Ali al-Uraydi
Muslim scholar
Ali al-Uraydi ibn Ja'far al-Sadiq (Arabic: علي العريضي بن جعفر الصادق, romanized: ʿAlī al-ʿUrayḍī ibn Jaʿfar al-Ṣādiq), simply known as Ali al-Uraydi, was a Muslim scholar and the son of Ja'far al-Sadiq, the sixth Shia Imam for Twelvers and Ismailis. Thus he was the brother of Isma'il, Abdullah al-Aftah, Muhammad Al-Dibaj and Musa al-Kazim. He was known by the title al-Uraydi, because he lived in an area called Urayd, about 4 miles (or 6.4 km) from Medina. He was also known by the nickname Abu al-Hasan (i.e. father of Hasan). In Shia tradition by Shaykh Tusi, he was a close companion of his brother Musa al-Kazim, from whom he narrated hadith, and was reportedly a companion of Ali al-Rida (799–819) and Muhammad al-Jawad (819–835), and also met Ali al-Hadi (835–868) while he was young.
Life
Ali al-Uraydi (علي العريضي) was born and raised in Medina. He was the youngest son of Ja'far al-Sadiq. After his father died whilst he was still a child, he left Medina for the town of Al-Urayd, where he settled and became the sheikh of all Banu Hashim and the Naqib (prefect) of the descendants of Muhammad.
He lived approximately 100 years, until the time of his brother Musa al-Kazim’s great-grandson Ali al-Hadi (828-868) and died in Al-Urayd and was buried there.
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