Beliefs
According to Saad Ash'ari, which is confirmed by other sources, including various narrations of Kashi, Abul Khattab initially claimed that al-Sadiq made him his guardian and taught him the esm aazam (great divine name). Some time later, he claimed to be a "prophet" and after that he claimed to be a "messenger". Then he said that he is one of the angels and the messenger of God to the people of the earth. The report of Saad Ash'ari tells that the earlier khatabiyya considered al-Sadiq as a God and Abul Khattab as a messenger sent by Sadiq who ordered to obey him.In Imamiyya belief
Shia sources mention him well after the disagreement between him andRelation with Shia sects
It seems that Abu’l-Ḵaṭṭāb formed the Ismaili teaching about transference of spiritual authority and the Noṣayrī s' belief in the manifestation of divinity in man (ḥolūl). he stated that Imam Ja’far has delegated his authority by appointing him as his ''waṣī'' (deputy or executor of his will) and entrusting him with the name esm al-aʿẓam (the “Greatest Name”), which was supposed “to empower its possessor with extraordinary strength in conceiving hidden matters”. In the Fatimid Ismaili works, he is condemned as a heretic who taught radical ideas unacceptable to the Fatimids. The latter, like the Twelvers, rejected his teachings as his personal interpretations attributed to al-Sadiq. Nasiriyyah highly respected Abul Khattab and always compared his character to Salman Farsi. They consider Sadiq's curse to be an act of Taqia and have narrated many hadiths by quoting al-Sadiq and other imams in Abu'l-Khattab's virtues. Also, in some ancient sources, it has been mentioned that Abu al-Khattab and Khattabiya were connected with the Ismailis, although there is no mention of such connections in the official Ismaili sources.Death
Abul Khattab along with his followers in Kufa - during the governorship of Isa bin Musa (132-147 AH) on behalf of Caliph Mansour - rebelled against the caliphate system, while calling al-Sadiq a divin. And this caused their killing to be legalized by the government.References
* * * {{ghulat, state=expanded Ghulat Ghulat leaders People from Kufa 8th-century Muslim theologians Islamic scholars Muslim writers fa:ابوالخطاب ar:محمد بن أبي زينب tr:Ebû'l-Hattâb el-Esedî de:Abū l-Chattāb ja:アブー・ハッターブ・アサディー