Shí‘ah sect who accept the line of Imáms to the death of Imám Ja‘far-i-Sádiq, the sixth. Imám Ja‘far disinherited his eldest son, Ismá‘íl, for inebriety, appointing Músá in his stead. The Ismá‘ílís, also called Seveners, adhere to Ismá‘íl's son Muḥammad as the inaugurator of the Seventh Prophetic Period, the other six being those of Adam, Noah, Abraham, Moses, Jesus and Muḥammad. |