RLG204H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Simurgh, Qadi, Hoopoe
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By ali siddiqui: battle of siffin 657 starting point for the development of islamic dogmatics but also for the emergence of varying sects most importantly the breaking of the muslim community into two branches. Shia general belief in allah (god), muhammad and his message, and the uncreated. Muharram 680 galvanized the shia with a world view and motif that resounded in their poetry and music lamenting husain"s death. Mahdi before the day of judgment to fill the earth with justice as it is now filled with injustice . This belief would soon be transferred to other members of the alid house who were seen as the final imam by their followers: zaidiyya group of people who were close to sunnis in theology and practice regarded. Husain"s son zaid al-abidin as the last imam the fifth in the sequence beginning with. Ali: however, other shia groups recognized the fifth imam not as zaid but his brother.
