the Najdat
النجدات
The Kharijite sect that held appointing an imam not obligatory — some Mu'tazilites agreed a just and sinless community needs none 1.
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The Najdat are a sect of the Kharijites that differed from the rest of them, holding that appointing an imam is not obligatory. Al-Mas'udi reports that some of the Mu'tazila agreed with them that when the community is just and has no wrongdoer in it, it has no need of an imam. 2
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- Muruj al-Dhahab — al-Masʼudi, p. 210
- Muruj al-Dhahab — al-Masʼudi, p.210
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islam.museum contributors. “the Najdat”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/group/najdat/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-17.