Imam Yahya Ibn Ahmad Al Nasir (D. 366AH)

Imam Yaḥyā ibn Aḥmad al-Nāṣir (Peace Be Upon Him) | Al-Tuhaf Sharh al-Zulaf
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Imam Yaḥyā ibn Aḥmad al-Nāṣir

Al-Manṣūr Billāh — Peace Be Upon Him

Full Lineage

Al-Manṣūr Billāh Yaḥyā, son of Imam al-Nāṣir li-Dīn Allāh Aḥmad, son of Imam al-Hādī ilā al-Ḥaqq Yaḥyā ibn al-Ḥusayn (may God be pleased with them).

His Call

Called to God after the death of his father Imam al-Nāṣir Aḥmad ibn Yaḥyā (year 325 AH).

Death & Burial

Muḥarram, year 366 AH. Buried at the shrine of his grandfather Imam al-Hādī ilā al-Ḥaqq in Ṣaʿda — alongside many Imams and martyrs in that sacred garden.

His Identity & Call

Imam al-Manṣūr Billāh Yaḥyā, son of Imam al-Nāṣir li-Dīn Allāh Aḥmad, son of Imam al-Hādī ilā al-Ḥaqq Yaḥyā ibn al-Ḥusayn ibn al-Qāsim (may God be pleased with them). He called people to God after the death of his father, continuing the Imamate of the Hādawī line.

His Death & the Sacred Garden of Ṣaʿda

He died in Muḥarram of the year 366 AH. His grave is at the shrine of his grandfather Imam al-Hādī ilā al-Ḥaqq in Ṣaʿda.

The Sacred Garden (al-Rawḍa) of Ṣaʿda

Likewise buried in that sacred garden are many of the Imams and martyrs of the Prophet’s family — the sanctuary founded by Imam al-Hādī ilā al-Ḥaqq when he laid out his congregational mosque upon the spot of a radiant light he had seen during his lifetime. It remains, through the ages, a gathering-place of righteousness, virtue, and blessing.

His Children
  • Yūsuf
  • ʿAbdullāh
  • Ḥasan
  • Muḥammad
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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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