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===From the Isma'ili Viewpoint=== | ===From the Isma'ili Viewpoint=== | ||
* Mubarakiyya: According to Abu Hatam al-Razi, Mubarakiyya believed in the death of Isma'il and the imamate of his son Muhammad b. Isma'il when Imam al-Sadiq (a) was alive. They maintained that Isma'il was the successor of his father, but since he died before his father, his son Muhammad became the next Imam. This is because after Imam al-Hasan (a) and Imam al-Husayn (a), the position of imamate would not be transferred from a brother to another brother. | * Mubarakiyya: According to Abu Hatam al-Razi, Mubarakiyya believed in the death of Isma'il and the imamate of his son Muhammad b. Isma'il when Imam al-Sadiq (a) was alive. They maintained that Isma'il was the successor of his father, but since he died before his father, his son Muhammad became the next Imam. This is because after [[Imam al-Hasan (a)]] and [[Imam al-Husayn (a)]], the position of imamate would not be transferred from a brother to another brother. | ||
* Other sects: In Fatimid sources and the works of Qadi Nu'man, there is no hadith on the imamate of Isma'il. Only Ja'far b. Mansur al-Yaman has mentioned some infamous traditions on the imamate of Isma'il without mentioning their chains of transmitters. | * Other sects: In Fatimid sources and the works of [[Qadi Nu'man]], there is no hadith on the imamate of Isma'il. Only [[Ja'far b. Mansur al-Yaman]] has mentioned some infamous traditions on the imamate of Isma'il without mentioning their chains of transmitters. | ||
In some Isma'ili and non-Isma'ili sources, it has been clearly stated that the Fatimid caliphs first regarded ‘Abd Allah al-Aftah, Isma'il's brother, as their Imam and ancestor, but later they left this belief and adhered to the imamate of Isma'il. | In some Isma'ili and non-Isma'ili sources, it has been clearly stated that the [[Fatimid caliphs]] first regarded [[‘Abd Allah al-Aftah]], Isma'il's brother, as their Imam and ancestor, but later they left this belief and adhered to the imamate of Isma'il. | ||
===From the Imami Viewpoint=== | ===From the Imami Viewpoint=== | ||
Imami scholar have denied the existence of hadiths on the imamate of Ismai'il; rather, they have mentioned some hadiths that clearly rejects his imamate, such as the hadith transmitted by Fayd b. al-Mukhtar, which is one of the most famous hadiths in this regard. | Imami scholar have denied the existence of hadiths on the imamate of Ismai'il; rather, they have mentioned some hadiths that clearly rejects his imamate, such as the hadith transmitted by Fayd b. al-Mukhtar, which is one of the most famous hadiths in this regard. | ||