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Abu l-Qasim (teknonym)

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Abu l-Qāsim (Arabic: أبوالقاسم) is a teknonym of Prophet Muhammad (s),[1] given to him after the birth of his son Qasim.[2] Al-Shaykh al-Saduq (d. 381/991–2), citing a narration, explains that the teknonym Abu l-Qasim given to the Prophet (s) refers to his role in guiding people. According to this narration, belief or disbelief in the Prophet (s) causes people to be divided into two groups: the people of Paradise and the people of Hell. Thus, he was called Abu l-Qāsim because he determines the fate of individuals in the Hereafter.[3] Al-Saduq further notes, based on the same narration, that the teknonym also alludes to the role of Imam Ali (a) on the Day of Judgment, where he is tasked with dividing Paradise and Hell. Since the Prophet (s) is regarded as the spiritual father of Imam Ali (a) and of all Muslims, this teknonym was bestowed upon him.[4]

Muhammad b. 'Ali Ardabili, in his work Jami' al-ruwat, reports that the teknonym Abu l-Qasim was also attributed to Imam al-Sajjad (a).[5] Additionally, it has been used for Imam al-Mahdi (a) as well.[6] According to 'Inayat Allah Quhpayi, a 11th/17th-century Shi'i biographer, the use of the teknonym Abu l-Qasim for Imam al-Mahdi (a) has been more frequent than its use for the Prophet (s).

Shaykh al-Hurr al-'Amili, in Wasa'il al-Shi'a, holds that if a person's name is "Muhammad," it is discouraged (makruh) to give him the teknonym "Abu l-Qasim."[7]

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Notes

  1. ↑ Quhpāʾi, Majmaʿ al-rijāl, vol. 7, p. 193.
  2. ↑ Majlisī, Biḥār al-anwār, vol. 16, p. 107.
  3. ↑ Ṣadūq, Maʿānī al-akhbār, p. 52.
  4. ↑ Ṣadūq, Maʿānī al-akhbār, p. 52.
  5. ↑ Ardabīlī, Jāmiʿ al-ruwāt, vol. 2, p. 462.
  6. ↑ Nūrī, Najm al-thāqib, vol. 1, p. 89.
  7. ↑ Ḥurr al-ʿĀmilī, Tafṣīl wasāʾil al-Shīʿa, vol. 7, p. 399-400.

References

  • Ardabīlī, Muḥammad b. ʿAlī al-. Jāmiʿ al-ruwāt wa izāḥat al-ishtibāhāt ʿan ṭuruq wa l-isnād. 1st edition. Beirut: Dār al-Aḍwāʾ, 1403 AH.
  • Ḥurr al-ʿĀmilī, Muḥammad b. al-Ḥasan al-. Tafṣīl wasāʾil al-Shīʿa ilā taḥṣīl masāʾil al-sharīʿa. 1st Edition. Qom: Muʾassisat Āl al-Bayt (a), 1409 AH.
  • Majlisī, Muḥammad Bāqir al-. Biḥār al-anwār al-jāmiʿa li-durar akhbār al-aʾimmat al-aṭhār. 2nd edition. Beirut: Dār Iḥyāʾ al-Turāth al-ʿArabī, 1403 AH.
  • Nūrī, Mīrzā Ḥusayn al-. Najm al-thāqib fī aḥwāl al-Imām al-ghāʾib'.. Second edition. Qom: Intishārāt-i Masjid-i Jamkarān, 1384 Sh.
  • Quhpāʾi, ʿInāyat Allāh. Majmaʿ al-rijāl. 2nd edition. Qom: Ismāʿīlīyān, 1364 Sh.
  • Ṣadūq, Muḥammad b. ʿAlī al-. Maʿānī al-akhbār. Qom: Intishārāt-i Islāmī, 1403 AH.
  • گزارشی جالب از یکصد نام برتر ایرانیان در قرن حاضر (An interesting report on the top 100 Iranian names of the present century (Persian)). Accessed: 2025/10/11.
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