Atlas
About this atlas
The atlas holds the chains of transmission from the Prophet as the standard references and the classical sources record them: the Sufi orders, the chains of Qurʾān recitation, the teachers of the schools of law and ḥadīth, and the lines of the Prophet's family, with the places they spread and the living houses and teachers who carry them today. Every link shows its sources; where they differ, both readings are shown, and we do not rule on any community's claims. Ibn ʿArabī's own life, teachers and readers are on their own page.
الهادي إلى الحق
al-Hādī ilā l-Ḥaqq Yaḥyā b. al-Ḥusayn
Died 298/911
Founded the Zaydī state in Yemen (280/893)
Sources for this person
The chain up to the Prophet
Dates are given where the sources give them. Years are CE; the Hijri year is in each name's detail.
Route 1 of 3, the best-sourced: The Prophet's family: descent and imamate lines. Tap a rule to read its basis, sources and checks.
- The Prophet Muhammadمحمد632
- ʿAlī Zayn al-ʿĀbidīnعلي زين العابدين713
two sourcesin The Prophet's family: descent and imamate lines
child of · ʿAlī Zayn al-ʿĀbidīn to Zayd b. ʿAlī · Two independent sources
Zayd is described by TDV as a descendant of al-Ḥusayn through Zayn al-ʿĀbidīn.
TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, 'Zeydiyye'Checked against
- al-Dhahabī, Siyar aʿlām al-nubalāʾ (OpenITI), siyar#L74327-74331, L74350 · agreesZayd b. ʿAlī b. al-Ḥusayn, brother of al-Bāqir, reported from his father; killed 2 Ṣafar 122.
- Ibn ʿInaba, ʿUmdat al-ṭālib (OpenITI), umda#L3649-3651 · agreesZayd al-Shahīd among Zayn al-ʿĀbidīn's six sons with offspring.
Zayd b. ʿAlīزيد بن علي740the community's own accountin The Prophet's family: descent and imamate linesomits: other Zaydī claimants between 122/740 and al-Rassī, e.g. Muḥammad b. Ibrāhīm Ṭabāṭabā (Ibn ʿInaba)sources differ
successor of · Zayd b. ʿAlī to al-Qāsim b. Ibrāhīm al-Rassī · The community's own account
Imams in Zaydī doctrine are Ḥasanī or Ḥusaynī claimants; al-Rassī (d. 246/860) is the main systematiser.
TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, 'Zeydiyye'Checked against
- Ibn ʿInaba, ʿUmdat al-ṭālib (OpenITI), umda#L3200-3203, L3210, L3246-3251 · differsal-Rassī is a Ḥasanid through Ibrāhīm Ṭabāṭabā b. Ismāʿīl b. Ibrāhīm al-Ghamr; his brother Muḥammad b. Ibrāhīm also rose in Kufa as a Zaydī imam.
Where the sources differ, side by side. We do not rule between them.
- Ibn ʿInaba shows al-Qāsim al-Rassī as a Ḥasanid, through Ibrāhīm Ṭabāṭabā b. Ismāʿīl b. Ibrāhīm al-Ghamr b. al-Ḥasan al-Muthannā, not from Zayd. This fits the Zaydī doctrine in TDV that any qualified Ḥasanī or Ḥusaynī may rise, and means the link is a doctrinal succession, not descent.Ibn ʿInaba, ʿUmdat al-ṭālib (OpenITI)
al-Qāsim b. Ibrāhīm al-Rassīالقاسم الرسي860one sourcein The Prophet's family: descent and imamate linesomits: al-Ḥusayn b. al-Qāsim al-Rassī (Hādī's father)
successor of · al-Qāsim b. Ibrāhīm al-Rassī to al-Hādī ilā l-Ḥaqq Yaḥyā b. al-Ḥusayn · One source
Founded the Yemeni Zaydī state (280/893); Yemeni Zaydīs are called Hādawiyya; the imamate lasted to 1948.
TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, 'Zeydiyye'Checked against
- Ibn ʿInaba, ʿUmdat al-ṭālib (OpenITI), umda#L3298-3303 · agreesYaḥyā al-Hādī b. al-Ḥusayn b. al-Qāsim al-Rassī; rose in Yemen 280, died 298 aged 78, 'imam of the Zaydīs'.
al-Hādī ilā l-Ḥaqq Yaḥyā b. al-Ḥusaynالهادي إلى الحق911
Other routes (2)
Route 2 of 3: The Prophet's family: descent and imamate lines
- The Prophet Muhammadمحمد632
- ʿAlī Zayn al-ʿĀbidīnعلي زين العابدين713
two sourcesin The Prophet's family: descent and imamate lines
child of · ʿAlī Zayn al-ʿĀbidīn to Zayd b. ʿAlī · Two independent sources
Zayd is described by TDV as a descendant of al-Ḥusayn through Zayn al-ʿĀbidīn.
TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, 'Zeydiyye'Checked against
- al-Dhahabī, Siyar aʿlām al-nubalāʾ (OpenITI), siyar#L74327-74331, L74350 · agreesZayd b. ʿAlī b. al-Ḥusayn, brother of al-Bāqir, reported from his father; killed 2 Ṣafar 122.
- Ibn ʿInaba, ʿUmdat al-ṭālib (OpenITI), umda#L3649-3651 · agreesZayd al-Shahīd among Zayn al-ʿĀbidīn's six sons with offspring.
Zayd b. ʿAlīزيد بن علي740the community's own accountin The Prophet's family: descent and imamate linesomits: other Zaydī claimants between 122/740 and al-Rassī, e.g. Muḥammad b. Ibrāhīm Ṭabāṭabā (Ibn ʿInaba)sources differ
successor of · Zayd b. ʿAlī to al-Qāsim b. Ibrāhīm al-Rassī · The community's own account
Imams in Zaydī doctrine are Ḥasanī or Ḥusaynī claimants; al-Rassī (d. 246/860) is the main systematiser.
TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, 'Zeydiyye'Checked against
- Ibn ʿInaba, ʿUmdat al-ṭālib (OpenITI), umda#L3200-3203, L3210, L3246-3251 · differsal-Rassī is a Ḥasanid through Ibrāhīm Ṭabāṭabā b. Ismāʿīl b. Ibrāhīm al-Ghamr; his brother Muḥammad b. Ibrāhīm also rose in Kufa as a Zaydī imam.
Where the sources differ, side by side. We do not rule between them.
- Ibn ʿInaba shows al-Qāsim al-Rassī as a Ḥasanid, through Ibrāhīm Ṭabāṭabā b. Ismāʿīl b. Ibrāhīm al-Ghamr b. al-Ḥasan al-Muthannā, not from Zayd. This fits the Zaydī doctrine in TDV that any qualified Ḥasanī or Ḥusaynī may rise, and means the link is a doctrinal succession, not descent.Ibn ʿInaba, ʿUmdat al-ṭālib (OpenITI)
al-Qāsim b. Ibrāhīm al-Rassīالقاسم الرسي860one sourcein The Prophet's family: descent and imamate linesomits: al-Ḥusayn b. al-Qāsim al-Rassī (Hādī's father)
successor of · al-Qāsim b. Ibrāhīm al-Rassī to al-Hādī ilā l-Ḥaqq Yaḥyā b. al-Ḥusayn · One source
Founded the Yemeni Zaydī state (280/893); Yemeni Zaydīs are called Hādawiyya; the imamate lasted to 1948.
TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, 'Zeydiyye'Checked against
- Ibn ʿInaba, ʿUmdat al-ṭālib (OpenITI), umda#L3298-3303 · agreesYaḥyā al-Hādī b. al-Ḥusayn b. al-Qāsim al-Rassī; rose in Yemen 280, died 298 aged 78, 'imam of the Zaydīs'.
al-Hādī ilā l-Ḥaqq Yaḥyā b. al-Ḥusaynالهادي إلى الحق911
Route 3 of 3: The Prophet's family: descent and imamate lines
- The Prophet Muhammadمحمد632
- Muḥammad al-Bāqirمحمد الباقر733
two sourcesthis step is recorded in Schools of law and ḥadīth, not in The Prophet's family: descent and imamate lines
studied with · Muḥammad al-Bāqir to Zayd b. ʿAlī · Two independent sources
Same passage: Zayd narrated from his brother al-Bāqir.
al-Dhahabī, Siyar aʿlām al-nubalāʾ, entry Zayd b. ʿAlī (OpenITI Shamela0010906, line 74331)TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, 'Zeydiyye'Checked against
- al-Mizzī, Tahdhīb al-kamāl, Shamela0003722 #L60803 · agreesZayd’s entry lists “his brother Abū Jaʿfar Muḥammad b. ʿAlī al-Bāqir” among his sources. Zayd’s death given as 120 or 122.
Zayd b. ʿAlīزيد بن علي740the community's own accountin The Prophet's family: descent and imamate linesomits: other Zaydī claimants between 122/740 and al-Rassī, e.g. Muḥammad b. Ibrāhīm Ṭabāṭabā (Ibn ʿInaba)sources differ
successor of · Zayd b. ʿAlī to al-Qāsim b. Ibrāhīm al-Rassī · The community's own account
Imams in Zaydī doctrine are Ḥasanī or Ḥusaynī claimants; al-Rassī (d. 246/860) is the main systematiser.
TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, 'Zeydiyye'Checked against
- Ibn ʿInaba, ʿUmdat al-ṭālib (OpenITI), umda#L3200-3203, L3210, L3246-3251 · differsal-Rassī is a Ḥasanid through Ibrāhīm Ṭabāṭabā b. Ismāʿīl b. Ibrāhīm al-Ghamr; his brother Muḥammad b. Ibrāhīm also rose in Kufa as a Zaydī imam.
Where the sources differ, side by side. We do not rule between them.
- Ibn ʿInaba shows al-Qāsim al-Rassī as a Ḥasanid, through Ibrāhīm Ṭabāṭabā b. Ismāʿīl b. Ibrāhīm al-Ghamr b. al-Ḥasan al-Muthannā, not from Zayd. This fits the Zaydī doctrine in TDV that any qualified Ḥasanī or Ḥusaynī may rise, and means the link is a doctrinal succession, not descent.Ibn ʿInaba, ʿUmdat al-ṭālib (OpenITI)
al-Qāsim b. Ibrāhīm al-Rassīالقاسم الرسي860one sourcein The Prophet's family: descent and imamate linesomits: al-Ḥusayn b. al-Qāsim al-Rassī (Hādī's father)
successor of · al-Qāsim b. Ibrāhīm al-Rassī to al-Hādī ilā l-Ḥaqq Yaḥyā b. al-Ḥusayn · One source
Founded the Yemeni Zaydī state (280/893); Yemeni Zaydīs are called Hādawiyya; the imamate lasted to 1948.
TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, 'Zeydiyye'Checked against
- Ibn ʿInaba, ʿUmdat al-ṭālib (OpenITI), umda#L3298-3303 · agreesYaḥyā al-Hādī b. al-Ḥusayn b. al-Qāsim al-Rassī; rose in Yemen 280, died 298 aged 78, 'imam of the Zaydīs'.
al-Hādī ilā l-Ḥaqq Yaḥyā b. al-Ḥusaynالهادي إلى الحق911
How to read the marks
- Two sources: a solid rule. Two independent references give the same link.
- One source: a lighter rule, so labelled.
- The community's own account: a dotted rule. The order tells it; we have not yet read it against a reference source.
- A gap in the rule: the sources omit names between the two. The label says which.
- The sources differ: tap the ≠ to read each reading with its source.
- A ring: a spiritual link, without a meeting (uwaysī).
Who received from al-Hādī ilā l-Ḥaqq Yaḥyā b. al-Ḥusayn
1 recorded, each with the chain set it belongs to.
- Muḥammad al-Badrمحمد البدر1996
one sourcein The Prophet's family: descent and imamate linesomits: some sixty imams between al-Hādī and al-Badr (not traced)sources differ
successor of · al-Hādī ilā l-Ḥaqq Yaḥyā b. al-Ḥusayn to Muḥammad al-Badr · One source
The Zaydī imamate of Yemen, founded by al-Hādī in 280/893 (TDV), ended in the republican revolution of September 1962, when Imam Muḥammad al-Badr was overthrown; a civil war followed until 1970. Recorded as history; the imamate holds no office today.
Wikipedia, Imams of Yemen (tertiary)Checked against
- Wikipedia, Imams of Yemen, page text · agreesLast imam al-Badr overthrown in 1962; formal abolition listed 1 Dec 1970; he died in exile in London 1996 (tertiary).
Where the sources differ, side by side. We do not rule between them.
- TDV Zeydiyye (as quoted on the earlier link): the imamate lasted to 1948, the year of Imam Yaḥyā's death.TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, 'Zeydiyye'
- Wikipedia: overthrow on 26 Sept 1962; the imamate's formal abolition is dated 1 Dec 1970, at the end of the civil war. The Zaydī community's own account was not read.Wikipedia, Imams of Yemen (tertiary)
How to cite
Mashraba Reader, Atlas of transmission, “al-Hādī ilā l-Ḥaqq Yaḥyā b. al-Ḥusayn”, https://www.mashraba.org/atlas/figure/hadi-ila-l-haqq (data of 31 October 2026).