Zaydism Its Origins And Beliefs – NEW UPLOAD!!!

While various other heterodox Islamic sects have received much attention from the researchers and scholars, especially the Shi’i sects—due to the impact their emergence had on fracturing the structure of the Islamic community and tearing apart its unity—we find that the same was not done for the Zaydiyyah. As a result, Zaydism as a sect or a school of thought has not received the attention it deserves to adequately understand its reality; as it was only ever mentioned in passing when discussing the Ja’fari and Isma’ili Shi’i sects.

The illustrious author, Qadi Isma’il ibn Ali al-Akwa—from whose work this translation has been adapted—fulfilled this responsibility by discussing the origins of Zaydi Shi’ism, its development, doctrines, prominent sub-sects, and the Fiqh they adhere to; clarifying the ambiguities and confusions surrounding it, for both its followers and others.

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1. The Jarudiyyah
2. The Sulaimaniyyah or Jaririyyah
3. The Batriyyah

The Zaidis of Gilan and Deylam

Yemeni Zaidism

Sources of Imam al Hadi’s Jurisprudence

Opening the Door to Ijtihad

Restricting Imamah to the Descendants of Hassan and Hussain

Ihtisab

Sects of the Jarudiyyah of Yemen

1. The Ḥusayniyyah
2. The Muṭṭarrifiyyah
3. The Mukhtari’ah

The Zaidis of Yemen and the Extent of their Connection to the Zaidi Sect of Imam Zaid ibn ‘Ali

The beliefs and stance of Zaid ibn ‘Ali