The project of political salvation and the features of the savior in Ibadhi Imamate

Abstract

In our research, we aim to highlight the features of the salvationist thought in the Ibadhi sect, focusing on their foundational salvationist slogan : There is no rule except for God, and their political and doctrinal vision that challenges the Quraysh lineage of the political savior. We will seek to explore the identification among the Ibadis between the saved group and the political savior, which leads them to consider themselves the saved group tied to salvation and redemption. We will reveal the limitations of the Imamate of concealment, which did not form a true salvational political project for them because it failed to establish the experience of the state with sufficient depth and continuity, due to its fragmentation and isolation. This crisis led the Ibadis to think about saving their entity by focusing on the Imamate of concealment, which manifested in the development of the "Izzabah" system that established the rules for coexistence and the laws of belonging and exclusion. This system thus became their salvational project, modifying the lives of individuals both in their worldly and spiritual affairs. Our research, which combines analysis, deconstruction, interpretation, and synthesis in its methodology, concludes that the Ibadhi theory regarding the savior does not immerse itself much in metaphysical and mythical dimensions, but rather tends to humanly adapt to the savior rooted within the community.