Ayyub ibn Nuh

Ayyub ibn Nuh ibn Duraj Nakhai was one of the trusted representatives of Ali al-Hadi in Kufa.[lower-alpha 1][2][3] These representatives were responsible for the financial and religious affairs of the Imamite Shias[4] especially for the collection of religious taxes like Khums[5] and following the same tenet of political quietism of the Shia Imams, they took on the role of directing and organising the Shia community.[6] Since Ayyub handled large amounts of religious donations on behalf of al-Hadi, the people were apparently surprised to find out after his death that he had only left behind hundred-fifty dinars.[3][7] According to Shaykh Tusi, he was reliable narrator and reported many narrations from al-Hadi. His father Nuh ibn Darraj was a Qadi in Kufa and Jameel bin Darraj was his brother.[7]

A letter attributed to al-Hadi asks Ayyub ibn Nuh and Hasan ibn Rashid (a representative of al-Hadi in Baghdad, Mada'in, and the Sawad) to resolve their dispute and work only within their defined areas.[8]

Notes
  1. Al-Hadi's representatives appear to have been split up into four distinct regions: the first one included Baghdad, Mada'in, the Sawad, and Kufa; the second, Basra and Ahwaz; the third, Qom and Hamadan; and the fourth, the Hejaz, Yemen, and Egypt.[1]

References
  1. Hussain 1986, pp. 81–2.
  2. Hussain 1986, p. 50.
  3. Wardrop 1988, pp. 225–6.
  4. Baghestani 2014.
  5. Wardrop 1988, p. 221.
  6. Sachedina 1981, p. 28.
  7. al-Qurashi 2012, p. 211.
  8. Wardrop 1988, p. 222.
  • Baghestani, Esmail (2014). "Jawad, Imam". Encyclopaedia of the World of Islam (in Persian). Vol. 11. Encyclopaedia Islamica Foundation. ISBN 978-9644470127.
  • Sachedina, Abdulaziz Abdulhussein (1981). Islamic Messianism: The Idea of Mahdī in Twelver Shīʻism. State University of New York Press. ISBN 9780873954426.
  • Wardrop, S. F. (1988). Lives of the Imams, Muhammad al-Jawad and 'Ali al-Hadi and the Development of the Shi'ite Organisation (PhD thesis). University of Edinburgh.
  • Hussain, Jassim M. (1986). Occultation of the Twelfth Imam: A Historical Background (PDF). Routledge Kegan & Paul. ISBN 9780710301581.
  • al-Qurashi, Baqir Shareef (2012). The Life of Imam ‘Ali al-Hadi, Study and Analysis. p. 224.
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