Al-Houthi..and the alleged Hashemi lineage
English - Monday 14 November 2022 الساعة 03:16 pm
NewsYemen, written / Muhammad Yahya:
After taking control of the state in 2014, the Houthis sought to consolidate the concept of Hashemism as a priestly term that refers to their religious entitlement to power, by claiming Hashemite descent, through which they presented themselves as an extension of the Hadawiya Imamate that was overthrown in 1962, and its political theory of limiting the Imamate to two parts.
Before that, in 2004, the sons of the priest "Badr al-Din al-Houthi" had published on the Internet what they said was the lineage of their father, which they traced back to al-Hadi al-Rasi, and then it reaches Ali bin Abi Talib, cousin and son-in-law of the Prophet, whom the so-called "Hashemites" claim to be his grandchildren. From his daughter Fatima and her husband Ali. That is why they consider themselves “grandchildren of the Prophet” and “informs of guidance”.
That Houthi lineage provoked the ridicule of researchers from the "masters of Sanaa", and they considered it a fabrication, explaining that Al-Houthi introduced his lineage with them from their pure grandfather, who is the same grandfather who also unites them with the Al-Mutawakkil family.
The researchers attributed the Al-Houthi family to: Al-Harith Al-Awar bin Abdullah bin Kaab bin Asad bin Yakhlid bin Yamar bin Amr bin Al-Harith bin Majd bin Khallad bin Hawth, who lived in Kufa in the first century AH, a contemporary of Imam Ali and was a servant to him, and is not associated with him with any pedigree.
Accordingly, Al-Harith bin Hawth was not one of the sons of Al-Hadi Al-Rassi, who came to Yemen from Tabaristan in the third century AH. It is likely that Al-Harith was accompanying Ali bin Abi Talib when he arrived in Yemen, in the first year of the hijri, and preferred to stay there with his family in the Dahyan area in Kharif, which belongs to the governorate of Amran today, where the village in which he lived was called “Houth” and the title of Al-Houthi was subsequently given to its inhabitants.
The children of Al-Harith bin Hawth (the Houthis) worked there in serving the tribes, and his descendants became famous after him for service and lower jobs, and some of them served scholars and jurists of the Zaydi sect. Among them was his grandson, Amir al-Din bin Hussein al-Houthi, the grandfather of the leader of the coup militia, Abdul-Malik al-Houthi.
According to the researchers, the Houthi families in "Hoth" in the Dahyan area in Amran migrated to many areas at different periods, perhaps as a result of problems or disputes that erupted between them and some neighboring tribes. Amir al-Din bin Hussein al-Houthi and his family chose to migrate to Saada, and established the Dahyan hijra, which was also called the city of scholars.
But a Jordanian researcher went far in the lineage of Al-Houthi, and attributed his lineage to Musaylimah bin Thamama bin Kathir bin Habib Al-Hanafi, who claimed prophethood in the year “11 AH” and was killed in the “12 AH” in the battle of Yamamah at the hands of “Wahshi” who wanted to kill “Musaylimah.” Atonement for his guilt for killing Hamza bin Abdul Muttalib, the uncle of the Prophet.
Researcher and academic Dr. Imad Al-Sawahneh - Professor of Islamic History at the University of Amman, Jordan, says that he concluded, through a survey research study that lasted more than four months, that the Houthi family, which is located in the “Houth” area of the Yemeni governorate of Saada, has its origins in Bani Habib bin Hanifa and their center is “Wadi Hanifa.” in Najd.
