He was also well known for his regard for relatives and virtue.

He was also well known for his regard for relatives and virtue. He had big fortunes in Jordan where he was killed in AH 291. His descendants were called – ‘sons of the martyr.’ Ubaidullah ibn al-Hasan was the Governor and Qadi of Mecca and Medina during the reign of al-Ma’moun. Abu-Ya’li al-Hamza ibn al-Qasim ibn ‘Ali ibn Hamza ibn al- Hasan ibn Ubaidullah ibn al-’Abbas ibn ‘Ali was one of the most celebrated men of knowledge.

He was a great scholar of hadith who instructed many famous scholars and wrote many books, such as - Kitab ut-Tawhid, Kitab uz-Ziyaraatu wel-Menasik, and many others in various fields of knowledge, especially in Ilm ur-Rijal and Ilm ul-Hadith.[^6] Many scholars described him with remarkable words of praise.[^7] There is a handsome shrine which was built on the tomb of al-Hamza in a village called ‘al-Hamza’ and lying in al-Jazira, central Iraq, between the Euphrates and the Tigris[^8].

It has been incessantly visited by people. Finally, books of history are full of names of great personalities among the descendants of al-’Abbas ibn ‘Ali.[^9] [^1]: Quoted from Sayyid Abd-ur-Razzaq al-Musawi al-Muqarram’s al- ‘Abbas [^2]: Quoted from Sayyid Abd-ur-Razzaq al-Musawi al-Muqarram’s al- ‘Abbas [^3]: See I’laam un-Nas fi Fadhaail il-’Abbas [^4]: Al-Muhammara is the Arabic name of Khorramshahr, the famous city and port on the Shatt al-Arab southern Iran [^5]: See Maqaatil ut-Talibiyyin, 84; Sheikh at-Futouni’s Hadeeqat un- Nasab; Ibn Qutaiba’s al-Me’aarif, 96; and Hadaaiq ul-Uns [^6]: Ilm ur-Rijal is the field of Islamic Sudies where the manners and qualifications of the narrators of Hadith is studied.

Ilm ul- Hadith is another field of knowledge that classifies the words, deeds and confirmations reported to be said, done, and made by (S) on criteria of authenticity [^7]: See, for instance, Sheikh at-Tusi’s ar-Rijal, an-Nejashi’s al-Feherest, al-Amali, Sheikh as-Saduq’s Ikmal ud-Din, and Sheikh ‘Abbas al- Qummi’s al-Kuna wal-Alqab [^8]: See Fulk un-Najat, Allama an-Nouri’s Tahiyyat uz-Zaair, and Sheikh ‘Abbas al-Qummi’s Al-Kuna wal-Alqab [^9]: See, for instance, Umdat ut-Talib, at-Tabari’s at-Tarikh, Tarikhu Baghdad, al-Hujjatu ela ath-Thahib, Thakhirat ud-Darain, Murouj uth- Thahab, al-Isfahani’s al-Aghani, and many others Previous…