المعنى الاصطلاحي

An-Nusayriyyah is one of the most deviant Baatini (esoteric) groups. They follow Abu Shu`ayb, Muhammad ibn Nusayr al-Numayri.

الشرح المختصر

An-Nusayriyyah (an esoteric sect) is one of the worst and most deviant esoteric groups. It is attributed to Abu Shu`ayb Muhammad ibn Nusayr al-Numayri, who died in 270 A.H. Its origins go back to Maymoon al-Qaddaah Ad-Daysaani, a Jewish Persian who sought to destroy Islam and restore the former glory of Persia. This group claims to be an Alawite sect affiliated to the supporters of `Ali ibn Abi Taalib. They came to call themselves by this name in a bid to disguise themselves and cover their dark history. This group, among other things, ascribed divinity to `Ali, may Allah be pleased with him, believed in reincarnation, made incest and other prohibitions permissible. Remnants of them still exist in Syria, specifically between Homs, Latakia, and Aleppo, and in northern Aleppo.

التعريف اللغوي المختصر

“An-Nusayriyyah”: An-Nusayriyyah sect. It is named after its founder Muhammad ibn Nusayr al-Basri al-Numayri.

التعريف

One of the extremist esoteric Shia sects. They are named after Nuṣayr, a slave freed by ꜤAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib, but it is also said that they are named after Ibn Nuṣayr, or after Abu ShuꜤayb Muhammad ibn Nuṣayr al-Baṣrī al-Numayrī, a slave freed by al-Ḥasan al-ꜤAskarī. They believe in incarnation and reincarnation, and deny the resurrection and accountability for deeds. They give different meanings to acts of worship, such as prayer, fasting and hajj. They do numerous deviant practices, and they call themselves Ꜥalawiyyīn, or Alawites.