Ahmad al-Muhajir
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Ahmad al-Muhajir also known as Al-Imam Ahmad bin Isa was the descendant of Ali bin Abu Talib and Fatimah bint Muhammad, the daughter of Muhammad
Muhammad
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. He was the son of ‘Isa the son of 'Ali al-Uraidhi who was the fourth son of Imam
Imam
An imam is an Islamic leadership position, often the worship leader of a mosque and the Muslim community. Similar to spiritual leaders, the imam is the one who leads Islamic worship services. More often, the community turns to the mosque imam if they have a religious question...

 Ja'far as-Sadiq, a fifth generation descendant of the Prophet Muhammad. His full name is Ahmad ibn Isa Ar-Rumi ibn Muhammad An-Naqib ibn 'Ali al-Uraidhi ibn Ja'far al-Sadiq
Ja'far al-Sadiq
Jaʿfar ibn Muhammad al-Sādiq was a descendant of Muhammad and a prominent Muslim jurist. He is revered as an Imam by the adherents of Shi'a Islam and as a renowned Islamic scholar and personality by Sunni Muslims. The Shi'a Muslims consider him to be the sixth Imam or leader and spiritual...

 ibn Muhammad al-Baqir
Muhammad al-Baqir
Muḥammad ibn ‘Alī al-Bāqir was the Fifth Imām to the Twelver Shi‘a and Fourth Imām to the Ismā‘īlī Shī‘a. His father was the previous Imām, ‘Alī ibn Ḥusayn, and his mother was Fatimah bint al-Hasan...

 ibn Zayn al-Abidin ibn al-Husain ibn Ali bin Abu Talib
. He is thought to have been born in 241 Hijrah (820 CE).

Al-Imam Ahmad bin Isa is called Al-Muhajir (emigrant) because he left Basra
Basra
Basra is the capital of Basra Governorate, in southern Iraq near Kuwait and Iran. It had an estimated population of two million as of 2009...

, Iraq
Iraq
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 during the Abbassid Caliphate that was headquartered in Baghdad
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 in the year 317H (896 CE). He first went to Madinah and Mecca
Mecca
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, and then from Mecca to Yemen
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 at around 319H.

He migrated at a time when there was much internal strife, bloodshed and confusion in Iraq, where a large number of the descendants of Muhammad
Muhammad
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 were persecuted for political reasons by the ruling Abbasids..

He died in 345H (924 CE) at Husayyisah, a town between Tarim
Tarim
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 and Seiyun
Seiyun
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, Hadramaut. His shrine stands on a hill and is among the first shrines that visitors to Hadramaut pay their respects to when visiting the area.

Descendants and status

The Sayyid
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s from the family of Ba'Alawi sada of Tarim
Tarim
Tarim may refer to:*The Tarim Basin, China**The Tarim Mummies, a series of mummies which have been excavated at Niya, an oasis in the Tarim Basin.*The Tarim River, China*Tarim, Yemen...

, of the Hadramaut region of Yemen
Yemen
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 trace their descent to him. Some of the Nine Saints of Java or Wali Sanga
Wali Sanga
The Wali Sanga are revered saints of Islam in Indonesia, especially on the island of Java, because of their historic role in the Spread of Islam in Indonesia. The word wali is Arabic for "trusted one" or "friend of God" , while the word songo is Javanese for the number nine...

 in Indonesia in some traditions are claimed to be descendants of Al-Imam Ahmad Al-Muhajir bin Isa.

Imam
Imam
An imam is an Islamic leadership position, often the worship leader of a mosque and the Muslim community. Similar to spiritual leaders, the imam is the one who leads Islamic worship services. More often, the community turns to the mosque imam if they have a religious question...

 Ahmad Al-Muhajir is an Imam Mujtahid, which means he is regarded as a primary source for rulings on religious matters.

External links

  • Ba`alawi.com Ba'alawi.com | The Definitive Resource for Islam and the Alawiyyen Ancestry.
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