Imam Muhammad Ibn Salih Ibn Abdullah

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Imam Muḥammad ibn Ṣāliḥ ibn ʿAbdullāh

Peace Be Upon Him

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

Full Lineage

Abū ʿAbdullāh Muḥammad ibn Ṣāliḥ ibn ʿAbdullāh ibn Mūsā ibn ʿAbdullāh ibn al-Ḥasan ibn al-Ḥasan al-Sibṭ (peace be upon them).

His Era

Emerged during the reign of the ʿAbbāsid caliph al-Mutawakkil.

Capture & Imprisonment

Deceived until seized and imprisoned in Surr Man Raʾā — the historical name of Sāmarrāʾ.

His Identity

During the reign of the ʿAbbāsid caliph al-Mutawakkil, there emerged from among the descendants of Muḥammad ﷺ Imam Abū ʿAbdullāh Muḥammad ibn Ṣāliḥ ibn ʿAbdullāh ibn Mūsā ibn ʿAbdullāh ibn al-Ḥasan ibn al-Ḥasan al-Sibṭ (peace be upon them).

His Lineage Connection

He is the grandson of Imam ʿAbdullāh ibn Mūsā (peace be upon him) — the unrivalled man of his age, whose reply to al-Maʾmūn is among the most celebrated epistles of the People of the House.

His Capture & Imprisonment

They deceived him until they succeeded in capturing and imprisoning him in Surr Man Raʾā — the historical name of Sāmarrāʾ.

Sequence of Events
  • I
    His Emergence

    During the reign of al-Mutawakkil the ʿAbbāsid, Imam Muḥammad ibn Ṣāliḥ emerged from among the descendants of the Prophet ﷺ.

  • II
    Deception

    He was deceived by his adversaries — through guile and false assurance — until they had succeeded in getting near enough to seize him.

  • III
    Capture & Imprisonment

    He was captured and imprisoned in Surr Man Raʾā — the city known today as Sāmarrāʾ — which served as the ʿAbbāsid seat of power during al-Mutawakkil’s reign.

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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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