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661), the first Shia Imam. An Alid himself, Ali al-Hadi was also less restricted in this period. [1] [13] He engaged in teaching in Medina after reaching adulthood, possibly attracting a large number of students from Iraq, Persia, and Egypt, where the House of Muhammad traditionally found the most support. [13]
Abu Ali Al-Hasan son of Nizar son of Al-Mustansir Billah. [1] Syrian resources mention his name as Ali Al-Hadi Ibn Nizar, علي الهادي بن نزار commonly referred to by the title al-Hadi الهادي meaning The Guide. According to a copy of a letter from the 21st Imam Al-Muhtadi to the Syrian Ismaili, the proper name was Al-Hadi Ali.
Abu Muhammad Uthman ibn Sa'id al-Asadi was a close associate of the tenth Imam, Ali al-Hadi. It is reported that he was eleven when he first served as an agent for this Imam. [ 31 ] After the death of al-Hadi in 254 (868), his successor, al-Askari, appointed Uthman as a representative in 256 (869–70). [ 31 ]
According to the later Zaydi sources, Yahya ibn al-Husayn was born in Medina in 859. However, it appears that he was actually born at a village (likely modern al-Dur or Dur Abi al-Qasim, some 57 kilometres (35 mi) southwest of Medina) near the wadi al-Rass, where his grandfather, al-Qasim "al-Rassi", had settled after bringing his family over from Egypt around 827. [1]
Al-jāmi'a (Arabic: ٱلْجَامِعَة, lit. 'the inclusive') is a book that Twelver Shias believe was dictated by Muhammad to Ali. Ja'far al-Sadiq refers to it as a scroll (ṣaḥīfa) that is 70 cubits long and was dictated by the Islamic prophet Muhammad and written down by Ali. It is also known as Kitab Ali (lit. Book of Ali) in some ...
Ali al-Hadi had instead designated as his successor his son Hasan, who backed his father's position against Faris, in contrast to al-Hadi's other son Ja'far. Forming a splinter group from the Imamite community, the followers of Faris believed that Ja'far was chosen by Muhammad to succeed him, and that Ja'far was the successor of Ali al-Hadi.
[12] [13] [14] The codex would be finally revealed with the reappearance of their Hidden Imam, Muhammad al-Mahdi, [15] who is expected to eradicate injustice and evil at the end of time. [16] The first three verses of the sura al-Buruj (85:1–3) in what might be a folio from the Mushaf of Ali, kept in the library of the Imam Ali shrine in ...
Kitab Ali (Arabic: کتاب علي, romanized: Kitāb ʿAlī) or the Book of Ali is a compilation of Muhammad's sayings that Ali is said to have written as Muhammad dictated it to him. It is said that the jurist of Mecca was aware of this text around the beginning of the second century and was certain that Ali was the author.