Review and Criticism of Hurqali's Theory in the Sheikhiyya Movement

Document Type : Specialized scientific

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Researcher in the field of Islamic theology and religions

10.22034/ijf.2025.100602

Abstract

The Sheikhiyyah movement is one of the movements that branched off from the Imamiyyah Shia movement, which was formed by Sheikh Ahmad Al-Ahsa'i in the 13th century and separated itself from other Imamiyyah movements. Following its leader and founder, Sheikh Ahmad Al-Ahsa'i, this movement has a different theory regarding some Islamic and Shia theological beliefs, and in particular, it has different views regarding the physical resurrection, the physical ascension of the Prophet (PBUH), and the life of the Imam of the Time (PBUH) in the world of Horqlia; in such a way that these beliefs later provided the basis for the emergence of the two sects of Babism and Baha'ism as two deviant sects and movements in the Islamic world. This issue has been examined and criticized in this research using an analytical-descriptive method and using data and library studies. The findings of the research indicate that their teachings and claims lack evidence and their arguments are not consistent with the rational and explicit criteria of the verses of the Quran and the narrations of the Infallibles (AS), but rather clearly contradict and contradict.

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