Sevener

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al-Ismāʿīliyya al-khāliṣa / al-Ismāʿīliyya al-wāqifa<ref name="Daftary2007">Template:Cite book</ref> or Sevener (Template:Langx) was a branch of Ismā'īlī Shīʻa. They broke off from the more numerous Twelvers after the death of Jafar al-Sadiq in 765 AD. They became known as "Seveners" because they believed that Isma'il ibn Ja'far was the seventh and last Imam (hereditary leader of the Muslim community in the direct line of Ali).<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> They believed his son, Muhammad ibn Isma'il, would return and bring about an age of justice as Mahdi. Their most well-known and active branch were the Qarmatians.

History, Shia schisms, and SevenersEdit

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Branching of Ismā'īlīsm within the Shi'a Islam at a glance. (Note: Kaysani's Imam Hanafiyyah is descendant of Ali from Ali's wife Khawlah, not Fatimah.)

Seveners and the Fatimid dynastyEdit

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Sevener and Fatimid Dynasty

List of ImamsEdit

Imām<ref name="Daftary2007"/>Template:Rp	Sevener al-Ismāʿīliyya al-khāliṣa Imām	Period
1	Ali – First Ismā'īlī Imām	(632–661)
2	Hasan ibn Ali – Second Ismā'īlī Imām	(661–669)
3	Husayn ibn Ali – Third Ismā'īlī Imām	(669–680)
4	Ali ibn Husayn Zayn al-Abidin – Fourth Ismā'īlī Imām	(680–713)
5	Muhammad al-Baqir – Fifth Ismā'īlī Imām	(713–733)
6	Ja'far al-Sadiq – Sixth Ismā'īlī Imām	(733–765)
7	Isma'il ibn Ja'far – Seventh Ismā'īlī Imām	(765–775)

Sometimes "Sevener" is used to refer to Ismā'īlīs overall, though mainstream Musta'li and Nizari Isma'ilis have far more than seven imams.

Ismaili imams who were not accepted as legitimate by SevenersEdit

The following Ismaili imams after Mahdi had been considered as heretics of dubious origins by certain Qarmatian groups<ref name="MAYMŪN">Encyclopedia Iranica, "ʿABDALLĀH B. MAYMŪN AL-QADDĀḤ"</ref> who refused to acknowledge the imamate of the Fatimids and clung to their belief in the coming of the Mahdi.<ref>Encyclopedia Iranica, "THE IMAMATE IN ISMAʿILISM"</ref>

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 of Fatimid Caliphate)

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