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In the 7th century some early Muslims expected Ali to become a first caliph, successor to Muhammad.After ascension of Abu Bakr, supporters of Ali (and future Shia) continued to believe only people from Muhammad's family to qualify as rulers and selected an imam, from each generation (the proto-Sunni, in contrast, recognized Abu Bakr as a legitimate first caliph). [5]
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.
Iran, formerly of Sunni majority region underwent a process of forced conversion to Shia Islam under the Saffavids between the 16th and 18th century. The process also ensured the dominance of the Twelver sect within Shiism over the Zaidiyyah and sects of Isma'ilism in the modern day. [1] [2] [3] [4]
[51] Similar sentiments are attributed to Umar in the Sunni Kitab al-Isti'ab and al-Bidaya wa'l-nihaya and the Shia Bihar al-anwar. [52] [53] Muhammad al-Shafi'i (d. 820), founder of one of the four schools of Sunni jurisprudence, commended Ali as "the best imam, the best guide," [54] and composed a poem in his praise. [55]
Confessing to the Prophets of God is also part of the Sunni faith. [148] The first of the prophets is Adam. [170] The original contract (mīṯāq) that God concluded with him and his descendants according to sura 7:172–173 is a reality according to Sunni belief. [171] God has taken Abraham as a friend (ḫalīl) and talked to Moses directly ...
The Jarudiyya are counted as one of the first branches of Zaidiyyah. Jozef Van Ess called this sect Sorhoubiyyah. [citation needed] Two people had important roles in theoretical basics of this sect. One of them is Abu Al Jaroud as the one who established this school and the other is Abu Khalid, the one who was heir of Jaroudiyyah's teaching.
Sufris were a major sub-sect of Kharijite in the 7th and 8th centuries, and a part of the Kharijites. Nukkari was a sub-sect of Sufris. Harūrīs were an early Muslim sect from the period of the Four Rightly-Guided Caliphs (632–661 CE), named for their first leader, Habīb ibn-Yazīd al-Harūrī. Azariqa, Najdat, and Adjarites were minor sub ...
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 ...