Ahmad al-Muhajir

Ahmad Al-Muhajir
أحمد المهاجر
Mausoleum of Ahmad bin Isa Al-Muhajir
Born
Ahmad ibn Isa

873 CE
Basra, Iraq
Died956 (aged 8283)
al-Husaisa, Yemen
Burial placeShi'ab Al-Muhajir, al-Husaisa, Yemen
15°59′03″N 48°52′11″W / 15.9842691°N 48.8697778°W / 15.9842691; -48.8697778
Occupation(s)Islamic scholar, teacher
EraIslamic Golden Age
(Middle Abbasid era)
Known forSpreading Sunni Islam in Hadhramaut, Establishing the house of Ba 'Awali
Children
  • Muhammad
  • Ali
  • Husayn
  • Ubaidillah
ParentIsa al-Rumi (father)
Arabic name
Personal (Ism)Aḥmad
Patronymic (Nasab)Aḥmad al-Muhājir ibn ʿĪsā ar-Rūmī ibn Muḥammad an-Naqīb ibn ʿAlī al-ʿUrayḍī ibn Jaʿfar aṣ-Ṣādiq ibn Muḥammad al-Bāqir ibn ʿAlī Zayn al-ʿĀbidīn ibn al-Ḥusayn ibn ʿAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib
Teknonymic (Kunya)Abu Muḥammad
Epithet (Laqab)al-Muhājir (lit.'emigrant')

Ahmad al-Muhajir (Arabic: أحمد المهاجر, Aḥmad al-muhāǧir, Arabic pronunciation: [ɑhmɑd ɑl muhɑːdʒiɽ]; 260-345 AH or c. 873-956 CE), also known as al-Imām Aḥmad ibn ʿĪsā, was an Islamic scholar and the founder of Ba 'Alawi sada group which is instrumental in spreading Islam to India, Southeast Asia and Africa. He was the son of 'Isa the son of Muhammad the son of Ali al-Uraydi who was the fourth son of Imam Ja'far al-Sadiq, a fifth generation descendant of Ali and Fatima, the daughter of Muhammad. He was a known acquaintance of Bishr al-Ḥāfī.