Ahmad al-Muhajir

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Ahmad al-Muhajir (820-924) (Arabic: أحمد المهاجر‎) also known as Al-Imam Ahmad bin Isa was the descendant of Ali bin Abu Talib and Fatimah bint Muhammad, the daughter of Muhammad. His full name is Ahmad ibn Isa Ar-Rumi ibn Muhammad An-Naqib ibn Ali al-Uraidi ibn Ja'far al-Sadiq ibn Muhammad al-Baqir ibn Zayn al-Abidin ibn al-Husain ibn Ali bin Abu Talib. He is thought to have been born in 241 Hijrah (820 CE).^[1]

Al-Imam Ahmad bin Isa is called Al-Muhajir (emigrant) because he left Basra, Iraq during the Abbassid Caliphate that was headquartered in Baghdad in the year 317H (896 CE). He first went to Madinah and Mecca, and then from Mecca to Yemen at around 319H.

He migrated at a time when there was much internal strife, bloodshed and confusion in Iraq, where a large number of the descendants of Muhammad were persecuted for political reasons by the ruling Abbasids.^{[citation needed]}.

He passed away in 345H (924 CE) at Husayyisah, a town between Tarim and Seiyun, Hadramaut. His shrine stands on a hill and is among the first visitors to Hadramaut pay their respects to when visiting the area.

[edit] Descendants and status

Descendants of Muhammad were regarded as being of high spiritual learning^{[citation needed]} and thus attracted large followers regardless of being affiliated with Shiite or Sunni sects within Islam.

All the Sayyids from the family of BaAlawi, Hadramaut trace their descent to him. A large number of the Nine Saints of Java or Wali Songo in Indonesia trace their descent to Al-Imam Ahmad Al-Muhajir bin Isa.

Imam Ahmad Al-Muhajir is an Imam Mujtahid. This means his rulings on religious matters are followed, rather than following any other known Islamic inclinations.