_Muzdarites._[6]--Mu`tazilites, followers of al-Muzdar, a pupil of Bishr (cf. Bishrites) whose teaching he developed further. He taught that God has power to do evil, but, if he acted thus, would be an evil God; also that man can produce the equal of the Koran. _Najadat_ (also known as _`Adhirites_).--Kharijites, who followed Najda ibn `Amir of Yemama as he went to join the Azraqites but withdrew from these, being more orthodox than they. He held that fear of fighting was not sin. _Nawisites_ take their name from a person or a place. They are Ja`farites who believe in Sadiq as the mahdi. _Nazzamites._--Mu`tazilites, followers of Ibrahim ibn Sayyar un-Nazzam, who was an extremist in his teaching of man's free-will and other philosophical doctrines. _Nu`manites._[6]--Ghaliites agreeing in some points with Hishamites, but holding that God is a light in the form of a man, yet not a body. _Nusairites._[6]--Ghaliites who agree with the Ishaqites except that they lay more stress on the incorporation of the deity. _Qadarites._--The upholders of free-will (see above). _Qata`ites._--Musaites who regard the rank of the imams as closed with the death of Musa. _Rafidites._--A term used by some writers to denote the Shi`ites as a whole; by others given to a class of the Shi`ites who forsook Zaid ibn `Ali because he forbade them to abuse the Companions. _Rashidites._--Tha`labites, followers of Rashid ut-Tusi, sometimes called `Ushrites ("tithers") because they differed from others on the question of tithing the produce of land watered by rivers and canals. _Rizamites._--Kaisanites of Khorasan at the time of Abu Muslim, to whom they ascribed the imamate and the Spirit of God. They also believed in metempsychosis. _Saba`ites._--Ghaliites, who followed `Abdallah ibn Saba (see SHI`ITES). _Salihites._--(a) Zaidites, followers of al-Hasan ibn Salih, who agreed with the teachings of the Butrites (above); (b) Murjiites, followers of Salih ibn Amr, who united with the doctrines of their own party those of the Qadarites. _Saltites._--`Ajarida who had nothing to do with the children of believers until they had grown up and professed Islam. _Shaibanites._--Tha`labites, followers of Shaiban ibn Salama, who was killed in the time of Abu Muslim (Moslem). They arose chiefly in Jorjan and Armenia and agreed in doctrine with the Jahmites. _Shamitites._--Ja`farites, followers of Yahya ibn Abu Shamit. _Shi`ites._--See separate article. _Shu`aibites._--`Ajarida who said that God creates the actions of men, and men appropriate them. _Sifatites_ are those who ascribe eternity to all the attributes of God, whether they denote essence or action, or are of the class called descriptive attributes. _Sifrites_, the same as Ziyadites (below).