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I am Egyptian, my father lived in Yemen for 7 years, there he prayed in Zaydi mosques and realized that their prayer is identical to Sunni with one exception they didn't say Amen after reciting Al-Fatiha , my father was so well received in the community to the extent that they allowed him to perform the Azaan regularly and even give the Friday khutbah at the local mosque, the Imam of the mosque was friends with him, all this while being known as a Sunni Muslim from Egypt. Keep in mind the civil war in Yemen (North Yemen Civil War 1962) and the Egyptian involvement in that war was fresh in the collective memory of the Yemeni people at the time.
O you who have believed, do not take your fathers or your brothers as friends if they have preferred disbelief over belief. And whoever does so among you - then it is those who are the wrongdoers. Quran 9:23
Warn the hypocrites that torturous punishment awaits them. The hypocrites take unbelievers as friends rather than believers. Do they look for honor at their hands? Truly all honor belongs to Allah. Quran 4:138-139
Amazing video. I'm a Tunisian Sunni who has been to Yemen once (a long time ago). The Zaidis are extremely close to us. Btw I'd really appreciate a video explaining us the differences between Najrani ismailis and the rest of ismailis.
@@yojan9238No not the Ahmadi Religion of Peace and Light, I believe the OP is just referring to the Houthis who are called Ansar Allah just like how ISIS is locally known as Daesh
My wife is from Yemen and when she lived in Yemen she thought of the Zaidis as an obscure community in the mountains. The Zaidis taking over Yemen was something no one expected.
I'm Yemeni Shia Zaydi from Sana'a & your wife is just ignorant & delusional to not know that Yemeni highlands with the most agriculture & most powerful tribes have been Zaydi Shia since the Abassids.
Then your murtad wife don't know the history of yamen, it was always like this be it yamen or iraq or Syria the Shias countering Sunni occupation and imposition succeed in winning but fail with foreign Sunni intervention rinse and repeat ...what we witnessed in 2past decades was nothing but repeating of same with Sunni uprising involvement of foreigners etc
Hello Filip, I just wanted you to know that you’re doing a great service to mankind with these videos. In such a day and age where people barely find time to indulge in any research regarding their religious doubts/interests - your platform has provided a very balanced and unbiased understanding of many aspects of religion. God bless, and with that being said. I would look forward for you to make videos on the following topics in the coming future. - Ahmadiyya Movement - Nation of Islam - Alevis/Bekhtashi Order - Deobandi/Bralevis - Takfir - Doctrine
MashAllah! I asked for a video about Zaydism like two weeks ago and now it's here! Fantastic! You are the best religious channel on RUclips. Keep up the good work.
Thank you so much for this important explanation. Many years ago I had the pleasure of visiting Yemen (including Sana) but really had no idea about the beliefs of local people. Certainly I found the locals so friendly and hospitable compared to Riyadh where I was living. I have to say that despite being Sunni I find the theology of Zaydis very attractive.
Brother just because they were nice people doesn’t mean they are following the right path and remember the prophet Muhammad also said the best of people are those in Yemen they have always been known to be good people but good people can follow the wrong ideology but in the end we should use reason and logic in the end Allah knows best.
@@Ugaas3 Allah is too important to be restricted to a single path and only Allah may judge man's intentions. But lacking the wisdom of Allah people being nice is the very best sign I can think of.
@@TheMagicofJava Allah tells us in the Quran he only accepts Islam which means those who submits to Allah and follows the sunnah of his rasool Muhammad Sallallahu alayhi wa sallam.
@@TheMagicofJava if you think being nice has to has to do with being on the right faith then you are not using reason and logic which we are told to do by Allah swt you emotion should not be you first criteria of determining what is the truth you can Christians who are nice and atheist even Jews.
@@Ugaas3 please do not reinterpret the holy words of Allah through your 21st century imagination. Whilst we may not know much about the beliefs and actions of Muhammed and his companions, on this issue it seems quiet clear how the Prophet believed we would behave to those on another path.
A fascinating and insightful video! Wonderful how you go through different aspects of it and the timeline of scholarly thought - it really helps to truly understand the depth and breadth of each complex religious phenomenon you cover and of its context
One idea I think would be great is to explain some of the religions in Crusader Kings 3 (as you’ve already technically done of course ). 1:20 Your channel is great to listen to while doing a play through bc it adds so much context and I learn so much more. Maybe going into the Tengri or any syncretism that happened in history? Amazing channel btw I never miss an episode!!
I am from Zaidi ( Zaydi) progeny but may not be follower of 'Zaidism'. The fact is that there was no difference in terms of practicing Islamic prayers and rituals across all muslims in that time. Therefore this becomes insignificant which practices to be adopted now. Million thanks for sharing these details 🎉
Your videos seem like some one is reading a book to me...... a complete package...👍👍👍👍 great effort on phrasing and spoken part of the video.... unique choice of topics..... display of sources/references.... quoting directly from other sources....
Thanks! Both in the context of myself being someone who lives in a Yemen/Houthis-related conflict-zone, and in a broader and more general context, this was quite insightful! Cheers
zaydi here. 1. Imam Ali b. Husayn Zayn Al-Abideen is not one of our canonical Imams, negating the graph thing shown at multiple points 2. we lack almost every single Jarudi belief 3. the Imam is not the "highest authority in ijtihad," by necessity, although the person with that quality is often preferred for the role 4. Imam Al-Shawkani said Imam Ali deserved the caliphate, I dont know if calling him "Sunni" really grasps the nuance, he definitely rejected all alleigance to any school identity in favor of return to the quran and ahadith
@@TheLastElderDragon It's a Shia Zaydi view to state their disobedience to god&his prophet but not to do Tafsiq/Takfir. Tawaquf we do not endorse their sins by taradhi. However, those who openly called prophet Muhammad a sorcerer in Hunayn like Abu Sufian & his family are fasiqeen, tyrants & tolaqa.
@@samibabar by December of last year, if I remember correctly, Ansar Allah (a group from Yemen that's one of the strongest in the country) decided to put up a blockade on the Red Sea for ships involved in trade with "Israel" in order to help Palestine in their national liberation struggle. Ansar Allah originated among Zayidis, although nowadays has people from other religious groups aswell.
Overall a nice and tidy introduction to the madhhab. I can't be too critical, as I've been a practising Muslim for 20 years and a student of the Zaydi madhhab for the last four or five. I would like to voice my appreciation for you at least pointing out that the division of views regarding the Sahabah into Batri, Jarudi, Sulaymani, etc. didn't reflect a reality on the ground. And that is indeed the case, as heresiographers like al-Shahrastani (author of al-Milal wa al-Nihal) seemed to be rather fond of such artificial stratification. In reality, the spectrum of opinions on them are scattered amongst scholars and Imams of the madhhab (e.g. with some Imams favouring 'tardiyyah' [saying 'May Allah be pleased with him'] for al-Shaykhayn [Abu Bakr and Umar] and others adopting 'tawaqquf'). You also mentioned the 'Hadawi' school, which I feel the need to point out is more like a Sunni madhhab of fiqh (and historically there were others, e.g. Nasiri and Rassi), and the one practised in the mainstream by the Zaydis of Yemen today. And regarding the portion highlighting the affinity between the Mu'tazilah and the Zaydis, I was pleasantly surprised to learn that Manekdim (a famous commentator on the Usul al-Khamsah of al-Qadi 'Abd al-Jabbar) was actually a Zaydi Imam himself!
Our maternal family are Sunnis and from the descendants of Sayyidina Zayd bin Ali and his son Sayyidina Yahya who also organised an uprising. One of our ancestors in the family lineage leading up to Zayd was called Sayyid Dawood Buzurg who was the governor of Kufa. Of course some many deny this, but it’s reported that Sayyidina Zayd was deserted by many of his supporters after showing unwavering support and respect for Sayyidina Abu Bakr as Sideeq and Sayyidina Umar رضي الله تعالى عنهم After this he called them the ‘Rafida’ which is term used for Shias today meaning something like rejectors.
it's incredible. When i have a frenetic desire to found something about a specific religion, philip does the same researches on him side. If we are really connected, the next video will be about mazdakism…
From what I've read in my historical research, Zaydism grew prominent at least in the Southern Caspian (I'm not sure how similar the situation is for Yemen) because it was the fringe of the Islamic world in the 8th/9th centuries. Many Alid proto-Shias went there in order to escape Caliphal authority and they managed to gain many converts and supporters in the area which had been up to that point less influenced by Islam (many were still Zoroastrians). This is why it is assumed that the Daylamite Buyid emirs (Daylam being in Northern Iran on the Caspian coast) were originally Zaydis before embracing Twelver Shi'ism, though others have suggested that they may have been Twelvers from the start, and that Twelver/Imami missionaries also had a presence in the area for similar reasons.
Gosh, I wish I could easily understand all this and preserve that knowledge in me, but I find it so hard! To be honest, the difference between different christian reformation movements has been hammered in my head since middle school(north eastern european here - baltic actually), but I'm sure, for someone raised muslim it's as hard to grasp different reformation movements. In any case - I've been watching your videos for good several years and I don't think I thanked you yet. So I am amending that oversight - thank you so SO much, Sir, for selflessly sharing your knowledge and insights and for making the internet a smarter place to be in. 🥳🥳🥳
I came across your channel by chance a few years ago and realized you had only 20 thousand subscribers I was bothered by it for I thought someone like you with this much useful information should have at least a few hundred thousand subscribers. Today I realized you have over seven hundred thousand subscribers, it made me very happy. Congratulations
I am descendent of zaid bin zain ul abideen so it always made me wanted to know about my ancestors like my mom side is Naqvi syed which was known for active role in Abbasid period but i learn about zaidi being killed during the reign of ummayad which created a spark of Abbasid revolt against ummayad as zaid was their son in law
Many shias abandoned Zayd ibn Ali in his rebellion against the umayyads because he refused to curse Abu Bakr Siddique and Umar ibn Al Khattab, and he said "they ruled according to the Qur’an". Also, one of the major supporters of Zayds rebellion was Imam Abu Hanifa (foudner of one of the main Sunni schools of Fiqh).
Not true! Zayd ibn Ali had been order by Jafar Al Sadiq to stop fighting & use passive aggressive against Umayyad & focus on teaching Islam. Not cos he refused to curse.
I think this person , knows more about Islam than some Muslims who born in the faith. I think instead of trying to debate , how about studying more and learn.
Thank you for this fantastic explanation, it gets so confusing when description just goes into the succession and never says what that means in how theology, life, practices, etc are approached. Your explanation really shows the vibrant and living differences within the Muslim world. Thank you.
something even Muslims do not know usually is that there are five rightly guided caliphs ; as Al Hassan son of Ali is also considered one but is overlooked because he was both the last and only ruled for six months.
I recently wrote a paper on the impact of the VOC on trade in Yemen, specifically on the coffee trade and also came across the zaydis and their wars (which they called jihads, I didn’t know that was possible between muslims) against the ottomans. Funny to see your video on it now afterwards, I found Zaydism very interesting, but my topic was very different.
Can you do a video on the Bektashi Sufi Order , they I believe even believe in the 12 imams like the 12er shias they are Sufis but also fall under the Shia category. It be interesting to learn it from you being an expert on sufism 😊
As a Itna Ashari Shia ( twelver) who is a Syed Zaidi, we are descended from Zaid ibn Ali who is the first imam of the Zaidis I didn't know there was a sect called Zaidism. I just assumed when people said Zaidis they were speaking about us, very interesting learning about our cousins in fiqh.
Discussing just Sunni and Shi'a is much like discussing just Protestantism and Catholicism. It ignores the existence of other ancient churches such as Oriental Orthodox, Eastern Orthodox, and the Assyrian Church, as well as the distinction between, say, Lutherans, Quakers, Baptists, and LDS.
It totally different, the Protestant and catholic were one before schism their foundation never had difference but rather created it after milliniels, regard to Shia sunni they were seperate from start as Ali and mauwiya put sword on each other throat and tensions with previous rulers
Most of these Shia sects are extinct, from the first, Kaysanism, until now, so many have formed and went extinct, even subsects went extinct like Hafizism a branch of Mustalism, a branch of Ismaelism. Speaking of Isma'Eliyyah, Ismaelism is nearly extinct aswell, the largest branch being Nizarism / Nizariyyah, and they got just 1 scholar who knows more about the faith than The Nizari Isma'Eli Imam himself. Ismaelism is on the brink of extinction. Zaydism / Zaidiyyah are going strong but not much of info is avaliable on them in English and other languages, mostly Arabic and maybe Farsi
@@sus527- Catholic and Eastern Orthodox were one before the Great Schism of 1054. Oriental Orthodoxy split off in a schism following the Council of Chalcedon in 451. The Assyrian Church split off in a schism following the Council of Ephesus in 431. Talking about JUST Catholicism gives the appearance that there is one orthodoxy, one set of rituals, one history, which is flat-out a lie. Not to mention that there were three distinct phases of the Reformation: the first wave of "We are Catholic but reformed" which gave rise to Lutheranism, the second wave of "We are rebuilding Christianity" which gave rise to Calvinism and derivatives, and the third wave of "Screw this, we are throwing everything away to find authentic, ancient Christianity" that gave rise to the Quakers and Anabaptists.
As I watched and listened to your lecture, all I could think of how gnostic Shia Islam was and is moreso than Sunni Islam despite the Gnosticism of the Quran.
Please make a video on Baba Bulle Shah a Punjabi Sufi poet. I have seen all of your videos about sufis and they are exceptional and at the same time informational. I truly admire your work and pray that you keep presenting it in the best way possible Assalam o Alikum.
Freedom from Saudi/US, or from Iran/Russia, or both? Gulf of A'aden implies that it used to be neither Arab nor Persian. But the old civilizations are gone. When you free Yemen... who is in charge, after that? The ones who attack the cargo ships, or the ones who hang out in the hotel? There has to be a better way. I wish the right local people can find that way, and that the infighting between factions who are bribed, and propped up, by foreign money can go away. The first thing - the ones who attack the cargo ships say that they do it because Israel attacks Gaza. Well, there's only one way to find out - stop attacking Gaza (continuing after the holidays), and see if the people in Yemen stop attacking cargo ships. That's the obvious first step. So far, they'd rather drive the ships all the way around Africa, than to stop attacking Gaza... so there's an impasse. That's what's holding up any path forward - Yemen is suffering because Iran is using them as proxy in the Israel/Gaza fight, which is wrong, and 2 wrongs don't make a right. And yet, despite that, they're correct that the obvious first step is for Israel to stop attacking, destroying, harrassing - whatever you want to call what they've been doing - to Gaza. I agree, we don't negotiate with terrorists yadda yadda, so just stop attacking Gaza, and let the humanitarian aid people do their jobs. There's no need to negotiate with any terrorists for that. Then, IDK how on Earth to attract foreign investment to Yemen that isn't terrible for the people of Yemen... which, unless they're sitting on a mountain of gold, is necessary for their prosperity and freedom from corruption both local and foreign.
A pleasure to listen your researches in particular on religions. A thousand congratulations. you follow the lineage of ancient thinkers and philosopher.
I got excited when I saw this at first, but now I am disapointed. My dyslexic eyes thought it said Yazidism, which I have been very curious about. On my most recent playthrough of Crusader Kings 2, as I was trying to recreate a Greek Kingdom of Bactria, a Persian kingdom all converted to Yazidism. I looked into it and it sounds fascinating. I will still watch this video though. I like all of your work.
Pray for the Yazidi people who suffered terribly at the hands of Islamic State . There are still many Yazidi women who are still enslaved by them . God help them .🙏
Thank you for good information . Esmaelsect after Holagu khan invasion of middle east declined but didn't removed even at this moment live in hindustan Afghanistan Tajikistan and afew in kashmir province.
Shout out to my Zadiyyah brothers and sisters! May Amina the Holy Mother of Allah bless you all and may the Banat Allah (Manat, Al-Uzza, and Allat) truly show you the way! Ameen!
@@FatumaFarah-pv8xm Yes sister! The New Islam is here! For Mohammed(swt) is alive in Yemen today preaching this New Islam to all people! For we are people of the book and children of the gods!
What was the reason behind the shia to adopt mutazilism as the foundation of their early theological doctrine than any other early kalam school such as Qadari, Jahmiyya, or even traditionist themselves?
Wasil ibn Ata, the founder of the Mu'tazila school, was closely linked to Imam Ali. Also, this logical approach was heavily pushed by Imam Jafar as-Saddiq, which even the Zaydi respect. Sunni Islam was also mostly ratified as a set of doctrines during the 1100s, and the reason based methodology was mostly removed from this newly merged sect to differentiate themselves from the Shia.
A person could say that the Sunni view of Mumin, Kafir, Rafidhah is not according to the Hadith, but it is among the Shia. The Fatimads and Agha Khans are the exception to the Shia being more rejecting of political authority as legitimate from a religious perspective. Making it more specific than it actually is, as a criterion, ends up with problems.
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@@parmykumar8592that’s in “Sunni” books yeah
Can you do a video detailing specifically the differences between Sunni and Shia
This religion is going to divide into 73 different sects; why? monetary benefits for some and getting conned by some...
I am Egyptian, my father lived in Yemen for 7 years, there he prayed in Zaydi mosques and realized that their prayer is identical to Sunni with one exception they didn't say Amen after reciting Al-Fatiha , my father was so well received in the community to the extent that they allowed him to perform the Azaan regularly and even give the Friday khutbah at the local mosque, the Imam of the mosque was friends with him, all this while being known as a Sunni Muslim from Egypt.
Keep in mind the civil war in Yemen (North Yemen Civil War 1962) and the Egyptian involvement in that war was fresh in the collective memory of the Yemeni people at the time.
O you who have believed, do not take your fathers or your brothers as friends if they have preferred disbelief over belief. And whoever does so among you - then it is those who are the wrongdoers. Quran 9:23
@@moholah3745 he didn't disbelief tho so i don't get your point
@@amarrevolver4452 Some Sunni Muslims do not consider Shia to be real Muslims.
@@Chuiboo No Sunni scholar says Zaidis are disbelievers, this opinion is existent about Twelver Shia and Ismailis.
Salafis also dont say Aaameen right ?
Bro, I get so pumped when you drop a video on one more smaller branch of faiths. Thank you so much. 🙏
Warn the hypocrites that torturous punishment awaits them. The hypocrites take unbelievers as friends rather than believers. Do they look for honor at their hands? Truly all honor belongs to Allah. Quran 4:138-139
ok whatever@@moholah3745
I am a Sufi Zaydi from Qarsherskiy ❤ I love this coverage. Very well researched.
Qarsherskiy is an interesting micronation
@@alexalpine4490 Oh, not much happened here. Counting all our overseas territories we have less than 3000 people only. Our country is small.
@@alexalpine4490 Today there was a rare Carolina Parakeet sighting on mainland Qarsherskiy in Kampen Pasha Province. Thought to be extinct.
@hiooxkrmagkis9323 No. Sufi Zaydi js Aliyite. Aliyite are those who follow Ali. The Prophets SAW said the believer loves Ali.
hmm Zaydi Sufi very interesting...im also a Sufi and the Zaydis for me are more similar with the sunnis then shia.
I'm a Twelver Shia myself and have been hoping to learn more about the Zaydis since I admittedly don't know a lot - so thank you for this video.
I’m in the exact same situation 😂 also a twelver with interest in zaydism, and have been researching it for a while now
Same here
Same here brother
Do Twelvers normally call themselves Twelvers? It always felt like an informal term that English has just defaulted to, I guess 😅
Yup... Ithna Asyari in Arabic, but usually they refer themselves as Syiah or Madhhab Ahlul Bayt @@LoudWaffle
Amazing video. I'm a Tunisian Sunni who has been to Yemen once (a long time ago). The Zaidis are extremely close to us. Btw I'd really appreciate a video explaining us the differences between Najrani ismailis and the rest of ismailis.
*Nizari my friend.
@@adamgulamhusein8768 You're right but I meant the Ismailis of the region of Najran. They're quite unique. Many greetings. God bless you. ❤️👏
@@ClubisteM Please excuse me. I did not know about them. Salam my friend.
@ClubisteM I'm ismaili from yemen we are the same as the najrani ismaili. We have the same creed as the bohra. We are called sulymani ismaili
@@ClubisteM clubiste metha9ef ?? that's new :p
This is a very important video as shia beliefs are obscure and not known generally to people outside of their faith tradition. Thank you
You're honestly my favourite channel on youtube. I was literally just looking for a video on Zaydism on your channel when this dropped.
I’m delighted to learn about the Aqidah of my Ansar Allah boiz. Thanks Mr. Holm!
The new religion by Ahmad al-Hassan?
@@yojan9238No not the Ahmadi Religion of Peace and Light, I believe the OP is just referring to the Houthis who are called Ansar Allah just like how ISIS is locally known as Daesh
My wife is from Yemen and when she lived in Yemen she thought of the Zaidis as an obscure community in the mountains. The Zaidis taking over Yemen was something no one expected.
Alhamdulillah
I'm Yemeni Shia Zaydi from Sana'a & your wife is just ignorant & delusional to not know that Yemeni highlands with the most agriculture & most powerful tribes have been Zaydi Shia since the Abassids.
Then your murtad wife don't know the history of yamen, it was always like this be it yamen or iraq or Syria the Shias countering Sunni occupation and imposition succeed in winning but fail with foreign Sunni intervention rinse and repeat ...what we witnessed in 2past decades was nothing but repeating of same with Sunni uprising involvement of foreigners etc
@user-cd2kn8nl6oo she is most likely Sunni, so you know how these bakris think and believe
Hello Filip,
I just wanted you to know that you’re doing a great service to mankind with these videos.
In such a day and age where people barely find time to indulge in any research regarding their religious doubts/interests - your platform has provided a very balanced and unbiased understanding of many aspects of religion.
God bless, and with that being said.
I would look forward for you to make videos on the following topics in the coming future.
- Ahmadiyya Movement
- Nation of Islam
- Alevis/Bekhtashi Order
- Deobandi/Bralevis
- Takfir - Doctrine
Been waiting for this episode!!!!!
Glad I'm not the only one.
So have I.
So have I.
MashAllah! I asked for a video about Zaydism like two weeks ago and now it's here! Fantastic! You are the best religious channel on RUclips. Keep up the good work.
Very well researched and informative as always 👌👌👍👍
Long awaited one, thank you Filip!
Your content is a gift that keeps giving. Extremely underrated channel. ❤
Thank you so much for this important explanation. Many years ago I had the pleasure of visiting Yemen (including Sana) but really had no idea about the beliefs of local people. Certainly I found the locals so friendly and hospitable compared to Riyadh where I was living. I have to say that despite being Sunni I find the theology of Zaydis very attractive.
Brother just because they were nice people doesn’t mean they are following the right path and remember the prophet Muhammad also said the best of people are those in Yemen they have always been known to be good people but good people can follow the wrong ideology but in the end we should use reason and logic in the end Allah knows best.
@@Ugaas3 Allah is too important to be restricted to a single path and only Allah may judge man's intentions. But lacking the wisdom of Allah people being nice is the very best sign I can think of.
@@TheMagicofJava Allah tells us in the Quran he only accepts Islam which means those who submits to Allah and follows the sunnah of his rasool Muhammad Sallallahu alayhi wa sallam.
@@TheMagicofJava if you think being nice has to has to do with being on the right faith then you are not using reason and logic which we are told to do by Allah swt you emotion should not be you first criteria of determining what is the truth you can Christians who are nice and atheist even Jews.
@@Ugaas3 please do not reinterpret the holy words of Allah through your 21st century imagination. Whilst we may not know much about the beliefs and actions of Muhammed and his companions, on this issue it seems quiet clear how the Prophet believed we would behave to those on another path.
from SANA'A YEMEN best regards to you my brother and all good people everywhere
a work machine! didn't you just upload a 12 days ago. this must have taken a lot of time and effort. love it please do not stop. a forever fan!
I (a hanafi) heard zaydi fiqh (jurisprudence) was super similar to hanafi fiqh but I didn't expect it to be this similar, eye opening tbh
our imam abu hanifa called people to support imam zaid r.a
Thanks for sharing your knowledge about Shia Islam to those who might not know
A fascinating and insightful video! Wonderful how you go through different aspects of it and the timeline of scholarly thought - it really helps to truly understand the depth and breadth of each complex religious phenomenon you cover and of its context
One idea I think would be great is to explain some of the religions in Crusader Kings 3 (as you’ve already technically done of course ). 1:20 Your channel is great to listen to while doing a play through bc it adds so much context and I learn so much more. Maybe going into the Tengri or any syncretism that happened in history? Amazing channel btw I never miss an episode!!
Big thanks really good to see you listen to your audience. Really appreciate the good work!
I really enjoy learning the diversity and details of Islam. Know that someone in the deserts of Utah appreciates what you do.
I am from Zaidi ( Zaydi) progeny but may not be follower of 'Zaidism'. The fact is that there was no difference in terms of practicing Islamic prayers and rituals across all muslims in that time. Therefore this becomes insignificant which practices to be adopted now. Million thanks for sharing these details 🎉
Another great teaching Professor Holm, thoroughly enjoyed it!
Your videos seem like some one is reading a book to me...... a complete package...👍👍👍👍 great effort on phrasing and spoken part of the video.... unique choice of topics..... display of sources/references.... quoting directly from other sources....
Thanks! Both in the context of myself being someone who lives in a Yemen/Houthis-related conflict-zone, and in a broader and more general context, this was quite insightful! Cheers
zaydi here.
1. Imam Ali b. Husayn Zayn Al-Abideen is not one of our canonical Imams, negating the graph thing shown at multiple points
2. we lack almost every single Jarudi belief
3. the Imam is not the "highest authority in ijtihad," by necessity, although the person with that quality is often preferred for the role
4. Imam Al-Shawkani said Imam Ali deserved the caliphate, I dont know if calling him "Sunni" really grasps the nuance, he definitely rejected all alleigance to any school identity in favor of return to the quran and ahadith
Peace be upon you
Do you have a discord? If you do, can you add me as a friend? I want to know more about Zaydism. You are free ofcourse.
I want to ask what do the zaidi shias say regarding sahabs?
He is an Imam, but not one who rose up in revolution in a Zaydi sense.
@@TheLastElderDragon
It's a Shia Zaydi view to state their disobedience to god&his prophet but not to do Tafsiq/Takfir. Tawaquf we do not endorse their sins by taradhi. However, those who openly called prophet Muhammad a sorcerer in Hunayn like Abu Sufian & his family are fasiqeen, tyrants & tolaqa.
I'm Interested in the zaydi madhhab I just purchased a zaydi fiqh text
Well timed video, thank you. All glory to the resistance!! 🇾🇪💗🇵🇸💗🇮🇷
How its well timed? Can you explain?
@@samibabar by December of last year, if I remember correctly, Ansar Allah (a group from Yemen that's one of the strongest in the country) decided to put up a blockade on the Red Sea for ships involved in trade with "Israel" in order to help Palestine in their national liberation struggle. Ansar Allah originated among Zayidis, although nowadays has people from other religious groups aswell.
@@elpito9326 ohhh, I didn't know that.
Best religious History Channel ever!!!
Overall a nice and tidy introduction to the madhhab. I can't be too critical, as I've been a practising Muslim for 20 years and a student of the Zaydi madhhab for the last four or five. I would like to voice my appreciation for you at least pointing out that the division of views regarding the Sahabah into Batri, Jarudi, Sulaymani, etc. didn't reflect a reality on the ground. And that is indeed the case, as heresiographers like al-Shahrastani (author of al-Milal wa al-Nihal) seemed to be rather fond of such artificial stratification. In reality, the spectrum of opinions on them are scattered amongst scholars and Imams of the madhhab (e.g. with some Imams favouring 'tardiyyah' [saying 'May Allah be pleased with him'] for al-Shaykhayn [Abu Bakr and Umar] and others adopting 'tawaqquf').
You also mentioned the 'Hadawi' school, which I feel the need to point out is more like a Sunni madhhab of fiqh (and historically there were others, e.g. Nasiri and Rassi), and the one practised in the mainstream by the Zaydis of Yemen today.
And regarding the portion highlighting the affinity between the Mu'tazilah and the Zaydis, I was pleasantly surprised to learn that Manekdim (a famous commentator on the Usul al-Khamsah of al-Qadi 'Abd al-Jabbar) was actually a Zaydi Imam himself!
Salam brother I would love to learn the zaydi madhhab more
Nice work. Always love to see your research regarding Islam,stay blessed
Our maternal family are Sunnis and from the descendants of Sayyidina Zayd bin Ali and his son Sayyidina Yahya who also organised an uprising. One of our ancestors in the family lineage leading up to Zayd was called Sayyid Dawood Buzurg who was the governor of Kufa. Of course some many deny this, but it’s reported that Sayyidina Zayd was deserted by many of his supporters after showing unwavering support and respect for Sayyidina Abu Bakr as Sideeq and Sayyidina Umar رضي الله تعالى عنهم
After this he called them the ‘Rafida’ which is term used for Shias today meaning something like rejectors.
false hadith made by the shia enemies
Jaafar As Saddiq is a teacher to many sunni imams as well
My previous manager is Zaydi/Zaidi. Now, he is my colleague in new company where we both applied at different times. Really a Nice Developer and Guy
Does he live in the U.S I would love to learn the zaydi madhhab from someone here on america
@@theghazalianway no, but his brother does
I been waiting for this one thank you so much 🙏
it's incredible. When i have a frenetic desire to found something about a specific religion, philip does the same researches on him side. If we are really connected, the next video will be about mazdakism…
From what I've read in my historical research, Zaydism grew prominent at least in the Southern Caspian (I'm not sure how similar the situation is for Yemen) because it was the fringe of the Islamic world in the 8th/9th centuries. Many Alid proto-Shias went there in order to escape Caliphal authority and they managed to gain many converts and supporters in the area which had been up to that point less influenced by Islam (many were still Zoroastrians). This is why it is assumed that the Daylamite Buyid emirs (Daylam being in Northern Iran on the Caspian coast) were originally Zaydis before embracing Twelver Shi'ism, though others have suggested that they may have been Twelvers from the start, and that Twelver/Imami missionaries also had a presence in the area for similar reasons.
I am a Zaidi but I didnt have a clue about a lot of facts stated here so flawlessly. Hats off brother!
Is there any reference for us, to read about Zaidiya?
@@yojan9238Start by the ones in the description of this video...
Great video keep it up you're doing amazing things 😁👍
I have been waiting for this for such a long time! Finally
Gosh, I wish I could easily understand all this and preserve that knowledge in me, but I find it so hard! To be honest, the difference between different christian reformation movements has been hammered in my head since middle school(north eastern european here - baltic actually), but I'm sure, for someone raised muslim it's as hard to grasp different reformation movements.
In any case - I've been watching your videos for good several years and I don't think I thanked you yet. So I am amending that oversight - thank you so SO much, Sir, for selflessly sharing your knowledge and insights and for making the internet a smarter place to be in. 🥳🥳🥳
I came across your channel by chance a few years ago and realized you had only 20 thousand subscribers I was bothered by it for I thought someone like you with this much useful information should have at least a few hundred thousand subscribers. Today I realized you have over seven hundred thousand subscribers, it made me very happy. Congratulations
You just got another subscriber brother i love how you explain things, perfect for someone like me!
Very interesting topic
Really Zaidi is one of great Muslims school
I was born a zaydi. Thank you for this video
Can you teach me the zaydi madhhab
@@theghazalianwayworship only ALLAH swt as per teachings of beloved Prophet Muhammad ❤️ ﷺ and understanding of pious predecessors
Very very Informative video...Thank you Filip ....
much much appreciated for your effort
I am descendent of zaid bin zain ul abideen so it always made me wanted to know about my ancestors like my mom side is Naqvi syed which was known for active role in Abbasid period but i learn about zaidi being killed during the reign of ummayad which created a spark of Abbasid revolt against ummayad as zaid was their son in law
Subhanallah May Allah bless you my syed brother
Pretty calming and educational video ngl
Thank you for this very interesting and informative video!
I'm simply a Muslim with no connection to any certain sect. Alhamdulillah
How do you pray? Arms folded or no?
Salafi detected
Acoording to what books ? @pinkzero281 or did you see the prophet asws pray for your self
@@mrfact03s how exactly? Teach me because idk.
Which one do you choose between abu bakar or Ali as the successor of Muhammad?
Thanks for making these videos :)
More excellent work, always a pleasure and education.
needed this. thanks
Many shias abandoned Zayd ibn Ali in his rebellion against the umayyads because he refused to curse Abu Bakr Siddique and Umar ibn Al Khattab, and he said "they ruled according to the Qur’an". Also, one of the major supporters of Zayds rebellion was Imam Abu Hanifa (foudner of one of the main Sunni schools of Fiqh).
Not true! Zayd ibn Ali had been order by Jafar Al Sadiq to stop fighting & use passive aggressive against Umayyad & focus on teaching Islam. Not cos he refused to curse.
@@kabdul9208he is a bakri you except him not to lie and create narratives to support his confused religion?
Great video ❤
I think this person , knows more about Islam than some Muslims who born in the faith. I think instead of trying to debate , how about studying more and learn.
I'm a Muslim from Malaysia. If this guy is Muslim, he would probably qualify as a Sheikh.
hey man would you look into the emerald tablet of thoth im rly curious what you have to say about it love the videos!
This is immensely helpful! Your content is ممتاز!
Do you have any videos explaining the four major schools of Sunni thought? Thx 🙏🏼!
Thank you for this fantastic explanation, it gets so confusing when description just goes into the succession and never says what that means in how theology, life, practices, etc are approached. Your explanation really shows the vibrant and living differences within the Muslim world. Thank you.
Thanks for the video
something even Muslims do not know usually is that there are five rightly guided caliphs ; as Al Hassan son of Ali is also considered one but is overlooked because he was both the last and only ruled for six months.
Zaidis are the most moral army in the world.
I recently wrote a paper on the impact of the VOC on trade in Yemen, specifically on the coffee trade and also came across the zaydis and their wars (which they called jihads, I didn’t know that was possible between muslims) against the ottomans. Funny to see your video on it now afterwards, I found Zaydism very interesting, but my topic was very different.
Great topic, I like how you mention both Sunni and Shia are not monolithic movements.
Thanks for this work of real scholarship
Brother you have so many videos idk where to start. Where do you think I should start?
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Can you do a video on the Bektashi Sufi Order , they I believe even believe in the 12 imams like the 12er shias they are Sufis but also fall under the Shia category. It be interesting to learn it from you being an expert on sufism 😊
As a Itna Ashari Shia ( twelver) who is a Syed Zaidi, we are descended from Zaid ibn Ali who is the first imam of the Zaidis I didn't know there was a sect called Zaidism. I just assumed when people said Zaidis they were speaking about us, very interesting learning about our cousins in fiqh.
Please do an episode on Mutazalism!!!
Didn't even know you did music too. Wow. Always wondered about the intro song and now I found it in Spotify. It's great.
you gotta do an episode on the mu'tazila!
Discussing just Sunni and Shi'a is much like discussing just Protestantism and Catholicism. It ignores the existence of other ancient churches such as Oriental Orthodox, Eastern Orthodox, and the Assyrian Church, as well as the distinction between, say, Lutherans, Quakers, Baptists, and LDS.
Not really a good comparison innit?
80% of Shia are Twelver, Zaidiyyah are really only in Yemen. Ismaelism is just a cult that's nearly extinct now.
It totally different, the Protestant and catholic were one before schism their foundation never had difference but rather created it after milliniels, regard to Shia sunni they were seperate from start as Ali and mauwiya put sword on each other throat and tensions with previous rulers
Most of these Shia sects are extinct, from the first, Kaysanism, until now, so many have formed and went extinct, even subsects went extinct like Hafizism a branch of Mustalism, a branch of Ismaelism. Speaking of Isma'Eliyyah, Ismaelism is nearly extinct aswell, the largest branch being Nizarism / Nizariyyah, and they got just 1 scholar who knows more about the faith than The Nizari Isma'Eli Imam himself. Ismaelism is on the brink of extinction. Zaydism / Zaidiyyah are going strong but not much of info is avaliable on them in English and other languages, mostly Arabic and maybe Farsi
@@sus527- Catholic and Eastern Orthodox were one before the Great Schism of 1054. Oriental Orthodoxy split off in a schism following the Council of Chalcedon in 451. The Assyrian Church split off in a schism following the Council of Ephesus in 431. Talking about JUST Catholicism gives the appearance that there is one orthodoxy, one set of rituals, one history, which is flat-out a lie.
Not to mention that there were three distinct phases of the Reformation: the first wave of "We are Catholic but reformed" which gave rise to Lutheranism, the second wave of "We are rebuilding Christianity" which gave rise to Calvinism and derivatives, and the third wave of "Screw this, we are throwing everything away to find authentic, ancient Christianity" that gave rise to the Quakers and Anabaptists.
What's up with blurry on the faces of the pictures? RUclips is done.
Shu'ubiyya movement had a huge impact on the development of Shiism .
No shubiya are racist aganist arab but shiisim are not .
I've been waiting for this one
So sad that there is so few information online in english. Im very interested in zadism
As I watched and listened to your lecture, all I could think of how gnostic Shia Islam was and is moreso than Sunni Islam despite the Gnosticism of the Quran.
Can you please explain what you mean by gnosticism and where it is in the Quran?
Thank you for your pertinent presentation.
I wish you could give us a course on freedom of belief in Muslim history.
Hi I saw in the video that you have written and said "Ihtihsan". Did you mean Istihsan? ( استحسان ). Just wanted to point it out...
Please make a video on Baba Bulle Shah a Punjabi Sufi poet. I have seen all of your videos about sufis and they are exceptional and at the same time informational. I truly admire your work and pray that you keep presenting it in the best way possible Assalam o Alikum.
Free Yemen
Freedom from Saudi/US, or from Iran/Russia, or both? Gulf of A'aden implies that it used to be neither Arab nor Persian. But the old civilizations are gone. When you free Yemen... who is in charge, after that? The ones who attack the cargo ships, or the ones who hang out in the hotel? There has to be a better way. I wish the right local people can find that way, and that the infighting between factions who are bribed, and propped up, by foreign money can go away. The first thing - the ones who attack the cargo ships say that they do it because Israel attacks Gaza. Well, there's only one way to find out - stop attacking Gaza (continuing after the holidays), and see if the people in Yemen stop attacking cargo ships. That's the obvious first step. So far, they'd rather drive the ships all the way around Africa, than to stop attacking Gaza... so there's an impasse. That's what's holding up any path forward - Yemen is suffering because Iran is using them as proxy in the Israel/Gaza fight, which is wrong, and 2 wrongs don't make a right. And yet, despite that, they're correct that the obvious first step is for Israel to stop attacking, destroying, harrassing - whatever you want to call what they've been doing - to Gaza. I agree, we don't negotiate with terrorists yadda yadda, so just stop attacking Gaza, and let the humanitarian aid people do their jobs. There's no need to negotiate with any terrorists for that. Then, IDK how on Earth to attract foreign investment to Yemen that isn't terrible for the people of Yemen... which, unless they're sitting on a mountain of gold, is necessary for their prosperity and freedom from corruption both local and foreign.
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A pleasure to listen your researches in particular on religions. A thousand congratulations. you follow the lineage of ancient thinkers and philosopher.
It was mentioned that some ismailis don't take Hassan as an imam, than how they see them? The imamate just passed down to Hussein after Ali?
I got excited when I saw this at first, but now I am disapointed. My dyslexic eyes thought it said Yazidism, which I have been very curious about.
On my most recent playthrough of Crusader Kings 2, as I was trying to recreate a Greek Kingdom of Bactria, a Persian kingdom all converted to Yazidism. I looked into it and it sounds fascinating.
I will still watch this video though. I like all of your work.
Pray for the Yazidi people who suffered terribly at the hands of Islamic State . There are still many Yazidi women who are still enslaved by them . God help them .🙏
He did one on them already, an old video. Odd religion, obscure. Possibly Abrahamic, possibly not. Likely not around for much longer.
@@EcclesiastesLiker-py5ts going to have to search that one out. It seems like a fascinating topic.
Playing crusader kings with dyslexia sounds like hell
@@cickenistasty lol. Its not severe. I couldn't imagine trying to learn CK2 with severe dilyslexia for sure!
Thank you for good information . Esmaelsect after Holagu khan invasion of middle east declined but didn't removed even at this moment live in hindustan Afghanistan Tajikistan and afew in kashmir province.
I've watched 10s of your videos, I am impressed. Just noticed I am not a subscriber!! just fixed right now.
Shout out to my Zadiyyah brothers and sisters! May Amina the Holy Mother of Allah bless you all and may the Banat Allah (Manat, Al-Uzza, and Allat) truly show you the way! Ameen!
Is this serious?
@@FatumaFarah-pv8xm Yes sister! The New Islam is here! For Mohammed(swt) is alive in Yemen today preaching this New Islam to all people! For we are people of the book and children of the gods!
I wished he would also talk about "Quranism"
It's the most BASIC form of Islam, and I really wished he would cover and expand on it
He did in another video
He did a while ago
He already did
Most basic yet its history only goes back to a few hundred years ago by moderns affected by liberalism lol. No tradition
It is not a form of Islam.
What was the reason behind the shia to adopt mutazilism as the foundation of their early theological doctrine than any other early kalam school such as Qadari, Jahmiyya, or even traditionist themselves?
Wasil ibn Ata, the founder of the Mu'tazila school, was closely linked to Imam Ali. Also, this logical approach was heavily pushed by Imam Jafar as-Saddiq, which even the Zaydi respect. Sunni Islam was also mostly ratified as a set of doctrines during the 1100s, and the reason based methodology was mostly removed from this newly merged sect to differentiate themselves from the Shia.
Shia didn't adopt any of their beliefs, having similar beliefs doesn't mean it was taken from them
Thanks bro❤️❤️
“A true seeker after God is like a fish sacrificed by the hand of God and its water is the love of God.”
- prophet Ahmad (as)
😂😂😂 who is this prophet
😂😂😂 who is this prophet
This is the religious doctrine of the Houthis. Because it is a moderate sect, they were labeled as Sunni Shiites and Shiite Sunnis
"I am the city of knowledge, and Ali is its gate."
As said by the holy prophet Muhammad.
A person could say that the Sunni view of Mumin, Kafir, Rafidhah is not according to the Hadith, but it is among the Shia.
The Fatimads and Agha Khans are the exception to the Shia being more rejecting of political authority as legitimate from a religious perspective.
Making it more specific than it actually is, as a criterion, ends up with problems.
32:30 I love seeing the children in this artwork. 🤗