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'''Yaʿsūb al-Dīn''' (Arabic:{{ia| یَعسوب الدین}}) or '''Yaʿsūb al-Mu'minīn''' ({{ia|یَعسوب المؤمنین}}) is a title given to [[Imam Ali (a)]] by the [[Prophet (s)]], meaning the leader and the warden of the believers. According to a [[hadith]], Imam Ali (a) characterized himself and [[Imam al-Mahdi (a)]] as Ya'sub al-Din. | '''Yaʿsūb al-Dīn''' (Arabic:{{ia| یَعسوب الدین}}) or '''Yaʿsūb al-Mu'minīn''' ({{ia|یَعسوب المؤمنین}}) is a title given to [[Imam Ali (a)]] by the [[Prophet (s)]], meaning the leader and the warden of the believers. According to a [[hadith]], Imam Ali (a) characterized himself and [[Imam al-Mahdi (a)]] as Ya'sub al-Din. | ||
==Literal meaning== | ==Literal meaning== | ||
The word "Ya'sub" (Arabic: {{ia|یعسوب}}) literally means ruler and the Queen Bee. It also means leader and senior member or head of a group. [[Imam 'Ali (a)]] was called Ya'sub al-Din or Ya'sub al-Mu'minin because, as the Queen Bee is the leader and the ruler of the bees, he is the ruler and the leader of the believers. And as bees follow their Queen, believers should follow Imam 'Ali (a). [[al-Sayyid al-Radi]] took "ya'sub" to refer to a person who has authority over people. | The word "Ya'sub" (Arabic: {{ia|یعسوب}}) literally means ruler and the Queen Bee. It also means leader and senior member or head of a group. [[Imam 'Ali (a)]] was called Ya'sub al-Din or Ya'sub al-Mu'minin because, as the Queen Bee is the leader and the ruler of the bees, he is the ruler and the leader of the believers.<ref>Ṭurayḥī, ''Majmaʿ al-baḥrayn'', vol. 2, p. 121.</ref> And as bees follow their Queen, believers should follow Imam 'Ali (a).<ref>Ibn Abī l-Ḥadīd, ''Sharḥ Nahj al-balāgha'', vol. 19, p. 224.</ref> [[al-Sayyid al-Radi]] took "ya'sub" to refer to a person who has authority over people.<ref>Nahj al-balāgha, p. 517; Majlisī, ''Biḥār al-anwār'', vol. 51, p. 113.</ref> | ||
==Hadith== | ==Hadith== | ||
The [[Prophet (s)]] gave the titles "Ya'sub al-Din" and "Ya'sub al-Mu'minin" to Imam 'Ali (a). Imam 'Ali (a) also has characterized himself as "Ya'sub al-Din". [[Ibn Abi l-Hadid]] commented on the [[hadith]] in which the Prophet (s) told Imam 'Ali (a) that "You are Ya'sub al-Din and you are Ya'sub al-Mu'minin" by saying that the Prophet (s) thereby appointed 'Ali (a) as the head of Muslim believers. | The [[Prophet (s)]] gave the titles "Ya'sub al-Din"<ref>Ibn Ṭāwūs, ''Iqbāl al-aʿmāl'', vol. 3, p. 133; Amīnī, ''al-Ghadīr'', vol. 2, p. 313.</ref> and "Ya'sub al-Mu'minin"<ref>Ibn Ḥajar al-Haytamī, ''al-Ṣawāʿiq al-muḥriqa'', p. 125.</ref> to Imam 'Ali (a). Imam 'Ali (a) also has characterized himself as "Ya'sub al-Din".<ref>Nahj al-balāgha, p. 530.</ref> [[Ibn Abi l-Hadid]] commented on the [[hadith]] in which the Prophet (s) told Imam 'Ali (a) that "You are Ya'sub al-Din and you are Ya'sub al-Mu'minin" by saying that the Prophet (s) thereby appointed 'Ali (a) as the head of Muslim believers.<ref>Ibn Abī l-Ḥadīd, ''Sharḥ Nahj al-balāgha'', vol. 19, p. 224.</ref> | ||
The Prophet (s) said: "there will be a sedition after me; when it happens, accompany [['Ali b. Abi Talib]]; For he is the first person who believed in me, and he will be the first person who will shake my hands on day of Judgement, and he is [[al-Siddiq al-Akbar]] and he is the [[Faruq]] of this people, and he is Ya'sub al-Din."{{enote|{{ia|سَیَکونُ مِن بَعدی فِتنَةٌ فَاِذا کانَ ذلکَ فَاَلزِموا علی بن أبی طالب فَاِنّهُ أوّلُ مَن آمَنَ بی، وَ أوّلُ مَن یُصافِحُنی یَومَ القِیامَةِ، وَ هُوَ الصّدیقُ الأکبَرُ وَ هُو فاروقُ هذِهِ الأمّةِ، وَ هُوَ یَعسوبُ المُؤمِنینَ...}}}} | The Prophet (s) said: "there will be a sedition after me; when it happens, accompany [['Ali b. Abi Talib]]; For he is the first person who believed in me, and he will be the first person who will shake my hands on day of Judgement, and he is [[al-Siddiq al-Akbar]] and he is the [[Faruq]] of this people, and he is Ya'sub al-Din."{{enote|{{ia|سَیَکونُ مِن بَعدی فِتنَةٌ فَاِذا کانَ ذلکَ فَاَلزِموا علی بن أبی طالب فَاِنّهُ أوّلُ مَن آمَنَ بی، وَ أوّلُ مَن یُصافِحُنی یَومَ القِیامَةِ، وَ هُوَ الصّدیقُ الأکبَرُ وَ هُو فاروقُ هذِهِ الأمّةِ، وَ هُوَ یَعسوبُ المُؤمِنینَ...}}}} | ||
Imam 'Ali (a) has characterized [[Imam al-Mahdi (a)]] as Ya'sub al-Din: "when it happens, Ya'sub al-Din will rise, and people gather around him just as autumn clouds gather". | Imam 'Ali (a) has characterized [[Imam al-Mahdi (a)]] as Ya'sub al-Din: "when it happens, Ya'sub al-Din will rise, and people gather around him just as autumn clouds gather".<ref>Majlisī, ''Biḥār al-anwār'', vol. 51, p. 113; Ṭūsī, ''al-Ghayba'', p. 447.</ref> | ||
== See Also == | == See Also == | ||
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==References== | ==References== | ||
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*Amīnī, ʿAbd al-Ḥusayn al-. ''Al-Ghadīr''. Beirut: Dār al-Kutub al-ʿArabī, 1397 AH. | |||
*Ibn Abī l-Ḥadīd, ʿAbd al-Ḥamīd b. Hibat Allāh. ''Sharḥ Nahj al-balāgha''. Edited by Muḥammad Abū l-Faḍl Ibrāhīm. Qom: Maktaba Āyatullāh Marʿashī al-Najafī, 1385 AH. | |||
*Ibn Ḥajar al-Haytamī. ''Al-Ṣawāʿiq al-muḥriqa fī l-rad ʿalā ahl al-bidaʿ wa l-zandaqa''. Edited by ʿAbd al-Wahhāb ʿAbd al-Laṭīf. Cairo: Maktabat al-Qāhira, 1385 AH. | |||
*Ibn Shahrāshūb, Muḥammad b. ʿAlī. ''Manāqib Āl Abī Ṭālib''. Edited by group of scholars. Najaf: al-Maktaba al-Ḥiydarīyya, 1376 AH. | |||
*Ibn Ṭāwūs, ʿAlī b. Mūsā. ''Iqbāl al-aʿmāl''. Edited by Jawād al-Qayyūmī al-Iṣfahānī. Qom: Maktab al-Aʿmāl al-Islāmī, 1416 AH. | |||
*Majlisī, Muḥammad Bāqir al-. ''Biḥār al-anwār''. Beirut: Muʾassisat al-Wafāʾ, 1404 AH. | |||
*Nahj al-balāgha. Edited by Ṣubḥī Ṣāliḥ. Beirut: Dār al-Kutub al-lubnānī, 1980. | |||
*Ṭurayḥī, Fakhr al-Dīn al-. ''Majmaʿ al-baḥrayn''. Edited by Sayyid Aḥmad Ḥusaynī. Tehran: Murtaḍawī, 1416 AH. | |||
*Ṭūsī, Muḥammad b. al-Ḥasan al-. ''Al-Ghayba''. Qom: Muʾassisa-yi Maʿārif-i Islāmī, 1411 AH. | |||
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