Initiation into this sect involved up to nine steps, including the convert being "shaken by doubt" in the tashkik before eventually being released from dogmatic restraints by the khal and sulkh.
Initiation into this sect involved up to nine steps, including the convert being "shaken by doubt" in the tashkik before eventually being released from dogmatic restraints by the khal and sulkh. Hasan Al-Salam promulgated the qiyamah doctrine, which considered imams to be above the prophets. Some of them subscribed to esoteric teaching and so they were referred to as Batinis or "inner" ones. Offshoots of this group include the Qarmatians, who started a revolt against the Abbasid Caliphate, and the Nizari, who gave rise to the Assassins. FTP, identify this branch of Shi'a Islam that hold that Ismai'il ibn Jafar was the last of the Imams, resulting in there not being as many Imams as the Twelvers claim.
Initiation into this sect involved up to nine steps, including the convert being "shaken by doubt" in the tashkik before eventually being released from dogmatic restraints by the khal and sulkh.
{Sevener} (also accept {Sab'iyya}; prompt on “Waqifiyah” or “Stoppers”)