At a glance
- Era
- Abbasid Fragmentation
- Region
- Levant & Iraq
- Identifiers
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Overview
Muhammad ibn Nusayr al-Namiri, eponym of the Nusayriyya. Al-Shahrastani transmits from al-Nawbakhti in the Milal that he claimed prophethood as sent by al-Hasan al-Askari, professing metempsychosis and the deification of Abu'l-Hasan 1.
He is recorded there among the ghulat sects that grew within the followers of the ahl al-bayt.
Opinions on the question
First opinion · Sunni tradition (the museum's frame)Main reference
More opinions (1)
Academic viewSecondary opinion
Heresiography describes the eponym through its polemical frame
Connections
- Founder of
- Nusayriyya (Alawites)
People and things also explored
Nusayriyya (Alawites)· Al-Kadhimiya Mosque (Kazimayn shrine)· Imam Husayn Shrine, Karbala· Ahl al-Ahwa (the people of deviant opinions in Islam, and the rules on their testimony, narration and prayer behind them)· The people of the qibla and not declaring takfir for sin· The division of the community (al-iftiraq al-ummah)· Suhba (companionship with the Prophet: who is a Companion, how companionship is proved, the uprightness of all Companions, and the ruling on insulting them)· Ghayba (occultation)
Sources
- Al-Milal wa'l-Nihal — al-Shahrastani
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “Muhammad ibn Nusayr”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/muhammad-ibn-nusayr/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-22.