Imam Zayd ibn Ali's rebellion became the inspiration for the Zaidi sect, a school of Shi'a Islam that holds that any learned descendant of Fatima can become an Imam by asserting and fighting for his claim as Zayd Ibn Ali did.
Imam Zayd ibn Ali's rebellion became the inspiration for the Zaidiyyah sect. The Zaidiyya school of Shia Islam holds that any learned descendant of Imam's Hasan or Hussain can become an Imam by asserting and fighting for his claim as Zayd Ibn Ali did.