Muhammad ibn Ja'far al-Sadiq

Muhammad ibn Ja'far al-Sadiq (

Imam by a small group of followers. His followers became denominated as the Shumaytiyya (Sumaytiyya) after their leader Yahya ibn Abi’l-Shumayt (al-Sumayt).^[4] However, his revolt against the Caliph al-Ma'mun proved unsuccessful in the very same year it started (i.e. 815 C.E.).^[5] He ended his revolt by abdicating and publicly confessing his error and was then banished from the Hejaz and the Tihamah.^[6]

Al-Dibaj died in 203 A.H. / 818 C.E.,[7] and was buried near Bastam, Iran.^[8] The Abbasid caliph Al-Ma'mun himself was present until the burial was over and said the final prayer on the bier.

Descendants

Isma'il & Ja'far

They were present at the cemetery, attending to the funeral and burial ceremonies of their father Muhammad bin Ja'far.

Yahya

According to

Abbasid

caliphate.

Ali

Known as Al-Harisi. He had settled permanently in Shiraz since the exile of his father's family from Medina. Seven generations of his descendants lived and multiplied in Shiraz and some are known to have accompanied armies of Mahmud of Ghazni to India.

Al-Qasim

Al-Dibaj had a son named Al-Qasim, who in turn had three children: Umm Kulthum (d.868), Abdallah (d.875) and Yahya (d.877).

Alid families to resettle in Egypt.^[10]

Legacy and Tomb

Al-Dibaj's followers, the Shumaytiyya or Sumaytiyya, believed that the Imamate would remain with his family and that the Mahdi would come from among his family.[11]

Muhammad al-Dibaj was buried in

Buyid wazīr al-Ṣāḥib".^[17]

References

^ An Introduction to Shi’i Islam: The History and Doctrines of Twelver Shi’ism: The Shumayliyya or Sumaytiyya, by Moojan Momen
^ The Isma'ilis: Their History and Doctrines, By Farhad Daftary, pg.94
^ An Introduction to Shi’i Islam: The History and Doctrines of Twelver Shi’ism: The Shumayliyya or Sumaytiyya, by Moojan Momen
^ The Isma'ilis: Their History and Doctrines, By Farhad Daftary, pg.94
^ A short history of the Ismailis: traditions of a Muslim community, By Farhad Daftary, pg.35
^ Ibn Khaldūn, Kitābu l-ʻibār wa Diwānu l-Mubtada' wa l-Ħabar fī tarikhi l-ʻarab wa l-Barbar wa man ʻĀsarahum min Đawī Ash-Sha'n l-Akbār, vol. 3, p. 244
^ The Isma'ilis: Their History and Doctrines, By Farhad Daftary, pg.94
^ Bloom, Jonathan M.; Blair, Sheila S., eds. (2009). "Bistam". The Grove Encyclopedia of Islamic Art & Architecture. Vol. 1. Oxford, England: Oxford University Press. p. 291.
^ Muqarnas, Volume 3: An Annual on Islamic Art and Architecture, By Oleg Grabar, pg.56
^ Muqarnas, Volume 3: An Annual on Islamic Art and Architecture, By Oleg Grabar, pg.41, 43
^ An Introduction to Shi’i Islam: The History and Doctrines of Twelver Shi’ism: The Shumayliyya or Sumaytiyya, by Moojan Momen
^ Al-Bukhārī, Sirr al-Silsila, p. 27
^ Ta⁠ʾrīkh Jurjān (Beirut, 1981), p. 360
^ Al-Bukhārī, Sirr al-Silsila, p. 27
^ Madelung (1993), pp. 595–597
^ https://eprints.soas.ac.uk/17407/1/SI_108_01_1-15.pdf ^{[bare URL PDF]}
^ Al-Qummī, Tārīkh-i Qum (Tehran, 1982), pp. 223-224; Leisten, Architektur für Tote, p. 33

Sources

Al-Maqalat wa al-Firaq, by Sa'ad Ibn Abdillah al-Ash'ari al-Qummi (d. 301), pg.80
ISBN 978-0-521-61636-2
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ISBN 978-0-88706-058-8
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[1] An Introduction to Shi’i Islam: The History and Doctrines of Twelver Shi’ism: The Shumayliyya or Sumaytiyya, by Moojan Momen

[2] The Isma'ilis: Their History and Doctrines, By Farhad Daftary, pg.94

[3] An Introduction to Shi’i Islam: The History and Doctrines of Twelver Shi’ism: The Shumayliyya or Sumaytiyya, by Moojan Momen

[4] The Isma'ilis: Their History and Doctrines, By Farhad Daftary, pg.94

[5] A short history of the Ismailis: traditions of a Muslim community, By Farhad Daftary, pg.35

[6] Ibn Khaldūn, Kitābu l-ʻibār wa Diwānu l-Mubtada' wa l-Ħabar fī tarikhi l-ʻarab wa l-Barbar wa man ʻĀsarahum min Đawī Ash-Sha'n l-Akbār, vol. 3, p. 244

[7] The Isma'ilis: Their History and Doctrines, By Farhad Daftary, pg.94

[8] Bloom, Jonathan M.; Blair, Sheila S., eds. (2009). "Bistam". The Grove Encyclopedia of Islamic Art & Architecture. Vol. 1. Oxford, England: Oxford University Press. p. 291.

[9] Muqarnas, Volume 3: An Annual on Islamic Art and Architecture, By Oleg Grabar, pg.56

[10] Muqarnas, Volume 3: An Annual on Islamic Art and Architecture, By Oleg Grabar, pg.41, 43

[11] An Introduction to Shi’i Islam: The History and Doctrines of Twelver Shi’ism: The Shumayliyya or Sumaytiyya, by Moojan Momen

[12] Al-Bukhārī, Sirr al-Silsila, p. 27

[13] Ta⁠ʾrīkh Jurjān (Beirut, 1981), p. 360

[14] Al-Bukhārī, Sirr al-Silsila, p. 27

[15] Madelung (1993), pp. 595–597

[16] ttps://eprints.soas.ac.uk/17407/1/SI_108_01_1-15.pdf ^{[bare URL PDF]}

[17] Al-Qummī, Tārīkh-i Qum (Tehran, 1982), pp. 223-224; Leisten, Architektur für Tote, p. 33

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