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In the News (Wed 2 Dec 09)

  
  Imam Reza (as) and Generosity, Fraternity and Equality, Respect for Humanity, Khorasan, Messenger of Allah, Mamoon ...
Imam Reza (as) asks him to leave without seeing him in order to safeguard himself against feeling as having the upper hand over the pleading person, and in order to relieve the pleading person from having to show his gratitude to him.
Imam Reza (as) does not give others in order to buy their affection or friendship; rather, he considers giving with generosity as a good trait whereby man gets nearer to his Maker, Allah by including His servants in the wealth with which He blessed him.
Imam Reza's (as) behavior with the poor, the slaves, the servants, and the destitute, was humane in the deepest sense of the word.
www.ezsoftech.com /stories/imamraza2.asp   (1472 words)

  
  Imam Reza(AS)
Imam Reza was born on Zulqadih 11, 148 A.H. His father was the seventh Imam and his mother was a very virtuous lady called Najmeh.
Imam Reza spent the most of his life in Medina and a great deal of attention was paid to him by the Muslims.
Imam Reza’s life, which was after the scientific movement of Imam Baqir and Imam Sadiq, was the age of the Islamic scientific progress.
www.irib.ir /worldservice/Etrat/English/Imam8/Birth.htm   (538 words)

  
 Amazing IRAN - Interior of Imam Reza Shrine - Iran - Worldisround photo
North Africa/Middle East picture - The dazzling interior of Imam Reza's shrine in Mashad, North-eastern Iran.
Imam Reza (PbuH) was the eight of 12 consecutive "Imams" or saints of the so called "Velayat" who guarded the Divine secrets of the Truth and existence trusted to them.
The dazzling interior of Imam Reza's shrine in Mashad, North-eastern Iran.
www.worldisround.com /articles/73022/photo23.html   (156 words)

  
 Darwan Tour and Travel Co. Ltd. - Iranian Tour and Travel
Imam Reza is the 8th Imam of Shiite Islam, and is a descendent of prophet Mohammad (P.B.U.H.).
It was in 9th century that the Shrine over the Imam's grave was destroyed, and later, it was rebuilt by Sultan Mahmood Ghaznavi.
She is sister of Imam Reza (S.A.), and was buried at this place after she passed away at year 816 A.D. The city has also been wrecked during Mongols and Teimoor (Timur) periods, but later on, and during the Safavid's ruling, it was revived.
www.darwantour.com /MuslimTour.htm   (852 words)

  
 Mashhad Summary
Following the Shiʿite Imam Reza's death in 817 CE and his burial in Sanabad, however, the village became a key pilgrimage destination for Shiʿites and was eventually known as Mashhade Moghaddas ("place of martyrdom"), or just Mashhad.
It is a reference to the death of Imam Reza, the Eighth Imam of Shi'ite Islam, who is believed by members of the Shi'ia sect to have been poisoned there upon orders of Caliph Al Ma'mun.
In 1912, the sanctuary of the Imam Reza was bombed by the Russian forces, causing widespread and persisting resentment in the Shiite Muslim world.
www.bookrags.com /Mashhad   (1625 words)

  
 Mashad, Iran
Imam Reza, the eighth Shi'ite Imam, was born in Medina in 765 AD and was widely known to be a person of both extraordinary scholarship and saintly qualities.
A tradition (legendarily attributed to Imam Reza's father) told that a pilgrimage to Imam Reza's grave would equal 70,000 pilgrimages to Mecca and the tomb of the Imam became a holy place of pilgrimage to which people thronged from throughout Persia.
The original mausoleum over Imam Reza's tomb was destroyed by Sabuktagin, the Ghaznevid sultan in 993 AD but was rebuilt and extensively enlarged by his son Mahmud of Ghazni in 1009 AD.
www.sacredsites.com /middle_east/iran/mashad.htm   (829 words)

  
 Imam Reza (AS)
Imam Ali Ar-Ridha (a.s.) was born one month after the martyrdom of his grandfather Imam Ja'fer As-Sadiq (a.s.) He was born during the reign of the Harun Al-Rashid who poisoned his father.
Imam told the hunter to let the deer go as she wanted to feed her two young ones who were in the forest and that she would return to the hunter who could then kill her.
Imam only gave a short sermon saying after he had praised Allah "We have over you a right appointed by the Prophet, and you have a right over us as well; so if you fulfil your duty towards us, we will be bound to perform our duty towards you".
www.geocities.com /islamroots/a/inf/i08.htm   (1077 words)

  
 Iran - Shia Islam   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Reza's sister Fatima journeyed from Medina to be with her brother but took ill and died at Qom.
Reza's sudden death was a shock to his followers, many of whom believed that Mamun, out of jealousy for Reza's increasing popularity, had him poisoned.
Imam Reza's shrine is the largest and is considered to be the holiest.
countrystudies.us /iran/55.htm   (3531 words)

  
 1st Shawwal  Night  & Idd ul Fitr Day A’Amaal
Imam Reza (A.S.) was welcomed at Marw by the caliph himself and by his Prime Minister Fazl ibn Sahl and some distinguished Abbasid nobles in a place a few leagues outside the metropolis.
There are many traditions concerning the merit of Imam Reza's (A.S.) ziyarah (pilgrimage) in general, and in some its thawab (spiritual reward) is concerned to be equal to that of the martyrdom of the martyrs of Badr, and in still other traditions its thawab is considered equal to that of a hajj pilgrimage.
One day Imam Reza (A.S.) mentioned Quran and so he described the magnanimity and glory of its authority and its miraculous saying, "That is the firm cable of Allah and firmest handhold and the ideal and model path, it guides and leads toward paradise and is the saviour from the fire (of Hell).
www.duas.org /imamreza.htm   (3591 words)

  
 Shia Laws   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Imam Muhammad at-Taqi (AS) asked his uncle to sit down, to which his uncle replied that he could not sit while Imam (AS) was standing.
Imam (A.S.) was a child when his father passed away but he never happened to commit the child like acts and even one day one of his friends purchased the game items in the age (period) of his father and took it to his house.
Imam (A.S.) who was a young age (child) move into the aggregation and all of them stood up to honor and respect him.
www.shiacode.com /imamtaqi.html   (4980 words)

  
 Shia Islam (May 24)
Shias revere Ali as the First Imam, and his descendants, beginning with his sons Hasan and Husayn, continue the line of the Imams until the twelfth, who is believed to have ascended into a supernatural state to return to earth on Judgment Day.
Reza's sudden death was a shock to his followers, many of whom believed that Mamun, out of jealousy for Reza's increasing popularity, had the Imam poisoned.
Mamun's suspected treachery against Imam Reza and his family tended to reinforce a feeling already prevalent among his followers that the Sunni rulers were untrustworthy.
members.tripod.com /a.gubi/id6.html   (1445 words)

  
 Shia Laws   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Imam Reza (A.S.) said to him: "Come to my house and be with us tonight." Sulayman agreed and with Imam (A.S.) he went to his house.
The reason why the Imam Reza (A.S.) abstained from giving the man according to the extent of his own kindness, as the man asked him the first time, is probably due to the fact that he simply did not have as much money as he liked to give.
Imam Reza's (A.S.) behavior with the poor, the slaves, the servants, and the destitute, was humane in the deepest sense of the word.
www.shiacode.com /Imamreza.html   (8848 words)

  
 Persian Gulf States - Shia Islam   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Reza's sister, Fatima, journeyed from Medina to be with her brother but took ill and died at Qom, in present-day Iran.
Reza's sudden death was a shock to his followers, many of whom believed that Al Mamun, out of jealousy for Reza's increasing popularity, had the Imam poisoned.
Shia believe that during the occultation of the Twelfth Imam, he is spiritually present--some believe that he is materially present as well--and he is besought to reappear in various invocations and prayers.
countrystudies.us /persian-gulf-states/8.htm   (1415 words)

  
 40 sayings of Masumeen (p) about Azadari : JAFARIYA NEWS NETWORK
Imam Reza (A.S.) said: The one for whom the day of A'shura is a day of tragedy, grief and weeping, Allah The Mighty, The Glorious, shall make the Day of Judgment, a day of joy and happiness for him.
Imam Reza (A.S.) said (to De'bil, a poet sincereiy devoted to the Ahlul bayt (A.S.)): I desire that you recite for me poetry, for surely, these days (of the month of Muharram) are the days of grief and sorrow, which have passed over us, Ahlul Bayt (A.S.).
Imam Reza (A.S.) said: He who sits in a gathering in which our affairs (and our path and aims) are discussed and revived, his heart shall not die on the day (Day of Judgment) when hearts shall die (of fear).
www.jafariyanews.com /articles/2k4/20mar_azadari.htm   (1667 words)

  
 Imam Reza
Imam Musa Ibn Ja’afar(AS) could foresee that the hostile Abbasid ruler would not allow him to live peacefully and circumstances would take such a turn that his followers would not be able to see him or enquire about his successor prior to his death.
Imam Reza (AS) was 35 years old when his father died in prison of Harun al-Rashid in Baghdad and the responsibilities of the Imamat devolved on him.
Imam Ali al- Reza (AS) too, led a simple life, though he was the heir- apparent of the vast Arab Empire compared to which the Roman Empire or the Persian territories would certainly not be a match.
www.al-islam.org /kaaba14/11.htm   (3759 words)

  
 Untitled Document
At this moment in history, the Shiite Imam, Hussein (the other son of Ali), refused allegiance to an ambitious Yazid, and was tracked down in the deserts of Karbala where he fought a momentous battle culminating in the death of him and his 72 companions, most of whom were the Prophet's kin.
Imam al-Ridha said that the deer was on its way to feed its young and that if the man let the deer go Imam al-Ridha would guarantee that it would come back for the man to hunt.
Imam Reza was poisoned and died in 817 in Sanabad.
www.anthro.uci.edu /html/Programs/Anthro_Money/ImamZamin.htm   (3463 words)

  
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To be the guest of Imam Reza (A.S.) at the Inn the "Foreign Pilgrims" should take their passports to the office located beside the tomb of Shaykh Hur Ameli at the Inqilab Courtyard and obtain the necessary coupons.
These offices are located in the Inqilab, Azadi, Imam Khomeini (R.A.) and the Islamic Republic Courtyards, as well as in some Riwaqs inside the holy shrine and at the entrances for the convenience of the pilgrims in order to keep their personal valuable belongings and objects as long as they wish.
The Holy Shrine of Imam Reza(A.S.) is administered by an efficient organization known as Astan Quds Razavi.The Astan Quds Razavi is under the supervision of the Chief Reverend Custodian appointed directly by the Paramount Leader of Islamic Republic of Iran.
pub6.bravenet.com /forum/437365505/fetch/736277   (3728 words)

  
 Imam Ali ibn Musa al-Reza (PBUH) > The Birthday of Imam Reza (PBUH)
Even though Imam Reza (PBUH) had accepted the position under a strict condition-he would not have any part in the actual government-, yet certain people complained that even just the name of Imam Reza (PBUH) under the government would not be suitable.
The Imam (PBUH) then said: “The pious Yusuf was a prophet, while the king of Egypt during his time was a pagan.
All the Imams were as such in that on one hand they would fiercely condemn cooperation with the Umayyad and Abbasid Dynasties.
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 Shia News | Articles: Islam | Imam Ali al-Reza (AS)   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Imam Ali al-Rida (AS), son of Imam Musa al-Kadim (AS) was born the city of Madina, in the year 148 A.H. Imam Ali al-Rida (a.s.) lived in the care of his father.
Imam Ali Reza (AS), son of Imam Musa Kazim (AS), the scion of the holy family (Ahlul-Bait) (a.s.) was a perfect evidence for a divine personality dissolved in Allah.the Almighty.
Imam Ali Reza (AS) son of Imam Musa Kazim (AS) was born in the reign of Abu-Ja'far Mansoor, and survived the regimes of Mahdi, Hadi, Rasheed, Amin and Ma'moon.
www.shianews.com /hi/articles/islam/0000092.php   (2590 words)

  
 Imam Al-Asr
Back in the 9th century, Imam Reza (alayhis'salam) was poisoned and martyred in the city.
Before the Imam (alayhis'salam) died, the city was known as Sanabad, a small village in the north of Persia.
The magnificent holy shrine of Imam Reza (alayhis'salam) and the historical and artistic complex attached to it including the courtyards, porticos and porches, the Goharshad Mosque (of Timurid period) as well as its rich museum and library are the most significant sights to be seen by any visitor and pilgrim.
www.imam-alasr.com /svc/svcCityGuide.htm   (864 words)

  
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Imam (A.S.) used to complete the recitation of the Holy Quran in every three days time and has also said, “If I wish, I can complete the recitation of the Holy Quran in less than three days.
It is for this reason that Imam (A.S.) mentioned about freeing of a slave, as a difficult act for some therefore such people should then resort to feeding the needy.
Imam Reza (A.S.) Network based in the holy city of Mashhad, Iran operates the most elaborate and comprehensive Islamic website in English.
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 Land of miraclous
As Ma'mun,the Abbasid caliph the contemporary of Imam Reza(A.S.), had coins minted with the name of Imam Reza (A.S.) on them, it was very easy for the Muslims to carry the name of Holy Imam (A.S.) with them, especially when they went on journeys.
One day when Imam Reza (A.S.) was on his historical journey from Madina to Marw(Khurasan),while in a jungle the Holy Imam(A.S.) came across a hunter who was about to kill a deer.
Imam Reza(A.S.) also told the hunter that once the deer had fed her babies she would come back.
members.fortunecity.co.uk /simin/land_of_miraclous.htm   (774 words)

  
 Mashad Rugs: Guide to Mashhad Carpets
The tomb of Imam Reza (AS) in Mashhad, Khorasan Razavi province
The Holy Shrine of Imam Reza AS in Mashhad.
It is said by the less rhan charitable that the rich go to Mecca but the poor journey to Mashhad.
www.persiancarpetguide.com /sw-asia/Rugs/Persian/Mashad/Mashhad.htm   (1094 words)

  
 MASHHAD: IRAN's Holiest City - Imam Reza and History of His Shrine
In 203 AH, Imam Al-Ridha, peace be upon him, was poisoned by Mamoun, the son of Haroon and Imam was buried alongside with Haroon.
Since the martyrdom of Imam, his holy shrine became a place of pilgrimage for the world's Shias and the city spread so far as Noughan and Sanabad were annexed to it to become Mashhad Al-Ridha, shortened over time to Mashhad.
His death is recorded as in 63 H. Abasalt-e-Heravi's tomb: Abasalt, Imam Ridha [a]'s servant died in 236 H and was buried beside the road to Fariman 10 kilometers from Mashhad.
www.farsinet.com /mashhad/haram.html   (2743 words)

  
 Middle East Stage: Monica Dispatch - April 5th, 2000
All the first twelve imams were martyred, either by poison or the sword, and when Imam Reza died, he was buried by Caliph Ma'mun near the tomb of the Caliph's father, Haroun al-Raschid.
Mashhad grew as a city because it is where the eighth grandson of the Prophet Mohammed, Imam Reza, died in 817 CE.
According to legend, Imam Reza was poisoned in the village of Sanabad, near the ancient city of Toos.
www.worldtrek.org /odyssey/mideast/040500/040500monmashhad.html   (1303 words)

  
 ESPECIAL CON MOTIVO DEL NACIMIENTO DEL IMAM REZA
Ahora en el aniversario del nacimiento del Imam Reza (la paz sea con él) las almas de los seguidores de la verdad y la virtud están llenos de felilcidad.
El Imam Reza sobre el prestigio y valor del corán y su crucial papel en la vida de los musulmanes decia, el corán es la palabra de Dios, no te alejes de él y solo busca la orientación en el corán.
El Imam Reza se encargó durante casi 20 años del Imamato de los musulmanes que muchos de estos años los pasó en Medina y los tres ultimos en la ciudad de Marve situada en Jorasan.
www.irib.ir /worldservice/spanishRADIO/page/Islam/A22.htm   (671 words)

  
 Iran Daily
TEHRAN, Nov. 8--An Iranian composer and university lecturer Shahin Farhat has composed a symphony on Imam Reza (AS) and is waiting for the birth anniversary of the eighth Imam of Prophet Muhammad's (PBUH) infallible household to perform the symphony with Tehran Symphonic Orchestra.
According to ISNA, Farhat said that he wanted to compose a symphony for Imam Reza (AS) for a long time when he was studying in Sweden and he began working on the composition from 2002.
Imam Reza believed that given the hardships he suffered during his life to establish Islamic principles, the people came to understand his lessons so that Islam will prevail.
www.iran-daily.com /1383/2135/html/art.htm   (1452 words)

  
 Ali al-Rida - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In Persian, he is frequently known as Emam Reza.
Al-Ma'mun even changed the fl Abbāsid flags to green, the traditional color of the house of ˤAlī ibn Abī-Tālib, the first Shīˤa imam.
A Glance at the Biography of Emam Reza
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Imam_Reza   (355 words)

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