Sevener

al-Ismāʿīliyya al-khāliṣa / al-Ismāʿīliyya al-wāqifa^[1]orSeveners(Arabic:سبعية) was a branch ofIsmā'īlīShīʻa. They broke off from the more numerousTwelversafter the death ofJafar al-Sadiqin 765 AD. They became known as "Seveners" because they believed thatIsma'il ibn Ja'farwas the seventh and last Imam (hereditary leader of the Muslim community in the direct line of Ali).^[2]They believed his son,Muhammad ibn Isma'il,would return and bring about an age of justice asMahdi.Their most well-known and active branch were theQarmatians.

History, Shia schisms, and Seveners

Seveners and the Fatimid dynasty

List of Imams

Imām^[1]^: 90	Seveneral-Ismāʿīliyyaal-khāliṣaImām	Period
1	Ali– FirstIsmā'īlī Imām	(632–661)
2	Hasan ibn Ali– SecondIsmā'īlī Imām	(661–669)
3	Husayn ibn Ali– ThirdIsmā'īlī Imām	(669–680)
4	Ali ibn Husayn Zayn al-Abidin– FourthIsmā'īlī Imām	(680–713)
5	Muhammad al-Baqir– FifthIsmā'īlī Imām	(713–733)
6	Ja'far al-Sadiq– SixthIsmā'īlī Imām	(733–765)
7	Isma'il ibn Ja'far– SeventhIsmā'īlī Imām	(765–775)

Sometimes "Sevener" is used to refer toIsmā'īlīsoverall, though mainstreamMusta'liandNizariIsma'ilis have far more than seven imams.

Ismaili imams who were not accepted as legitimate by Seveners

The following Ismaili imams afterMahdihad been considered as heretics of dubious origins by certainQarmatiangroups^[3]who refused to acknowledge the imamate of theFatimidsand clung to their belief in the coming of the Mahdi.^[4]

Abadullah ibn Muhammad (Ahmad al-Wafi)(813–829)
Ahmad ibn Abadullah (Muhammad at-Taqi)(829–840)
Husayn ibn Ahmad (Radi Abdullah)(840–881)
Abdallah al-Mahdi Billah(881–934) (Founder ofFatimid Caliphate)

References

^^a ^bDaftary, Farhad(2007).Cambridge University(ed.).The Isma'ilis: Their History and Doctrines.Cambridge:Cambridge University Press.p. 90.ISBN 978-0-521-42974-0.
^Armstrong, Karen (1999).A History of God.United Kingdom: Vintage. p. 205.
^Encyclopedia Iranica, "ʿABDALLĀH B. MAYMŪN AL-QADDĀḤ"
^Encyclopedia Iranica, "THE IMAMATE IN ISMAʿILISM"

[Daftary2007-1] Daftary, Farhad(2007).Cambridge University(ed.).The Isma'ilis: Their History and Doctrines.Cambridge:Cambridge University Press.p. 90.ISBN 978-0-521-42974-0.

[2] Armstrong, Karen (1999).A History of God.United Kingdom: Vintage. p. 205.

[MAYMŪN-3] Encyclopedia Iranica, "ʿABDALLĀH B. MAYMŪN AL-QADDĀḤ"

[4] Encyclopedia Iranica, "THE IMAMATE IN ISMAʿILISM"

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History, Shia schisms, and Seveners

Seveners and the Fatimid dynasty

List of Imams

Ismaili imams who were not accepted as legitimate by Seveners

See also

References