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explicitly designated his son Muhammad ibn Alī(1) as imam, and Muhammad explicitly designated his son Alī ibn Muhammad(2) as imam. Alī ibn Muhammad(3) explicitly designated his son al-Hasan as imam, and al-Hasan explicitly designated his son Muhammad ibn al-Hasan as imam. He is the Hidden One(4), whom they await and claim will appear and fill the earth with justice just as it has been filled with injustice(5).
The second sect among them is the Kaysāniyya(6). They comprise eleven sects(7). They were called the Kaysāniyya(8) because al-Mukhtār, who rose in revolt, sought vengeance for the blood of al-Husayn ibn Alī, and championed the cause of Muhammad ibn al-Hanafiyya, was known as
(1) *Al-Maqālāt* reads: “Mūsā ibn Jafar explicitly designated his son Alī ibn Mūsā as imam, and Alī ibn Mūsā explicitly designated his son Muhammad ibn Alī Mūsā as imam.”
(2) “ibn Muhammad” is omitted from (A) and (B).
(3) “ibn Muhammad” is omitted from (A), (B), (N), and (M).
(4) *Al-Maqālāt* reads: “Muhammad ibn Alī explicitly designated his son Alī ibn Muhammad ibn Alī ibn Mūsā as imam, and Alī ibn Muhammad ibn Alī ibn Mūsā explicitly designated his son al-Hasan ibn Alī ibn Muhammad ibn Alī ibn Mūsā as imam, who resided in Sāmarrā. Al-Hasan ibn Alī then explicitly designated his son Muhammad ibn al-Hasan ibn Alī as imam; he is the Hidden One.”
(5) *Al-Maqālāt* reads: “with justice after it had been filled with injustice and tyranny.”
(6) “And they are the Kaysāniyya.”
(7) (A), (B), (W), (H), (S), (R), and (N) read: “They are eleven sects” (*ahada ashara*); (M) reads: “They are eleven sects” (*ihdā ashara*); *Al-Maqālāt* reads: “It is eleven sects” (*ihdā ashrata*).
(8) (A) and (B) read: “They were called the Kaysāniyya.” *Al-Maqālāt* reads: “They were called the Kaysāniyya only [because…].”
نَصَّ عَلَى إِمَامَةِ ابْنِهِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ
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(١)
، وَمُحَمَّدٌ نَصَّ عَلَى إِمَامَةِ ابْنِهِ عَلِيِّ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ
(٢)
.، وَعَلِيُّ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ
(٣)
. نَصَّ عَلَى إِمَامَةِ ابْنِهِ الْحَسَنِ، وَالْحَسَنُ نَصَّ عَلَى إِمَامَةِ ابْنِهِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْحَسَنِ، وَهُوَ الْغَائِبُ "
(٤)
. الْمُنْتَظَرُ عِنْدَهُمُ الَّذِينَ يَدَّعُونَ أَنَّهُ يَظْهَرُ فَيَمْلَأُ الْأَرْضَ عَدْلًا كَمَا مُلِئَتْ جَوْرًا
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(٥)
. . وَالْفِرْقَةُ الثَّانِيَةُ مِنْهُمُ الْكَيْسَانِيَّةُ "
الْمَقَالَاتِ
(٦)
. وَهُمْ إِحْدَى عَشْرَةَ فِرْقَةً
(٧)
.، سُمُّوا كَيْسَانِيَّةً
(٨)
. ; لِأَنَّ الْمُخْتَارَ الَّذِي خَرَجَ وَطَلَبَ بِدَمِ الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ وَدَعَا إِلَى مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْحَنَفِيَّةِ كَانَ يُقَالُ لَهُ
(١) الْمَقَالَاتِ ": وَأَنَّ مُوسَى بْنَ جَعْفَرٍ نَصَّ عَلَى إِمَامَةِ ابْنِهِ عَلِيِّ بْنِ مُوسَى، وَأَنَّ عَلِيَّ بْنَ مُوسَى نَصَّ عَلَى إِمَامَةِ ابْنِهِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ مُوسَى.
(٢) بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ: سَاقِطَةٌ مِنْ (أ) ، (ب)
(٣) بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ: سَاقِطَةٌ مِنْ (أ) ، (ب) ، (ن) ، (م)
(٤) الْمَقَالَاتِ ": وَأَنَّ مُحَمَّدَ بْنَ عَلِيٍّ نَصَّ عَلَى إِمَامَةِ ابْنِهِ عَلِيِّ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَلِيِّ بْنِ مُوسَى، وَأَنَّ عَلِيَّ بْنَ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَلِيِّ بْنِ مُوسَى نَصَّ عَلَى إِمَامَةِ ابْنِهِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ عَلِيِّ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَلِيِّ بْنِ مُوسَى، وَهُوَ الَّذِي كَانَ بِسَامَرَّاءَ، وَأَنَّ الْحَسَنَ بْنَ عَلِيٍّ نَصَّ عَلَى إِمَامَةِ ابْنِهِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ وَهُوَ الْغَائِبُ
(٥) الْمَقَالَاتِ ": عَدْلًا بَعْدَ أَنْ مُلِئَتْ ظُلْمًا وَجَوْرًا
(٦) ": وَهُمُ الْكَيْسَانِيَّةُ
(٧) أ، ب، و، هـ، ص، ر، ن: وَهُمْ أَحَدَ عَشَرَ فِرْقَةً، م: وَهُمْ إِحْدَى عَشَرَ فِرْقَةً، " الْمَقَالَاتِ ": وَهِيَ إِحْدَى عَشْرَةَ فِرْقَةً
(٨) أ، ب: سُمُّوا كَيْسَانِيَّةً، " الْمَقَالَاتِ ": وَإِنَّمَا سُمُّوا كَيْسَانِيَّةً