IMAM MUSA AL-KAZIM AND SUFTTRADITIONames of Sta Bu (19480), Bib ab HA (4.227840, and Met rk (2 200815) and so sgt in what additonal ways the Im Played ole nto sping ofS eon. {All who have writen of Imam Mis Kz re nanimous ia sing bm igh pital vitor. [8 aon aK be ne WHO “ues anger “Alla a recounts the try at tld y Tablas in Sif a Sf without ling sy commen of is ove, By contr, 2 nearcontempoay of “Alina Hilf asses fly ‘hat Shag Balk wae the urd lan Ms Kaz while pens ing with all anecdotal evidence. This Sayyid Hadar Atl the gnostic f he elghivoureenth entry who mitsine tre Sefsm fo be denial with te Shrism. Describing in the Joni” ab-Air we Manta" aA the alleged wansmsson of este knowledge y te as wo cera aang the Sofie and cds, he seta oe lie | transmission went fom Imam Misi Kivi Shag Baka fo him wo his students and disciples Amul wa flowed sone hand yeas Tater by bn AM Jahr As pon 901/149) wh sir Stated in his Kidd ala Shia was the disciple f tthadhe ‘an) lam. Mist aK." A are lement was aed to Shas asciaton wth he imam by QS NEI Shisha (101/160), ‘ho claimed in his aj a: Ma mind tt Sagi mas a fat 2 Sa ‘is eves mated for his bei in Tannin (he hme aff shld Shad). This sian of Shai as 2 ST was et widely followed ty ltr HPT autores, Mubunsnad Bigir Mla (111/170 for example, coments hci with a eteling ofthe sry ax fund in he ‘works of in ala, Ibi and Ton aSabbigh, no even making of ‘Shag displ am Mis Kz, Mulrmed Baqi Rhos (@. 13171895, autor of» wellknown bopraphealdconay of St obs, Rawr alonndt 2 Amat aUlama! wa TSB re ‘on omit of lar Mis a-Ki tha ees ben ead | be the mater (th) of Shag Ba, wit lasing Sha4° "Fn, Muara Ma's He, wn as Ma‘ Sin {@. L3eyi920, das oper nis eneyclopeic work on Sufism he race th Solan St sures, and cncades that Shag Bai ‘Tas imened with cloak igo) nam Misi alii, making hin ‘Dhar of the is ut not an adberet ofthe Sah.” “The second Sufl whose ame has heen like that of Iam Mista Kain ADO Nae Bish Babar a HA, way eer to we Bh STG According fo the standard Sm biographies, We was ‘temed rma ife of disiptienand rnkennes by te simple act of ‘Scuming an pefuming& rap of pop Desig the vine rae ht He foun om the ra™ ‘ter sources, ower, abut fis salvation to man Mis a iim an telae the flowing ory- One dy the am was sig in from o Biss house in Baghdad and was dsresed oes echoing fom [Re waund of music and frivolous ricing, Amer merged flo te ase, ad he Imam aed hee wheter the owner af he use Aiarafsman or sive She replied hat he wa eran, whereupon he Timm screed a mas ined the case, for fe wee se, be ald engage in acs of cre (ie. worship of Ga, When he mai (ihe reused inde, Bar ahed er what had delayed ee. Sbe re ‘Sone what Imam Mis aKizin ad sid, and Bibr was over ‘Sune! ihre Bacfotd, erased ou othe Bou and ch Troup he anf ponte ft. 1 appears agin wo have been Th Ja who lt rete his sto. Mama Bigir Khe wes in is Raw alfa at ead soca te autograph copy ofa work by Zaya ain al~Amit Shana aan —(d owISBH ching the Ki a-ha kf To a [Jona as eutonty For is marae of B's repentance In. hs ling ‘tite way, however, he Imam st uoston i A Zaya Abin, 0 Me abRivim, 2 gros coolopeal ene hat ts del to bute era ona ows ot a Sha al Tan ri ao wort noting hat oeattuwt mates no mention of encounter erween Bish aod Imm ‘Musd akizim in te scvon be devotes the formes in is ira Myon Kennels sees probable ate stay entered un sSintine before the seventeen century, fr i i en up by "Rhum Hil ia Mig) al Karak HUT seed in am by Qt EAI Sata Majlis of Mumia ™ and by Mam “A SAN rasan ana ner 190 in Tord’ at Hogg However, te story ever came w enjoy the ume wideprendcrcliin tha eating Yo Shag Balk, an amy nfo th ei So wars oi oe of ___ The thin and last Sufi sido be canst with ams Mis al icin it we jgnoe the manifest shisrcal elim made by the KaStlr lewis ofan ha te Ia rise Hala egg of th age ‘fas Ma'it Ka Farmore commonly, Kari is tld to have been ‘nascent of the eighth Imam, AIT. MSS a Ri who it aid have presided over his conversion 10 Islan" However, Shih Nat. Aih Wal (44/143 ounder ofthe Ni mal onder of dete toe ofthe principal ges in the sry of SHI Sufi, abuts the conversion of Kati imum Misi Kaz and sats tha heated asthe Ia’ guekeepe forte years The same vw was expe | bythe aut of Ua a Fu, who aed that Ka ep he poston ‘uchecper daring the Iams of A. Mish aR Mas“ ‘Shah ise of cour, nfl ofthe Ni matali ener ~ rears this as pose, and sagees even that Kick may fave enjoyed he company ef lar ara Sadiq "By conta, rer fle mo Saf autor nsén-AIGN Iga of the Diab err, rejects ty association of Ma'rt Karki with he Si Imam Before he tine of va ms te aac nig Sts wth ka si sin maw be ened fn at ny ot ced inte cae Suan Sh sores cou, odo, att ‘pains hit only In heaton ron of HFS Ma al-Karimak, Uta Taymniyah (4, 728/1328) dismisses, with his —_ Sy sein, te ST sco ling of est coceing Shy Baki and ihr Hi mw mee he™ Te moder schol Mut Shi, win hawt sts nd ally soso oe te hor rete ttvec Sf ad Shut ob historicity of the traditions he * in quo, sagging tha hy at 9 prs he Sch i oem A ata fom omental penguin, We Leb wer Hii Mi atsaan, Semin’ pone what he alee et