مباهلة يحيى العلوي وعبد الله بن مصعب

مباهلة يحيى العلوي وعبد الله بن مصعب

c. 791 CE · 175 AH

In year 175 Abdallah ibn Mus'ab al-Zubayri slandered Yahya ibn Abdallah the Alid before al-Rashid, claiming Yahya had invited him to revolt; Yahya challenged him to mutual imprecation in the caliph's presence, entwining hands: 'Say — O God, if You know Yahya did not call me to rebel against this Commander of the Faithful, abandon me to my own power and scourge me with Your punishment.' The Zubayrid faltered, spoke it, Yahya spoke likewise — and the Zubayrid died that very day 1.

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موجز

في سنة 175هـ يروي السيوطي أن عبد الله بن مصعب الزبيري ادّعى على يحيى بن عبد الله العلوي أنه دعاه إلى الخروج على الرشيد. فباهله يحيى بحضرة الرشيد. 1

المباهلة

شبك يحيى يده في يد الزبيري، وطلب منه أن يقول دعاءً يسأل فيه الله أن يتركه إلى حوله وقوته ويعذبه إن كان يحيى قد دعاه إلى الخلاف على أمير المؤمنين. فتلجلج الزبيري وقالها، ثم قال يحيى مثلها. 1

الخبر الأخير

يذكر السيوطي أن الزبيري مات في اليوم نفسه. وهذه رواية السيوطي، وتحتاج إلى مصدر إضافي للتثبت منها. 1

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يحيى بن عبد الله بن حسن العلوي· Harun al-Rashid

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Bayt al-Hikma — the House of Wisdom· The Aman of Samalu and its People's Transfer to Baghdad· وفاة هارون الرشيد بطوس· Umar's Expulsion of the Christians of Najran· The Building of Madinat al-Hadath· The Building of al-Rafiqa· The Garrisoning of Sur man Ra'a (Samarra)· The Building of Sisar

Sources

  1. Tarikh al-Khulafa — al-Suyuti (Dar al-Minhaj edition), p. 460-461
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islam.museum contributors. “مباهلة يحيى العلوي وعبد الله بن مصعب”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/event/yahya-zubayri-mubahala/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-17.

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