Ali al-Uraydi

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Ali al-Uraydi ibn Ja'far al-Sadiq
علي العريضي بن جعفر الصادق‎
Personal
Born
Died
Al-Urayd, Abbasid Caliphate
Resting placeAl-Urayd
ReligionIslam
NationalityCaliphate
Children
  • Ahmad al-Sha'rani
  • Hasan
  • Ja'far al-Asghar
  • Muhammad al-Naqib
Parent
EraIslamic Golden Age
(Abbasid era)
Known forHadith Scholar
OccupationIslamic Scholar

Ali al-Uraydi ibn Ja'far al-Sadiq, (

Abdullah al-Aftah, and Muhammad Al-Dibaj. He was known by the title al-Uraydi, because he lived in an area called Urayd, about 4 miles (or 6.4 km) from Medina
. He was also known by the nickname Abu al-Hasan (i.e. father of Hasan).

Life

Ali al-Uraydi (علي العريضي) was born and raised in Medina. He was the youngest son of Ja'far al-Sadiq. After his father died whilst he was still a child, he left Medina for the town of Al-Urayd, where he settled and became the sheikh of all Banu Hashim and the Naqib (prefect) of the descendants of Muhammad.

He lived approximately 100 years, until the time of his brother Musa al-Kazim’s great-grandson Ali al-Hadi (828-868) and died in Al-Urayd and was buried there.

Descendants

The children and descendants of Ali al-Uraydi became known as al-Uraydiyun. They inhabited many areas, including Al-Urayd,

Ahwaz, Rayy (Tehran), Isfahan, Yazd, Qom, Khwarazm and Afghanistan
. His sons were:

Other descendants

  • Abd Allah ibn Alawi al-Haddad
    (1634–1720) - Islamic scholar from Tarim, Yemen.

Nine Saints

Nine Saints (Wali Songo) are not from Al-Aydarus family

  • Sunan Maulana Malik Ibrahim (d.1419 C.E.) - one of the Wali Sanga ("Nine Saints") involved in propagating Islam in Indonesia.
    • Sunan Ampel - one of the Wali Sanga ("Nine Saints") involved in propagating Islam in Indonesia.
      • Sunan Bonang - one of the Wali Sanga ("Nine Saints") involved in propagating Islam in Indonesia.
      • Sunan Drajat - one of the Wali Sanga ("Nine Saints") involved in propagating Islam in Indonesia.
      • Syarifah
        • Sunan Kudus - one of the Wali Sanga ("Nine Saints") involved in propagating Islam in Indonesia.
      • Another daughter
  • Sunan Giri - one of the Wali Sanga ("Nine Saints") involved in propagating Islam in Indonesia.
  • Sunan Murya - one of the Wali Sanga ("Nine Saints") involved in propagating Islam in Indonesia.

Religious knowledge

Ali al-Uraydi was a man of great knowledge. He was a transmitter of Hadith, and was quoted in a large number of books written by the famous 'ulama of his and subsequent ages.[1]

See also

Notes

  1. ^ a b c d e Al-'Ilm un-Nabraas fi't Tanbeeh 'alaa Minhajj i'l Akyaas, by 'Abdallah bin 'Alawi bin Hassan al-'Attas, translated by Dr. Mostafa al-Badawi