaykh al-Mufid, has said: The Imām who undertook (the office) (qāim) after Abū al-Hasan Mūsā b. Jafar, peace be on them, was his son Abū al-Hasan Ali b.

Mūsā al-Ridā, peace be on them, because of his merit over all his brothers and the members of his House (ahl baytihi) , because of the knowledge, forbearance and pity which he showed, and which the Shia (khāsa) and the non-Shia (āmma) agreed on with regard to him and recognized him for. [1] Al-Shaykh al-Mufid has mentioned some qualities which distinguished Imām al-Ridā, peace be on him, from the rest of his brothers and the members of his House.

These noble qualities and peculiarities are as follows: Knowledge. Forbearance. Piety Al-Wāqidi Al-Wāqidi has said: Ali (al-Ridā) heard…