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كان السيد عبد الله المحض بن الحسن المثنى من أبناء أحفاد سيدنا علي بن أبي طالب والسيدة فاطمة الزهراء. فأبوه من نسل الإمام الحسن، وأمه فاطمة بنت الإمام الحسين…
Sayyid ʿAbdullah al-Maḥḍ ibn al-Hasan al-Muthanna was a great-grandson of Sayyiduna ʿAli ibn Abi Talib and Sayyidah Fatimah al-Zahra. His father descended from Imam al-Hasan, while his mother, Fatimah bint Imam al-Husayn, descended from Imam al-Husayn. He was therefore known as al-Maḥḍ, meaning “the pure,” because the lineages of Imam al-Hasan and Imam al-Husayn were united in him. He was regarded as a leading member of the Ahl al-Bayt of his time and was remembered for his knowledge, worship, generosity and dignified character. During the rule of an Abbasid caliph, Sayyid ʿAbdullah and a group of his brothers, nephews and other members of the Hasanid family were arrested and transported from Madinah to Iraq. They were imprisoned at al-Hashimiyyah near Kufa, where Sayyid ʿAbdullah died in captivity in 145 AH/762 CE, together with several members of his family. The site became known as al-Qubur al-Sabʿah, or “the Seven Graves,” and is traditionally associated with their burial. The present shrine stands in the Imam Zayd district of Babil Governorate, on the road between al-Qasim and al-Kifl. The complex contains two domed shrine chambers: one associated with Sayyid ʿAbdullah al-Maḥḍ and another commemorating the members of the Ahl al-Bayt who died alongside him. It remains an important place of visitation and remembrance dedicated to the descendants of Imam al-Hasan and their endurance during the early Abbasid period.