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  2. Zaydism - Wikipedia

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    Twelver Shias sometimes consider Zaydism to be a "fifth school" of Sunni Islam. [4] Zaydis regard rationalism as more important than Quranic literalism and historically were quite tolerant towards Sunni Shafi'ism, a religion of about half of the Yemenis. [5] Most of the world's Zaydis are located in northern Yemen and Najran, Saudi Arabia.

  3. Zayd ibn Ali - Wikipedia

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    Zayd was born in Medina in 695 CE.He was the son of Ali ibn al-Husayn Zayn al-Abidin. [5] Ibn Qutaybah in his book "al-Ma'ārif", republished in 1934 in Egypt, writes (at page 73) that one of the wives of the 4th Shia Imam was from Sindh (present-day Pakistan) and that she was the mother of Zayd ibn Ali.

  4. Shia–Sunni relations - Wikipedia

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    After the death of Muhammad in 632, the Muslim world split into two camps, the Sunnis, who believed that the caliphs of the Islamic community should be chosen by a council (in the case of the Saqifa), and a second group, the Shia, who believed that Mohammed had named his successor to be Ali ibn Abi Talib, his cousin and son-in-law.

  5. List of Shia dynasties - Wikipedia

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    Please improve it by verifying the claims made and adding ... (934–1062 CE) — Zaidi, later converted ... (1530-1918) It was a Shiite-Sunni confederation that ...

  6. Shia Islam in Yemen - Wikipedia

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    The Zaydis belong to a sect of Shia Islam established by followers of Zayd ibn Ali, the great-grandson of Ali, Shia Islam's first Imam. Zayd ibn Ali rebelled against the Umayyad government in 740 CE after the death of Husayn ibn Ali at Karbala, this being seen as justification for his status as the legitimate Imam in the eyes of the Zaydi sect ...

  7. Sunni view of Ali - Wikipedia

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    855), founder of another Sunni school, writes that Ali was the only companion who made this claim, thus suggesting that Ali was the only companion who was qualified to make such a claim. [56] Ibn Hanbal also commented about the caliphate of Ali, "Do you think the caliphate adorned Ali? No, rather it was Ali who adorned the caliphate." [57]

  8. Talk:Zaydism/Archive 1 - Wikipedia

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    5 Zaidi. 1 comment Toggle Zaidi subsection. 5.1 Moslem. 6 Revert. 1 comment. 7 Moved from article. 2 comments. 8 Sunni Zaidis. 3 comments. 9 Removed claim about 99 ...

  9. Schools of Islamic theology - Wikipedia

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    Additionally, the Maturidi believe that God created and can control all of His creation, but that He allows humans to make individual decisions and choices for themselves. Ethics are considered to have objective existence. Humans are thus capable of recognizing good and bad without revelation, but reason alone. [66]