Ismail and the emergence of Ismailism

Abstract

The Ismaili call is a single model in Islamic history that was not repeated at all. It was of a distinct religious and philosophical nature that wanted to extend its influence throughout the Islamic world in order to achieve its distant goal, which is to replace the Abbasid caliphate as the sole rulers of the Islamic world., Ismailism appeared on the stage of history during the second half From the second century AH / the eighth century AD, after the death of Imam Jaafar bin Muhammad al-Sadiq, peace be upon him, and what he did before his death in not attributing the imamate to his eldest son Ismail - who died during the life of his father - which led to a disagreement among the Shiites over the issue of the imamate, so the Twelvers It says the imamate of Musa al-Kazim, the youngest son of Imam Jaafar al-Sadiq, while the Ismailis believe in the imamate of the eldest son, Ismail.
Past conditions and events paved the way for the emergence of Ismailism