Transgressing the Powers of the Imam and its Impact on the Authority and Influence of the Imamate until (280 AH/893 AD)

Hamdan Saeed Al-Khatri, Khulood

doi:10.21608/aafu.2023.335630

Transgressing the Powers of the Imam and its Impact on the Authority and Influence of the Imamate until (280 AH/893 AD)

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Khulood Hamdan Saeed Al-Khatri

PhD Candidate/Sultan Qaboos University

10.21608/aafu.2023.335630

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This study examines the transgression of the powers of the Imam and its impact on the authority and influence of the Imamate from the establishment of the first Ibadi Imamate until the end of the second Imamate (132-280 AH / 579-893 AD). For the purpose of this study, “transgression of powers” means the individual and collective practices in the various levels of power aimed at transgressing the power of the Imams and opposing their policy. We should take into account the factors behind their transgression of the authority of the Imamate, as these practices were not linked only to the period of political unrest, but were even seen in the eras of power and glory of the Imamate.
The study consists of three main sections. The first topic focuses on the fluctuation of the power of the Imam and its relation to transgressing his power. The second topic discusses the transgression of the powers of the Imam during the first Ibadi Imamate (132-134 AH). The last topic sheds light on examples of transgressing the power of the Imam during the second Ibadi Imamate (177-280 AH).

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