Ahmad al-Muhajir, also known as al-Imam Ahmad ibn Isa, was an Islamic scholar who lived from about 873 to 956 and founded the Ba Alawi sada, a lineage instrumental in spreading Islam to India, Southeast Asia and Africa. He was a fifth generation descendant of Ali and Fatima, the daughter of Muhammad, through his great great grandfather Imam Jafar al-Sadiq, and was a known acquaintance of the ascetic Bishr al-Hafi.
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Basra, Iraq
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Islamic Golden Age (Middle Abbasid era)
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al-Husaisa, Yemen
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873-956 CE), also known as al-Imām Aḥmad ibn ʿĪsā, was an Islamic scholar and the founder of Ba 'Alawi sada group which is instrumental in spreading Islam to India, Southeast Asia and Africa.
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873-956 CE), also known as al-Imām Aḥmad ibn ʿĪsā, was an Islamic scholar and the founder of Ba 'Alawi sada group which is instrumental in spreading Islam to India, Southeast Asia and Africa.
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Ahmad al-Muhajir (260-345 AH or c. 873-956 CE), also known as al-Imam Ahmad ibn Isa, was an Islamic scholar and the founder of Ba 'Alawi sada group which is instrumental in spreading Islam to India, Southeast Asia and Africa.
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Ahmad al-Muhajir (Arabic: أحمد المهاجر, Aḥmad al-muhāǧir, Arabic pronunciation: [ɑhmɑd ɑl muhɑːdʒiɽ]; 260-345 AH or c. 873-956 CE), also known as al-Imām Aḥmad ibn ʿĪsā, was an Islamic scholar and the founder of Ba 'Alawi sada group which is instrumental in spreading Islam to India, Southeast Asia and Africa.
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was an Islamic scholar and the founder of Ba 'Alawi sada group which is instrumental in spreading Islam to India, Southeast Asia and Africa.
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