Dukayniyya Shia information

Dukayniyya Shia (named for one of its leaders, Abu Nu'aym al-Fadl ibn al-Dukayn) were a sect of the Zaidi branch of Shia Islam. The Dukayniyya Shia were...

Shia Islam (/ˈʃiːə/) is the second-largest branch of Islam. It holds that the Islamic prophet Muhammad designated ʿAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib (656–661 CE) as his...

Guennoun Al-Hasan II ibn Al-Qasim Guennoun Imams of Yemen Dukayniyya Shia Khalafiyya Shia Khashabiyya Shia Islamic history of Yemen Zaidi (surname) Haider 2010...

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...

of Zayd ibn Ali Husayn ibn Ali Hashemites Zaidi (surname) Dukayniyya Shia Khalafiyya Shia Ahmad ibn Isa ibn Zayd Esposito, John L., ed. (2003). "Zayd...

Zaydi imam Al-Mansur Abdallah for calling for backing a Hamdani imam Dukayniyya– who believed Muhammad's followers fell into unbelief after his death...

political successors to Muhammad, the Prophet of Islam, in the Twelver branch of Shia Islam. According to Twelver theology, the successors to Muhammad are infallible...

The Tawussite Shia (attributed to ʿAjlan ibn Tawus) were a Shia group who were a section of the supporters of Imam Ja'far al-Sadiq who denied admitting...

interest in "apocalyptic speculation" was strongest among mainstream Shia (Twelver Shia), Isma'ili Islam, Sunni on the "doctrinal and geographic margins"—such...

Part of a series on Shia Islam Beliefs and practices Monotheism Holy Books Prophethood Succession to Muhammad Imamate Ismaili Twelver Zaydi Angels Judgment...

The Waqifite Shia were a Shia sect who accepted the Imamate of Musa al-Kadhim, but refused to accept the Imamate of his successor Ali ar-Ridha. The Waqifites...

Twelver Shi'a and now forms an overwhelming majority within the Twelver Shia denomination. The name Usuli derives from the term Uṣūl al-fiqh (principles...

respectively. Shīʿa Islam, on the other hand, is separated into three major sects: Twelvers, Ismāʿīlīs, and Zaydīs. The vast majority of Shīʿa Muslims are...

for an allegoristic type of scriptural interpretation developed among some Shia groups, stressing the bāṭin meaning of texts. It has been retained by all...

that Alawites are not Shia Muslims. Historically, Twelver Shia scholars (such as Shaykh Tusi) did not consider Alawites as Shia Muslims while condemning...

romanized: Shaykh al-Ṭāʾifah) was a prominent Persian scholar of the Twelver school of Shia Islam. He was known as the "sheikh of the sect (shaikh al-ta'ifah)", author...

referring to the tradition of Muhammad. The differences between Sunni and Shia Muslims arose from a disagreement over the succession to Muhammad and subsequently...

associated with the Arab al-Namir tribe. After the death of al‐Askari the Shia community was faced with the issue of who the Imam's successor was, some...

al-Ismāʿīliyya al-wāqifa or Seveners (Arabic: سبعية) was a branch of Ismā'īlī Shīʻa. They broke off from the more numerous Twelvers after the death of Jafar...