Isma'ilism
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Ismāʿīlism (Arabic: الإسماعيلية al-Ismāʿīliyya; Persie: اسماعیلیان; Kurdish: Ismaili, Esmāʿiliyān) is a branch o Shia Islam whose adherents are an aa kent as Seveners. The Ismāʿīlī (/ˌɪsmeɪˈɪli/[1]) get thair name frae thair acceptance o Isma'il ibn Jafar as the appyntit spiritual successor (Imām) tae Ja'far al-Sadiq, whaurin thay differ frae the Twelvers, who accept Musa al-Kadhim, younger brither o Isma'il, as the true Imām.[2]
