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Imam (/ ɪˈmɑːm /, Arabic: إمام, imām; pl.: أئمة, a'immah) is an Islamic leadership position. For Sunni Muslims, Imam is most commonly used as the title of a prayer leader of a mosque. In this context, imams may lead Islamic prayers, serve as community leaders, and provide religious guidance. Thus for Sunnis, anyone can study the ...
Imam is an Arabic word meaning "Leader". The ruler of a country might be called the Imam, for example. The term, however, has important connotations in the Islamic tradition especially in Shia belief. In Sunni belief, the term is used for the founding scholars of the four Sunni madhhabs, or schools of religious jurisprudence .
Women as imams. Appearance. There is a difference of opinion among Muslims regarding the circumstances in which women may act as imams, i.e. to lead a mixed gendered congregation in salat (prayer). The orthodox position is that women cannot lead men in prayer (although they can lead women), which is justified by various Quranic verses and ...
Contents. Imamate in Twelver doctrine. This is a sub-article to Imamah (Shia doctrine) and is specifically about the Twelver Shia concept of the term. For other uses, see Theology of Twelvers. Imāmah (Arabic: إِمَامَة) means " leadership " and is a concept in Twelver theology. The Twelve Imams are the spiritual and political successors ...
Imam Mohammad Ibn Saud Islamic University (IMSIU) (Arabic: جامعة الإمام محمد بن سعود الإسلامية), commonly known as Al-Imam University (IMAMU) (Arabic: إمامو), is a public university in the sub-municipality of Shemal in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Faisal Jameel Ghazzawi, appointed Imam and Khateeb in 2008. [50] Bandar Baleela, appointed Imam in 2013, and Khateeb in 2019. [51] Yasser Al-Dosari, appointed Imam in 2015 and Khateeb in 2022. Al-Waleed al-Shamsan, appointed Guest Imam in Ramadan 2024, appointed permanent imam 7 months later in October 2024. [3]
The thesis was entitled: Imam Ahmad Ibn Hanbal Jurisprudence Issues according to the narration of Abd al-Malik al-Maimouni (collection and study). He obtained his doctorate from Umm al-Qura University in the year of 1432 AH, which is the research of the book (Tuhfat al-Nabih, Sharh al-Tanbih) on Borders and Districts (by Imam Shirazi in Shafi ...
Early beliefs. According to the early Ismāʿīlis, God sent Seven great prophets, known as nātiq "speakers", in order to disseminate and improve Islam. All of these great prophets has an assistant, the Sāmad (Silent) Imam. After six silent imams, a nātiq was sent to reinvigorate Islam. After Adam and his son Seth, and after six “Nātiq ...