# Al-Sadr family (آل الصدر)
The al-Sadr family (آل الصدر) is a Shia Muslim scholarly lineage of sayyids, descendants of the Prophet Muhammad, whose ancestors lived in Jabal Amel in present-day southern Lebanon and whose leading members settled in Iraq and Iran, producing maraji (sources of emulation), seminary administrators, a prime minister of Iraq, and politically executed clerics.[1](https://en.wikishia.net/view/Sayyid_Isma%27il_Sadr) • [2](https://ijtihadnet.com/ayatollah-muhammad-baqir-sadr-sign-jihad-ijtihad/) Because the title "Sayyed" marks descent from the Prophet, the family's genealogy is traced directly to Muhammad through Ibrahim al-Asghar b. Musa b. Ja'far, son of [Musa al-Kazim](https://www.edgepedia.org/musa-al-kazim) (موسى الكاظم), the seventh Shia Imam.[1](https://en.wikishia.net/view/Sayyid_Isma%27il_Sadr) • [2](https://ijtihadnet.com/ayatollah-muhammad-baqir-sadr-sign-jihad-ijtihad/)
| Fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Origin | Jabal Amel, southern Lebanon; lineage traced to Ibrahim al-Asghar b. Musa b. Ja'far[1](https://en.wikishia.net/view/Sayyid_Isma%27il_Sadr) |
| Migration | An ancestor moved to Iraq and then Isfahan after the Sedition of Jazzar Pasha[1](https://en.wikishia.net/view/Sayyid_Isma%27il_Sadr) |
| Qom leadership | Sadr al-Din al-Sadr (صدر الدين الصدر; 1882-1953) co-administered the Islamic Seminary of Qom after the death of Abd al-Karim al-Ha'iri al-Yazdi[1](https://en.wikishia.net/view/Sayyid_Isma%27il_Sadr) |
| Marriage link | Fatima, daughter of Sadr al-Din, married Muhammad Baqir al-Sadr (محمد باقر الصدر), joining the Lebanese-Iranian and Iraqi branches[3](https://en.wikishia.net/view/Sayyid_Sadr_al-Din_al-Sadr) |
| Political office | A family member, another Muhammad al-Sadr, served as Iraq's prime minister in 1948[2](https://ijtihadnet.com/ayatollah-muhammad-baqir-sadr-sign-jihad-ijtihad/) |
| Executions | Muhammad Baqir al-Sadr and his sister Amina (Bint al-Huda) were killed by Saddam's regime on April 9, 1980[2](https://ijtihadnet.com/ayatollah-muhammad-baqir-sadr-sign-jihad-ijtihad/) |
## Origins in Jabal Amel and migration to Iraq and Iran
The family's ancestors lived in Jabal Amel, a mountainous region of southern Lebanon.[2](https://ijtihadnet.com/ayatollah-muhammad-baqir-sadr-sign-jihad-ijtihad/) One ancestor, the father of Sayyid Isma'il al-Sadr, left the region in two stages: he immigrated first to Iraq and then to Isfahan in Iran, a move the sources connect to the Sedition of Jazzar Pasha.[1](https://en.wikishia.net/view/Sayyid_Isma%27il_Sadr)
## The family tree and its scholarly alliances
The branches are easiest to follow through two figures. **Sadr al-Din al-Sadr** (1882-1953) was a Shia jurisprudent and marja'. After the death of Abd al-Karim al-Ha'iri al-Yazdi, he, Sayyid Muhammad Taqi Khwansari, and Sayyid Muhammad Hujjat Kuhkamara'i administered the Islamic Seminary of Qom and worked to protect and develop it.[1](https://en.wikishia.net/view/Sayyid_Isma%27il_Sadr) When he came to Iran in 1339 AH (1920-1), he married Bibi Safiya Qummi, daughter of Sayyid Husayn Tabataba'i Qummi, and they had ten children, three sons and seven daughters, among them Sayyid Rida al-Sadr, a teacher at the Seminary of Qom, and Musa al-Sadr.[3](https://en.wikishia.net/view/Sayyid_Sadr_al-Din_al-Sadr)
**Haydar al-Sadr** (1891/2-1937/8), who studied under Sayyid Husayn Fisharaki and Abd al-Karim al-Ha'iri al-Yazdi, was the father of [Muhammad Baqir al-Sadr](https://www.edgepedia.org/muhammad-baqir-al-sadr).[1](https://en.wikishia.net/view/Sayyid_Isma%27il_Sadr) On the Iraqi side, Baqir's father Muhammad Sadiq was a mujtahid, his grandfather and great-grandfather were among the highest religious authorities of their time, and his mother was the daughter of Grand Ayatollah Muhammad Rida Al-Yasin.[2](https://ijtihadnet.com/ayatollah-muhammad-baqir-sadr-sign-jihad-ijtihad/)
The two branches were joined by marriage: Fatima, daughter of Sadr al-Din al-Sadr, was the wife of Muhammad Baqir al-Sadr, so that the Lebanese-Iranian and Iraqi lines became linked in that generation.[3](https://en.wikishia.net/view/Sayyid_Sadr_al-Din_al-Sadr) The family also reached into Iraqi political life; in recent Iraqi history, another family member named Muhammad al-Sadr served as Iraq's prime minister in 1948.[2](https://ijtihadnet.com/ayatollah-muhammad-baqir-sadr-sign-jihad-ijtihad/)
## Muhammad Baqir al-Sadr: formation and martyrdom
Muhammad Baqir al-Sadr was born on March 1, 1935 in al-Kadhimiyya, northwestern Baghdad, on the Karkh flank.[2](https://ijtihadnet.com/ayatollah-muhammad-baqir-sadr-sign-jihad-ijtihad/) In his advanced studies, known as dars al-kharij, he was taught by scholars such as the then Grand Ayatollah Abul-Qasim al-Khoei and Sayyed Ruhollah Khomeini.[2](https://ijtihadnet.com/ayatollah-muhammad-baqir-sadr-sign-jihad-ijtihad/)
His career ended under the Ba'athist state. He was killed by Saddam's regime on April 9, 1980, together with his sister Amina al-Sadr, better known by her pen name "Bint al-Huda".[2](https://ijtihadnet.com/ayatollah-muhammad-baqir-sadr-sign-jihad-ijtihad/)
## References
1. Al-Sayyid Isma'il al-Sadr, WikiShia. https://en.wikishia.net/view/Sayyid_Isma%27il_Sadr
2. Ayatollah Muhammad Baqir Sadr, A Sign of Jihad & Ijtihad, Ijtihad Network. https://ijtihadnet.com/ayatollah-muhammad-baqir-sadr-sign-jihad-ijtihad/
3. Al-Sayyid Sadr al-Din al-Sadr, WikiShia. https://en.wikishia.net/view/Sayyid_Sadr_al-Din_al-Sadr
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