Welcome to Ahmadiyyat, The True Islam

by Dr. Karimullah Zirvi

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Welcome to Ahmadiyyat, The True Islam — Page 211

− 5. Al-Muswiyyah 6. Al-Qatiyyah − 7. Al-Muhammadiyyah 8. Al-Asna Ashriyya ± The Al-Imamiyyah subsects are: − 1. Al-Isma liyyah 2. Al-Hashamiyyah ‘i − − − 3. Al-Zariyyah 4. Al-Yunisiyyah ± − 5. Al-Shaitaniyyah 6. Al-Kamaliyyah − − The Al-Zaidiyyah sect is divided into the following subsects: 1. Al-Jarudiyyah 2. Al-Sulaimaniyyah − − − 3. Al-Batriyyah − is divided into two further subsects. One of these Al-Kaisaniyyah sects is of the view that Imam Muhammad bin Hanfiyyah is still alive and − ± ± that he is the awaited The other sect is of the opinion that Imam Mahdi. − − Muhammad bin Hanfiyyah has passed away and that after his death, his ± ± son Abu Hashim ‘Abdullah, became his legatee and successor. The founder − − − of the sect was Mukhtar Saqfi. Al-Kaisaniyyah − − − The Shi ah sects which are not part of the group are: ‘ Imamiyyah − 1. Al-Sabiyyah 2. Al-Maghiriyyah ± − 3. Al-Janahiyyah 4. Al-Mansuriyyah − ± − 5. Al-Khatabiyyah 6. Al-Batniyyah − − 7. Al-Haluliyyah. − (Review or Religions, Malik Sifur Rahman, Vol. 94, No. 7, ± − July, 1999, pp 51-63) 211