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Route 2 of 6: The Prophet's family: descent and imamate lines

1. The Prophet Muhammadمحمد632
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3. Muḥammad al-Bāqirمحمد الباقر733
4. ✓two sourcesin The Prophet's family: descent and imamate lines

   successor of · Muḥammad al-Bāqir to Jaʿfar al-Ṣādiq · Two independent sources

   Sixth Imam (d. 148/765).

   TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, İsnâaşeriyye

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   • al-Dhahabī, Siyar aʿlām al-nubalāʾ (OpenITI), siyar#L81498-81510, L81801-81803 · agreesJaʿfar b. Muḥammad, born 80; died 148.
   • Ibn ʿInaba, ʿUmdat al-ṭālib (OpenITI), umda#L3672-3677 · agreesal-Ṣādiq was al-Bāqir's only child with offspring; born 80, died 148 (147 also given).
   • Ibn Khallikān, Wafayāt al-aʿyān (OpenITI), wafayat#L5685-5694 · agreesOne of the Twelve Imams for the Imāmiyya; born 80 (or 83); died Shawwāl 148 at Medina.
   Jaʿfar al-Ṣādiqجعفر الصادق765
5. the community's own accountin The Prophet's family: descent and imamate linesomits: ʿAlī al-ʿUraydī, Muḥammad b. ʿAlī, ʿĪsā (per Ibn ʿInaba's ʿUraydī line; the Bā ʿAlawī chain names them)≠sources differ

   child of · Jaʿfar al-Ṣādiq to Aḥmad b. ʿĪsā al-Muhājir · The community's own account

   The Bā ʿAlawī sayyids are traced to al-Ḥusayn through Aḥmad b. ʿĪsā; TDV Bā Alevî as read links the line to ʿAlī through Jaʿfar al-Ṣādiq and does not give the intermediates. Treated as the family's own genealogy.

   TDV, 'Bâ Alevî' (Sâmî es-Sakkâr, 1991, vol. 4, pp. 355-357)

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   • Ibn ʿInaba, ʿUmdat al-ṭālib (OpenITI), umda#L3678, L4635-4646 · silentAttests Jaʿfar, ʿAlī al-ʿUraydī, Muḥammad and ʿĪsā al-Rūmī; does not name Aḥmad b. ʿĪsā al-Muhājir.
   • Morimoto (ed.), Sayyids and Sharifs in Muslim Societies (Routledge 2012), ch.5 map notes pp.114-115 · silentGives no Bā ʿAlawī genealogy; the book's Ḥaḍramī coverage is ch.3 on the ʿAlawī-Irshādī dispute, not genealogy.

   Where the sources differ, side by side. We do not rule between them.

   • Ibn ʿInaba traces al-Ṣādiq's son ʿAlī al-ʿUraydī to Muḥammad and ʿĪsā al-Rūmī, and (L6779-6783) reports al-ʿUmarī's statement that a ʿĪsā al-Azraq al-Rūmī al-ʿUraydī left twelve sons without descendants. The text read does not say whether this is the Bā ʿAlawī ancestor, and does not name Aḥmad al-Muhājir.Ibn ʿInaba, ʿUmdat al-ṭālib (OpenITI)
   Aḥmad b. ʿĪsā al-Muhājirأحمد بن عيسى المهاجر
6. ✓two sourcesthis step is recorded in Bā ʿAlawiyya (Ṭarīqa ʿAlawiyya of Ḥaḍramawt), not in The Prophet's family: descent and imamate linesomits: ʿUbayd Allāh (ʿAbd Allāh), ʿAlawī b. ʿAbd Allāh and later generations; the basis note says the full genealogy is not traced. Ho (p. 39-40) confirms the intermediates: ʿUbayd Allāh, ʿAlawī, Muḥammad, ʿAlī the Endower of Qasam, Muḥammad Principal of Mirbat.

   family descent · Aḥmad b. ʿĪsā al-Muhājir to Muḥammad b. ʿAlī, al-Faqīh al-Muqaddam · Two independent sources

   TDV gives the Bā ʿAlawī descent through Alawi b. Abd Allah b. Aḥmad b. ʿĪsā al-Muhājir to Jaʿfar al-Ṣādiq; full genealogy not traced here.

   TDV, 'Bâ Alevî' (Sâmî es-Sakkâr, 1991, vol. 4, pp. 355-357)TDV, 'Aleviyye' (Hadramut) (Süleyman Uludağ, vol. 2, 1989, p. 370)

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   • Trimingham, The Sufi Orders in Islam (1971), owner text, trimingham_sufi-orders-in-islam_1971.txt#L925-929 · silentTrimingham gives Muḥammad b. ʿAlī of the Bā ʿAlawī tribe (574/1178-653/1255) but no descent from Aḥmad b. ʿĪsā.
   • Ho, The Graves of Tarim (University of California Press, 2006), ch. 2, pp. 37-40 and Table 1 (p. 38) · agreesHo gives the Migrant's descendants stage by stage to ʿAlī of Qasam (sixth generation), the Principal of Mirbat, then the First Jurist; not a direct line.
   Muḥammad b. ʿAlī, al-Faqīh al-Muqaddamالفقيه المقدم محمد بن علي1255

Route 3 of 6: The Prophet's family: descent and imamate lines

1. The Prophet Muhammadمحمد632
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3. ʿUbaydallāh b. Aḥmadعبيد الله بن أحمد
4. the community's own accountin The Prophet's family: descent and imamate lines

   child of · ʿUbaydallāh b. Aḥmad to ʿAlawī b. ʿUbaydallāh · The community's own account

   ʿAlawī b. ʿUbaydallāh, d. 383/993, Sumul, Ḥaḍramawt.

   TDV, 'Bâ Alevî' (Sâmî es-Sakkâr, 1991, vol. 4, pp. 355-357)

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   • Ibn ʿInaba, ʿUmdat al-ṭālib (OpenITI), umda#whole file (grep) · silentNo entry for ʿAlawī b. ʿUbaydallāh or Bā ʿAlawī names found.
   ʿAlawī b. ʿUbaydallāhعلوي بن عبيد الله993
5. the community's own accountin The Prophet's family: descent and imamate linesomits: about 140 years of generations (TDV)≠sources differ

   child of · ʿAlawī b. ʿUbaydallāh to ʿAlī b. ʿAlawī (Khāliʿ Qasam line) · The community's own account

   TDV as read names only two links across about 140 years, so intermediate generations are missing from this summary.

   TDV, 'Bâ Alevî' (Sâmî es-Sakkâr, 1991, vol. 4, pp. 355-357)

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   • Ibn ʿInaba, ʿUmdat al-ṭālib (OpenITI), umda#whole file (grep) · silentNo entry for ʿAlī b. ʿAlawī or Bā ʿAlawī names found.
   • Morimoto (ed.), Sayyids and Sharifs in Muslim Societies (Routledge 2012), whole book · silentNo intermediate generations given for the Bā ʿAlawī line.

   Where the sources differ, side by side. We do not rule between them.

   • TDV: dates for Tarim settlement given as both 521/1127 and 1166; unclear.TDV, 'Bâ Alevî' (Sâmî es-Sakkâr, 1991, vol. 4, pp. 355-357)
   ʿAlī b. ʿAlawī (Khāliʿ Qasam line)علي بن علوي1133
6. the community's own accountin The Prophet's family: descent and imamate lines

   child of · ʿAlī b. ʿAlawī (Khāliʿ Qasam line) to Muḥammad b. ʿAlī, al-Faqīh al-Muqaddam · The community's own account

   Al-Faqīh al-Muqaddam is Muḥammad b. ʿAlī b. Muḥammad; father not named in the text read.

   TDV, 'Bâ Alevî' (Sâmî es-Sakkâr, 1991, vol. 4, pp. 355-357)

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   • Ibn ʿInaba, ʿUmdat al-ṭālib (OpenITI), umda#whole file (grep) · silentNo entry for al-Faqīh al-Muqaddam or Bā ʿAlawī names found.
   Muḥammad b. ʿAlī, al-Faqīh al-Muqaddamالفقيه المقدم محمد بن علي1255

Route 4 of 6: Bā ʿAlawiyya (Ṭarīqa ʿAlawiyya of Ḥaḍramawt)

1. The Prophet Muhammadمحمد632
2. one sourcethis step is recorded in Naqshbandiyya, not in Bā ʿAlawiyya (Ṭarīqa ʿAlawiyya of Ḥaḍramawt)≠sources differ

   initiation · The Prophet Muhammad to Abū Bakr al-Ṣiddīq · One source

   TDV Sıddîkıyye: in the earliest attested Khwājagān chain (Maqāmāt-i Yūsuf-i Hamadānī, attributed to Ghujduwānī) Hamadānī says the dhikr instruction 'first came to Abū Bakr's heart'; TDV traces how later Naqshbandī works explained this.

   TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, 'Sıddîkıyye'

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   • Arthur F. Buehler, Sufi Heirs of the Prophet (Univ. of South Carolina Press, 1998), ch. 4, pp. 88, 90, 92 · agreesBuehler: Sirhindī stressed the Abū Bakr line; Bahāʾ al-Dīn named both the imams' golden chain and Abū Bakr descent.

   Where the sources differ, side by side. We do not rule between them.

   • Naqshbandī tradition: Maslak al-ʿārifīn (early 8th/14th c.) cites a report attributed to the Prophet, 'whatever God poured into my heart I poured into Abū Bakr's heart'; al-Qazwīnī (978/1570) adds that the Prophet taught Abū Bakr the dhikr of the heart three times in the cave of Thawr (as reported by TDV).TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, 'Sıddîkıyye'
   • TDV Sıddîkıyye: the Thawr-cave narration is not found in hadith and history works, the Sufi classics or the earliest Naqshbandī sources, though later Naqshbandī circles largely accepted it.TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, 'Sıddîkıyye'
   • The Naqshbandī shaykh Shihāb al-Dīn al-Marjānī of Kazan said the chain said to come through Abū Bakr has no scholarly basis (as reported by TDV).TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, 'Sıddîkıyye'
   • Buehler: three of the first six links of the Bakrī silsila are historically impossible (n. 14); Dina Le Gall, cited by him, finds 16th-17th c. Naqshbandī chains often give parallel Bakrī and ʿAlid derivations.Arthur F. Buehler, Sufi Heirs of the Prophet (Univ. of South Carolina Press, 1998), ch. 4, pp. 88, 90 n. 28
   Abū Bakr al-Ṣiddīqأبو بكر الصديق634
3. one sourcethis step is recorded in Naqshbandiyya, not in Bā ʿAlawiyya (Ṭarīqa ʿAlawiyya of Ḥaḍramawt)

   initiation · Abū Bakr al-Ṣiddīq to Salmān al-Fārisī · One source

   In Hemedânî's earliest-attested chain (via Gucdüvânî's Maqāmāt) the line passes from Abū Bakr to Salmān al-Fārisī.

   TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, 'Sıddîkıyye'the community's own account: naqshbandi.org, 'Origins' (Naqshbandi Haqqani Order's own golden chain)

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   • Arthur F. Buehler, Sufi Heirs of the Prophet (Univ. of South Carolina Press, 1998), ch. 4, p. 86 fig. 4 · agreesFigure 4 draws Abū Bakr then Salmān al-Fārisī among the Bakrī-line ancestors; text silent on the edge itself.
   Salmān al-Fārisīسلمان الفارسي656
4. the community's own accountthis step is recorded in Naqshbandiyya, not in Bā ʿAlawiyya (Ṭarīqa ʿAlawiyya of Ḥaḍramawt)≠sources differ

   initiation · Salmān al-Fārisī to Jaʿfar al-Ṣādiq · The community's own account

   In the earliest attested chain (Hamadānī's words in the Maqāmāt, per TDV Sıddîkıyye) the line passes from Salmān directly to Jaʿfar al-Ṣādiq.

   TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, 'Sıddîkıyye'

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   • Encyclopaedia Iranica, 'JAʿFAR AL-ṢĀDEQ iii. And Sufism' (Hamid Algar), Vol. XIV, Fasc. 4, pp. 356-362 · silentSays the main Naqshbandī line from the 8th/14th c. places Jaʿfar after his grandfather Qāsim, not directly after Salmān.
   • Arthur F. Buehler, Sufi Heirs of the Prophet (Univ. of South Carolina Press, 1998), ch. 4, p. 86 fig. 4 · differsFigure 4 routes Salmān to Qāsim b. Muḥammad and then Jaʿfar, not directly; OCR of the chart is imperfect.

   Where the sources differ, side by side. We do not rule between them.

   • Muḥammad Pārsā (Risāla-yi Qudsiyya) inserted Qāsim b. Muḥammad b. Abī Bakr between Salmān and Jaʿfar.TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, 'Sıddîkıyye'
   • The order's own chain (Haqqani) lists Salmān, Qāsim, Jaʿfar in sequence.the community's own account: naqshbandi.org, 'Origins' (Naqshbandi Haqqani Order's own golden chain)
   • TDV Sıddîkıyye: from the 6th/12th century, amid Sunni–Shiʿi debate, some orders declared chains reaching ʿAlī, and in the 16th century some Kubrawīs in Samarqand implicitly objected to the Abū Bakr chain by saying the well-known orders came through ʿAlī. Naqshbandī chains through ʿAlī are not detailed in the sources read.TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, 'Sıddîkıyye'TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, 'Nakşibendiyye'
   • Algar (Iranica 'Jaʿfar al-Ṣādeq iii'): from the 8th/14th century the main Naqshbandī initiatic line places Jaʿfar al-Ṣādeq between Qāsim b. Muḥammad b. Abī Bakr and Bāyazid.Encyclopaedia Iranica, 'JAʿFAR AL-ṢĀDEQ iii. And Sufism' (Hamid Algar)
   Jaʿfar al-Ṣādiqجعفر الصادق765
5. the community's own accountthis step is recorded in The Prophet's family: descent and imamate lines, not in Bā ʿAlawiyya (Ṭarīqa ʿAlawiyya of Ḥaḍramawt)omits: ʿAlī al-ʿUraydī, Muḥammad b. ʿAlī, ʿĪsā (per Ibn ʿInaba's ʿUraydī line; the Bā ʿAlawī chain names them)≠sources differ

   child of · Jaʿfar al-Ṣādiq to Aḥmad b. ʿĪsā al-Muhājir · The community's own account

   The Bā ʿAlawī sayyids are traced to al-Ḥusayn through Aḥmad b. ʿĪsā; TDV Bā Alevî as read links the line to ʿAlī through Jaʿfar al-Ṣādiq and does not give the intermediates. Treated as the family's own genealogy.

   TDV, 'Bâ Alevî' (Sâmî es-Sakkâr, 1991, vol. 4, pp. 355-357)

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   • Ibn ʿInaba, ʿUmdat al-ṭālib (OpenITI), umda#L3678, L4635-4646 · silentAttests Jaʿfar, ʿAlī al-ʿUraydī, Muḥammad and ʿĪsā al-Rūmī; does not name Aḥmad b. ʿĪsā al-Muhājir.
   • Morimoto (ed.), Sayyids and Sharifs in Muslim Societies (Routledge 2012), ch.5 map notes pp.114-115 · silentGives no Bā ʿAlawī genealogy; the book's Ḥaḍramī coverage is ch.3 on the ʿAlawī-Irshādī dispute, not genealogy.

   Where the sources differ, side by side. We do not rule between them.

   • Ibn ʿInaba traces al-Ṣādiq's son ʿAlī al-ʿUraydī to Muḥammad and ʿĪsā al-Rūmī, and (L6779-6783) reports al-ʿUmarī's statement that a ʿĪsā al-Azraq al-Rūmī al-ʿUraydī left twelve sons without descendants. The text read does not say whether this is the Bā ʿAlawī ancestor, and does not name Aḥmad al-Muhājir.Ibn ʿInaba, ʿUmdat al-ṭālib (OpenITI)
   Aḥmad b. ʿĪsā al-Muhājirأحمد بن عيسى المهاجر
6. ✓two sourcesin Bā ʿAlawiyya (Ṭarīqa ʿAlawiyya of Ḥaḍramawt)omits: ʿUbayd Allāh (ʿAbd Allāh), ʿAlawī b. ʿAbd Allāh and later generations; the basis note says the full genealogy is not traced. Ho (p. 39-40) confirms the intermediates: ʿUbayd Allāh, ʿAlawī, Muḥammad, ʿAlī the Endower of Qasam, Muḥammad Principal of Mirbat.

   family descent · Aḥmad b. ʿĪsā al-Muhājir to Muḥammad b. ʿAlī, al-Faqīh al-Muqaddam · Two independent sources

   TDV gives the Bā ʿAlawī descent through Alawi b. Abd Allah b. Aḥmad b. ʿĪsā al-Muhājir to Jaʿfar al-Ṣādiq; full genealogy not traced here.

   TDV, 'Bâ Alevî' (Sâmî es-Sakkâr, 1991, vol. 4, pp. 355-357)TDV, 'Aleviyye' (Hadramut) (Süleyman Uludağ, vol. 2, 1989, p. 370)

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   • Trimingham, The Sufi Orders in Islam (1971), owner text, trimingham_sufi-orders-in-islam_1971.txt#L925-929 · silentTrimingham gives Muḥammad b. ʿAlī of the Bā ʿAlawī tribe (574/1178-653/1255) but no descent from Aḥmad b. ʿĪsā.
   • Ho, The Graves of Tarim (University of California Press, 2006), ch. 2, pp. 37-40 and Table 1 (p. 38) · agreesHo gives the Migrant's descendants stage by stage to ʿAlī of Qasam (sixth generation), the Principal of Mirbat, then the First Jurist; not a direct line.
   Muḥammad b. ʿAlī, al-Faqīh al-Muqaddamالفقيه المقدم محمد بن علي1255

Route 5 of 6: Bā ʿAlawiyya (Ṭarīqa ʿAlawiyya of Ḥaḍramawt)

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1. The Prophet Muhammadمحمد632
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3. Qāsim b. Muḥammad b. Abī Bakrالقاسم بن محمد بن أبي بكر725
4. ✓two sourcesthis step is recorded in Naqshbandiyya, not in Bā ʿAlawiyya (Ṭarīqa ʿAlawiyya of Ḥaḍramawt)≠sources differ

   initiation · Qāsim b. Muḥammad b. Abī Bakr to Jaʿfar al-Ṣādiq · Two independent sources

   In the same revised chain Jaʿfar al-Ṣādiq follows Qāsim.

   TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, 'Sıddîkıyye'the community's own account: naqshbandi.org, 'Origins' (Naqshbandi Haqqani Order's own golden chain)

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   • Encyclopaedia Iranica, 'JAʿFAR AL-ṢĀDEQ iii. And Sufism' (Hamid Algar), Vol. XIV, Fasc. 4, pp. 356-362 · agreesNaqshbandī line puts Jaʿfar after Qāsim (his maternal grandfather); Iranica calls Qāsim's preceptorial role 'fanciful'.
   • Arthur F. Buehler, Sufi Heirs of the Prophet (Univ. of South Carolina Press, 1998), ch. 4, p. 86 fig. 4 · agreesFigure 4 places Qāsim b. Muḥammad between Salmān and Jaʿfar al-Ṣādiq.

   Where the sources differ, side by side. We do not rule between them.

   • Algar (Iranica): the attribution to Qāsim of a preceptorial function toward Jaʿfar al-Ṣādeq 'seems therefore fanciful'; the imam did transmit hadith from him.Encyclopaedia Iranica, 'JAʿFAR AL-ṢĀDEQ iii. And Sufism' (Hamid Algar)
   Jaʿfar al-Ṣādiqجعفر الصادق765
5. the community's own accountthis step is recorded in The Prophet's family: descent and imamate lines, not in Bā ʿAlawiyya (Ṭarīqa ʿAlawiyya of Ḥaḍramawt)omits: ʿAlī al-ʿUraydī, Muḥammad b. ʿAlī, ʿĪsā (per Ibn ʿInaba's ʿUraydī line; the Bā ʿAlawī chain names them)≠sources differ

   child of · Jaʿfar al-Ṣādiq to Aḥmad b. ʿĪsā al-Muhājir · The community's own account

   The Bā ʿAlawī sayyids are traced to al-Ḥusayn through Aḥmad b. ʿĪsā; TDV Bā Alevî as read links the line to ʿAlī through Jaʿfar al-Ṣādiq and does not give the intermediates. Treated as the family's own genealogy.

   TDV, 'Bâ Alevî' (Sâmî es-Sakkâr, 1991, vol. 4, pp. 355-357)

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   • Ibn ʿInaba, ʿUmdat al-ṭālib (OpenITI), umda#L3678, L4635-4646 · silentAttests Jaʿfar, ʿAlī al-ʿUraydī, Muḥammad and ʿĪsā al-Rūmī; does not name Aḥmad b. ʿĪsā al-Muhājir.
   • Morimoto (ed.), Sayyids and Sharifs in Muslim Societies (Routledge 2012), ch.5 map notes pp.114-115 · silentGives no Bā ʿAlawī genealogy; the book's Ḥaḍramī coverage is ch.3 on the ʿAlawī-Irshādī dispute, not genealogy.

   Where the sources differ, side by side. We do not rule between them.

   • Ibn ʿInaba traces al-Ṣādiq's son ʿAlī al-ʿUraydī to Muḥammad and ʿĪsā al-Rūmī, and (L6779-6783) reports al-ʿUmarī's statement that a ʿĪsā al-Azraq al-Rūmī al-ʿUraydī left twelve sons without descendants. The text read does not say whether this is the Bā ʿAlawī ancestor, and does not name Aḥmad al-Muhājir.Ibn ʿInaba, ʿUmdat al-ṭālib (OpenITI)
   Aḥmad b. ʿĪsā al-Muhājirأحمد بن عيسى المهاجر
6. ✓two sourcesin Bā ʿAlawiyya (Ṭarīqa ʿAlawiyya of Ḥaḍramawt)omits: ʿUbayd Allāh (ʿAbd Allāh), ʿAlawī b. ʿAbd Allāh and later generations; the basis note says the full genealogy is not traced. Ho (p. 39-40) confirms the intermediates: ʿUbayd Allāh, ʿAlawī, Muḥammad, ʿAlī the Endower of Qasam, Muḥammad Principal of Mirbat.

   family descent · Aḥmad b. ʿĪsā al-Muhājir to Muḥammad b. ʿAlī, al-Faqīh al-Muqaddam · Two independent sources

   TDV gives the Bā ʿAlawī descent through Alawi b. Abd Allah b. Aḥmad b. ʿĪsā al-Muhājir to Jaʿfar al-Ṣādiq; full genealogy not traced here.

   TDV, 'Bâ Alevî' (Sâmî es-Sakkâr, 1991, vol. 4, pp. 355-357)TDV, 'Aleviyye' (Hadramut) (Süleyman Uludağ, vol. 2, 1989, p. 370)

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   • Trimingham, The Sufi Orders in Islam (1971), owner text, trimingham_sufi-orders-in-islam_1971.txt#L925-929 · silentTrimingham gives Muḥammad b. ʿAlī of the Bā ʿAlawī tribe (574/1178-653/1255) but no descent from Aḥmad b. ʿĪsā.
   • Ho, The Graves of Tarim (University of California Press, 2006), ch. 2, pp. 37-40 and Table 1 (p. 38) · agreesHo gives the Migrant's descendants stage by stage to ʿAlī of Qasam (sixth generation), the Principal of Mirbat, then the First Jurist; not a direct line.
   Muḥammad b. ʿAlī, al-Faqīh al-Muqaddamالفقيه المقدم محمد بن علي1255

Route 6 of 6: Bā ʿAlawiyya (Ṭarīqa ʿAlawiyya of Ḥaḍramawt)

1. The Prophet Muhammadمحمد632
2. Show all 7 names (3 not shown)
3. Muḥammad al-Bāqirمحمد الباقر733
4. ✓two sourcesthis step is recorded in Schools of law and ḥadīth, not in Bā ʿAlawiyya (Ṭarīqa ʿAlawiyya of Ḥaḍramawt)≠sources differ

   studied with · Muḥammad al-Bāqir to Jaʿfar al-Ṣādiq · Two independent sources

   Siyar: Jaʿfar related from his father al-Bāqir, 'and not much except from his father'; TDV names al-Bāqir as father.

   al-Dhahabī, Siyar aʿlām al-nubalāʾ, entry Jaʿfar (OpenITI Shamela0010906, line 81512)al-Dhahabī, Siyar aʿlām al-nubalāʾ, entry Jaʿfar (OpenITI Shamela0010906, line 81515)TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, 'Câfer es-Sâdık'

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   • al-Mizzī, Tahdhīb al-kamāl, Shamela0003722 #L26768, 176089 · agreesJaʿfar’s entry lists his father al-Bāqir among his sources; al-Bāqir’s entry lists “his son Jaʿfar al-Ṣādiq”. Jaʿfar died 148.
   • Ibn Khallikān, Wafayāt al-aʿyān, Shamela0001000 #L5685 · agreesIbn Khallikān: Jaʿfar al-Ṣādiq, son of Muḥammad al-Bāqir; died 148 in Medina; one of the twelve imams according to the Imāmiyya.

   Where the sources differ, side by side. We do not rule between them.

   • Twelver account, as TDV 'Câfer es-Sâdık' gives it: an Imam's knowledge is ladunnī and comes down from the Prophet, so Jaʿfar's legal views are not reached by ijtihād like other mujtahids'.TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, 'Câfer es-Sâdık'
   • Sunni scholars, as TDV gives them: Jaʿfar is a trustworthy transmitter and a mujtahid with sources (Qurʾān and Sunna first) and methods, not held to be infallible.TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, 'Câfer es-Sâdık'
   • Ibn Khallikān introduces Jaʿfar as “one of the twelve imams according to the Imāmiyya”, i.e. he reports the Twelver doctrine as attributed to a school, while also noting his noble descent and his death in 148.Ibn Khallikān, Wafayāt al-aʿyān, entry Jaʿfar al-Ṣādiq (OpenITI Shamela0001000, line 5685ff)
   Jaʿfar al-Ṣādiqجعفر الصادق765
5. the community's own accountthis step is recorded in The Prophet's family: descent and imamate lines, not in Bā ʿAlawiyya (Ṭarīqa ʿAlawiyya of Ḥaḍramawt)omits: ʿAlī al-ʿUraydī, Muḥammad b. ʿAlī, ʿĪsā (per Ibn ʿInaba's ʿUraydī line; the Bā ʿAlawī chain names them)≠sources differ

   child of · Jaʿfar al-Ṣādiq to Aḥmad b. ʿĪsā al-Muhājir · The community's own account

   The Bā ʿAlawī sayyids are traced to al-Ḥusayn through Aḥmad b. ʿĪsā; TDV Bā Alevî as read links the line to ʿAlī through Jaʿfar al-Ṣādiq and does not give the intermediates. Treated as the family's own genealogy.

   TDV, 'Bâ Alevî' (Sâmî es-Sakkâr, 1991, vol. 4, pp. 355-357)

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   • Ibn ʿInaba, ʿUmdat al-ṭālib (OpenITI), umda#L3678, L4635-4646 · silentAttests Jaʿfar, ʿAlī al-ʿUraydī, Muḥammad and ʿĪsā al-Rūmī; does not name Aḥmad b. ʿĪsā al-Muhājir.
   • Morimoto (ed.), Sayyids and Sharifs in Muslim Societies (Routledge 2012), ch.5 map notes pp.114-115 · silentGives no Bā ʿAlawī genealogy; the book's Ḥaḍramī coverage is ch.3 on the ʿAlawī-Irshādī dispute, not genealogy.

   Where the sources differ, side by side. We do not rule between them.

   • Ibn ʿInaba traces al-Ṣādiq's son ʿAlī al-ʿUraydī to Muḥammad and ʿĪsā al-Rūmī, and (L6779-6783) reports al-ʿUmarī's statement that a ʿĪsā al-Azraq al-Rūmī al-ʿUraydī left twelve sons without descendants. The text read does not say whether this is the Bā ʿAlawī ancestor, and does not name Aḥmad al-Muhājir.Ibn ʿInaba, ʿUmdat al-ṭālib (OpenITI)
   Aḥmad b. ʿĪsā al-Muhājirأحمد بن عيسى المهاجر
6. ✓two sourcesin Bā ʿAlawiyya (Ṭarīqa ʿAlawiyya of Ḥaḍramawt)omits: ʿUbayd Allāh (ʿAbd Allāh), ʿAlawī b. ʿAbd Allāh and later generations; the basis note says the full genealogy is not traced. Ho (p. 39-40) confirms the intermediates: ʿUbayd Allāh, ʿAlawī, Muḥammad, ʿAlī the Endower of Qasam, Muḥammad Principal of Mirbat.

   family descent · Aḥmad b. ʿĪsā al-Muhājir to Muḥammad b. ʿAlī, al-Faqīh al-Muqaddam · Two independent sources

   TDV gives the Bā ʿAlawī descent through Alawi b. Abd Allah b. Aḥmad b. ʿĪsā al-Muhājir to Jaʿfar al-Ṣādiq; full genealogy not traced here.

   TDV, 'Bâ Alevî' (Sâmî es-Sakkâr, 1991, vol. 4, pp. 355-357)TDV, 'Aleviyye' (Hadramut) (Süleyman Uludağ, vol. 2, 1989, p. 370)

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   • Trimingham, The Sufi Orders in Islam (1971), owner text, trimingham_sufi-orders-in-islam_1971.txt#L925-929 · silentTrimingham gives Muḥammad b. ʿAlī of the Bā ʿAlawī tribe (574/1178-653/1255) but no descent from Aḥmad b. ʿĪsā.
   • Ho, The Graves of Tarim (University of California Press, 2006), ch. 2, pp. 37-40 and Table 1 (p. 38) · agreesHo gives the Migrant's descendants stage by stage to ʿAlī of Qasam (sixth generation), the Principal of Mirbat, then the First Jurist; not a direct line.
   Muḥammad b. ʿAlī, al-Faqīh al-Muqaddamالفقيه المقدم محمد بن علي1255