Cultural and Intellectual Interactions between Ziydiyah and Imamiyah in the Sadikayn Era

A significant part of the hadithi movements among Shia of Kufa, in Imam Baqir (144 AD) era was formed as a group which summed up the supremacy of Imam Ali and the legitimacy of the caliphate of shiykhein. This Ziydi group have been in contact with Imamis and supported Ziyd ibn Ali after his arrival. After the uprising of Ziyd (122 AD), his supporters promoted his thoughts. In this paper, the relationship between this group and the Shia who supported nass (text) in Sadikayn’s era will be studied. It indicates that their intellectual commonalities caused the convergence of two groups and propagated the general teachings of Shiism. However, by the development of Ziydiyyah and their access to independent principles, they begin to dispute with Imamiyah, and both sects took actions against each other to retain and attract other shi’as.