Imam Muhammad b. Ali al-Jawad (a): Difference between revisions

[[Al-Ma'mun al-Abbasi]] married her daughter, called [[Umm al-Fadl]], to Imam al-Jawad (a) in 202/817-18<ref>Ṭabarī, ''Tārīkh al-Ṭabarī'', vol. 7, p. 149.</ref> or 215/830-1.<ref>Masʿūdī, ''Ithbāt al-waṣīyya'', p. 223.</ref> This marriage took place following the request of al-Ma'mun and Imam (a) expressed his consent with this marriage after specifying the dowry similar to that of [[Fatima al-Zahra (a)]] (which was 500 Dirhams).<ref>Ibn Shahrāshūb, ''Manāqib Āl Abī Ṭālib'', vol. 4, p. 382.</ref> Some sources have said that during Imam al-Rida's (a) stay in [[Khorasan]], Imam al-Jawad (a) went to see him once<ref>Bayhaqī, ''Tārīkh-i Bayhaq'', p. 46.</ref> and that was when al-Ma'mun asked him to marry his daughter. According to [[Ibn Kathir]], the marriage contract of Imam al-Jawad (a) and al-Ma'mun's daughter was made at the time of Imam al-Rida (a) but the marriage ceremony was held in 215/830 in Tikrit, [[Iraq]].<ref>Ibn Kathīr, ''al-Bidāya wa l-nihāya'', vol. 10, p. 295.</ref> The marriage of Imam al-Jawad (a) with Umm al-Fadl was made by the request of al-Ma'mun.{{cn}} Al-Ma'amun said that he sought to be the grandfather of a child who was a progeny of the Prophet (a) and Imam Ali (a). Al-Shaykh al-Mufid considered that marriage because of al-Ma'mun's love for Imam al-Jawad (a). Some researchers believe that this marriage had political motives, including that al-Ma'mun wanted to control Imam al-Jawad (a) and his relations with Shi'a through that marriage;<ref>Jaʿfarīyān, ''Ḥayāt-i fikrī wa sīyāsī-yi Imāmān-i Shīʿa'', p. 478.</ref> or to show himself interested in [[Alawis]] and prevent them from making uprising.<ref>Pīshwāyī, ''Sīrah-yi pīshwāyān'', p. 558.</ref> This marriage caused the opposition of some of al-Ma'mun's agents, because they were afraid of transferring caliphate from [['Abbasids]] to 'Alawis.<ref>Ibn Shahr Āshūb, ''Manāqib Āl Abī Ṭālib'', vol. 4, p. 380-381.</ref>