Ein el-Nimr : The History of al-Ja'fariyya Family of Jordan in Malaysia

The objective of this blog is to share and gather information pertaining the network of al-Ja'fariyya family around the world. What is in context of the subject matter would be the origin and branches of Bani Hassan al-Hussaini family rooted in Jordan and is believed to be the ancestor of the writer's family now residing in different places in Malaysia.  Bani Hassan is of prophetic bloodline (ahl al-bayt) through Imam Ja'far al-Sadiq the eponym of the family "al-Ja'fariyya or al-Ja'afirah". While Ja'far was the descendant of Imam Hussain al-Shahid bin Imam 'Ali bin Abi Talib and Sayyidah Fatimah the daughter of Prophet Muhammad  صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم. Although the genealogical names reached up only to the 6th generation however based on accounts gathered from family elders mentioning the family origin from a certain village called "Ein el-Nimr" near 'Amman in Jordan helped in connecting it with the the said Hussaini tribe and its lo...