Al-Hadi ila'l-Haqq Yahya

Abūʾl-Ḥusayn Yaḥyā ibn al-Ḥusayn ibn al-Qāsim ibn Ibrāhīm Ṭabāṭabā al-Ḥasanī (al-Rass/Medina, 859 – Sa'dah, 18 August 911), dem better know by his honorific title of al-Hādī ilāʾl-Ḥaqq (Arabic: الهادي الى الحق, lit. 'the Guide to the Truth'), be a religious den political leader insyd de Arabian Peninsula. Na he be de first Zaydi imam wey rule portions of Yemen from 897 to 911. He sanso be de ancestor of de Rassid Dynasty wich rule Yemen intermittently til de North Yemen Civil War insyd 1962.

 Origin den family 

According to de later Zaydi sources, na dem born Yahya ibn al-Husayn insyd Medina insyd 859. However, e dey appear say dem actually born am at a village (likely modern al-Dur anaa Dur Abi al-Qasim, sam  southwest of Medina) near de wadi al-Rass, wer na ein grandpoppie, al-Qasim "al-Rassi", settle after bringing ein family over from Egypt around 827. He be on both sides of ein family a descendant of al-Hasan, a son of Ali ibn Abu Talib, de son-in-law of Muhammad den first Shi'a imam: ein poppie al-Husayn be great-great-grandson of al-Hasan ein grandson Ibrahim al-Shibh, while his mommie, Umm al-Hasan Fatima, be a great-great-granddaughter of al-Hasan ein grandson Da'ud.

Dem born Yahya into a particularly prominent branch of de Hasanid line. Ein grandpoppie, al-Qasim al-Rassi, be one of de chief authorities of de Zaydi school of Shi'a Islam, wey na dem honour am as "Star of de Family of de Prophet of God" (Najm Āl Rasūl Allāh) den "Interpreter of de Faith" (Turjumān al-Dīn). Al-Qasim ein bro, Ibn Tabataba, raise a rebellion against de Abbasid Caliphate at Kufa insyd 814. Yahya ein poppie, al-Husayn, be of lesser status, buh na dem account am a learned man den esteemed as a reliable transmitter of hadiths.

Yahya marry ein paternal first cousin, Fatima. De couple get nine sons: Muhammad, Ahmad, al-Hasan, Yahya, Isma'il, al-Husayn, Abdallah, Ja'far, den Isa. Both Muhammad den Ahmad go succeed dema poppie as imams, wey most of de imams of Yemen descend from Ahmad. Of de 73 imams of Yemen wey follow Yahya, 60 be ein direct descendants, wey six of de rest descend from ein bro, Abdallah, den ein uncle, Muhammad.

 Death 

Al-Hadi die at Sa'dah on 18 August 911. Ein tomb be adjacent to de al-Hadi mosque insyd Sa'dah, wich dem name after am den one of de oldest buildings of Islamic Yemen. Na e be a site of pilgrimage for Zaydi faithful since. He be succeeded insyd ein dignity by ein son Muhammad.

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