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From The Descendants Of Imam Al-Husayn (‘A)

Both of his parents belonged to Alvite-Sadat and were the descendants of the Lord of Martyrs Imam al-Husayn (‘a). From his father's side he was the fifth descendant of Seventh Imam Musa al-Kazim1 and because of this reason Sayyid Radi was often called as Mousavi2.

From his mother’s side, he was the six descendants of Imam Zayn al-Abidin3 (the ornament of the pious), whose Shajra (family tree) has been described by Sayyid Radi's brother Sayyid Murtada (Ilm ul-Huda) as follows:

Fatimah (mother of Sayyid Murtada) daughter of Abu Muhammad, son of Husayn bin Ahmad, son of Hasan bin Ali, son of Husayn bin ‘Umar Ashraf, son of Ali bin al-Husayn. Therefore, Sayyid Radi has his lineage roots from the two blessed impeccable Imams from the progeny of the Holy Prophet (S), and is a learned scholar from the descendants of the Lord of martyrs Imam al-Husayn (‘a)

  • 1. Imam Musa al-Kazim (‘a): the son of the sixth Imam Ja’far al-Sadiq was born Abwa’ (between Mecca and Madina) on Sunday 7th Safar 128 AH. He was contemporary with four Abbasid calpiphs.as al-Mansur, Hadi, Mahdi, and Harun. Because of the severe oppression, the necessity of taqiyya grew more stringent, and since he was under close surveillance, he admitted only a few elect Shi’is. Finally, he was martyred - poisoned by owner of the second Abbasid Caliph al-Mansor on 25th Rajab 183 AH. He is buried in Kazimayn in Iraq.
    Despite of most stringent need for caution and taqiyya, he enjoyed in promulgating the religious sciences and made many prophetic sayings available to the Shi’is, to the extent that he left more teaching on Jurisprudence than any other Imam with the exceptions of Imam al-Baqir (‘a) and al-Sadiq (‘a)
  • 2. Ayan al-Shi'a, Vol. 9 p. 216.
  • 3. Imam Zayn al-Abidin (‘a): The son of Imam al-Husayn by the daughter of Yazdigird the last Sassanid king of Iran was born in Medina on Saturday, 15th Jumada-ula 36 A.H. He participated in Imam al Husayn's uprising and accompanied his father to Karbala being a tragic witness to the tragic event. After his father's martyrdom he was made captive and taken from Karbala to Kufa and from Kufa to Damascus. His speeches and protests on necessary occasions made manifest the worthiness and glory of Ahl-al Bayt (‘a), the cruel injustice suffered by his father, and the enormities perpetuated by the Yazid's Ummayad regime.
    Imam al-Shafi considered Imam Ali ibn al-Husayn (‘a) as the most supreme jurist of all the people of Medina. His book “Al-Shaifah Al-Sajjadiyyah” represents and stands out as a profound social work of the time and a reflection of a supreme endeavour to meet the exigencies of spiritual ordeals facing the society at the time of Imam. He died at the age of 58 in Medina; poisoned by al-Walid ibn Abdi' Malik ibn Marwan on 25th Muharram 95 A.H. and is buried in Jannat ul-Baqi Cemetery in Medina.