iii) Al - Waqifa al - la Adriyya also stopped at al-’Askari.

iii) Al - Waqifa al - la Adriyya also stopped at al-’Askari. They deemed that he had died and had been the Imam. Although the earth could not be without a Proof from Allah, they were not sure who had succeeded al-’Askari, his son or his brother. Therefore they stopped at the Imamate of al-’Askari, and decided to make no decision until the matter became clear to them[^18]. Unfortunately, the contemporary sources do not mention anyone as representing the three factions of al - Waqifa at al-’Askari.

However, from the doctrine of the first faction of the Waqifa , it seems that its partisans lived in places which were far from Samarra, the city of the Imam. Since they were not present at the…