Ali ibn Musa al-Reza(P.B.U.H.) and Islamic Lifestyle in Social Relations

Lifestyle is a collection of behaviors and action patterns of people which cover the normative and semantic dimensions of one’s social life. Since religious teachings affect the formation and establishment of social beliefs, values and norms, it can be said that the recognized behavioral patterns in a social group are considerably influenced by the religious teachings and role models introduced by the religion. The apparent manifestation of the lifestyle can be sought in the realm of social relations; for Islam, the best behavioral pattern is the lifestyle of the Holy Prophet of Islam (PBUH) and his Ahl al-Bayt. In this view, regarding his special social status, both the behavior and speeches of Imam Ridha (AS) are investigated by this paper. Imam Ridha’s (AS) era has been given more attention because of its influence on Iranians’ life and also due to the fact that the Holy Shrine of Imam Ridha (AS) is located in Iran; hence, benchmarking his lifestyle would be hugely beneficial thanks to the existing spiritual connection. Using the desk study and analytical-descriptive methods, this paper tries to answer the question that how Imam Ridha (AS) used to act in adornment, cooperation, moralization, cultural interaction in the theoretical and practical spheres?