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Sayyid Raḍī al-Dīn, ʿAlī b. Mūsā b. Jaʿfar b. Ṭāwūs (سید رضي الدین، علي بن موسی بن جعفر بن طاووس) famously known as Sayyid b. Ṭāwūs (b.589\1193-d.664\1265), is great Shi'a scholar and a descendant of Imam al-Hasan al-Mujtaba (a), and Imam al-Sajjad (a). He is the author of books such as: al-Muhimaat wa al-tatimmat, Kashf al-mahajja li-thamarat al-muhja, Misbah al-Za'ir wa janat al-Musafir, al- Malhuf 'ala qatlay al-tufuf, and Mahj al-da'awat wa manhaj al-'ibadat. He was the teacher of great scholars such as 'Allama Hilli and his father Shaikh Yusuf Sadid al-Din.

Although Sayyid b. Tawus never accepted the Niqabat position during the Abbasid Caliphate, but he was the Naqib of the Shi'a during the rule of Hulagu Khan (Founder of Ilkhanate dynasty). Due to his great ethical traits, his piety and constant attention to his deeds, his spiritual experiences and his acts of wonder, he was famous as Jamāl al-ʿĀrifīn (The Beauty of the Mystics).Continue reading...