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Shia Islam (/ ˈ ʃ iː ə /) is the second-largest branch of Islam.It holds that the Islamic prophet Muhammad designated Ali ibn Abi Talib (656–661 CE) as his successor (Arabic: خليفة, romanized: khalīfa) as Imam (امام, 'spiritual and political leader'), most notably at the event of Ghadir Khumm, but that after Muhammad's death, Ali was prevented from succeeding as leader of the ...
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.
Abbas I thus sought to associate himself with eminent ulama like Shaykh Bahāʾi (1574–1621 AD), whom he made Shaykh al-Islām in his new capital, Isfahan. Other famous ulama working under Abbas's patronage were Mir Damad (d. 1631 or 1632 AD), one of the founders of the School of Isfahan, and Ahmad ibn Muhammad Ardabili (d. 1585). By their ...
Abu Mikhnaf (died 774); Burayd b. Muʿāwiya al-ʿIjlī (died before 765) al-Thumali, Abu Hamzah (d. 767); Yahya b. Abi l-Qasim al-Asadi, known as Abu Basir al-Asadi (died 767) ...
The visitation of the imams is recommended even by Imams themselves and Shia scholars and jurists from an early period of Shia history. [113] The most popular destinations for Shi'a pilgrims include Najaf and Karbala in Iraq, [ 114 ] Qom and Mashhad in Iran, [ 115 ] and Sayyidah Zaynab Mosque in Syria.
Shi‘a Islam, also known as Shi‘ite Islam or Shia, is the second largest branch of Islam after Sunni Islam. Shias adhere to the teachings of Muhammad and the religious guidance of his family (who are referred to as the Ahl al-Bayt ) or his descendants known as Shia Imams .
India Jawad-ul-Ulama Ayatollah Syed Ali Jawad Al-Husaini, Zangipur/Banaras (1857-1920) – Mu'aasir wa Ham-Jama'at Sahib-e-Abaqaat [45] India Munaitiq-e-Zaman Ayatullah Syed Mohammad Sajjad Al-Husaini – Founder Jamia Jawadia, Banaras (1928) [45] India Qudwat-ul-Fuqaha Ayatullah Syed Sibte Husain, Jaunpur [45] India Ayatollah Syed Ali Shah ...
The Baath government executed about 95 Shia ulama, many of them members of the al-Hakim family, in June 1984, [63] and had executed 142–146 Shia rebels in the town of Dujail earlier in 1982. Unrest renewed with the 1991 Iraqi uprisings throughout Iraq, which took place in the Shiite and Kurdish areas of the country. In the south, the rebels ...