Al-Sadr () is a Lebanese-

Iraq Iraq, officially the Republic of Iraq, is a country in West Asia. It is bordered by Saudi Arabia to Iraq–Saudi Arabia border, the south, Turkey to Iraq–Turkey border, the north, Iran to Iran–Iraq border, the east, the Persian Gulf and ...

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ian clerical

Shia Shia Islam is the second-largest branch of Islam. It holds that Muhammad designated Ali ibn Abi Talib () as both his political successor (caliph) and as the spiritual leader of the Muslim community (imam). However, his right is understood ...

family originating from

Jabal Amel Jabal Amil (; also spelled Jabal Amel and historically known as Jabal Amila) is a cultural and geographic region in Southern Lebanon largely associated with its long-established, predominantly Twelver Shia Muslim inhabitants. Its precise boundari ...

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. They are a branch of Musawi family tracing to Musa Ibn Jaafar the seventh

Shia Imam In Shia Islam, the Imamah () is a doctrine which asserts that certain individuals from the lineage of the Islamic prophet Muhammad are to be accepted as leaders and guides of the ummah after the death of Muhammad. Imamah further says that Imam ...

History

Sadr is a branch of Charafeddine () family from

. The Charafeddine family itself is a branch of the Noureddine family, which traces its lineage to Moussa al-Kazim (the seventh Shi'a Imam) and through him to the first Imam, Ali ibn Abi Talib and Fatima Zahra, the daughter of Muhammad (d.632). The as-Sadr family has produced numerous Islamic scholars in Iran, Lebanon, and Iraq, including Ismail Sadr (d. 1919) and his grandsons Moussa Sadr (disappeared in Libya in 1978) and Mohammad Baqir Sadr (d.1980).

List of notables

* Sayyid Mohammed Hassan al-sadr, Prime Minister of Iraq in 1948 * Sadreddine bin Saleh (also Sadr-ed-Deen bin Saleh), 19th century Islamic scholar * Ismail Sadr, (dies 1919), son of Sadr-ed-Deen bin Saleh * Mohammad Mohammad-Sadeq Sadr (1943–1999) *

Muqtada al-Sadr Muqtada al-Sadr (; born 4 August 1974) is an Iraqi Shia Muslim cleric, politician and militia leader. He inherited the leadership of the Sadrist Movement from his father, and founded the now dissolved Mahdi Army militia in 2003 that resisted ...

, (born 1973), son of Sadr Mohammad Mohammad Sadeq Sadr, heads a large militia in Iraq * Sadreddine Sadr (died 1954) son of Ismail Sadr * Imam Moussa Sadr, (1928–1978?), son of Sadreddine Sadr, Lebanese religious leader *

Haidar Sadr Ayatollah Haydar al-Sadr (; 1891–1937) was born in Samarra, Iraq. His father, Ismail as-Sadr (d. 1920) was a Grand Ayatollah and the first to be use the as-Sadr (name), Sadr surname, which came to be associated with a long line of religious scho ...

, (1891–1937), son of Ismail Sadr *

Mohammad Baqir al-Sadr Muhammad Baqir al-Sadr (; 1 March 1935 – 9 April 1980), also known as al-Shahid al-Khamis (), was an Iraqi Islamic scholar, philosopher, and the ideological founder of the Islamic Dawa Party. He was the father-in-law to Muqtada al-Sadr, a ...

, (1935–1980), son of Haidar Sadr and a major Islamic thinker; also known as the "Third martyr" or "Sadr I" *

Amina Sadr bint al-Huda Amina (or Aminah) is the loose transcription of two different Arabic female given names: * ʾĀmina (Arabic: آمنة, also anglicized as ''Aaminah'' or ''Amna'') meaning "safe one, protected" * ʾAmīna (Arabic: أمينة, also anglicized as ''Am ...

, daughter of Haidar al-Sadr *

Mohammed Sadeq al-sadr Mohammed Sadeq Mohammed Mahdi al-Sadr (12 July 1906 – 7 December 1986) was an Iraqi Twelver Shīʿī jurist and Marjaʿ based in Najaf al-Ashraf. He was the father of Grand Ayatollah Mohammed al-Sadr. Renowned for his moderate fatwas, advocacy ...

father of sayyid

Mohammed al-sadr Grand Ayatollah Sayyid Mohammed al-Sadr (; born 23 March 1943 – 19 February 1999) was a prominent Iraqi Twelver Shiite cleric and marja'. He called for government reform and the release of detained Shia leaders during the rule of Saddam Huss ...

Ancestors

Ancestor of the Sadr family, Sayyed Saleh Moussawi Ameli, was a descendant of Musa Al Kadhim, the seventh Shi'a Imam, through 27 generations: # Sayyid Saleh # Mohammad # Ibrahim # Zein el Abideen # Ali Noureddine # Noureddine Ali # Ezzeddine Hussien # Mohammad # Hussien # Ali # Muhammad # Tajeddine # Mohammad # Jalaleddine # Ahmad # Hamza # Saadallah # Hamza # Abul Saadat # Abu Mohammad # Mohammad # Abul Hasan Ali # Abu Tahir # Mohammad # Tahir # Hussien al Qat'i # Moussa al Thani # Ibrahim al Murtaza # Imam Musa Al Kadhim # Imam Jaafar As Sadiq # Imam Mohammad Al Baqir # Imam Zain Al Abideen # Imam Husayn ibn Ali # Imam Ali ibn Abi Talib #

Prophet Muhammad In Islam, Muhammad () is venerated as the Seal of the Prophets who transmitted the Quran, eternal word of God () from the Angels in Islam, angel Gabriel () to humans and jinn. Muslims believe that the Quran, the central religious text of Isl ...

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