Zaydism Its Origins And Beliefs

BACK⇒ Return to Table of contents   Preface to the Second Edition   رَبِّ أَوۡزِعۡنِيٓ أَنۡ أَشۡكُرَ نِعۡمَتَكَ ٱلَّتِيٓ أَنۡعَمۡتَ عَلَيَّ وَعَلَىٰ وَٰلِدَيَّ وَأَنۡ أَعۡمَلَ صَٰلِحٗا تَرۡضَىٰهُ وَأَصۡلِحۡ لِي فِي ذُرِّيَّتِيٓۖ إِنِّي تُبۡتُ إِلَيۡكَ وَإِنِّي مِنَ ٱلۡمُسۡلِمِينَ My Lord, enable me to be grateful for Your favour which You have bestowed upon me and upon my parents and to work righteousness of which You will approve and make righteous for […]

BACK⇒ Return to Table of contents   Introduction   قُلۡ إِن كُنتُمۡ تُحِبُّونَ ٱللَّهَ فَٱتَّبِعُونِي يُحۡبِبۡكُمُ ٱللَّهُ وَيَغۡفِرۡ لَكُمۡ ذُنُوبَكُمۡۚ وَٱللَّهُ غَفُورٞ رَّحِيمٞ قُلۡ أَطِيعُواْ ٱللَّهَ وَٱلرَّسُولَۖ فَإِن تَوَلَّوۡاْ فَإِنَّ ٱللَّهَ لَا يُحِبُّ ٱلۡكَٰفِرِينَ Say, [O Muhammad], “If you should love Allah, then follow me, [so] Allah will love you and forgive you your sins. And Allah is Forgiving and Merciful.” Say, “Obey Allah and the Messenger. But if you […]

BACK⇒ Return to Table of contents   Zaidism   A sect attributed to Imam Zaid ibn ‘Ali ibn al Hussain ibn ‘Ali ibn Abi Talib radiya Llahu ‘anhum. They are as al Nadim described in his book, al Fihrist:   الزيدية الذين قالوا بإمامة زيد بن علي عليه السلام ثم قالوا بعده بالإمامة لولد فاطمة كائنا من كان بعد أن يكون عنده شروط الإمامة The Zaidiyyah [Zaidis] are those who […]

BACK⇒ Return to Table of contents   The Most Prominent Zaidi Sects   1. The Jarudiyyah Named after Abu al Jarud Ziyad ibn al Mundhir al Kufi al Hamadhani, or al Thaqafi, or al Nahdi. Weaker reports suggest: Ziyad ibn Munqidh al ‘Abdi or Ziyad ibn Abi Ziyad. Ibn al Nadim described him saying:   من علماء الزيدية أبو الجارود ويكنى أبا النجم زياد بن منذر العبدي يقال إن جعفر […]

BACK⇒ Return to Table of contents   The Zaidis of Gilan and Deylam   The Zaidi order was not organised after the martyrdom of Zaid ibn ‘Ali and his son Yahya, Muhammad ibn ‘Abdullah Dhu al Nafs al Zakiyyah, and his brother Ibrahim until al Nasir al Atrush, al Hassan ibn ‘Ali ibn ‘Umar ibn ‘Ali ibn al Hussain ibn ‘Ali ibn Abi Talib appeared in Khorasan in the year […]