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  2. Islamic religious leaders - Wikipedia

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    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 .

  3. Imam - Wikipedia

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    Imam (/ ɪ ˈ m ɑː m /; 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 ...

  4. Glossary of Islam - Wikipedia

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    In Arabic, millah means "religion," but it has only been used to refer to religions other than Islam, which is din. Millet (see Millah) (Turkish word also meaning a nation, community, or a people). In an Islamic state, "Ahl al Kitab" may continue to practice their former religion in a semi-autonomous community termed the millet. Minaret ...

  5. Twelve Imams - Wikipedia

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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 ...

  6. Kanzul Iman - Wikipedia

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    Ala Hazrat Imam Ahmad Raza Khan adopted the Urdu translation originally done by Shah Abdul Qadir Dehlvi and wrote the translation in Urdu.It has been subsequently translated into other European and South Asian languages including English, Hindi, Bengali, Dutch, Turkish, Sindhi, Gujarati and Pashto.

  7. Muslims - Wikipedia

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    In Shia Islam, the shahada also has a third part, a phrase concerning Ali, the first Shia Imam and the fourth Rashid caliph of Sunni Islam: وعليٌ وليُّ الله (wa ʿalīyyun walīyyu-llāh), which translates to "Ali is the wali of God". [94] In Quranist Islam, the shahada is the testimony that there is no god but Allah (la ilaha ...

  8. Iman (Islam) - Wikipedia

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    Iman (Arabic: إِيمَان, romanized: ʾīmān, lit. ' faith ' or ' belief ', also 'recognition') in Islamic theology denotes a believer's recognition of faith and deeds in the religious aspects of Islam. [1] [2] Its most simple definition is the belief in the six Pillars of faith, known as arkān al-īmān.

  9. Imamate in Nizari doctrine - Wikipedia

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    In Nizari Isma'ili doctrine, [1] imamate (Arabic: إمامة) is a concept which defines the political, religious and spiritual dimensions of authority concerning Islamic leadership over the nation of believers. The primary function of the Imamate is to establish an institution between an Imam who is present and living in the world and his ...