The role of the Sulayhids in supporting the Fatimid da’wa in Yemen during the third and fourth centuries AH, a historical study

The Sulayhid state is the main protector of the Fatimid da’wa in Yemen. The Fatimid da’wa soon spread in the country of Yemen at the hands of Ali bin Muhammad al-Sulayhi. This da’i was able to occupy some of Yemen’s castles and eliminate his opponents. With his Sulayhi claim to remove the influence of the Abbasids from the country of Hejaz and restore its authority over it, the Fatimid da’wa continued to spread at the hands of the Sulayhid caliphs, the honorable Ahmed and his wife, Mrs. Arwa al-Hurra, as they played a major role in the spread of the Ismaili da’wa in Yemen, and in crushing some sectarian uprisings and eliminating their leaders However, the events that followed in her country heralded the sunset of the Sulayhids in Yemen, and the Ismaili call remained weak, collapsed and divided until Turan Shah ibn Ayyub came and removed all the influence of the Ismailis in Yemen, and performed the sermon in the name of the Abbasids. The importance of the study is based on the fact that Yemenis, whether they are inside their homeland or outside it, are an example of activity and sincerity, and that is why when Islam appeared, they accepted its call, and believed in it with sincerity and faith, and it became in their hearts a firm, fixed and rigid belief, in their adaptation to its quality, and their color in its color. So they spread it in the east and west of the earth, until the greatest empire in history made its contribution. Therefore, the establishment of the Sulayhid state in Yemen, which is one of the roots of Yemen, whose firm foundation was the dissemination of the Islamic doctrine of Muhammadiyah, which was based on the guardianship of Ahl al-Bayt, peace be upon them. Therefore, they shared with the Fatimids their goals and shared them together to achieve them on the ground. As for the problem of the study, it is based on the fact that the Fatimid movement is a global movement, whose purpose was to overthrow the political system that dominates the Islamic world. challenges in Yemen. The objectives of the study are also related to identifying the general concepts of the study related to the Fatimid and Sulayhid states, identifying the mutual relations between the Sulayhid and Fatimid states in the social, economic and political fields, identifying the Fatimid da’wa and the role of the Sulayhids in developing and strengthening it, as well as knowing the characteristics of the Fatimid da’wa in Yemen, and getting to know the scholars The Fatimid da’wa in Yemen. The original question of the study is what is the role of the Sulayhids in supporting the Fatimid da’wa in Yemen? His original hypothesis is that the Sulayhids were tolerant, just as the Fatimids in Egypt were tolerant of Sunni scholars, until they allowed some of their jurists to perform their rituals and spread their teachings in mosques. The study method also requires the use of the historical research method, and on this basis the researcher used the historical method to answer the study questions in accordance with its content.