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Sayyid (also spelled "Seyd", "Syed", "Sayed", "Sayyed", "Saiyid", "Seyed" and "Seyyed") (pronounced [ˈsæjjɪd], or [ˈsæjjed], Arabic: سيد; meaning Mister) (plural Sadah Arabic: سادة, Sāda(h)) is an honorific title denoting males accepted as descendants of the Islamic Prophet Muhammad through his grandsons, Hasan ibn Ali and Husayn ibn Ali, sons of Muhammad's daughter Fatimah and his son-in-law Ali (Ali ibn Abi Talib). Conventionally, descent is patrilineal. However, in 1632 when an Ottoman court challenged a man wearing a sayyid's green turban he established that he was a sayyid on his mother's side, and this was accepted by the court.
Daughters of sayyids are given the titles Sayyida, Alawiyah, or Sharifa. In some regions of the Islamic world, e.g., India, the descendants of Muhammad are given the title Amir or Mir, meaning "commander", "general", or "prince". Children of Sayyida mother but a non Sayyid father are referred to as Mirza.
In the Arab world, it is the equivalent of the English word "liege lord" or "master" when referring to a descendant of Muhammad, as in Sayyid Ali Sultan. This is the reason the word sidi (from the contracted form sayyidī, 'my liege') is used in the Arabic.
Ḥusayn ibn ‘Alī ibn Abī Tālib (Arabic: الحسين بن علي بن أبي طالب; 10 October 625 – 10 October 680) (3 Sha'aban AH 4 (in the ancient (intercalated) Arabic calendar) – 10 Muharram AH 61), also spelled as Husain, Hussain or Hussein, was the son of Ali ibn Abi Ṭalib (fourth Rashidun caliph of Sunni Islam, and first Imam of Shia Islam) and Fatimah Zahra (daughter of Muhammad) and the younger brother of Hasan ibn Ali. Husayn is an important figure in Islam, as he is a member of the Ahl al-Bayt (the household of Muhammad) and Ahl al-Kisa, as well as being the third Shia Imam.
Hussain became the head of Shia Islam and the head of Banu Hashim after the death of his older brother, Hasan ibn Ali, in 670 (AH 50). His father's supporters (Shi'a Ali) in Kufa gave their allegiance to him. However, he told them he was still bound to the peace treaty between Hasan and Muawiyah I and they should wait until Muawiyah was dead. Later, Hussain did not accept the request of Muawiyah for the succession of his son, Yazid I, and considered this action a breach of the Hasan–Muawiya treaty. When Muawiyah I died in 680, Husayn refused to pledge allegiance to Yazid I, who had just been appointed as Umayyad caliph by Muawiyah, because he considered the Umayyads an oppressive and religiously misguided regime. He insisted on his legitimacy based on his own special position as a direct descendant of Muhammad and his legitimate legatees. As a consequence, he left Medina, his home town, to take refuge in Mecca in AH 60. There, the people of Kufa sent letters to him, asking his help and pledging their allegiance to him. So he travelled towards Kufa. At a place near Kufa, known as Karbala, his caravan was intercepted by Yazid I's army. He was killed and beheaded in the Battle of Karbala on 10 October 680 (10 Muḥarram 61) by Shimr Ibn Thil-Jawshan, along with most of his family and companions.
This is a speech being delivered by Ayatollah Modarresi at the shrine of Imam Hussein in response to the slanderous comment made by the top Wahhabi cleric in Saudi Arabia.. Keep watching to see the fury of the audience.. One would think that after almost 14 centuries, the mission of Imam Hussein and the pristine nature of his message is transparently clear. On the same token, one would also think that the demonic nature of Yazeed and his cohorts is also as abundantly obvious. For how could anyone exploit people's ignorance of the hard historical facts and justify the barbaric murder of Imam Hussein? How can anyone conceivably explain the vicious slaughtering of the 6 month old infant and the starving of women and children to death? And after all the atrocities committed by Yazeed's a...
His Eminence Sayed Mahdi Modarresi asks if you are a Rafidhi (i.e. Rejector, a chiefly pejorative used to describe the followers of the Ahlulbayt, Shia). The answer will shock you.
Interview with Ayatollah Sayed Hadi Modarresi Founder of Ahlulbayt TV
Sayed Mahdi Al-Modarressi was talking about the temptations of this world. This video was originally created by Young Muslim Association (YMAmedia) and was primarily uploaded by them. I uploaded this video acting as a counterpart for the sole purpose of propagating the message of the Ahlul-Bayt as much and as wide as possible.
Lecture by Sayed Mahdi Al Modarresi at KSIMC
Ahlulbayt Foundation (London) - Muharram 1425/2004 - Night 5 The True Value of Women - Sayed Mahdi Al-Modarresi Twitter: https://twitter.com/SayedModarresi Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sayedmodarresi Recommended Islamic Resources: https://www.al-islam.org/ http://alhassanain.org/english/ http://purifiedhousehold.com/ http://www.ziyaraat.net/intro.asp http://www.shiaislamiclibrary.com/home.aspx https://islamiclib.wordpress.com/ http://www.al-milani.com/farsi/library/lib-sec.php?secid=53 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Brief Biography ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sayed Mohammad Mahdi Al-Husseini Al-Modarresi was born in Kuwa...
This is a speech being delivered by Ayatollah Modarresi at the shrine of Imam Hussein in response to the slanderous comment made by the top Wahhabi cleric in Saudi Arabia.. Keep watching to see the fury of the audience.. One would think that after almost 14 centuries, the mission of Imam Hussein and the pristine nature of his message is transparently clear. On the same token, one would also think that the demonic nature of Yazeed and his cohorts is also as abundantly obvious. For how could anyone exploit people's ignorance of the hard historical facts and justify the barbaric murder of Imam Hussein? How can anyone conceivably explain the vicious slaughtering of the 6 month old infant and the starving of women and children to death? And after all the atrocities committed by Yazeed's a...
His Eminence Sayed Mahdi Modarresi asks if you are a Rafidhi (i.e. Rejector, a chiefly pejorative used to describe the followers of the Ahlulbayt, Shia). The answer will shock you.
Interview with Ayatollah Sayed Hadi Modarresi Founder of Ahlulbayt TV
Sayed Mahdi Al-Modarressi was talking about the temptations of this world. This video was originally created by Young Muslim Association (YMAmedia) and was primarily uploaded by them. I uploaded this video acting as a counterpart for the sole purpose of propagating the message of the Ahlul-Bayt as much and as wide as possible.
Lecture by Sayed Mahdi Al Modarresi at KSIMC
Ahlulbayt Foundation (London) - Muharram 1425/2004 - Night 5 The True Value of Women - Sayed Mahdi Al-Modarresi Twitter: https://twitter.com/SayedModarresi Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sayedmodarresi Recommended Islamic Resources: https://www.al-islam.org/ http://alhassanain.org/english/ http://purifiedhousehold.com/ http://www.ziyaraat.net/intro.asp http://www.shiaislamiclibrary.com/home.aspx https://islamiclib.wordpress.com/ http://www.al-milani.com/farsi/library/lib-sec.php?secid=53 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Brief Biography ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sayed Mohammad Mahdi Al-Husseini Al-Modarresi was born in Kuwa...
Sayed Mahdi Al-Modarressi was talking about the temptations of this world. This video was originally created by Young Muslim Association (YMAmedia) and was primarily uploaded by them. I uploaded this video acting as a counterpart for the sole purpose of propagating the message of the Ahlul-Bayt as much and as wide as possible.
Lecture by Sayed Mahdi Al Modarresi at KSIMC
Ahlulbayt Foundation (London) - Muharram 1425/2004 - Night 5 The True Value of Women - Sayed Mahdi Al-Modarresi Twitter: https://twitter.com/SayedModarresi Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sayedmodarresi Recommended Islamic Resources: https://www.al-islam.org/ http://alhassanain.org/english/ http://purifiedhousehold.com/ http://www.ziyaraat.net/intro.asp http://www.shiaislamiclibrary.com/home.aspx https://islamiclib.wordpress.com/ http://www.al-milani.com/farsi/library/lib-sec.php?secid=53 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Brief Biography ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sayed Mohammad Mahdi Al-Husseini Al-Modarresi was born in Kuwa...
Ahlulbayt Foundation (London) - Muharram 1425/2004 - Night 6 Avoiding Sins I: Battling The Enemy Within - Sayed Mahdi Al-Modarresi Twitter: https://twitter.com/SayedModarresi Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sayedmodarresi Recommended Islamic Resources: https://www.al-islam.org/ http://alhassanain.org/english/ http://purifiedhousehold.com/ http://www.ziyaraat.net/intro.asp http://www.shiaislamiclibrary.com/home.aspx https://islamiclib.wordpress.com/ http://www.al-milani.com/farsi/library/lib-sec.php?secid=53 Brief Biography ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sayed Mohammad Mahdi Al-Husseini Al-Modarresi was born in Kuwait in 1977. He comes from a scholarly family which includes supreme religious jurists (Marja...
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Follow on Twitter: https://twitter.com/ShababAlSibtayn Follow on facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AlSibtayn Sayed Mehdi Al-Modarresi speaking on night 5 of the holy month of Muharram 2014, in London. Video produced by Ahlulbayt TV.