Al-Sharif al-Radi

Al-Radi's father, Abu Ahmad al-Husayn ibn Musa, was a descendant of Ibrahim al-Asghar, the son of the seventh Shia imam, Musa al-Kazim. There are also claims that he is the descendant of Ibrahim al-Mujab, the grandson of al-Kazim. His mother was the granddaughter of Hasan al-Utrush, a descendant of the fourth Shia imam, Ali Zayn al-Abidin. For this reason, he was also known as thil hasabayn (the possessor of two lineages), since he relates back to the Ahl al-Bayt paternally and maternally. == Biography ==

Al-Radi was born in 970 in the Abbasid capital, Baghdad, and died in 1015 in his hometown. His grave is located in Kadhimiya, Baghdad. Al-Radi was the third of four children, having two sisters and a brother. After his father's death, he took the post. Al-Radi's family was affluent, as his mother Fatima inherited a good fortune from her father. She sponsored the family when the property of her husband was confiscated by the Buyid prince 'Adud al-Dawla. == Education and teaching ==

Abu Ali al-Farisi taught Al-Redi. He also founded a school named ''Dar ul'Ilm (, literally House of knowledge'') in which he trained many students. == Works ==

The book is a collection of sermons, precepts, prayers, epistles, and aphorisms of Ali and compiled by al-Radi in the tenth century. A number of his contemporaries wrote commentaries on al-Radi's compilation. Extent and scope of compilation Ali's sermons were compiled, read, and taught before al-Radi was born. The services of al-Radi are now regarded as significant in the philosophy of monotheism. Collected sermons in the Nahj al-Balagha cover Islam, theology and metaphysics; worship, wisdom, philosophy; piety and the afterlife. However, critics of the Nahj al-Balagha generally raise two objections: they claim that al-Murtada is one of the authors, and most of the contents are not by Ali. == Offspring and death ==

Scholar Abu Ahmad Adnan was his child. There were no grandchildren. ==See also==