Research Article

The Genocide of the Muṭarrifiyya: A Study of the Apparent and Hidden Causes

Volume: 7 Number: 2 October 25, 2026
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The Genocide of the Muṭarrifiyya: A Study of the Apparent and Hidden Causes

Abstract

This study examines the extermination of the Muṭarrifiyya by investigating its apparent and hidden causes. It seeks to identify the real motive behind their extermination and to explain their position on certain contentious issues that contributed to it. The author employs a critical, analytical historical method, supplemented by an inductive approach. Among the study’s findings is the confirmation that Imam ʿAbd Allāh ibn Ḥamza exterminated the Muṭarrifiyya comprehensively: adults and children were killed, and property, mosques, and intellectual heritage were destroyed, leaving no trace of them. Examination of Ibn Ḥamza’s actual motives for his actions against the Muṭarrifiyya confirms that these actions stemmed from their independence from his authority or their disagreement with him on certain subsidiary questions, especially those concerning government. They insisted that a ruler possess all the required qualifications, that words and deeds be consistent, and that a ruler be held accountable if he erred or departed from what they understood to be true Islam and the path of the school of al-Hādī. All this amounted to applying the principle of commanding right and forbidding wrong, one of the five principles of the Hādawī Zaydī school. The author recommends rereading the tragedy of the Muṭarrifiyya in light of the group’s available original sources and, in particular, those of the opposing side (the writings of ʿAbd Allāh ibn Ḥamza).

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Details

Primary Language

English

Subjects

Islamic Sects

Journal Section

Research Article

Publication Date

October 25, 2026

Submission Date

September 16, 2026

Acceptance Date

October 22, 2026

Published in Issue

Year 2026 Volume: 7 Number: 2

APA
Al-Daghaishi, A. M. H. (2026). The Genocide of the Muṭarrifiyya: A Study of the Apparent and Hidden Causes. Genç Mütefekkirler Dergisi, 7(2), 802-821. https://izlik.org/JA46ND96HJ
AMA
1.Al-Daghaishi AMH. The Genocide of the Muṭarrifiyya: A Study of the Apparent and Hidden Causes. Genç Mütefekkirler Dergisi. 2026;7(2):802-821. https://izlik.org/JA46ND96HJ
Chicago
Al-Daghaishi, Ahmed Mohammed Hussein. 2026. “The Genocide of the Muṭarrifiyya: A Study of the Apparent and Hidden Causes”. Genç Mütefekkirler Dergisi 7 (2): 802-21. https://izlik.org/JA46ND96HJ.
EndNote
Al-Daghaishi AMH (October 1, 2026) The Genocide of the Muṭarrifiyya: A Study of the Apparent and Hidden Causes. Genç Mütefekkirler Dergisi 7 2 802–821.
IEEE
[1]A. M. H. Al-Daghaishi, “The Genocide of the Muṭarrifiyya: A Study of the Apparent and Hidden Causes”, Genç Mütefekkirler Dergisi, vol. 7, no. 2, pp. 802–821, Oct. 2026, [Online]. Available: https://izlik.org/JA46ND96HJ
ISNAD
Al-Daghaishi, Ahmed Mohammed Hussein. “The Genocide of the Muṭarrifiyya: A Study of the Apparent and Hidden Causes”. Genç Mütefekkirler Dergisi 7/2 (October 1, 2026): 802-821. https://izlik.org/JA46ND96HJ.
JAMA
1.Al-Daghaishi AMH. The Genocide of the Muṭarrifiyya: A Study of the Apparent and Hidden Causes. Genç Mütefekkirler Dergisi. 2026;7:802–821.
MLA
Al-Daghaishi, Ahmed Mohammed Hussein. “The Genocide of the Muṭarrifiyya: A Study of the Apparent and Hidden Causes”. Genç Mütefekkirler Dergisi, vol. 7, no. 2, Oct. 2026, pp. 802-21, https://izlik.org/JA46ND96HJ.
Vancouver
1.Ahmed Mohammed Hussein Al-Daghaishi. The Genocide of the Muṭarrifiyya: A Study of the Apparent and Hidden Causes. Genç Mütefekkirler Dergisi [Internet]. 2026 Oct. 1;7(2):802-21. Available from: https://izlik.org/JA46ND96HJ