At a glance
- Era
- The Early Abbasid Caliphate
- Review
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In time
Overview
In 175 AH al-Suyuti relates that Abd Allah ibn Mus'ab al-Zubayri claimed against Yahya ibn Abd Allah al-Alawi that he had invited him to rise against al-Rashid. Yahya made a mubahala with him in the presence of al-Rashid. 1
The mubahala
Yahya interlaced his hand with al-Zubayri's, and asked him to say a prayer asking God to leave him to his own power and strength and to punish him if Yahya had invited him to dissent against the commander of the faithful. Al-Zubayri faltered and said it, then Yahya said the same. 1
The last report
Al-Suyuti says that al-Zubayri died on the same day. This is al-Suyuti's report, and needs an additional source to verify it.
Connections
- Had participant
- يحيى بن عبد الله بن حسن العلوي· Harun al-Rashid
People and things also explored
Bayt al-Hikma — the House of Wisdom· The Aman of Samalu and its People's Transfer to Baghdad· Death of Harun al-Rashid at Tus· Umar's Expulsion of the Christians of Najran· The Building of Madinat al-Hadath· The Building of al-Rafiqa· The Garrisoning of Sur man Ra'a (Samarra)· The Building of Sisar
Sources
- Tarikh al-Khulafa — al-Suyuti (Dar al-Minhaj edition) , p. 460-461
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “The Mutual Imprecation of Yahya al-Alawi and Abdallah ibn Mus'ab”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/event/yahya-zubayri-mubahala/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-23.