Third major branch of Shi’i Islam, after the Ithna’ashari and the Ismailis. The Zaydis are named after Zayd, a grandson of Imam usayn b. ʿAlī and brother of Imam Muḥammad al-Bāqir, whom they followed as Imam.
Third major branch of Shi’i Islam, after the Ithna’ashari and the Ismailis. The Zaydis are named after Zayd, a grandson of Imam usayn b. ʿAlī and brother of Imam Muḥammad al-Bāqir, whom they followed as Imam.