UYUN AKHBAR AL-REZA
The Source of Traditions on Imam Reza (a.s.)
By:
Abu Ja'far Muhammad ibn Ali ibn Hussein ibn Musa
ibn Babawayh al-Qummi Known as
(Sheikh Sadooq)
Research and Translation by:
Ali Peiravi, Ph.D.
Edited by: Lisa Zaynab
Morgan, M.A.
Translator: Sayyid Tahir Bilgrami
Publisher: Ansariyan
Publications – Qum First Edition 1384 -1427 - 2006 Thamin
Al-a'immah Press
No. of Pages Vol.1: 688
Quantity: 2000 Size:
143 x 205 mm ISBN: 964-438-789-9 (VOL.1)
ISBN: 964-438-791-0 (2 VOL.SET) ALL RIGHTS RECORDED AND RESERVED FOR THE PUBLISHER

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TABLE OF CONTENTS |
| DEDICATION |
4 |
| TRANSLATOR’S FOREWORD |
9 |
| MASTER OF THE SHRINE |
12 |
| SHRINE OF
THE MASTER |
13 |
| A RESIDENCE SHORT-LIVED |
14 |
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
A BRIEF BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE AUTHOR |
15 |
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HIS NOBILITY AS EXPRESSED BY NOBLE RELIGIOUS SCHOLARS
HIS TRIPS
THE BIRTH OF THE AUTHOR - MAY GOD HAVE MERCY UPON HIM
THE DEATH OF THE AUTHOR AND HIS SHRINE
A DEMONSTRATION OF HIS NOBILIT
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15
16
18
19
19 |
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THE AUTHOR’S FOREWORD |
21 |
CHAPTER ONE:
WHY IS ALI IBN MUSA (S) CALLED AL-REZA |
22 |
CHAPTER TWO:
TRADITIONS ABOUT IMAM AL-REZA'S MOTHER AND HER NAME |
24 |
CHAPTER THREE:
ON THE BIRTHDATE OF IMAM AL-REZA(S) |
30 |
CHAPTER FOUR:
ON IMAM AL-KAZIM'S (S) CLEAR APPOINTMENT OF IMAM AL-REZA (S) |
34 |
CHAPTER FIVE:
ON MUSA IBN JA'FAR'S WILL |
58 |
CHAPTER SIX:
ON PROOFS OF DIVINE LEADERSHIP OF AL-REZA (S) AMONG THE TWELVE IMAMS
(S) |
68 |
CHAPTER SEVEN:
ON TRADITIONS ABOUT MUSA IBN JA’FAR (S), HARUN AR-RASHID AND MUSA
IBN AL-MAHDI |
122 |
CHAPTER EIGHT:
TRADITIONS ON THE DEATH OF ABI IBRAHIM MUSA IBN JA’FAR IBN MUHAMMAD
IBN ALI IBN AL-HUSSEIN (S) |
168 |
CHAPTER NINE:
THE DESCENDANTS OF GOD'S PROPHET (S) SAID TO HAVE BEEN KILLED BY
AR-RASHID IN ONE NIGHT AFTER POISONING MUSA IBN JA'FAR (S) - BESIDES
THOSE KILLED BY OTHERS |
190 |
CHAPTER TEN:
ON REASONS FOR THE FORMATION OF THE WAQIFITES |
196 |
CHAPTER ELEVEN:
(Part 1)
ON TRADITIONS FROM AL-REZA ABOUT UNITY |
198 |
CHAPTER ELEVEN: (Part 2)
ON TRADITIONS FROM AL-REZA ABOUT UNITY |
240 |
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IMAM AL-REZA’S SERMON ON THE UNITY OF GOD |
272 |
CHAPTER TWELVE:
A SESSION OF AL-REZA (S)’S DEBATE WITH THE PROMINENT THEOLOGIANS
FROM AMONG THE RHETORICIANS AND THE VARIOUS RELIGIONS |
280 |
CHAPTER THIRTEEN:
A SESSION IN THE PRESENCE OF AL-MA’MUN OF AL-REZA’S DEBATE ON UNITY
WITH SOLEIMAN AL-MARWAZI - THE THEOLOGIAN FROM KHORASAN |
328 |
CHAPTER FOURTEEN:
ANOTHER SESSION OF AL-REZA (S) AND AL-MA’MUN ALONG WITH PEOPLE FROM
DIFFERENT NATIONS, AND THE RHETORICIANS, AS WELL AS IMAM AL- REZA’S
ANSWERS TO MUHAMMAD IBN AL-JAHM REGARDING THE IMMACULATENESS OF THE
PROPHETS |
354 |
CHAPTER FIFTEEN:
ANOTHER SESSION WITH AL-REZA (S) AND AL-MA’MUN ON THE INFALLIBILITY
OF THE PROPHETS |
362 |
CHAPTER SIXTEEN:
AL-REZA'S WORDS ON THE PEOPLE OF THE DITCH |
382 |
CHAPTER SEVENTEEN:
IMAM AL-REZA'S WORDS ON THE INTERPRETATION OF THE ALMIGHTY GOD'S
WORDS, ‘AND WE RANSOMED HIM WITH A MOMENTOUS SACRIFICE.’ |
390 |
CHAPTER EIGHTEEN:
ON IMAM AL-REZA'S VIEWS ON THE PROPHET'S STATEMENT, “I AM THE SON OF
THE TWO OFFERINGS” |
392 |
CHAPTER NINETEEN:
ON AL-REZA'S WORDS ON THE SIGN OF THE IMAM |
398 |
CHAPTER TWENTY:
ON WHAT AL-REZA (S) HAS SAID REGARDING DIVINE LEADERSHIP, ITS
NOBILITIES AND THE RANK OF THE DIVINE LEADER |
402 |
CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE:
AL-REZA’S WORDS ON THE MARRIAGE OF THE BLESSED LADY FATIMA (S) |
416 |
CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO:
ON WHAT AL-REZA (S) SAID ABOUT FAITH THAT IS RECOGNITION OF
PARADISE, VERBAL CONFESSION AND PHYSICAL ACTION |
422 |
CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE:
ON AL-REZA’S DEBATES WITH AL-MA’MUN REGARDING THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN
FAMILY (ITRA) AND NATION |
426 |
CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR:
ON AL-REZA’S WORDS ABOUT THE MAN FROM SYRIA AND HIS QUESTIONS FROM
THE COMMANDER OF THE FAITHFUL (S) IN THE KUFA MOSQUE |
450 |
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CHPATER TWENTY-FIVE:
ON WHAT IS NARRATED BY AL-REZA (S) ABOUT ZAYD IBN ALI |
466 |
CHAPTER TWENTY-SIX:
ON RARE TRADITIONS FROM AL-REZA ABOUT VARIOUS ISSUES |
474 |
CHAPTER TWENTY-SEVEN:
ON WHAT AL-REZA (S) SAID ABOUT HARUT AND MARUT |
498 |
CHAPTER TWENTY-EIGHT: (Part 1)
ON VARIOUS TRADITIONS FROM IMAM ALI IBN MUSA AL-REZA (S) |
508 |
CHAPTER TWENTY-EIGHT: (Part 2)
ON VARIOUS TRADITIONS FROM IMAM ALI IBN MUSA AL-REZA (S) |
550 |
CHAPTER TWENTY-NINE:
WHAT HAS BEEN NARRATED FROM AL-REZA (S) ON THE CHARACTERISTICS OF
THE PROPHET (S) |
592 |
CHAPTER THIRTY:
VARIOUS TRADITIONS FROM AL-REZA (S) |
602 |