Isma'ilism
Sign in to saveIsmailism, known historically and among practitioners as Batiniyya (), is a branch of Shia Islam. Like all Shia, the Ismailis emphasize a distinction between the exoteric (zahir) and esoteric (batin) dimension of Islam. However, unlike other Shia, the Ismailis are characterized by a unique emphasis on the esoteric.
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Ismailism is a branch of Shia Islam that emphasizes the hidden, inner meanings of Islamic teachings alongside their surface meanings, to a greater degree than other Shia groups do. It matters as a distinct religious tradition within Islam with its own approach to understanding faith and scripture.
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Key facts
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- Ismailism
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- Ismaili Center in Dushanbe, Tajikistan
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- Shia Islam
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- Quran
- Religion.theology
- Imamate
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- Imam (Nizari)
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- Aga Khan V
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- Branches and sects
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- Branches and sects of Isma'ilism
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- Ismāʿīli communities can be found in Pakistan, India, Central Asia, Syria, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Eastern Africa, and North America
Article
59 sectionsContents
- History
- Succession crisis
- Karbala and afterward
- The Battle of Karbala
- The beginnings of Ismāʿīlī Daʿwah
- Ascension of the Dais
- The Qarmatians
- The Fatimid Caliphate
- Rise of the Fatimid Caliphate
- The Middle East under Fatimid rule
- Decline of the Caliphate
- Alamut
- Hassan-i Sabbah
- The Hashasheen / Assassiyoon
- Threshold of the Imāmate
- Destruction by the Mongols
- Aftermath
- Ismaili historiography
- Beliefs
- View on the Quran
- The Ginans and Qasidas
- Numerology
- Imamate
- Pir and Dawah
- Zāhir
- Bātin
- 'Aql
- Acts of worship
- Approach to the traditional five pillars of Islam
- Additional Isma'ili pillars
- Walayah
- Branches
- Nizari
- Islamic marriage contract reforms by the Aga Khan III
- History
- Reforms (on marriage, divorce, segregation, and education)
- Barriers to realization of reforms
- Muhammad-Shahi Nizari/Mumini
- Musta'ali
- Dawoodi Bohra
- Sulaymani
- Alavi Bohra
- Hebtiahs Bohra
- Atba-i-Malak
- Progressive Dawoodi Bohra
- Druze
- Satpanth
- Extinct branches
- Böszörmény
- Hafizi
- Seveners
- Ismailism in Shia Islam
- A schematic of the development of important branches
- See also
- Notes
- References
- Citations
- Sources
- External links
Ismailism, known historically and among practitioners as Batiniyya (), is a branch of Shia Islam. Like all Shia, the Ismailis emphasize a distinction between the exoteric (zahir) and esoteric (batin) dimension of Islam. However, unlike other Shia, the Ismailis are characterized by a unique emphasis on the esoteric.
The Isma'ili () get their name from their acceptance of Imam Isma'il ibn Jafar as the appointed spiritual successor (imām) to Ja'far al-Sadiq, wherein they differ from the Twelver Shia, who accept Musa al-Kazim, the younger brother of Isma'il, as the true Imām. In summary, the Isma'ili accept Isma'il ibn Jafar as the sixth Imam. Isma'ili thought is heavily influenced by Neoplatonism.