The shrine of Sayyid Ahmad bin Imam Musa al-Kadhim (AS)

Hamad Majid Badawi Hamza
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Abd Ali Kazim al-Fatlawi

He is Sayyid Ahmad bin Imam Musa al-Kadhim bin Imam Jaafar al-Sadiq bin Imam Muhammad al-Baqir bin Imam Ali Zain al-Abidin bin Imam al-Hussein the martyr bin Imam Ali bin Abi Talib (AS). He is nicknamed (Abu al-Rayat), meaning the owner of the bright proofs and unmistakable evidence. He is the brother of Imam Ali bin Musa al-Rida (AS) in Iran and al-Qasim (AS) in the al-Qasim district in Babylon province from their father. He was killed by the Abbasid authorities and buried in this spot, which is today called the village of (al-Bayda), affiliated with the al-Karamah district, which is about 25 km away from the city of Samawah. (Al-Isfahani, 2003: 250)