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Shia Muslims gathered in prayer at the Shrine of Imam Ḥusayn in Karbala, Iraq. Shia religious practices, such as prayers, differ only slightly from the Sunnīs. While all Muslims pray five times daily, Shia Muslims have the option of combining Dhuhr with Asr and Maghrib with Isha', as there are three distinct times mentioned in the Quran. The ...
The spread of Shia Islam in Lebanon was a complex phenomenon over multiple centuries. [11] [12] Information regarding Jabal Amel's population prior to the Muslim conquest is insufficient, though it included a substantial tribal segment prior to the Muslim conquest represented by the Banu Amila who formed part of the Nabataean foederati of the Romans, [13] [14] [15] and affiliates of the ...
Pages in category "Shia Islam in Albania" The following 7 pages are in this category, out of 7 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. B. Bektashism;
Shia believe that the study of Islamic literature is a continual process, and is necessary for identifying all of God's laws. [ citation needed ] They believe that the process of finding God's laws from the available Islamic literature will facilitate dealing with any circumstance.
Initially, for Shia the authority of the Imams rendered the consensus as irrelevant. With the development of sectarian communities of Imami Shīa Islam, the question of guidance and interpretation between different ulama became an issue, however the importance of ijmā never reached the level and certainty it had in Sunni Islam.
In Islam, the ulama (/ ˈ uː l ə ˌ m ɑː /; Arabic: علماء, romanized: ʿulamāʾ, lit. 'the learned ones'; [ 1 ] singular Arabic : عالِم , romanized : ʿālim ; feminine singular alimah ; plural aalimath [ 2 ] ), also spelled ulema , are scholars of Islamic doctrine and law.
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As of the 19th century the Shia ulama taught believers to turn to "a source of taqlid" (marja' at-taqlid) "for advice and guidance and as a model to be imitated." [ 12 ] Thus Shia who are not experts in Islamic jurisprudence ( fiqh ) are "legally required to follow the instructions of the expert, i.e., the mujtahid " in matters of sharia , but ...