Imam Al Qasim Ibn Ali Al Iyani (D. 393AH)

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Imam al-Qāsim ibn ʿAlī al-ʿIyānī (Peace Be Upon Him) | Al-Tuhaf Sharh al-Zulaf
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Imam al-Qāsim ibn ʿAlī al-ʿIyānī

Al-Manṣūr Billāh — Peace Be Upon Him

Translated from Arabic  |  Source: Al-Tuhaf Sharh al-Zulaf التحف شرح الزلف

Full Lineage

Abū al-Ḥusayn al-Qāsim ibn ʿAlī ibn ʿAbdullāh ibn Muḥammad ibn Imam al-Qāsim ibn Ibrāhīm al-Rassī (may God be pleased with them).

His Rising

Rose in the land of Khathʿam. Dispatched messengers to Yemen in year 388 AH, who were answered during the age of Imam al-Dāʿī Yūsuf.

Death & Shrine

Year 393 AH. His shrine is at ʿIyān in the land of Sufyān.

His Identity & Rising

Imam al-Manṣūr Billāh, Abū al-Ḥusayn al-Qāsim ibn ʿAlī ibn ʿAbdullāh ibn Muḥammad ibn Imam al-Qāsim ibn Ibrāhīm al-Rassī (may God be pleased with them). He rose in the land of Khathʿam, then dispatched his messengers to Yemen in the year 388 AH — and they responded to him during the age of Imam al-Dāʿī ilā Allāh Yūsuf. Between the two of them there was, in mutual assistance for the establishment of the religion and the revival of the sunnahs of the messengers, that which heals the breasts of the believers.

His Authored Works
  • Kitāb al-Adilla min al-Qurʾān ʿalā Tawḥīd Allāh — The Proofs from the Qurʾān for the Oneness of God
  • Kitāb al-Tawḥīd — Divine Unity
  • Kitāb al-Tajrīd
  • Kitāb al-Tanbīh
His Death & Shrine

He died in the year 393 AH. His shrine is at ʿIyān in the land of Sufyān.

The Testimony of Imam al-Mahdī Aḥmad ibn Yaḥyā al-Murtaḍā

Imam al-Mahdī Aḥmad ibn Yaḥyā al-Murtaḍā (peace be upon him) said:

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And al-Qāsim ibn ʿAlī, the one renowned for —
abundant, vast, overflowing knowledge.

— Imam al-Mahdī Aḥmad ibn Yaḥyā al-Murtaḍā (peace be upon him)

His Children
  • Sulaymān
  • Yaḥyā
  • ʿAbdullāh
  • ʿAlī
  • Jaʿfar
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Primary Source Al-Tuḥaf Sharḥ al-Zulaf Imam Majd al-Dīn ibn Muḥammad al-Muʾayyidī الإمام مجد الدين بن محمد المؤيدي
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