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With this we will end our talk about the wise sayings narrated on the authority of Imam al‐Rida,
peace be on him.
His Imamate
Many traditions narrated on the authority of Imam Musa, peace be on him, regarding the
Imamate of his son al‐Rida. The textual nomination was narrated on his authority by Dawud b.
Kuthayr al‐Raqqi, Muhammed b. Ishaq b. ‘Ammar, ‘Ali b. Yaqteen, Na‘eem al‐Qabusi, al‐Husayn b.
al‐Mukhtar, Ziyad b. Merwan, Dawud b. Sulayman, Nasr b. Qabus, Dawud b. Razeen, Yazid b.
Sulat, Muhammed b. Sinan al‐Makhzumi.[2]
The Regency
The certain thing is that Imam al‐Rida, peace be on him, was forced to accept the regency, for al‐
Ma’mun forced him to accept that and threatened him with killing if he refused to respond to
him. So the Imam was unwillingly responded to him.[3] Al‐Ma’mun nominated the Imam to be his
heir apparent due to some dangerous political factors that forced him to do that. The reason for
that was not that he inclined to the ‘Alawids and that he showed intense love and sympathy
toward them, as some people say; that is unreal. Those who believe in this have not accurately,
deeply, and inclusively understood the events. Al‐Ma’mun did that dangerous affair because he
was forced to do it. I (the author) think that the most important political factors are as follows:
1. The ‘Abbasid government faced dangerous local revolts headed by the sons of Imam Musa,
peace be on him, who were Ibrahim the elder, Zayd, and the like. They declared some revolts
against the ‘Abbasid government because they suffered from tyranny, oppression, and
persecutions. The revolt was headed by Abu al‐Saraya, who was like Abu Muslim al‐Khuresani in
determination, alertness, and intense courage. Most Islamic peoples responded to this revolt, and
may Islamic regions such as al‐Hijaz, the Yemen, part of Iraq, and others were controlled by the
revolutionaries. We will in detail explain that in the chapters that follow.
Al‐Ma’mun stayed awake at night to find some ways to get rid of that danger that was about to
happen. After a serious thinking, he thought that the best way to put out the fire of the war and
to get rid of his opponents was that he had to entrust the regency to Imam al‐Rida and to make
him take part in the caliphate, that he might win the inclination of the revolutionists, make them
refrain from mutiny and rebellion against him, and that he might win the inclination of the
‘Alawids who
[1] Tuhaf al‐'Uqool, p. 243.
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