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===Imams===
===Imams===
After the demise of [[Imam al-Baqir (a)]], some people took him to be the last Imam, holding that he was the expected al-Qa'im. According to al-Baghdadi, when Imam al-Baqir (a) died, some of his companions believed in his [[Mahdawiyya]] (the promised savior)<ref>Baghdādī, ''Al-Farq bayn al-farq'', p. 59.</ref>, and according to al-Shahristani, they believed that the Imam (a) will have a [[raj'a]] (return).<ref>Shahristānī, ''Kitāb al-milal wa al-niḥal'', p. 147.</ref>
After the demise of [[Imam al-Baqir (a)]], some people took him to be the last Imam, holding that he was the expected al-Qa'im. According to al-Baghdadi, when Imam al-Baqir (a) died, some of his companions believed in his [[Mahdawiyya]] (the promised savior)<ref>Baghdādī, ''Al-Farq bayn al-firaq'', p. 59.</ref>, and according to al-Shahristani, they believed that the Imam (a) will have a [[raj'a]] (return).<ref>Shahristānī, ''Kitāb al-milal wa al-niḥal'', p. 147.</ref>


During the lifetime of [[Imam al-Kazim (a)]], many people expected him, as the "Qa'im Al Muhammad", to found the right government that the society was expecting for years. After his martyrdom, some of his most prominent companions and representatives in different areas believed that he was alive and was only invisible to people and will soon reappear as the al-Qa'im and will establish the just government.<ref>Mudarrisī Ṭabāṭabāyī, ''Maktab dar farāyand-i takāmul'', p. 123-126.</ref> These people were called "[[Waqifiyya]]".
During the lifetime of [[Imam al-Kazim (a)]], many people expected him, as the "Qa'im Al Muhammad", to found the right government that the society was expecting for years. After his martyrdom, some of his most prominent companions and representatives in different areas believed that he was alive and was only invisible to people and will soon reappear as the al-Qa'im and will establish the just government.<ref>Mudarrisī Ṭabāṭabāyī, ''Maktab dar farāyand-i takāmul'', p. 123-126.</ref> These people were called "[[Waqifiyya]]".