The Yaʽfuriyya Shia (named for Muhammad ibn Yaʽfur, to whom they were related) was a ghulat sect of
Shia Islam. The sect was also referred to as the Muʽammariyya Shia. The Yaʽfuriyya believed in
reincarnation and a man named Muʽammar al-Kufi to be their Lord.
They believed that Paradise is whatever befalls the people in this world in the way of well-being, blessings, possessions, money and fame.
They believed that Hell is whatever befalls the people in this world in the way of diseases, ill-health, hardship and transmigration of spirits into the beasts, birds and insects. The Ya’furiyya’s proof for this belief of theirs was the words of God in the
Quran: "There is not an animal that lives on the earth nor a creature that flies on its wings but forms a community that is like yours."
They believed that
adultery,
wine, amusements and all the other things forbidden in Islam to be lawful. According to the Ya’furiyya, the reason why Muhammad forbade these amusements and rewards was to prevent the Muslims from then thinking that they had achieved their reward in its complete entirety. This would have then made the Muslims commit fewer acts that would be worthy of the true worldly rewards (by way of the distractions of the amusements and rewards), and more acts that would result in the worldly punishments and transmigration of spirits into beast and reptiles. It would have also required the Muslims to work harder and do more good deeds to maintain their deserving position of the worldly rewards.