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''''Alī b. al-Ḥusayn b. Mūsā b. Muḥammad b. Mūsā b. Ibrāhīm b. Imām Mūsā al-Kāẓim (a)''' (Arabic: {{ia|علي بن الحسين بن موسی بن محمد بن موسی بن ابراهيم بن الامام موسی الکاظم ع}} )  (known as '''al-Sharīf al-Murtaḍā''', '''al-Sayyid al-Murtaḍā''', and ''''Alam al-Hudā''') (b. [[355]]/965 - d. [[436]]/1044) was a [[Twelver Shia]] jurists and theologians. He was the elder brother of [[al-Sayyid al-Radi]], the compiler of ''[[Nahj al-Balagha]]'', supporter of [[Shia]], [[Naqib]] of [[Talibids]] in [[Baghdad]], Amir al-Haj and Mazalim after his brother al-Radi who had these positions after their father.
''''Alī b. al-Ḥusayn b. Mūsā b. Muḥammad b. Mūsā b. Ibrāhīm b. Imām Mūsā al-Kāẓim (a)''' (Arabic: {{ia|علي بن الحسين بن موسی بن محمد بن موسی بن ابراهيم بن الامام موسی الکاظم ع}} )  (known as '''al-Sharīf al-Murtaḍā''', '''al-Sayyid al-Murtaḍā''', and ''''Alam al-Hudā''') (b. [[355]]/965 - d. [[436]]/1044) was a [[Twelver Shia]] jurists and theologians. He was the elder brother of [[al-Sayyid al-Radi]], the compiler of ''[[Nahj al-Balagha]]'', supporter of [[Shia]], [[Naqib]] of [[Talibids]] in [[Baghdad]], Amir al-Haj and Mazalim after his brother al-Radi who had these positions after their father.


Among his most famous teachers were [[al-Shaykh al-Mufid]], [[Husayn b. Ali b. Babawayh]], brother of [[al-Shaykh al-Saduq]], [[Sahl b. Ahmad al-Dibaji]], [[Ibn Jundi al-Baghdadi]], [[Ali b. Muhammad al-Katib]] and [[Ahmad b. Muhammad b. 'Imran al-Katib]].
Like his teacher, [[al-Shaykh al-Mufid]], al-Sayyid al-Murtada had rationalistic tendencies and was interested in [[kalam]] (theology). Indeed, his most significant contributions are theological. He also had a rationalistic tendency in [[fiqh]] (jurisprudence). He wrote a book concerning [[usul al-fiqh]] which is considered as the first comprehensive, independent Shi'a work in this field. His best-known student is [[al-Shaykh al-Tusi]]. Al-Sayyid al-Murtada was a distinguished man of literature as well. He also wrote books concerning the [[exegesis]] of the [[Qur'an]].
 
Also, some of his students were [[al-Shaykh al-Tusi]], [[Sallar al-Daylami]], [[Ibn Barraj]] and [[Muhammad b. 'Ali al-Karajaki]].
 
He was a scholar of Shia fiqh and [[Kalam]] and their religious authority after his teacher al-Shaykh al-Mufid passed away. He was an expert in Kalam and argument in every Islamic sect. The expansion of his knowledge included fiqh, [[Usul]], Arabic literature, lexicon, [[Tafsir]], Tarikh and [[Tarajim]].


==Birth, Lineage and Death==
==Birth, Lineage and Death==
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