Al-Qāsim ibn Muḥammad ibn Abī Bakr () (born 36 or 38 AH and died 106 AH Biography of Imam Al Qasim Ibn Muhammad by www.at-tawhid.net
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in early

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. In the

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Sufi order (originated in the 14th century) he is regarded as a link in the Golden Chain, in which he was purportedly succeeded by his maternal grandson

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Biography

Al-Qāsim ibn Muhammad ibn Abī Bakr was born on a Thursday, in the month of

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, on 36 / 38 AH (approximately).

Family

Al-Qāsim's father was

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, son of the first

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. His paternal aunt was

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, one of the wives of the Islamic prophet

. Some traditions state that Al-Qāsim's mother was a daughter of Yazdegerd III and a sister of Shahrbanu, the mother of fourth Shi'a Imam, Ali ibn Husayn.Shaykh Muhammad Mahdi Shams al-Din, ''The Authenticity of Shi'ism'', Shi'ite Heritage: Essays on Classical and Modern Traditions (2001), p. 4

/ref> Al-Qāsim married Asma, a daughter of his paternal uncle Abdul-Rahman ibn Abi Bakr. They were the parents of a daughter, Umm Farwah.Imam Al-Nawawi, Musa Furber, Nuh Ha Mim Keller, ''Etiquette with the Quran'' (2003), p. 174 The latter later married Ali's son

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and became the mother of the sixth Shi'a Imam,

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. Al-Qāsim also had a son named Abdur-Rahman.

Life

Aisha lived until old age and taught her nephew Qasim ibn Muhammad ibn Abi Bakr. Many Hadith are quoted through Qasim. He learned

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from his aunt and from

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and were the source of much of the information of

and the

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available today. He left and went to al-Qudayd, a place between Makkah and Madinah on the 9th of Muharram, where he died. The year was 108 (or 109) AH/730 or 731 CE, and he was seventy years old.

Early Islam scholars

References

External links

Biodata at MuslimScholars.info
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