The Apostle Paul and ‘Abdallah ibn Saba' have been said to be "Jewish agents" who infiltrated Christianity and Islam to destroy them from within.
Abdallah ibn Saba - Shī‘ī current "scholars" refute even the existence of ibn Saba' and consider the stories of this character to be a smear campaign by the Sunni establishment throughout Islamic history. Salafi Muslim scholars claim ibn Saba' was a Jewish convert whom they believe laid the foundations of Shī‘ī Islam. Modern scholars of Islam deny this; they record him as a representative of a ghuluww ("Exaggerator") group from the city of Seleucia-Ctesiphon (al-Madā'in) who came to see ‘Alī in Kūfah. When ibn Saba' proclaimed ‘Alī's divinity, ‘Alī denied this angrily and sent him back to Seleucia-Ctesiphon.He is the first one who introduced the concept of the Imamate. He called for the divinity of ‘Alī. Ibn Saba' initially did not openly preach these beliefs, but he later abandoned his secret and started a vigorous campaign.However, when ibn Saba' claimed that ‘Alī is himself God by addressing him with the words, "Thou art Thou!", ‘Alī declared him a heretic and burned some of his followers to the stake and expelled him to al-Madā'in.
After ‘Alī's assassination, ibn Saba' is said to have taught that ‘Alī was not dead but alive, and had never been killed; that a part of the Deity was hidden in him; and that after a certain time he would return to fill the earth with justice. Until then the divine character of ‘Alī was to remain hidden in the Imams, who temporarily filled his place.

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2009-09-30

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