Muhammad ibn Ali ibn Abdallah
Muhammad ibn Ali ibn Abdallâh or Muhammad al-Imâm (679/80 - 744)[1] was the son of Ali ibn Abd Allah ibn al-Abbas and great-grandson of al-‘Abbas ibn ‘Abd al-Muttalib, the uncle of the Islamic prophet, Muhammad. Born in Humeima in Jordan,[2] he was the father of the two first 'Abbâsid caliphs, As-Saffah and Al-Mansur, and as such was the progenitor of the Abbasid dynasty.[3][4][5]
Revolt of Mukhtar al-Thaqafi
When al-Mukhtar announced the revenge of Imam al-Husayn, he showed himself as the representative of Muhammad ibn al-Hanafiyyah, the Promised Mehdi according to him.
Sixth Imam of Kaysanites
After the death of Muhammad ibn al-Hanafiyyah, the imamate of Kaysanites Shia transferred to his son Abu Hashim, who transferred it to Muhammad, paving the way for the Abbasid dawa and the Abbasid Revolution.[6]
His ancestors and the family tree
| Quraysh tribe (detailed tree) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Waqida bint Amr | Abd Manaf ibn Qusai | Ātikah bint Murrah | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nawfal ibn Abd Manaf | ‘Abd Shams | Barra | Hala | Muṭṭalib ibn Abd Manaf | Hashim | Salma bint Amr | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Umayya ibn Abd Shams | ʿAbd al-Muṭṭalib | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Harb | Abū al-ʿĀs | ʿĀminah | ʿAbdallāh | Hamza | Abī Ṭālib | Az-Zubayr | al-ʿAbbās | Abū Lahab | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ʾAbī Sufyān ibn Harb | al-Ḥakam | ʿUthmān | ʿAffān | MUHAMMAD (Family tree) | Khadija bint Khuwaylid | ʿAlī (Family tree) | Khawlah bint Ja'far | ʿAbd Allāh | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Muʿāwiyah I | Marwān I | ʿUthmān ibn ʿAffān | Ruqayyah | Fatimah | Muhammad ibn al-Hanafiyyah | ʿAli ibn ʿAbdallāh | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sufyanids | Marwanids | al-Ḥasan | al-Ḥusayn (Family tree) | Abu Hashim (Imām of al-Mukhtār and Hashimiyya) | Muhammad "al-Imām" (Abbasids) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ibrāhim "al-Imām" | al-Saffāḥ | al-Mansur | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Succession for the Imāms of Hashimiyya sect
Muhammad ibn ʿAli ibn ′Abd Allāh Clan of the Banu Quraish Born: ≈ ? CE Died: ≈ ? CE | ||
| Shia Islam titles | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Abu Hashim ′Abd Allāh ibn Muhammad ibn al-Hanafiyyah Fifth Imām of Hashimiyya Kaysanites Shia |
Muhammad "al-Imām" ibn ʿAli ibn ′Abd Allāh ibn al-′Abbas Sixth Imām of Hashimiyya Kaysanites Shia ?–? |
Succeeded by Ibrāhim "al-Imām" ibn Muhammad[7]:80 ibn ʿAli ibn ′Abd Allāh ibn al-′Abbas Seventh Imām of Hashimiyya Kaysanites |
See also
References
- Khallikân (Ibn), II, 593, quotes Al-Tabari, "Tarikh".
- http://www.discoverislamicart.org/database_item.php?id=monument;ISL;jo;Mon01;15;en
- Hitti, "History of the Arabs", p.289.
- Khallikan (Ibn), "Wafayât al A'yân wa-Anbâ' Abnâ' al-Zamân", II, 592-4.
- Nadim (al-), ed, Dodge, B., "Al-Fihrist," pp. 222, 378, 1051.
- The Abbasid Revolution
- Daftary, Farhad (1990). Cambridge University (ed.). The Isma'ilis: Their History and Doctrines. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 80.