Imam Reza's (AS) Martyrdom and Burial

A year after appointing the Imam as his Crown Prince, Mamun realized that his plots against the Imam were unsuccessful. The only benefit from his decision during this time was a temporary halt in the Alavid uprisings against his government. Mamun could not defame the Imam nor justify his decisions using the Imams name, as the Imam always kept himself distant from Mamun and his government. With his wise actions, the Imam made his position an invaluable opportunity to spread Shia theology through the Islamic territory. Ironically, the main positive outcome from the Imams appointment as the Crown Prince was that after decades of hostility against the Shia Imams, for the first time, the Islamic caliph and the government had to confess to the elevated status of the Shia Imams. This outcome proved the authenticity of the Shia theology to the Muslims around the Islamic territory and accelerated their familiarity with it. Across the Islamic territory, the Imam was regarded with respect as the Crown Prince. The Shias, who had always hid their belief in fear for their lives, were now proudly declaring and spreading their belief. Mamun had hoped to disgrace the Imams divine character by affiliating him to his government, and was now witnessing the opposite outcome from what he had intended. The Imams interactions with the people filled their hearts with love and respect for him to an extent that many of the people believed that the Imam had much more merit for the caliphate than Mamun. Also, the Imams debates with the greatest Muslim and non-Muslim scholars of the time proved his divine knowledge to the people. Therefore, Mamun could not find any way to stop the Imam other than to kill him. One reason Mamun rushed to kill the Imam was the instability in Baghdad, the former capital of the Abbasids. The Abbasid royal family was outraged by Mamuns decision to appoint Imam Reza as his Crown Prince. They could not tolerate seeing the Abbasid government fall into

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