MAHAJJAH 2

BACK⇒ Return to Table of contents   The beliefs and stance of Zaid ibn ‘Ali   The distinguished scholar, jurist, and historian Yahya ibn al Hussain ibn al Imam al Mansur al Qasim ibn Muhammad, who died at the beginning of the eleventh century AH, tells us in his book al Mustatab, known as Tabaqat al Zaidiyyah al Sughra:   The early generations of the Ahlul Bayt, before the schools […]

BACK⇒ Return to Table of contents   The Zaidis of Yemen and the Extent of their Connection to the Zaidi Sect of Imam Zaid ibn ‘Ali[1]   It is a common belief among various Muslim sects and groups that the Zaidis are the followers of the school of Imam Zaid ibn ‘Ali ibn al Hussain ibn ‘Ali ibn Abi Talib rahimahu Llah who adhere to his jurisprudence and practice upon […]

BACK⇒ Return to Table of contents   Sects of the Jarudiyyah of Yemen   Hardly a hundred years passed since the arrival of Imam al Mahdi Yahya ibn al Hussain to Yemen and his followers split—after having already transformed to the Jarudiyyah[1]—to three sects, as Imam al Mahdi Ahmed ibn Yahya al Murtada explained in his saying:   وافترق متأخروا الجارودية إلى مطرفية وحسينية ومخترعة The later Jarudiyyah sect split into […]

BACK⇒ Return to Table of contents   Ihtisab   According to the Zaidiyyah, if the land is devoid of a person who can fulfil all or most of the conditions of Imamah, then a righteous man should rise for the purpose of reformation and accountability by enjoining good and forbidding evil. He should forbid wrong with his tongue and, if necessary, his sword, according to its degrees, and command good […]

BACK⇒ Return to Table of contents   Restricting Imamah to the Descendants of Hassan and Hussain   Just as Imam al Hadi was concerned with spreading his doctrine, which began to appear during his reign in some regions of Najd and Yemen that came under his influence, he and the subsequent Imams in Yemen were also concerned with the matter of Imamah, restricting it to the descendants of the two […]