al-Ismāʿīliyya al-khāliṣa / al-Ismāʿīliyya al-wāqifa[1] orSevener (Arabic:سبعية) was a branch ofIsmā'īlī Shīʻa. They broke off from the more numerousTwelvers after the death ofJafar al-Sadiq in 765 AD. They became known as "Seveners" because they believed thatIsma'il ibn Ja'far was the seventh and last Imam (hereditary leader of the Muslim community in the direct line of Ali).[2] They believed his son,Muhammad ibn Isma'il, would return and bring about an age of justice asMahdi. Their most well-known and active branch were theQarmatians.
| Imām[1]: 90 | Seveneral-Ismāʿīliyya al-khāliṣaImām | Period |
| 1 | Ali – FirstIsmā'īlīImām | (632–661) |
| 2 | Hasan ibn Ali – SecondIsmā'īlīImām | (661–669) |
| 3 | Husayn ibn Ali – ThirdIsmā'īlīImām | (669–680) |
| 4 | Ali ibn Husayn Zayn al-Abidin – FourthIsmā'īlīImām | (680–713) |
| 5 | Muhammad al-Baqir – FifthIsmā'īlīImām | (713–733) |
| 6 | Ja'far al-Sadiq – SixthIsmā'īlīImām | (733–765) |
| 7 | Isma'il ibn Ja'far – SeventhIsmā'īlīImām | (765–775) |
Sometimes "Sevener" is used to refer toIsmā'īlīs overall, though mainstreamMusta'li andNizari Isma'ilis have far more than seven imams.
The following Ismaili imams afterMahdi had been considered as heretics of dubious origins by certainQarmatian groups[3] who refused to acknowledge the imamate of theFatimids and clung to their belief in the coming of the Mahdi.[4]
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