The issue of al-Ma'mu n's motives in relegating or imposing vicegerency on Ima m al-Rid a (A.S.) is highly significant in the history of Islam; hence, proper probing into the matter would clarify many relevant issues. Drawing attention to the status of the household of the Prophet (S.A.W.) and Ima m `Ali (A.S.) as well as their acceptability for caliphate after wrongdoings of the Umayyads, professor Wa`iz Zada in his lecture regards some of the Mu`tazilite intellectual trends as parallel to this issue. He interprets al-Ma'mu n's motives as exploitation of this ambience and views assuming him as Shi'ite as simple-mindedness.
Wa`iz Zada Khurasani, M. (2005). Imam al- riza (A.S.) and al-Ma'mun's Motives in Appointing his Holiness as Successor to Caliphate. MISHKAT, 23(4), 89-94.
MLA
Muhammad Wa`iz Zada Khurasani. "Imam al- riza (A.S.) and al-Ma'mun's Motives in Appointing his Holiness as Successor to Caliphate". MISHKAT, 23, 4, 2005, 89-94.
HARVARD
Wa`iz Zada Khurasani, M. (2005). 'Imam al- riza (A.S.) and al-Ma'mun's Motives in Appointing his Holiness as Successor to Caliphate', MISHKAT, 23(4), pp. 89-94.
VANCOUVER
Wa`iz Zada Khurasani, M. Imam al- riza (A.S.) and al-Ma'mun's Motives in Appointing his Holiness as Successor to Caliphate. MISHKAT, 2005; 23(4): 89-94.