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The two Imams witnessed the deterioration of the Abbasid caliphate, [7] as the imperial authority rapidly transitioned into the hands of the Turks, [8] particularly after al-Mutawakkil. [ 9 ] Contemporary to the tenth Imam, the Abbasid al-Mutawakkil violently prosecuted the Shia, [ 10 ] [ 11 ] partly due to the renewed Zaydi opposition. [ 12 ]
The four Sunni Imams founded the four madhhab (schools of thought) recognized in Sunni Islam. While they agree on the foundational principles of fiqh according to the Sunni narrative, their interpretations of certain legal and practical matters differ, which led to the development of the four distinct madhhab.
An Imāmzādeh is a Persian word for the shrine-tomb of an immediate descendant of a Shi'i Imam, as well as for the descendants themselves. [1] This Persian term is also used in Urdu and Azeri. Imamzadeh means "offspring" or descendant of an imam. Other English transliterations [1] include imamzada, imamzadah, and emamzadah.
Its ranking is higher than Hujjat al-Islam, and the next higher clerical rank is Grand Ayatollah also known as Marja'. This list contains only the names of ayatollahs . To see lists of grand ayatollahs , or hujjatul islams , see the following articles: List of maraji ; List of hujjatul Islams .
Islamic religious leaders have traditionally been people who, as part of the clerisy, mosque, or government, performed a prominent role within their community or nation.. However, in the modern contexts of Muslim minorities in non-Muslim countries as well as secularised Muslim states like Turkey, and Bangladesh, the religious leadership may take a variety of non-formal sha
Abdul Rahman ibn Abdul Aziz al-Sudais (Arabic: عَبْدُ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ بْنُ عَبْدِ ٱلْعَزِيزِ ٱلسُّدَيْسِ, romanized: ʻAbd ar-Raḥman ibn ʻAbd al-ʻAziz as-Sudais), better known as al-Sudais, [1] is the Chief Imam of the Grand Mosque, Masjid al-Haram in Makkah, Saudi Arabia; the President of the Affairs of the Two Holy Mosques; [2] a renowned ...
His father, Mohammed Siraj ud-din, grandfather and great-grandfather had all been maulvis (Muslim doctors of law or imams). The Lahiz family hailed from Panipat, a town situated in the modern day Haryana state of India. The Muslims of Panipat had a reputation for being zealous in the faith of Islam and were well-versed in Islamic jurisprudence.
[2] [3] The book has also been translated into Arabic [4] [5] [6] and Urdu. [7] [8] [9] In 2011, the book was published again with many corrections. [10] [11] Excerpt and summary of this book in 400 pages has been selected by the Research deputy [12] of Islamic Maaref University [13] as a textbook in universities of Iran for history of Imamate ...