Abbas ibn Muhammad () was the 15th
Da'i al-Mutlaq
(; pl. , ) is the most senior spiritual rank and office in Tayyibi Isma'ilism. The Da'i al-Mutlaq has headed the Tayyibi community since the occultation (Islam), seclusion of the 21st Tayyibi Imamate in Ismaili doctrine, Imam, at-Tayyib Abu'l-Q ...
of
Tayyibi
Tayyibi Isma'ilism () is the only surviving sect of the Musta'li branch of Isma'ilism, the other being the extinct Hafizi branch. Followers of Tayyibi Isma'ilism are found in various Bohra communities: Dawoodi, Sulaymani, and Alavi.
The Tay ...
(died on 8 Shawwal al-Mukarram 779 AH/6 February 1378 AD, Hisne Af’ida, next to Al Maḩārīq,
Sanaa
Sanaa, officially the Sanaa Municipality, is the ''de jure'' capital and largest city of Yemen. The city is the capital of the Sanaa Governorate, but is not part of the governorate, as it forms a separate administrative unit. At an elevation ...
, Hamdan,
Yemen
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). He succeeded the 14th Dai Syedna Abdul Muttalib to the religious post and was the 10th Dai from the lineage of al-Waleed.
Life
Abbas ibn Muhammad became Da'i al-Mutlaq in 746 AH
/1354 AD. His period of Dawat was from 746–779 AH/1354–1377 AD for about twenty-three years.
Syedna Abbas greatly stressed on obligatory prayers, those who showed laxity or negligence were deprived of his audience. He also ordered that no one be allowed to study
Ta'awil until they were well versed in
Zahir (Islam)
Ẓāhir or zaher () is an Arabic term in some tafsir (interpretations of the Quran) for what is external and manifest. Certain esoteric interpretations of Islam maintain that the Quran has an exoteric or apparent meaning, known as ''zahir'', bu ...
of
Sharia
Sharia, Sharī'ah, Shari'a, or Shariah () is a body of religious law that forms a part of the Islamic tradition based on Islamic holy books, scriptures of Islam, particularly the Quran, Qur'an and hadith. In Islamic terminology ''sharīʿah'' ...
.
He entrusted Syedna
Abdallah Fakhr al-Din to administer the territory of
Haraaz.
References
External links
*''The Ismaili, their history and doctrine'' by Farhad Daftary(Chapter -Mustalian Ismailism-p. 300-310)
*The ''Uyun al-akhbar'' is the most complete text written by an Ismaili/Tayyibi/Dawoodi 19th Dai Sayyedna Idris bin Hasan on the history of the Ismaili community from its origins up to the 12th century CE period of the Fatimid caliphs al-Mustansir (d. 487/1094), the time of Musta‘lian rulers including al-Musta‘li (d. 495/1101) and al-Amir (d. 524/1130), and then the Tayyibi Ismaili community in Yemen.
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Year of birth unknown
1378 deaths
Yemeni Ismailis
Tayyibi da'is
14th century in Yemen
14th-century Arab people
Banu al-Walid al-Anf
14th-century Ismailis
14th-century Islamic religious leaders