Abdullah al-Aftah
Abdullah al-Aftah ibn Ja'far al-Sadiq († 766 AD / 149 AD) was the eldest surviving son of Ja'far al-Sadiq (after the death of al-Sadiq) and the full brother of Isma'il ibn Jafar .
Abdullah's title al-Aftah is derived from the Arabic words aftah al-ra (= broad-headed) or aftah al-rijlayn (= broad-footed), which were used to describe his appearance.
Life
During his father's lifetime, Abdullah al-Aftah supported the uprising of his relative Muhammad ibn Abdallah An-Nafs Az-Zakiyya .
After Ja'far al-Sadiq's death , the majority of Ja'far's followers accepted Abdullah al-Aftah as their new imam . These followers were known as the and, according to the Mu'tazili heresiographer Abul-Qasim al-Balkhi al-Ka'bi († 319 AD / 931 AD), the largest and most important part of the followers of Ja 'far al-Sadiq. In order to support his claims, Abdullah al-Aftah appears to have requested a second wet from his father (after Ismā'īl's death). His followers cited an alleged hadith by Ja'far al-Sadiq, according to which the imamate must be sent through to the eldest son of the imam. When Abdullah al-Aftah died childless about 70 days after his father's death, most of his followers defected to his brother Musa al-Kadhim . Other Fathites viewed Abdullah al-Aftah as the 7th Imam and Musa al-Kadhim as the 7th Imam 8th Imam, while others believed that the Imamat ended with the death of Abdullah al-Aftah. Another group invented a son for Abdullah al-Aftah, Muhammad ibn Abdullah al-Aftah, because they believed that the imamate could only move from father to son instead of brother to brother. This group also claimed that Muhammad ibn Abdullah al-Aftah was the promised Mahdi .
As the family continued to grow, an original family tree of Prophet Muhammad is given below by Imam Jaf'ar as Sadiq to his older son Abdullah al Aftah. This extensive family tree now extends to the 31st generation and more than 100 surviving families on most continents.
Sāhib al-Haqq
In a letter that Abdullah al-Mahdi Billah sent to the Ismāʿīlī community in Yemen and which has been reproduced by, ʿAbd Allah-al-Aftah ibn Jaʿfar al-Sadiq was referred to as Sāhib al-Haqq or the Legitimate Successor of Imām Jaʿfar al- Sadiq from AbdAllāh to explain the genealogy of his ancestors. Instead of descending on Ismā'il b. Jaʿfar and his son Muhammad b. Ismāʿīl, the first Fatimid caliph Abdullah al-Mahdi Billah, describes Jaʿfar's eldest son ʿAbd Allah as his ancestor. According to ʿAbdallah al-Mahdi Billah, ʿAbd Allah ibn Ja'far had called himself because of Taqiyya Ismāʿīl ibn Jaʿfar, and each of his successors had taken the name of Muhammad . 'Abdallah al-Mahdi Billah explains the genealogy of the Fatimid - Caliph , claiming Fatimid ancestors to be by themselves as 'Ali ibn al-ayusayn ibn Ahmad ibn' Abd ibn'Abadullāh Allahābn ibn Ja'far al-Sadiq declared. But the Imamah (Ismaili doctrine) was later formulated differently because ʿAbdallah al-Mahdi Billah's explanation of his origin was not accepted by his successors
Individual evidence
- ↑ Heinz Halm: Shi'ism . 2004, p. 30 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Abdullah al-Aftah |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Abdullah al-Aftah ibn Ja'far al-Sadiq (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | eldest surviving son of Ja'far al-Sadiq (after the death of al-Sadiq), full brother of Isma'il ibn Jafar |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 7th century or 8th century |
| DATE OF DEATH | 766 |