The Baha'i Studies Listserv None of the lineages ever "ended"... The Twelvers and the Druze believe in Occultation, ie that there is a Hidden Imam. Usually, it means said Imam is an immortal in perpetual hiding. It can also mean the ordinary first son succession, except they are all in hiding. They never fully specify what Occultation means in Shi'ah Islam. Also any Imam with the given name Muhummad has Shi'ah followers who consider that Imam to be Mahdi.
________________________________ From: Susan Maneck <[email protected]> To: Baha'i Studies <[email protected]> Sent: Thu, January 14, 2010 1:26:55 PM Subject: Re: RE: Sects The Baha'i Studies Listserv > He knew it would end in time? Isn't some of the Imam lineages stil surving > like Aga Khan IV of the Nizari Ismai'ilis? Baha'is accept the Twelver line of Imams and reject the others. It is clear from the Aqdas that there was an expectation that the line of the Aghsan (from which Guardians are drawn) would end at some point. Endowments dedicated to charity revert to God, the Revealer of Signs. None hath the right to dispose of 35 them without leave from Him Who is the Dawning-place of Revelation. After Him, this authority shall pass to the Aghsan, and after them to the House of Justice -- should it be established in the world by then -- that they may use these endowments for the benefit of the Places which have been exalted in this Cause, and for whatsoever hath been enjoined upon them by Him Who is the God of might and power. (Baha'u'llah, The Kitab-i-Aqdas, p. 34) __________________________________________________ You are subscribed to Baha'i Studies as: mailto:[email protected] Unsubscribe: send a blank email to mailto:[email protected] Subscribe: send subscribe bahai-st in the message body to [email protected] Or subscribe: http://list.jccc.edu:8080/read/all_forums/subscribe?name=bahai-st Baha'i Studies is available through the following: Mail - mailto:[email protected] Web - http://list.jccc.edu:8080/read/?forum=bahai-st News (on-campus only) - news://list.jccc.edu/bahai-st Old Public - http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] New Public - http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] __________________________________________________ You are subscribed to Baha'i Studies as: mailto:[email protected] Unsubscribe: send a blank email to mailto:[email protected] Subscribe: send subscribe bahai-st in the message body to [email protected] Or subscribe: http://list.jccc.edu:8080/read/all_forums/subscribe?name=bahai-st Baha'i Studies is available through the following: Mail - mailto:[email protected] Web - http://list.jccc.edu:8080/read/?forum=bahai-st News (on-campus only) - news://list.jccc.edu/bahai-st Old Public - http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] New Public - http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]
