Evidence Stating That Husain R.A. Had A Child Named Ali Zainal Abidin And So Forth Down To Ali Al-Uraidhi

Book Title: Measuring the Authenticity of Habib Lineage in Indonesia
Author: KH Imaduddin Utsman Al Bantani, leader of Nahdlatul Ulum Islamic Boarding School, Banten
First Edition: October 2022
Publisher: Maktabah Nahdatul Ulum
Translator: alkhoirot.org | Al-Khoirot Research and Publication
Field of Study: Islamic History, genealogy 

Contents

1. Evidence Stating That Husain R.A. Had A Child Named Ali Zainal Abidin And So Forth Down To Ali Al-Uraidhi
2. Evidence That Ali Al-Uraidhi Had A Child Named Muhammad An-Naqib 
3. Back to Book  Measuring the Authenticity of Habib Lineage in Indonesia  

Evidence Stating That Husain R.A. Had A Child Named Ali Zainal Abidin And So Forth Down To Ali Al-Uraidhi

Below is a hadith found in the book Sunan at-Tirmidhi, which was authored in the 3rd century AH:

“(Imam Tirmidhi said:) Nashr bin Ali al-Jahdhami narrated to us, Ali (al-Uraidhi) bin Ja’far (al-Sadiq) bin Muhammad al-Baqir bin Ali (Zainal Abidin) narrated to us, my brother Musa (al-Kadhim) bin Ja’far (al-Sadiq) bin Muhammad (al-Baqir) informed me, from his father Ja'far bin Muhammad, from his father Muhammad bin Ali, from his father Ali bin Husain, from his father (Husain), from his grandfather Ali bin Abi Talib, that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ held the hands of Hasan and Husain and said: 'Whoever loves me and loves these two and their father and mother, will be with me in my station on the Day of Resurrection.' Abu Isa (Imam Tirmidhi) said: 'This hadith is gharib (scarce/isolated); we do not know it from the transmission of Ja’far bin Muhammad except through this route.'"

From this single hadith, it can be concluded that:

• It is true that Husain had a child named Ali Zainal Abidin.
• It is true that Ali Zainal Abidin had a child named Muhammad al-Baqir.
• It is true that Muhammad al-Baqir had a child named Ja’far al-Sadiq.
• It is true that Ja’far al-Sadiq had a child named Ali al-Uraidhi.

Evidence That Ali Al-Uraidhi Had A Child Named Muhammad An-Naqib

Finding evidence regarding the children of Ali al-Uraidhi in books of hadith is difficult, so we must turn to lineage books (kitab nasab). The lineage books used must be primary sources—those written during the lifetime of the figure being discussed. If a primary source cannot be found, we utilize the oldest secondary sources (written after the figure's death) that are chronologically closest to that figure's lifetime.

According to the book Shadharat al-Dhahab by Ibn al-Imad, Ali al-Uraidhi passed away in 210 AH, at the beginning of the 3rd century AH. Is there a lineage book written during that period? The author has not yet found a lineage book written in the 3rd century AH; however, the author has found a lineage book written by a scholar who lived in the 5th century AH, namely Tahdhib al-Ansab by Al-Ubaidili, and al-Syajarah al-Mubarakah written by Imam al-Fakhr al-Razi, a scholar of the 6th century.

 "Al-Ubaidili states in the book Tahdhib al-Ansab: The children who left descendants from Ali al-Uraidhi bin Ja’far al-Sadiq r.a. are four: Muhammad bin Ali, al-Hasan bin Ali, Ja’far bin Ali, and Ahmad bin Ali." (Tahdhib al-Ansab: 175)

"Imam al-Fakhr al-Razi states in his book al-Syajarah al-Mubarakah: As for Ali al-Uraidhi bin Ja'far al-Sadiq, there are three opinions regarding his children: the first opinion, which is universally agreed upon regarding their descendants, identifies only two sons: Muhammad al-Akbar (al-Naqib) and Ahmad al-Sha’rani." (Imam al-Fakhr al-Razi, Syajarah al-Mubarakah, p. 110)

From the information provided by these two books, it is confirmed that Ali al-Uraidhi indeed had a son named Muhammad. []