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The Delicate Fragrance of Imam al-Rida's Lifestyle
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ISBN13: 9786227817379
Publisher: Shia Books
Pages: 90
Weight: 0.25
Height: 0.19 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
The life of Imam ʿAlī ibn Mūsā al-Riḍā (a) unfolded during one of the most politically complex periods in the history of the Ahl al-Bayt. At its centre was an extraordinary confrontation: the Abbasid caliph Maʾmūn's decision to summon the Imam from Medina to Merv and appoint him heir apparent to the caliphate.
Why would an Abbasid ruler offer such an extraordinary position to a descendant of Imam ʿAlī (a)? Why did Imam al-Riḍā (a) accept it? And how did an apparent political victory for Maʾmūn ultimately become a means through which the Imam strengthened the message of the Ahl al-Bayt?
The Delicate Fragrance of Imam al-Riḍā's Lifestyle approaches the Imam's biography through these deeper questions. Drawing from the writings and lectures of Ayatollah Sayyed Ali Khamenei, it presents the life of Imam al-Riḍā (a) as a continuous and sophisticated struggle conducted on intellectual, religious and political fronts.
The book traces the Imam's exile from Medina to Merv, his scientific and propagational activities, the celebrated Golden Chain (Silsilat al-Dhahab) hadith, Maʾmūn's objectives in proposing the vicegerency, the Imam's reasons for accepting it, and the strategies through which he systematically frustrated the caliph's designs. It concludes by examining one of the remarkable consequences of this confrontation: the expansion and strengthening of Shiʿism.
The volume also introduces readers to the etiquette and spiritual significance of ziyārah, connecting the study of Imam al-Riḍā's historical struggle with the living relationship believers continue to have with him today.
Concise yet intellectually rich, this is more than a conventional biography. It is an examination of leadership, resistance and political wisdom-and a compelling account of how Imam al-Riḍā (a) preserved the independence of the Imamate while confronting one of the most formidable rulers of his age.
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