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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 ...
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 ...
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Shia Islam places great importance on the guidance of clergy, and each branch of Shi'ism maintains its own clerical structure. The most well-known Shia clergy belongs to the largest branch of Shia Islam, Twelver Shi'ism. As in other branches of Islam, Shia scholars are collectively known as the ulema.
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 ...
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.
Allamah Ibrahim el-Zakzaky – influential Shia cleric in Africa; leader of Islamic Movement in Nigeria; Allama Syed Jawad Naqvi – Religious Leader and influential Shia Scholar in Pakistan; Ayatollah Mahmoud Taleghani – cleric, head of the Council of Islamic revolution and founding member of the Freedom Movement of Iran
Ahlulbayt Television Network is the first exclusively English-language Shia Islamic television channel. [1] The channel was launched with much fanfare on Sky in the UK on 17 August 2009 and two months later on the Galaxy 19 platform covering North America from its London headquarters.