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'Alī ibn Mūsā ar-Riḍā , also called Abu al-Hasan, Ali al-Reza or in Iran as Imam Reza , was a descendant of the Prophet Muhammad and the eighth Shi'ite Imam, after his father Musa al-Kadhim, and before his son Muhammad al-Jawad. He was an Imam of knowledge according to the Zaydi Shia school and Sufis. He lived in a period when Abbasid caliphs were facing numerous difficulties, the most important of which was Shia revolts. The Caliph Al-Ma'mun sought out a remedy for this problem by appointing Al-Ridha as his successor, through whom he could be involved in worldly affairs. However, according to the Shia view, when Al-Ma'mun saw that the Imam gained even more popularity, he decided to correct his mistake by poisoning him. The Imam was buried at the Imam Reza shrine in a village in Khorasan, which afterwards gained the name Mashhad, meaning the place of martyrdom.

✵ 12. April 770 – 4. September 818
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Famous Ali al-Rida Quotes

“The best wealth is the one by which the honour of man is protected.”

Ali al-Rida

Majlisi, Bihārul Anwār, vol.78, p. 352.
General Quotes

“Silence is a door among the doors of wisdom - indeed, silence begets and attracts love, it is the proof of all the beneficiences.”

Ali al-Rida

Majlisi, Bihārul Anwār, vol.78, p. 355.
Regarding Knowledge & Wisdom, General

“Reason is a free gift from God and politeness is acquisition. He who undertakes politeness has power over it. He who undertakes reason increases (himself) through that nothing but ignorance.”

Ali al-Rida

Muhammad Kulayni, Usūl al-Kāfī, vol.1, p. 23.
Religious Wisdom

“Assisting the weak is better for you than your act of charity.”

Ali al-Rida

Ibn Shu’ba al-Harrani, Tuhaf al-'Uqul, p. 446-450.
Religious Wisdom

“Some signs of understanding are: clemency, knowledge, and silence. Silence is one of the doors to wisdom. It brings about love and is evidence for all good.”

Ali al-Rida

Muhammad Kulayni, Usūl al-Kāfī, vol.2, p. 124.
Regarding Knowledge & Wisdom, General

“Worship is not the abundance of prayer and fasting; rather it is the abundance of reflecting on the affairs of God, the Great and Almighty.”

Ali al-Rida

Tabatabaei, Al-Mīzān, vol.8, p. 369 ; Muhammad al-Hur al-Aamili, Wasā'il al-Shī‘ah vol.11, p. 16.
Religious Wisdom

Ali al-Rida Quotes about wisdom

“Wisdom and intellect is every man's friend, ignorance and illiteracy are his enemies.”

Ali al-Rida

Ibn Shu’ba al-Harrani, Tuhaf al-'Uqul, p. 467.
Regarding Knowledge & Wisdom, General

“The most valuable stage of wisdom is the stage of self-consciousness.”

Ali al-Rida

Majlisi, Bihārul Anwār, vol.78, p. 352.
Regarding Knowledge & Wisdom, General

“Silence is one of the gates to wisdom.”

Ali al-Rida

Ibn Shu’ba al-Harrani, Tuhaf al-'Uqul, p. 523.
Regarding Knowledge & Wisdom, General

Ali al-Rida Quotes

“A Muslim will never get tired and bored of educating himself throughout his life.”

Ali al-Rida

Ibn Shu’ba al-Harrani, Tuhaf al-'Uqul, p. 467.
Regarding Knowledge & Wisdom, Religious

“The rank of the eldest brother is like that of father.”

Ali al-Rida

Majlisi, Bihārul Anwār, vol.78, p. 335.
General Quotes

“Everyone's friend is his reason; his enemy is his ignorance.”

Ali al-Rida

Muhammad Kulayni, Usūl al-Kāfī, vol.1, p. 11 ; Wasā'il al-Shī‘ah, vol.1, p. 161.
Regarding Knowledge & Wisdom, General

“He who reckons his own soul is successful; he who is heedless of it is unsuccessful.”

Ali al-Rida

Muhammad Kulayni, Usūl al-Kāfī, vol.2, p. 111.
Religious Wisdom

“Knowledge and science are the coffers and caches to the treasures of Perfection; and the only access to them is to ask and question.”

Ali al-Rida

‘Uyūn al-Akbar, vol.2, p. 28.
Regarding Knowledge & Wisdom, General

“The one for whom the day of ‘Āshūrā 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.”

Ali al-Rida

Majlisi, Bihārul Anwār, vol.44, p. 284.
Religious Wisdom

“A trustworthy person does not betray you, but you consider the betrayer to be trustworthy.”

Ali al-Rida

Majlisi, Bihārul Anwār, vol.78, p. 335.
General Quotes

“Every curiosity is in need of the curiosity of speech.”

Ali al-Rida

Majlisi, Bihārul Anwār, vol.78, p. 335.
General Quotes

“For the Devil, the presence of learned one is by far more painful than a thousand worshipers.”

Ali al-Rida

Majlisi, Bihārul Anwār, vol.2, p. 16.
Regarding Knowledge & Wisdom, Religious

“One who offers (suggests) what he doesn't know, will be under the curse of the angels of the heavens and the earth.”

Ali al-Rida

Majlisi, Bihārul Anwār, vol.2, p. 116.
Regarding Knowledge & Wisdom, Religious

“Time will come when one's safety lies in ten things: nine of which are in staying aloof from men, and the tenth in staying silent.”

Ali al-Rida

Ibn Shu’ba al-Harrani, Tuhaf al-'Uqul, p. 446-450.
General Quotes

“He who takes himself to account gets benefitted, and the one who gets negligent and careless about himself bears loss. The one who fears (Allah) becomes peaceful, and the one who takes lesson becomes most clear sighted and discerning. He who becomes most clear sighted, understands; and he who understands and comprehends becomes knowledgeable and informed.”

Ali al-Rida

Majlisi, Bihārul Anwār, vol.78, p. 352.
Religious Wisdom

“The worst of men is he who stops his contributions to charity, eats by himself, and whips his slave.”

Ali al-Rida

Majlisi, Bihārul Anwār, vol.78, p. 335.
Religious Wisdom

“The miserly one is never restful; the envious is never pleased; the grumbler is never loyal; the liar has no conscience.”

Ali al-Rida

Ibn Shu’ba al-Harrani, Tuhaf al-'Uqul, p. 446-450.
General Quotes

“Man is not worshipful unless he is clement.”

Ali al-Rida

Muhammad Kulayni, Usūl al-Kāfī, vol.2, p. 113.
Religious Wisdom

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