4th objection from Zaydis

I am continuing with Zaydis vs Imammi discourse.

Before looking into the exact objection (from Zaydis), let's recap a few of my last entries.

Why Ismail son of Imam Jaffar as-Sadiq is not his father's successor
Ismail's death reported in our traditions
Why Imam Musa al-Kadhim is the only true successor
The Murjiyyah sect
The haruriyya (Kharajite) sect

The Zaidiyyah in Shaykh Saduq's book made the following statement
If the tradition regarding the number of Imams to be twelve had been correct, people would not have doubted in the successor-ship of Imam Ja’far Sadiq (may peace be upon him).

A number of people believed in the Imamate of Abdullah (son of Imam as-Sadiq) and some adopted the belief in Imamate of Ismail (son of Imam as-Sadiq). When Abdullah was put to test, they found him lacking/did not posses the necessary qualities to be the Imam.

Then the people came out saying: “Now where do we go? To Murjiah or to Hururiya?”


When Musa Ibne Ja’far heard this, he said:
“Neither to Murjiah or Qadariya or Hururiya; come to me.”

The Zaydis tried to invalidate the tradition of twelve Imams by giving a few examples of people being misguided or unclear on the identity of the Imam who succeeded Imam as-Sadiq.

And on top of this, the Zaydis started spreading rumors about the Shia Jurist (Faqih) of this period, Zurarah bin Uyun. They falsely accused Zurarah of dying in the state of being unclear of the successor of the sixth Shia Imam (Jaffar as-Sadiq).

The rebuttal from Shaykh Saduq will be in the next blog post.