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The Union of Muslim Ulama, which was unique because of its combined Sunni-Shia membership, strove to eliminate tensions between the two communities. For that reason, it organized mass rallies to propagate its views to the broadest audience possible. In 1987 the union was led by Shaykh Mahir Hammud (a Sunni) and Shaykh Zuhayr Kanj (a Shia).
Mohammed bin Ali bin Ibrahim Al-Shaybani Al-Bakri Al-Ahsa’i (Arabic: محمد بن علي بن إبراهيم الشَّيباني البكري الأحسائي, commonly known as Ibn Abī Jumhūr al-Aḥsā'ī Arabic: بـابن أبي جمهور الأحسائي; 1435–1505) was an influential Shia Muslim scholar who adhered to the Ja'fari school of Islamic jurisprudence.
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 ...
Shia Islam [a] is the second-largest branch of Islam.It holds that Muhammad designated Ali ibn Abi Talib (r. 656–661) as his successor (khalifa) as the imam, that is the spiritual and political leader of the Muslim community.
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.
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. They are considered the guardians, transmitters, and interpreters ...
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) ...
Since most of the population embraced Sunni Islam, and an educated version of Shiism was scarce in Iran at the time, Ismail imported a new group of Shia Ulama who predominantly were Sayyids from traditional Shiite centers of the Arabic-speaking lands, such as Jabal Amel (of southern Lebanon), Syria, Bahrain, and southern Iraq in order to create ...