Aḥmad Al-Muhājir | |
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أحمد | |
Born | Aḥmad 873 CE Basra, Iraq |
Died | 956 (aged 82–83) al-Husaisa, Yemen |
Resting place | al-Husaisa, Yemen |
Nationality | Arab |
Other names | Ibn Isa, |
Occupation(s) | Islamic scholar, teacher |
Era | Islamic Golden Age (Middle Abbasid era) |
Known for | Descendant of Muhammad Rasulullah |
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Parent | Isa al-Rumi (father) |
Arabic name | |
Personal (Ism) | Aḥmad |
Patronymic (Nasab) | Aḥmad al-Muhājir ibn ʿĪsā ar-Rūmī ibn Muḥammad an-Naqīb ibn ʿAlī al-ʿUrayḍī ibn Jaʿfar aṣ-Ṣādiq ibn Muḥammad al-Bāqir ibn ʿAlī Zayn al-ʿĀbidīn ibn al-Ḥusayn ibn ʿAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib |
Teknonymic (Kunya) | Abu Muḥammad |
Epithet (Laqab) | al-Muhājir (lit. 'emigrant') |
Ahmad al-Muhajir (Arabic: أحمد المهاجر, Aḥmad al-muhāǧir, Arabic pronunciation: [ɑhmɑd ɑl muhɑːdʒiɽ]; 260-345 AH or c. 873-956 CE)[1] also known as al-Imām Aḥmad ibn ʿĪsā was an Imam Mujtahid and the progenitor of Ba 'Alawi sada group which is instrumental in spreading Islam to India, Southeast Asia and Africa. He was the son of 'Isa the son Muhammad the son of Ali al-Uraydi[2] who was the fourth son of Imam Ja'far al-Sadiq, a fifth generation descendant of Ali and Fatima, the daughter of Muhammad. He was a known acquaintance of Bishr al-Ḥāfī.