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Yahya ibn Zayd (Arabic: يحيى بن زيد; 725/6–743) was the eldest son of Zayd ibn Ali, the founder of the Zaydi movement. He participated in the unsuccessful revolt against the Umayyad Caliphate launched by his father in 739/40, and escaped to Khurasan, where he tried with limited success to gain support for another rebellion.
- Lineage, Teknonym, and Title
- Wife and Children
- Denomination
- Meeting Al-Mutawakkil B. Harun
- Uprising
- Martyrdom
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Yahya's father was Imam al-Sajjad (a)'s son who started an uprising against the Umayyad government and was martyred. His mother was Rayta, the daughter of 'Abd Allah b. Muhammad b. Hanafiyya, a virtuous woman from Banu Hashim. There is no explicit mention of the year of his birth in sources, but given the year of his martyrdom (125/743) and his age...
Yahya married his cousin, Muhibba, the daughter of 'Amr b. 'Ali b. al-Husayn (a). According to many historians and scholars of genealogy, he had no children, because he was killed when he was very young, but Hamd Allah Mustowfi has mentioned a person called "'Abd Allah b. Yahya" as his son who was known as "Talib al-Haqq" (seeker of truth). Ibn Jub...
There is a disagreement about the religious belief of Yahya. Some people hold that he was an Imami and others take him to be a Zaydi. 'Abd Allah Mamaqani takes him to be an Imami, and 'Allama Aminisaid about him: 1. The Shi'as never said anything bad about Yahya. He admitted the imamate of Imam al-Sadiq (a), the Imam (a) cried after his martyrdom, ...
Yahya met someone called Mutawakkil b. Harun after the martyrdom of Zayd b. 'Ali when he departed to Khorasan. Since Mutawakkil was returning from hajj, Yahya asked him about the conditions of Medina and his cousins. He also asked Mutawakkil about the view of Imam al-Sadiq (a) regarding him and his father. He then gave a copy of al-Sahifat al-Sajja...
Main Article: The uprising of Yahya b. Zeyd After Zayd's martyrdom, Yahya and 10 people from his father's companions visited the grave of Imam al-Husayn (a). He then went to a place called "Jubbana Subay'" near Kufa, where his companions parted company with him. He then went to Mesopotamia and then to al-Mada'in. He then departed to Khorasan, but w...
After his release, Yahya restarted his movement against the Umayyad government. After defeating the ruler of Nishapur, many people from different cities joined him. After crossing some cities, he encountered the Umayyad army of 8000 soldiers near Jowzjan. In this battle, he and his companions were martyred. His martyrdom reportedly occurred on Frid...
Yahya's corpse was hanged for years until it was taken down by Abu Muslim Khurasani. He performed Funeral Prayer for it, buried it, and held mourning ceremonies for him.Yahya was buried in Jowzjan. People mourned for him for 7 days. In that year, they called their newborn sons "Yahya".
Uprising of Yaḥya b. Zayd (Arabic: قيام يحيی بن زيد ) was an uprising led by Yahya b. Zayd b. Ali, grandson of Imam al-Sajjad (a) against Umayyad government. This uprising took place in Khorasan, in 125/743 during the rule of Walid b.
Zaydism ( Arabic: الزَّيْدِيَّة, romanized : az-Zaydiyya) is one of the three main branches [1] of Shia Islam that emerged in the eighth century following Zayd ibn Ali ‘s unsuccessful rebellion against the Umayyad Caliphate. [2] .
Yahya ibn Zayd went to Khurasan after the martyrdom of his father and rose up there against the Umayyads, but he, like his father, was wounded in the battle and died. The uprising of Yahya, in contrast to that of his father, was completely Zaydi in nature.
Zayd ibn ʿAlī (Arabic: زيد بن علي; 695–740), also spelled Zaid, was the son of Ali ibn al-Husayn Zayn al-Abidin, and great-grandson of Ali ibn Abi Talib. He led an unsuccessful revolt against the Umayyad Caliphate , in which he died. [1]
Feb 24, 2020 · Yaḥyā bin Zayd (یحیی بن زید) was a grandson of Imam al-Sajjad (a.s) who fled from Kufa to Khorasan after the martyrdom of his father, Zayd bin Ali (a.s). He ...
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