Dhammiya

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The Dhammiyya Shia was a ghulat sect of Islam. The name Dhammiyya was derived from the Arabic word dhamm (i.e. blame). Therefore, the Arabic name Dhammiyya is translated as blamers.

History[edit]

The Dhammiyya Shia was one of the sects believed to have been derived from the Saba'iyya (followers of Abdullah Ibn Saba).[citation needed] The sect was also known as the 'Ulyaniyya or 'Alya'iyya, named after ‘Ulyan (or 'Alya) ibn Dhira' as-Sadusi (or ad-Dawsi, or al-Asdi), and appear to have been active around 800 CE.[1][2]

Beliefs[edit]

The Dhammiyya Shia had the following beliefs:[3][4]

  • They believed that Ali was a close friend of Muhammad and should have been the first caliph
  • A group of the Dhammiyya believed that both Muhammad and Ali were divine. Therefore, some of them held Muhammad and Ali as equals.[5]
  • A group of the Dhammiyya believed that Muhammad, Ali, Fatimah, Hasan ibn Ali and Husayn ibn Ali, who are in one Al-i Aba (overcoat), make up one unity.
    • The same one spirit entered all 5 of them at the same time.
    • All 5 of them have no superiority over one another.
    • Fatima, along with the other 4, is also a male and not a female.[6]

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Notes[edit]

  1. ^ Suffering in the Mu'tazilite theology: ‘Abd al-J̆abbār's teaching on pain ..., by Margaretha T. Heemskerk, pg.28, and 209
  2. ^ An Introduction to Shi’i Islam: The History and Doctrines of Twelver Shi’ism, by Moojan Momen
  3. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original on August 20, 2008. Retrieved September 9, 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  4. ^ Documents of The Right Word, by Hakikat Kitapevi, pg.66
  5. ^ The History and Doctrines of Twelver Shi’ism, by Moojan Momen
  6. ^ Documents of The Right Word, by Hakikat Kitapevi, pg.66