Imam Abu Hashim Al Hasan Ibn Abd Al Rahman (D. 433AH)
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Imam Abū Hāshim al-Ḥasan ibn ʿAbd al-Raḥmān
Al-Nafs al-Zakiyya — Peace Be Upon Him
His Identity
He is Imam Abū Hāshim al-Nafs al-Zakiyya (the Pure Soul), al-Ḥasan ibn ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn Yaḥyā ibn ʿAbdullāh ibn al-Ḥusayn ibn al-Qāsim ibn Ibrāhīm al-Rassī (may God be pleased with them).
His Place in the Chain of Imamate
He is the sixth of the forefathers of Imam al-Manṣūr Billāh ʿAbdullāh ibn Ḥamzah (may God be pleased with them) — the Greatest Imam and author of Al-Shāfī — tracing through the al-Qāsim ibn Ibrāhīm al-Rassī branch of the Prophet’s family.
His Call & the Scholarly Note on Dates
Scholarly Divergence — Year of His Call
Primary Account
He called to God in the year 426 AH.
Also Reported
Qāḍī Aḥmad ibn Yaḥyā Ḥābis (d. 1061 AH) mentioned the year 422 AH.
His death (peace be upon him) was perhaps in the year 433 AH.
Primary Source
Al-Tuḥaf Sharḥ al-Zulaf
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