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Contemporary to the tenth Imam, the Abbasid al-Mutawakkil violently prosecuted the Shia, [10] [11] partly due to the renewed Zaydi opposition. [12] The restrictive policies of al-Mutawakkil towards the tenth Imam were later adopted by his son, al-Mu'tamid, who is reported to have kept the eleventh Imam under house arrest without any visitors. [13]
The simplified description of the hierarchy (hudūd) of the organization of the Ismaili da'wah was as follows: [1] [2] [3] Nāṭiq (ناطق), the messenger-propher. Waṣī (وصي), the prophet's "legatee". Imām (امام). The absolute head of the da'wah organization. All senior appointments had to be approved by him.
The Global Imams Council (GIC) is a non-governmental organization (NGO) comprising Islamic leaders from all denominations and schools of thought.The GIC’s stated mission is to promote mainstream Islamic teachings founded upon the principles of The Holy Quran and Prophetic traditions, in line with the directives of prominent Islamic Seminaries and scholarly consensus.
Lasiqs had to swear a special oath of obedience to the Imam. Fidā'ī (فدائی, literally "self-sacrificer") Imam and da'is were the elites, while the majority of the sect consisted of the last three grades who were peasants and artisans. [1] Other titles include:
The Four Companions, also called the Four Pillars of the Sahaba, is a Shia term for the four Companions (ṣaḥāba) of the Islamic prophet Muhammad who are supposed to have stayed most loyal to Ali ibn Abi Talib after Muhammad's death in 632: [1] [2] Salman al-Fārisī; Abū Dharr al-Ghifāri; Miqdad ibn Aswād al-Kindi; Ammār ibn Yāsir
Syria's new authorities are using Islamic teachings to train a fledgling police force, a move officers say aims to instil a sense of morality as they race to fill a security vacuum after ...
PHOTO: New York City Mayor Eric Adams speaks during a Minority- and Women-Owned Business Enterprises (M/WBE) Awards Celebration at Gracie Mansion in New York, Feb. 13, 2025.
[24] Unlike the Imami Shi'a, who consider their imams to be religious leaders first and foremost, vested with infallibility on matters of doctrine, [25] the political aspects of the imamate were uniquely central to the Zaydi conception of the office: the Zaydi imams were recognized merely as knowledgeable individuals, whose judgment was ...