Download Here - IslamicBlessings.com

maintained that the Imam after al‐Husayn, peace be on him, was Muhammed, that he was al‐
Mehdi, of whom the Prophet, may Allah bless him and his family, had given good news, who
would fill the world with fairness and justice, that he is living and never dies, that he has
disappeared in the Mountain of Redewa, and that there are with him honey and water. In this
respect al‐Sayyid al‐Himyari says:
The Imams from among Quraysh, the rulers of the truth, are four equal ones. (They are)‘Ali and
the three from among his well‐known sons. A grandson is a grandson of faith and kindness; a
grandson Kerbela made disappear; a grandson who will never dies, lead the horses, be followed
by the standard; none has seen him for a time; he has disappear in (the mountain of Redewa); he
has honey and water. Some of them exaggerated when they said: “(Muhammed) b. al‐Hanafiya
was the Imam after Imam (‘Ali) the Commander of the faithful, peace be on him. He was before
al‐Hasan and al‐Husayn. Al‐Hasan inwardly summoned (the people)
[1] Adab al‐Murtada, p. 56.
[2] Al‐Sayyid al‐Murtada, al‐Fusool al‐Mukhtara.
through his command. Al‐Husayn appeared with the sword through his permission. They were
two summoners to him, and were commanded by him.”[1] The Kaysaniya believed in
transmigration of souls. They took this belief from the Indian philosophy. They did not absolutely
believed in the transmigration of souls; rather they restricted that to the Imams only.[5] This sect
came to an end and had no followers throughout the Islamic countries.
2. Al‐Zaydiya
Al‐Zaydiya have built their ideological frame on the revolt to remove oppressive governments and
to establish justice. They have maintained that any ‘Alawid person comes out in revolt with the
sword is an Imam to whom obedience is obligatory. All those who claim the Imamate and are
sitting in their own houses are not Imams and it is not permissible to follow them.[3]
More likely, they maintained that due to the oppression and tyranny the Shi‘ites met during those
terrible times. The Umayyad government regarded as atheistic all those who loved Ahl al‐Bayt,
peace be on them. To this meaning al‐Kumayt, the poet of Islam, refers: They indicate with their
hands to me and their statement is: verily this is unsuccessful, while the indicters are more
unsuccessful (than me). A sect has accused me of unbelief and a sect says that I am an evil‐doer
and guilty. They criticize me for (my) love for you out of their deception and deviation; rather they
mock (at me), while I wonder at them. They say: His inclination and opinion are Turabi; (such was)
I called and nicknamed by them.[4]
‘Abd Allah b. Kuthayr al‐Sehmi refuted those who criticized him for his love for the family of the
Presented by http://www.alhassanain.com & http://www.islamicblessings.com