SayyidIbrāhīm ibn Muḥammad ibn Mūsā al-Kāẓim (
Arabic: إبْرَاهِيم بْنِ مُحَمَّد بْنِ مُوسَى الكَاظِمْ) also known as Ibrāhīm al-Mujāb and al-Ḍarīr al-Kūfī, was the son of Muḥammad al-ʿĀbid, and grandson of
Mūsā al-Kāẓim, the seventh
TwelverShiaImam.[1][2][3][4] He was the first
Alid to settle in
Karbala, where he died, and was buried in the
Imam Husayn shrine.[5]
al-Mujab has many descendants that are known today by various names.
Al Faiz is the only line of his that remained in Karbala until this day, since he settled in 861.[6] As for his other descendants, most of them emigrated to other cities and countries, some of them are known today as
Al Qazwini, Al Hamami, Al Awadi,
Al Sabziwari, and Al Khirsan.[7][3] It is also reported, that the scholars
al-Sharif al-Radi and
al-Murtada are descendants of al-Mujab.[8]
Biography
The date and place of al-Mujab's birth are unknown.
al-Mujab migrated from
Kufa to Karbala in 861, after the
Abbasid caliph
al-Mutawakkil was killed at the hands of his son,
al-Muntasir. al-Muntasir was more merciful towards the Shias, and sympathetic with the Alids, allowing them to freely visit the grave of Husayn.[9]
al-Mujab became the first custodian of the
Husayn and
Abbas shrines.[10]
It is reported that when al-Mujab entered the shrine of Husayn, he called, "Peace be upon you, O' father" to which he received an answer from the grave in a loud voice; "and with you be peace, O' my son"; and thus, became known as al-mujab, meaning "the answered one".[11]
One of his descendants recorded the incident in poetry, stating:[4][12]
From where do the people have the like of my grandfather;
Musa, or the son of his son, al-Mujab.
As he greeted the grandson [of the prophet] whilst in his tomb,
and he replied with the most honourable reply.
Death and resting place
Al-Mujab died in Karbala, in 912. He was buried in the grand courtyard of the Husayn shrine.[13]
In 1804, al-Mujab's grave and rawaq (hallway) were added to the north west side of the Husayn shrine's precinct, under the supervision of the shrines' custodian at the time,
Jawad Nasrallah, as part of an expansion of the Husayn shrine.[14]
The
zarih above his grave was renewed in 2013, by the Iranian association responsible for religious sites in Iraq.[15]
The Abu-Ragheef are a
SayyidHusayniMusawi tribe in southern Iraq who claim descent from Ibrahim al-Mujab through his son Ahmad. Their lineage is as follows:
Sayyid Dakheel is the ancestor of the Abu-Ragheef, and his grandson Sayyid Taher is their
eponymous ancestor. The name Abu-Ragheef comes from an incident with Sayyid Taher. Taher's father, Sayyid Rahm, was in the
Muntafiq liwā′ under the Muntafiq ruler, Prince Saadoun Nasser al-Ashkar[16]
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Amālī al-Shaykh al-Ṭūsī (in Arabic). al-Maktabah al-Ahlīyah. p. 9.
^Melchert, Christopher (1996). "Religious Policies of the Caliphs from al-Mutawakkil to al-Muqtadir, A H 232-295/A D 847-908". Islamic Law and Society. 3 (3): 330–331.
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10.1163/1568519962599069.
ISSN0928-9380.
JSTOR3399413.
^al-Karbassi, Dr. Shaykh Mohammed Sadiq (2014-02-01).
Tarikh al-Sidana al-Husayniya [History of the Husayni Custodianship] (in Arabic). London, UK: Hussaini Charitable Trust. p. 55.
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