al-Qasim al-Rassi

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Al-Qasim al-Rassi was a prominent 9th-century Zaydi Imam and religious scholar whose descendants founded the Rassid dynasty in Yemen.

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instanceOf Islamic scholar
Muslim
Zaydi imam
jurist
theologian
associatedWith Hijaz NERFINISHED
Medina region NERFINISHED
Yemen NERFINISHED
birthDate c. 785
century 9th century
deathDate 860
denomination Zaydi Shia Islam NERFINISHED
descendants Rassid dynasty NERFINISHED
Yemeni Zaydi imams
doctrine emphasis on the political and moral qualifications of the imam
support for the principle of uprising against unjust rulers
dynasticAncestorOf Rassid dynasty of Yemen NERFINISHED
ethnicGroup Arabs
surface form: Arab
fieldOfWork Hadith studies
Islamic jurisprudence
Islamic theology
Quranic exegesis
fullName al-Qasim ibn Ibrahim al-Rassi NERFINISHED
givenName al-Qasim NERFINISHED
influenced Rassid dynasty NERFINISHED
later Zaydi imams in Yemen
language Arabic
legacy eponymous ancestor of the Rassid line of imams
foundational authority for Yemeni Zaydism
lineage descendant of Ali ibn Abi Talib
descendant of Fatimah bint Muhammad
movement Zaydi imamate movement NERFINISHED
notableFor being an important Zaydi imam
being ancestor of the Rassid dynasty in Yemen
formulating early Zaydi doctrine
patronymic ibn Ibrahim NERFINISHED
regionOfInfluence Arabian Peninsula NERFINISHED
northern Yemen NERFINISHED
religion Islam
religiousBranch Zaydism NERFINISHED
religiousTitle Imam
Sayyid NERFINISHED
schoolOfThought Mu‘tazilite-influenced kalam
theologicalOrientation rationalist-inclined kalam
wroteAbout Imamate
Quranic interpretation
divine justice
refutation of other Islamic sects

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Rassid dynasty namedAfter al-Qasim al-Rassi