Bazighiyya Shia
The Bazighiyya Shia (named for Bazigh ibn Yunus, to whom they were related) was a Ghulat sect of Shia Islam.Today, descendants of the followers of the sect either converted to Shia Islam or mainstream Twelver Shia Islam.[1]
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Beliefs
The Bazighiyya Shia had the following beliefs:
- They believed the Imams after Muhammad are (in chronological order):
- Ali, then
- Hasan ibn Ali, then
- Husayn ibn Ali, then
- Alī ibn Ḥusayn Zayn al-Abidin, then
- Muḥammad ibn ‘Alī al-Baqir
- They believed Ja'far al-Sadiq commands the Bazighiyya Shi’ites the acts of the inhabitants of heaven.
References
- Moosa, Matti (1987). Extremist Shiites: the ghulat sects. Syracuse University Press
Further reading
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