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Shia Islam

Shia Islam is the second-largest branch of Islam. It is rooted in the belief that the Islamic prophet Muhammad explicitly designated his cousin and son-in-law Ali ibn Abi Talib (r. 656–661) as his rightful political successor (caliph) and the divinely guided spiritual leader of the Muslim community (imam). Shia Muslims maintain that Ali's divine right to…

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related to External links · 45
Shia Islam → Advent, Aga Khan Centre, Ahlul Bayt Digital Islamic, Al-Islam, April, Archived, Ayatullāh Jaʿfar Subḥānī, Azim, Cambridge, Daftary, Doctrines, End, Farhad, From, Ghulam-Husayn, Global Affairs, Harvard University, History, Identity, Iis
related to Dynasties · 41
Shia Islam → Abu Sa'id, Bahmanids, Bahrain, Battle, Buddhism, Buyids, CE, Christianity, Deccan Plateau, Eastern Arabia, Ghazan, Idrisids, Ilkhanate, In, Indian, Iran, Iraq, Islam, Islamic, Ismaili Iranian
related to Ismāʿīlī · 28
Shia Islam → A'immah, After, Ahl, Akhbari, Bayt, CE, Face, God, Imam, Imam Ismāʿīl, Islamic, Ismāʿīl, Ismāʿīlī, Ismāʿīlīs, Ismāʿīlīsm, Jaʿfar, Kāẓim, Muhammad, Mūsā, Occultation
related to Occultation (Ghaybah) · 26
Shia Islam → According, At-Tayyib Abi, Bohra, Da'i, Earth, Hujjat Allah, Imam, Imam Mahdi, Imamate, Islamic, Ismāʿīlīs, Mahdi, Muhammad, Mutlaq, Nizari Isma'ilism, Occultation, Qasim, Shia Imam, Some Shia, Sunnī Muslims
related to Imamate of the Ahl al-Bayt · 24
Shia Islam → Abū Bakr, According, Age, Ahl, Bayt, Fatimah, For, Imam, Imamis, Imams, Islam, Islamic, Ismāʿīlīs, Later, Muhammad, Muhammad's, Muslim, Quranic, Shia, Shia Muslims
related to Infallibility (Ismah) · 24
Shia Islam → According, Arabic, Fāṭimah, God, God's, Imams, Islam, Islamic, Isma, Ismah, Ismāʿīlī Shia Muslims, Iṣmah, Muhammad, Muslim, Muslims, Shia, Shia Muslim, The, They, This
related to Etymology · 21
Shia Islam → Abī, Ali, An, Arabic, At, English, In Arabic, Muhammad, Muhammad's, Muslim, Muslims, Shi'i, Shia, Shia Muslims, Shiism, Shiites, Shīʿa, Shīʿism, Shīʿites, Shīʿī
related to Twelver · 20
Shia Islam → Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Imami, Iran, Iraq, Jaʿfar, Jaʿfari, Lebanon, Muslims, Shia, Shia Imam, Shia Muslim, Significant, The, Twelve Imams, Twelver, Twelver Shia, Twelver Shia Islam, Twelvers
related to Origins · 18
Shia Islam → Abī, Amir, Anyone, Fatima's, First Fitna, Ghadir Khumm, God, Many, Mu'minin, Muhammad's, Muslim, Shia, Shia Muslims, Sunni, The, The Shia, Western, While
related to Imam Mahdi, last Imam of the Shia · 17
Shia Islam → According, Antichrist, Dajjal, Damascus, Day, He, Imam Mahdi, In Shia Islam, Islam, Islamic, Jesus, Judgment, Mahdi, Mahdi's, Masih, Messiah, Second Coming

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