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Shiavault - a Vault of Shia Islamic Books Fascinating Discourses of Fourteen Infallible (a.s) THE TENTH INFALLIBLE: THE EIGHTH IMAM HAZRAT IMAM REZA (A.S) AND HIS FORTY DISCOURSES THE TENTH INFALLIBLE IMAM REZA(A.S) Name: All IBNE MUSA(A.S) Renouned Title: REZA Father and Mother: IMAM MUSA IBNE JAFFER(A.S) &: NAJMA(A.S) Time & Place of Birth: II th of ZIQAADAH year 148 HIJRAH, IN MEDINA.

Time & Place of Martyrdom: End of Safar, 203 Hijrah at the age of 55 Years was martyred hroungh poisoning of mamoon (Abbassade caliph) in sana bad nauqan (a Mohallah today &: site at Mashad Muqadas, (Islamic Republic of Iran.) Shrine Mashad Muqaddas. .Life duration: in three segments. Before Imamate (35 Years), From 148 to 183 Hijrah. After Imamate, 17 Years Residence in Medina. And Three Years in Khorasan, the most Sensitive part of his political life was in this period.

He had only a single son IMAM JAWAD Who was seven years of age at the time of his martyrdom. اربعون حديثا عن الامام علي الرضا عليه السلام -------------------------------------------- 1- مَن شَبَّةَ اللهَ بِخَلقِهِ فَهُو مُشرِکٌ، وَمَن نَسَبَ اِلَيهِ ما نَهی عَنهُ فَهُوَ کافِرٌ. (وسائل الشيعة ج18 ص557) 2- إِنَّ الايمانَ أَفضَلُ مِنَ الإِسلامَ بِدَرَجَةٍ،وَالتَّقوی أَفضَلُ مِنَ الإيمانِ بِدَرَجَةٍ، وَاليَقِينَ أَفضَلُ مِنَ الإيمانِ بِدَرَجَةٍ وَلَم يُعطَ بَنُو آدَمَ أَفضَلَ مِنَ اليَقِينِ.

(بحارالانوار ج78 ص338) 3- اَلإيِمانُ اَربَعَةُ اَرکانٍ: اَلتَّوَکُّلُ عَلی اللهِ.وَالرِّضا بِقَضاءِ اللهِ، وَالتَّسلِيمُ لأَِمرِاللهِ، وَالتَّفوِيضُ إِلی اللهِ. (بحارالانوار ج78 ص338) 4- وَالإِيمانُ اَداءُ الفَرائِضِ وَاجتِنابُ المَحارِمِ. وَالإِمانُ هُوَ مَعَرِفَةٌ بِالقَلبِ وَإقرارٌ باللِّسانِ وَعَمَلٌ بِالأرکانِ. (تحف العقول ص442) FORTY DISCOURSES FROM IMAM ALI REZA(A.S) He who compares &. likens Allah to his creations is a polytheist &.

the one who attributes something which has been forbidden for HIM is an infidel. (WASAIL U SHIA, VOL 18, P 557) Faith is to one grade superior &. sublimer to Islam &. piety is one degree superior to faith &. certitulde &. certainity is one step superior to faith &. nothing more elegent &. excellent than certitude has been bestowed upon the sons of Adam(A.S) (BIHAR UL ANWAR VOL 78, P 338) Faith has four pillars: Trusting &. relying upon Allah, &. contentment &. pleasure with the devine will, &.

submittance to the ordain &. ordinance of Allah, &. delegation &. turning over (the affairs) to Allah. ie (Total submission &. resignment to Allah).

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