A look at the method of debate of Imam Reza (AS) with the leaders of religions مقاله

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Later, Aba Salt al-Harawi states that one of the reasons for the martyrdom of Imam Rida (peace be upon him) was His Eminence's victory in these very debate sessions1, which was a sign of the discovery of truth for Ma'mun and the finding of the center of danger to his government's legitimacy. 3- Using the opponent's axioms: Many times in this debate, the Imam first obtains an admission from the opponent regarding a subject that is intended to serve as the basis for the argument; such as this part of the debate: "Imam: I adjure you, is it in the Gospel that John said: 'The Messiah informed me of the religion of Muhammad the Arab and gave me the glad tidings that after him Muhammad will come, and I also gave this glad tidings to the disciples and they believed in Muhammad'?" Catholicos: John has given glad tidings to the prophethood of a man and also to his family and his successor, but he has not made it clear when he will appear and has not stated his name. In the debate of Imam Reza (peace be upon him) with the leaders of the heavenly religions, we see that this method is used many times by the Imam (peace be upon him); such as when the Imam (peace be upon him) recites the name of the Prophet of Islam and his family from the Gospel and then says to the Catholicos: "What answer do you have?