فرق الشيعة في البصرة و الخليج

Abstract EN

AL – Shiah is Muslim people who believe in AL – Imam Ali as the first ruler after the prophet Mohammad.The doctrine of AL – Shiah began in the time of the Messenger Mohammad.

They believed that AL – Imam Ali should be the ruler of the Islamic nation after the death of Mohammad and after AL-Imam Ali there should be his eleven sons as the rulers.

AL– Zaidiyyah (which is one of Shia sect) thought that any Imam (which means Islamic ruler) should rule by force so they believed that AL – Zaidiyyah wanted zeid bin Ali as a ruler since he led a revolution at that time.

This condition what distinguished between two very important Shia sects Al-Zaidiyyah and Twelver Shia who believe in twelve divinely ordained leaders, known as the Twelve Imams.

Another Shai sect is Isma'ilism who 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 Twelvers who accept Musa al-Kadhim, younger brother of Isma'il, as the true Imām.