Al-Khasibi
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Abu ʿAbd-Allāh al-Ḥusayn ibn Ḥamdān al-Jonbalānī al-Khaṣībī[2] (Arabic: الحسين بن حمدان الخصيبي), died 969,[1] was originally from a village called Jonbalā, between Kufa and Wasit in Iraq, which was the center of the Qarmatians.[3] He was a member of a well-educated family with close ties to eleventh Twelver Imam Hasan al‐Askari and a scholar of the Islamic sect known as the Alawites or Nusayris, which is now present in Syria, southern Turkey and northern Lebanon.
Abu ʿAbd-Allāh al-Ḥusayn ibn Ḥamdān al-Jonbalānī al-Khaṣībī الحسين بن حمدان الخصيبي | |
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Died | 969[1] |
Religion | Islam |
School | Shia |
Sect | Alawite |
Senior posting | |
Teacher | Ibn Nusayr |
Successor | Muhammad ibn Ali al-Jilli[2] |
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For a time, al-Khaṣībī was imprisoned in Baghdad, due to accusations of being a Qarmatian. According to the Alawites, after settling in Aleppo, under the rule of the Shia Hamdanid dynasty, he gained the support and aid of its ruler, Sayf al-Dawla, in spreading his teachings. He later dedicated his book Kitab al‐Hidaya al‐Kubra to his patron. He died in Aleppo and his tomb, which became a shrine, is inscribed with the name Shaykh Yabraq.[4]
He taught several unique beliefs (especially in Risalah Ristpashiyah), including that Jesus was every one of the prophets from Adam to Muhammad as well as other figures such as Socrates, Plato and some ancestors of Muhammad, and that other historical figures were the incarnations of Ali and Salman al-Farisi.[5]
He and his works were praised by the Iranian Shiʿite scholar Muhammad Baqir Majlisi.[6]