Sulayman ibn Ali Zayn al-Abidin

Sulayman ibn Ali Zayn al-Abidin belonged to the Husayni branch of the Ahl al-Bayt. His father was Imam Ali Zayn al-Abidin and his grandfather was Imam Husayn. The basic paternal identity is clear, but the personal name of his mother is not preserved in the foundational child list.

In Kitab al-Irshad, Shaykh al-Mufid enumerates fifteen children of Imam Zayn al-Abidin and places Husayn al-Asghar, Abd al-Rahman, and Sulayman under one unnamed umm walad. This is the clearest early evidence for Sulayman's existence and family position, but it supplies neither a maternal name nor an exact birth date or separate life narrative.

Lubab al-Ansab states that neither Sulayman nor Abd al-Rahman had children, and al-Shajara al-Mubaraka also counts Sulayman among the sons of Imam Zayn al-Abidin who left no continuing descendants. These statements establish a genealogical outcome only; they do not prove that he never married or define a particular marital history. The spouse fields therefore remain blank rather than speculative.

Later rijal works, local notices and modern studies mention a shrine near Ismatabad in the Nishapur area attributed to “Sultan Sulayman ibn Imam al-Sajjad.” However, no independent early Imami or Sunni biography, death notice or explicit burial report has been found that can establish the historical identity of this site. His actual burial place is therefore recorded as unknown, while the present Ismatabad site is treated as a later local devotional attribution and a living religious memory, not as a verified grave.