Foreword

Why Is Ali Ibn Musa (s) Called al-Ridha

Traditions About Imam al-Ridha’s Mother and Her Name

On the Birthdate of Imam al-Ridha(s)

On Imam Al-kazim’s (s) Clear Appointment of Imam al-Ridha (s)

On Musa Ibn Ja’far’s Will

On Proofs of Divine Leadership of al-Ridha (s) Among the Twelve Imams (s)

On Traditions About Musa Ibn Ja’far (s), Harun Ar-rashid and Musa Ibn Al-mahdi

Traditions On the Death of Abi Ibrahim Musa Ibn Ja’far Ibn Muhammad Ibn Ali Ibn Al-hussein (s)

The Descendants of God’s Prophet (s) Said To Have Been Killed By Ar-rashid in One Night After Poisoning Musa Ibn Ja’far (s) - Besides Those Killed By Others

On Reasons For the Formation of the Waqifites

On Traditions From al-Ridha About Unity

A Session of al-Ridha (s)’s Debate With the Prominent Theologians From Among the Rhetoricians and the Various Religions

A Session in the Presence of Al-ma’mun of al-Ridha’s Debate On Unity With Soleiman Al-marwazi - the Theologian From Khorasan

Another Session of al-Ridha (s) and Al-ma’mun Along With People From Different Nations, and the Rhetoricians, As Well As Imam Al- Ridha’s Answers To Muhammad Ibn Al-jahm Regarding the Immaculateness of the Prophets

Another Session With al-Ridha (s) and Al-ma’mun On the Infallibility of the Prophets

Al-Ridha’s Words On the People of the Ditch

Imam al-Ridha’s Words On the Interpretation of the Almighty God’s Words, ‘and We Ransomed Him With a Momentous Sacrifice.’[327]

On Imam al-Ridha’s Views On the Prophet’s Statement, “I Am the Son of the Two Offerings”

On al-Ridha’s Words On the Sign of the Imam

On What al-Ridha (s) Has Said Regarding Divine Leadership, Its Nobilities and the Rank of the Divine Leader

Al-Ridha’s Words On the Marriage of the Blessed Lady Fatima (s)

On What al-Ridha (s) Said About Faith That Is Recognition of Paradise, Verbal Confession and Physical Action

On al-Ridha’s Debates With Al-ma’mun Regarding the Difference Between Family (itra) and Nation

On al-Ridha’s Words About the Man From Syria and His Questions From the Commander of the Faithful (s) in the Kufa Mosque

On What Is Narrated By al-Ridha (s) About Zayd Ibn Ali

On Rare Traditions From al-Ridha About Various Issues

On What al-Ridha (s) Said About Harut and Marut

On Various Traditions From Imam Ali Ibn Musa al-Ridha (s)

What Has Been Narrated From al-Ridha (s) On the Characteristics of the Prophet (s)

Various Traditions From al-Ridha (s)

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم الحمد لله الواحد القهار، العزيز الجبار، الرحيم الغفار، فاطر الأرض والسماء، خالق الظلمة والضياء، مقدر الأزمنة والدهور، مدبر الأسباب والأمور، باعث من في القبور المطلع ما ظهر واستتر، العالم بما سلف وغبر، الذي له المنة والطول والقوة والحول أحمده على كل الأحوال وأستهديه لافضل الأعمال وأعوذ به من الغي والضلال، واشكره شكرا استوجب به المزيد واستنجز به المواعيد وأستعينه على ما ينجى من الهلكة والوعيد واشهد لا اله إلا الله الأول فلا يوصف بابتداء والاخر يوصف بانتهاء الها يدوم ويبقى ويعلم السر واخفى وأشهد أن محمدا عبده المكين ورسوله الأمين المعروف بالطاعة المنتجب للشفاعة فإنه أرسله لإقامة العوج وبعثه لنصب الحجج ليكون رحمه للمؤمنين وحجه على الكافرين ومؤيدا بالملائكة المسومين حتى أظهر دين الله على كره المشركين صلى الله وآله الطيبين واشهد ان علي بن أبي طالب أمير المؤمنين ومولى المسلمين وخليفة رسول العالمين واشهد ان الأئمة من ولده حجج الله إلى يوم الدين وورثه علم النبيين صلوات الله ورحمته وسلامه وبركاته عليهم أجمعين.

In the name of Allah, the [Most] Beneficent, the [Most] Merciful, All praise be to Allah, the One, the Almighty, the Honorable, the Powerful, the Merciful, the Forgiver, the Originator of the Earth and Heavens, the Creator of darkness and light, the Determiner of time and age, the Organiser of the causes and the affairs, the Resurrector of the ones in the grave, the Informed [One] of what’s apparent and hidden, [The] Knowing of what has preceded and become dusty, the one that has [all] grace and [all] authority, and [all] power and [all] capability. I praise Him in all situations and I request guidance for the best of deeds, and I seek refuge in him from sin and deviation. I thank him a thanking that is demanded by the Increaser, and the one that appointments are accomplished by.  And I seek help through Him by what makes one successful from the perishment and the menace. And I bear witness that there is no God worthy of worship except Allah, the First who is not described as having a beginning, and the Last who is not described as having an end. A God that continues [to exist], and remains, and knows what is secret and what is further hidden. And I bear witness that Muḥammad ﷺ is His fervent slave and His trustworthy Messenger, known by his obedience, of noble birth [chosen] for intercession. For indeed He sent him to establish [justice] over the crooked, and He sent him to place the Proofs so that he can be a mercy for the believers, and an evidence over the disbelievers, and supported by the Angels with distinct marks until the religion of Allah has been made apparent even if the polytheists were to hate it. May Allah’s blessings be upon him and his good progeny, and I bear witness that ‛Alī b. Abī Tālib is the Commander of the Faithful and the Leader of the Muslims and the Caliph [following] the Messenger of the Worlds, and I bear witness that the Imams from his offspring are Proofs of Allah until the Day of Recompense and the inheritors of the Prophets’ knowledge, May Allah’s blessings, mercy, peace and grace be upon them all.

ʿUyūn akhbār al-Riḍā - Volume 1

Book 1, Chapter 1