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According to Twelvers, there is at all times an Imam of the era who is the divinely appointed authority on all matters of faith and law in the Muslim community. Ali , a cousin and son-in-law of Muhammad, was the first of the Twelve Imams, and, in the Twelvers view, the rightful successor to Muhammad , followed by male descendants of Muhammad ...
Twelver Shi'ism. Twelver Shīʿism ( Arabic: ٱثْنَا عَشَرِيَّة; ʾIthnā ʿAshariyya ), also known as Imāmiyya ( Arabic: إِمَامِيَّة ), is the largest branch of Shīʿa, comprising about 85% of all Shīas. The term Twelver refers to its adherents' belief in twelve divinely ordained leaders, known as the Twelve Imams ...
Twelver Shi'ism. Imāmah ( Arabic: إِمَامَة) means "leadership" and is a concept in Twelver theology. The Twelve Imams are the spiritual and political successors to Muhammad, the Prophet of Islam, in the Twelver branch of Shia Islam. [1] According to Twelver theology, the successors to Muhammad are infallible human beings, who rule ...
History of Shia Islam. 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. Muhammad's bloodline continues only through his ...
Nur al-Dahr Ali, in Anjudan, 1634–1671. Khalil Allah II Ali, last imam of Anjudan, 1671–1680. Shah Nizar II, established imamate in Kahak, 1680–1722. Sayyid Ali, in Kahak, 1722–1736. Sayyid Hasan Ali, established imamate in Shahr-e Babak, Kerman, 1736-1747, first Imam who abandoned the practice of taqiyya.
t. e. In Islam, Muḥammad ( Arabic: مُحَمَّد) is venerated as the Seal of the Prophets and earthly manifestation of primordial divine light ( Nūr ), who transmitted the eternal word of God ( Qur'ān) from the angel Gabriel ( Jabrāʾīl) to humans and jinn. [1] Muslims believe that the Quran, the central religious text of Islam, was ...
v. t. e. Prophets in Islam ( Arabic: ٱلْأَنْبِيَاء فِي ٱلْإِسْلَام, romanized : al-anbiyāʾ fī al-islām) are individuals in Islam who are believed to spread God 's message on Earth and serve as models of ideal human behaviour. Some prophets are categorized as messengers ( Arabic: رُسُل, romanized : rusul; sing.
Imamate in Shia doctrine. For the turban that Muslim men wear, see Ammama. In Shia Islam, the Imamah ( Arabic: إمامة) is a doctrine which asserts that certain individuals from the lineage of the Islamic prophet Muhammad are to be accepted as leaders and guides of the ummah after the death of Muhammad.