Is-haqiyyah (An extremist Shiite sect)
(إسحاقية)
من موسوعة المصطلحات الإسلامية
المعنى الاصطلاحي
An extremist Shiite sect attributed to Is-haq ibn Muhammad An-Nakha`i Al-Koofi.
الشرح المختصر
A sect from the extremist Shiites. They were called so after their leader Is-haq ibn Muhammad An-Nakha'i Al-Ahmar Al-Koofi. One of their beliefs is that the earth was never free of, nor will ever be without a prophet upon it and that Allah, Exalted is He above what they claim, incarnated in `Ali, may Allah be pleased with him. They differed over who Allah incarnated after 'Ali, may Allah be pleased with him.