The life and era of Imam Musa al-Kadhim, peace be upon him, between the Eastern writings and the writings of the people of the Maghreb and Andalusia (acomparative study)

Abstract

The Eastern writings were full of talk about the Household of the Prophet, may God bless him and grant him peace, and these writings were specialized in talking about the Imams from the descendants of Imam Hussein, peace be upon him, including Imam al-Kadhim, peace be upon him, in contrast to the Moroccan and Andalusian writings, which did not abound in these writings, and the information in them about the Household was from The descendants of Imam Hussein are few, while there is an abundance of writing about Imam Hassan, peace be upon him, and his family, who spread throughout those lands. Therefore, the aim of the research is to shed light on those few writings written by the people of the Maghreb and Andalusia, and to compare them with the Eastern writings about Imam Al-Kadhim, peace be upon him, who is one of The descendants of Imam Hussein, peace be upon him, the God of purity, and what they wrote about him, his life, the era in which he lived, and his relationship with the ruling authority at that time from the rulers of the Bani Abbas Judge Al-Numan bin Hayun specialized and delved into the details of the life of Imam Jaafar Al-Sadiq, his imamate, and the knowledge of the Ahl al-Bayt that came from him. Despite the scarcity of Moroccan and Andalusian sources that spoke about the imams of the Ahl al-Bayt after Imam al-Sadiq, peace be upon him, we find among them those who talk at length about Imam Ali, peace be upon him, and his sons after him. They also believe in the idea of the existence of the Awaited One, but they do not specify who he is, except that he is a descendant of Imam Ali, peace be upon him, and his son.