Isma'ilism

Ismāʿīlism (Arabic:الإسماعيلية‎ al-Ismāʿīliyya; Persian:اسماعیلیان‎‎; Sindhi:اسماعيلي‎; Kurdish:Ismaili‎; Esmāʿiliyān) is a branch of Shia Islam. The Ismāʿīlī (/ˌɪsmeɪˈɪli/) get their name from their acceptance of Isma'il ibn Jafar as the appointed spiritual successor (Imām) to Ja'far al-Sadiq, wherein they differ from the Twelvers, who accept Musa al-Kadhim, younger brother of Isma'il, as the true Imām.