Zaydism Its Origins And Beliefs

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   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   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 […]