Editing Sevener (section)

{{Short description|Branch of Isma'ilism}}
{{About|the defunct Ismaili sub-sect|the Ismaili Muslim faith overall|Isma'ilism}}
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'''al-Ismāʿīliyya al-khāliṣa / al-Ismāʿīliyya al-wāqifa'''<ref name="Daftary2007">{{cite book|author=Daftary, Farhad|author-link=Farhad Daftary|title=The Isma'ilis: Their History and Doctrines|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cSO9zh61AGEC&q=khalisa&pg=PA88|date=2007|editor=Cambridge University|editor-link=Cambridge University|publisher=[[Cambridge University Press]]|place=[[Cambridge]]|isbn=978-0-521-42974-0|page=90}}</ref> or '''Sevener''' ({{langx|ar|سبعية}}) was a branch of [[Isma'ilism|Ismā'īlī]] Shīʻa. They broke off from the more numerous [[Twelver Shi'ism|Twelvers]] after the death of [[Ja'far al-Sadiq|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>{{Cite book |last=Armstrong |first=Karen |title=A History of God |publisher=Vintage |year=1999 |location=United Kingdom |pages=205}}</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]].