Abu Abdullah Ja'far Ibn Al-Aswad Ibn Al-Haytham
Abu Abdullah Ja'far ibn al-Aswad ibn al-Haytham was an Isma'ili da'i born in 268 AH (881/2 CE) in Qayrawan. He is the author of ''Kitāb al-Munāẓarāt'' ("The Book of discussions"). References

Ismaili da'is 880s births People from Kairouan 10th-century people from the Fatimid Caliphate Ismaili theologians Tunisian Muslim theologians 10th-century Ismailis {{Shia-bio-stub ...
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Isma'ili
Isma'ilism ( ar, الإسماعيلية, al-ʾIsmāʿīlīyah) is a branch or sub-sect of Shia Islam. The Isma'ili () get their name from their acceptance of Imam Isma'il ibn Jafar as the appointed spiritual successor (imām) to Ja'far al-Sadiq, wherein they differ from the Twelver Shia, who accept Musa al-Kadhim, the younger brother of Isma'il, as the true Imām. Isma'ilism rose at one point to become the largest branch of Shia Islam, climaxing as a political power with the Fatimid Caliphate in the 10th through 12th centuries. Ismailis believe in the oneness of God, as well as the closing of divine revelation with Muhammad, whom they see as "the final Prophet and Messenger of God to all humanity". The Isma'ili and the Twelvers both accept the same six initial Imams; the Isma'ili accept Isma'il ibn Jafar as the seventh Imam. After the death of Muhammad ibn Isma'il in the 8th century CE, the teachings of Ismailism further transformed into the belief system as it is known tod ...
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