Ganjshakar, Fariduddin
Farid al-Din Mas'ud Ganj-i-Shaka (b.c. April 4, 1179, Kothewal, Multan, Punjab, Ghurid Sultanate (present day Pakistan) - d. May 7, 1266 [5 Muharram 665 AH], Pakpattan, Punjab, Delhi Sultanate (present day Pakistan)) was a 12th-century Punjabi Sunni Muslim preacher and mystic who went on to become one of the most revered and distinguished Muslim mystics of the Golden Age of Islam. He is known reverentially as Baba Farid or Shaikh Farid by Muslims, Sikhs, and Hindus of the Punjab Region, or simply as Fariduddin Ganjshakar.
Monday, September 2, 2019
A00116 - 'Ali al-Rida
ʿAlī al-Riḍā, in full Abū al-Ḥasan ibn Mūsā ibn Jaʿfar ʿAlī al-Riḍā, (also
'Alī ibn Mūsā ar-Riḍā (Arabic: علي ابن موسى الرّضا); Abu al-Hasan, and Ali al-Reza) (b.c. December 29, 765 [11 Dhu al-Qidah 148AH], Medina, Hijaz, Abbasid Empire (now Saudi Arabia) - d. June 6, 818 [17 Safar 202 AH], Tus, Persia, Abbasid Empire (now Iran)) was the eighth imam of the Twelver Shi'ites. He was noted for his piety and learning. In 817, the caliph al-Ma'mun, in an attempt to heal the division between the majority Sunnis and the Shi'ites, appointed 'Ali al-Rida to be his successor. The appointment aroused varying reactions. Few of the reactions, even among the Shīʿites, were favorable. Already irritated by al-Maʾmūn’s transfer of the capital from Baghdad to Merv and by other offenses, rose up in rebellion. al-Maʾmūn gradually changed his policy. The court party set out from Merv for Baghdad, and on the way, 'Ali al-Rida died, after a brief illness, at Ṭūs. Shīʿite historians attribute his death to poison, possibly administered by the caliph himself. The shrine (the mashhad) of 'Ali al-Rida at Ṭūs became a pilgrimage place and gave its name to the city of Mashhad (in Iran). Many miracles are attributed to ʿAlī al-Riḍā by the Shīʿites.
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