Abul Hasan Ali bin Musa bn Jafar wanda ake yi wa lakabi da Reza kuma malamin gidan Muhammad (SAW) shi ne limami na takwas a cikin ‘yan Shi’a wanda aka haife shi a Madina a shekara ta 148 a kalandar wata, kuma aka kira shi daga Madina zuwa Marv a shekara ta 201 bisa umarni na Ma'amun Abbasi kuma a shekara ta 30 Safar na shekara ta 203 makircin Mamoun ya yi shahada. Ya yi fice a wajen ibada, da son zuciya, tawali’u, gafara da hakuri.
A zamanin kafin Imam Riza (a.s.) muhawara ta fikihu ta zama ruwan dare gama gari, amma a zamaninsa muhawarar addini ta zama ruwan dare gama gari. Don haka ne aka yi muhawara da yawa tsakanin Manzon Allah (SAW) da malaman Musulunci da sauran addinai. Ma’amun Khalifa Abbasi ya yi namijin kokari wajen gudanar da tarukan muhawara don manufar siyasa don kayar da shi a akalla batu guda. Sai dai duk tarukan da aka yi da batutuwa daban-daban Imam Rida (AS) shi ne ya yi nasara a muhawarar.
Wadannan muhawarori sun nuna zurfin ilimin Imam Rida na Musulunci da sauran addinai da kuma kare gaskiyar Musulunci. Ya yi amfani da dalilai na hankali da riwaya, ya kare ingancin Musulunci tare da amsa shubuhohin da suka taso. Ta hanyar bayyana ingantattun koyarwar Musulunci, ya nuna wa duniya hakikanin fuskar wannan addini kuma ya hana wasu hasashe na karya da wuce gona da iri.
Manyan batutuwan da suka kunshi muhawarar sun hada da tauhidi da ubangijintakar Ubangiji, Annabcin Annabawa, musamman ma Manzon Allah (SAW), da mu'ujizarsu, matsayin Ahlul-Babatin Manzon Allah (SAW) a Musulunci, da kuma matsayinsu. tafsirin Alqur'ani. Ta hanyar tafsirin ayoyin Alqur'ani, ya amsa shakku masu yawa tare da bayyana hakikanin ma'anar ayoyin.
Daga cikin mashahuran bahasi na Imam Rida, an yi muhawara da Jathliq, babban malamin addinin Kirista, wanda ya kasa amsa tambayoyin Imam. Ras al-Jalut shi ne shugaban yahudawa wanda a wata muhawara da suka yi da liman ya yarda da gaskiyar Musulunci da annabcin Manzon Allah (SAW). Harbuz Akbar yana daya daga cikin malaman Zoroastrian wadanda suka fahimci raunin akidun Zoroastrian a wata muhawara da Imam.
Muhawarar Imam Rida (amincin Allah ya tabbata a gare shi) ta samu sakamako masu ma'ana da kuma yada addinin musulunci da janyo hankulan mutane da dama zuwa wannan addini. Haka nan, ta hanyar gabatar da hakikanin fuskar Musulunci ga duniya, an hana buga wasu ra'ayoyi na karya da wuce gona da iri. Haka nan kuma wadannan muhawarori sun karfafa matsayin Ahlul-baitin Manzon Allah (SAW) a cikin al’ummar musulmi, kuma mutane da yawa sun fahimci matsayinsu da iliminsu.