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Islam by country. Islam in Lebanon has a long and continuous history. According to an estimate by the CIA, it is followed by 55% of the country's total population, up from about 30% of population in 1950s (excluding Druzes). [3] Sunnis make up 31.9%, [4] Twelver Shia make up 31.2%, [5] next to smaller percentages of other Shia branches, such as ...
v. t. e. ʿAlī ibn Muḥammad al-Hādī (Arabic: عَلي إبن مُحَمَّد الهادي ; 828 – 868 CE) was a descendant of the Islamic prophet Muhammad and the tenth Imam in Twelver Shia, succeeding his father, Muhammad al-Jawad (d. 835). Born in Medina in 828, Ali is known with the titles al-Hādī (Arabic: الهادي, lit ...
Abu Muhammad Uthman ibn Sa'id al-Asadi was a close associate of the tenth Imam, Ali al-Hadi. It is reported that he was eleven when he first served as an agent for this Imam. [ 31 ] After the death of al-Hadi in 254 (868), his successor, al-Askari, appointed Uthman as a representative in 256 (869–70). [ 31 ]
Al-Hadi was the eldest son of al-Mahdi and al-Khayzuran and the older brother of Harun al-Rashid. He was very dear to his father and was appointed as the first crown prince by his father at the age of 16 and was chosen as the leader of the army. [9] Prior to his death, al-Mahdi supposedly favored his second son, Harun al-Rashid, as his ...
The Shia clergy are the religious leaders of Shia Islam. 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 ...
Shia sources report that al-Hadi designated Hasan as the next Imam a few months before his death. [17] [5] After al-Hadi, his another son, Ja'far, unsuccessfully claimed the imamate for himself. [17] Madelung adds that some had expected another son of al-Hadi, Abu Ja'far Moḥammad, to be the next Imam but he predeceased his father in Samarra. [10]
Faris ibn Hatim ibn Mahawayh al-Qazvini was initially one of the representative of Ali al-Hadi, the tenth Imam in Twelver Shia Islam. These representatives were responsible for the financial and religious affairs of the Shia community, [2] especially for the collection of religious taxes like Khums . [3]
Lebanon differs from other Middle East countries where Muslims have become the majority after the civil war, and somewhat resembles Bosnia-Herzegovina and Albania, both are in Southeast Europe, and have a diverse mix of Muslims and Christians that each make up a large proportion of the country's population.