Ahmad Ibn 'Îsâ Ibn Zayd

Aḥmad ibn ʿĪsā ibn Zayd Islamic theologian, Hadith scholar and Faqih, was the grandson of Zayd ibn Ali, one of the famous Alids of the early Abbasid Caliphate and one of the famous Zaydiyyah scholars who lived most of his life on the run. His kunya was Abū ʿAbd Allāh and his nickname was Al-Mukhtafī. His father ʿĪsā Mu'tam al-Ashbal ibn Zayd is considered as the 13th Imām of Zaydiyyā. Ahmad ibn Isa ibn Zayd's sixty years of secret life is proof of the nickname given to him.