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Monday, April 4, 2011

Breakdown of the Muslim Sects

The book is not going to be fun to read! Ms. Kate C. Seelye, the translator, has already put me off from reading.  She described al-Baghdadi in a very negative tone in her introduction.
Our author (al-Baghdadi) starts out by saying that all but the one sect, the orthodox [this is referring to the Sunni sects who are not really orthodox], are condemned to hell fire, and goes on to enumerate all those condemned sects, discussing and opposing their views, and periodically breaking forth in an exclamation of gratitude that " we are not as they " ;

I hope that the author of this book (al-Baghdadi) is not overtly biased.

Before the start of chapter 1, you are presented with the following breakdown of Muslim Sects. Note: anything with asterisks * are not discussed in detail.

Rafidiyah (20 sects)
 
A. Zaidiyah (3)
1. Jarudiyah
2. Sulaimaniyah or Jaririyah
3. Butriyah 
B. Kaisanlyah (2)
1. Followers of ibn-al-Hanafiyah
2. Muhammadiyah
 
C. Imamiyah (15)
1. Kamiliyah
2. Bakiriyah
3. The Ghulat
4. Mubarrakiyah
5. Kat'iyah or Twelvers
6. Hishamiyah
7. Zarariyah
8. Yunusiyah
9. Shaitaniyah
10. Muhammadiyah *
1 1 Nawawiyah *
12. Shumaitiyah *
13. Mu'ammariyah *
14. Isma'iliyah
15. Musawiyah


Al-Khawarij (20 sects)

1. The first Muhakkamah
2. Azarikah
3. Najadah
4. Sifriyah

5. Ajaridah * (mentions ten in heading, treats eight)
a. Khazimiyah
- Ma'lumiyah
- Majhuliyah
b. Shu'aibiyah
c. The People of Obedience
d. Saltiyah
e. Akhnasiyah
f. Shaibaniyah
g. Ma'badiyah
 
6. Rashidiyah

7. Mukarramiyah
a. Hamziyah *
b. Shamrakiyah *
c. Ibrahimiyah *
d. Wakifiyah*
e. Ibadiyah
- Hafsiyah
- Harithiyah

Mu'tazilites or Kadariyah (20 sects)

1. Wasiliyah
2. Amriyah
3. Hudhailiyah
4. Nazzamiyah
5. Aswariyah
6. Mu'ammariyah
7. Iskafiyah
8. Ja'fariyah
9. Bishriyah
10. Murdariyah
11. Hishamiyah
12. Thamamryah
13. Jahiziyah
14. Hayitiyah
15. Himariyah
16. Khaiyatiyah
17. Followers of Salih Kubbah *
18. Musaisiyah *
19. Shahhamiyah
20. Ka'biyah
21. Jubba'iyah
22. Bahshamiyah

Murji'ah (5 sects)

1. Yunusiyah
2. Ghassaniyah
3. Thaubaniyah
4. Tumaniyah
5. Marisiyah

Najjariyah (2 sects)

1. Barghuthiyah
2. Za'faraniyah
- Mustadrikah 

Jahmiyah
 
Bakriyah
Darariyah

Karramiyah (3 sects)

1. Hakakiyah
2. Tara'ikiyah
3. Ishakiyah

LIST OF SECTS OUTSIDE OF THE PALE OF ISLAM (according to al-Baghdadi)
 
Sababiyah
Ghulat
- Mughiriyah
- Bayaniyah
Harbiyah
Mansuriyah
Janahiyah
Ghurabiyah
Mufauwadah
Dhimmiyah
Shari'iyah
Numairiyah
Haluliyah
Ashab al-Ibahah
Ashab al-Tanasukh
Hayitiyah (of the Kadariyah)
Himariyah
Yazidiyah ( of the Khawarij)
Maimuniyah
Batiniyah

2 comments:

  1. Salam,

    where can i find the details on all these sects listed here.

    any internet source or books in english, u can recommend.

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  2. You can find the book at the open library site mentioned in this post http://researchintoothersects.blogspot.com/2011/04/muslim-schisms-and-sects.html

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