{"id":22542,"date":"2019-01-28T20:33:09","date_gmt":"2019-01-28T17:03:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/roshd.com\/?p=22542"},"modified":"2025-10-21T16:15:24","modified_gmt":"2025-10-21T12:45:24","slug":"a-lofty-goal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/roshd.com\/en\/a-lofty-goal\/","title":{"rendered":"A Lofty Goal"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Ma\u2019mun (the Abbasid caliph) did everything to drag Imam Jawad\u00a0(PBUH)\u00a0to the grounds of corruption and to tarnish his image in the eyes of people; but he failed every time. One of his tricks was the marriage between his daughter Umm Fadhl and Imam Jawad\u00a0(PBUH).<\/p>

One may ask, why did Imam Jawad\u00a0(PBUH)\u00a0agree to marry his daughter? To find the answer, we should look into the religious movement which Prophet\u2019s progeny\u00a0(PBUT)\u00a0lead and the state of this movement at the time of Imam Reza\u00a0(PBUH)\u00a0and his son, Imam Jawad\u00a0(PBUH).<\/p>

During Ma\u2019mun\u2019s rule, the religious movement managed to infiltrate the government and was able to grow well while the Imams\u00a0(PBUT)\u00a0did not surrender their principles. In other words, they never accepted to rule, and thus they did not cooperate with the government. For example, Imam Reza\u00a0(PBUH)\u00a0accepted to be Ma\u2019mun\u2019s successor with the condition that he (the Imam) would not be involved in the government\u2019s affairs.<\/p>

When Imam Jawad married Umm Fadhl, he became the son in-law of the caliph and he utilized this opportunity for his mission. One question that may arise is what it really meant to be the caliph\u2019s son in-law?\u00a0<\/p>

Whoever was given a position at the palace of caliphs, would find himself as a ruler of some city\/area or at least as a judge in the society. But Imam Jawad\u00a0(PBUH)\u00a0did not seek any of these positions. In fact, he pursed two objectives through this marriage:<\/p>

First, becoming son in-law of the caliph made it more difficult for Ma\u2019mun to murder him.<\/p>

Second, Imam Jawad\u00a0(PBUH)\u00a0was able to protect key members of the Shia movement through his influence in the caliph\u2019s palace.<\/p>

Nonetheless, he would not hide his dissatisfaction with the status quo. Imam Jawad\u00a0(PBUH)\u00a0was not happy to live in the Abbasid palace while being far away from the difficulties of his followers and the Islamic society. If he had the possibility to depart from the city of Baghdad, he would not have stayed there for a long time.<\/p>

One of Imam\u2019s companions narrates: I went to Baghdad to visit Imam Jawad\u00a0(PBUH)\u00a0and thought about his luxurious life style; I told myself: With such comfortable life, this man would never go back to his hometown! Meanwhile, Imam\u2019s face turned pale; he turned to me and said, \u201cEating an old bread and hard salt in the Prophet\u2019s shrine (city of Medina, the birthplace of Imam Jawad) is much more pleasant for me than the comfort I have right now.\u201d[1]<\/a><\/p>

Imam Jawad\u00a0(PBUH)\u00a0showed clearly his lack of interest in his life in the Ma\u2019mun palace, but due to his higher goal of\u00a0protecting the religion of Allah<\/strong>\u00a0and propagating\u00a0authentic Islamic knowledge,\u00a0<\/strong>he decided to stay in Baghdad. Therefore, he was forced to stay in Ma\u2019mun\u2019s palace and to work toward more important goals while accepting the environmental conditions.<\/p>

(The above is a selection taken from \u201cGuiders of the Path of Light \u2013 The Life of Imam Muhammad Taqi (PBUH)<\/em>\u201d by Ayatollah Sayyed Muhammad Taqi al-Mudarresi<\/strong><\/p>

Footnote:<\/u><\/strong><\/h1>

[1]<\/a> Al-Khara\u2019ij, vol. 1, p. 381<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The text explains that Caliph Ma\u2019mun tried to discredit Imam Jawad (PBUH) by marrying him to his daughter, Umm Fadhl, but failed. Imam Jawad used this marriage to protect Shia followers and advance Islamic teachings. 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