The Twelve Imams (Arabic: ٱلْأَئِمَّة ٱلْٱثْنَا عَشَر, al-ʾAʾimmah al-ʾIthnā ʿAšar; Persian: دوازده امام, Davâzdah Emâm) are the spiritual and political successors to the Islamic prophet Muhammad in the Twelver branch of Shia Islam, including that of the Alawite and Alevi.[1]
According to Twelver theology, the Twelve Imams are exemplary human individuals who not only rule over the community with justice, but also are able to keep and interpret sharia and the esoteric meaning of the Quran. The words and deeds of Muhammad and the imams are a guide and model for the community to follow; as a result, they must be free from error and sin (known as ismah, or infallibility) and must be chosen by divine decree through Muhammad.[2][3]
the TwelveImams have been foretold in the Hadith of the 12 accomplishers. All of the Imams met unnatural deaths, with the exception of the last Imam who...
concept in Twelver theology. The TwelveImams are the spiritual and political successors to Muhammad, the Prophet of Islam, in the Twelver branch of Shia...
says that Imams possess divine knowledge and authority (Ismah) as well as being part of the Ahl al-Bayt, the family of Muhammad. These Imams have the role...
and the TwelveImams are a guide and model for the Muslim community to follow; as a result, they must be free from error and sin, and Imams must be chosen...
with some of these rulers. In Twelver Shia, these successors are instead identified with their TwelveImams. Their last imam, Muhammad al-Mahdi, is believed...
alone. Imams have a meaning more central to belief, referring to leaders of the community. Twelver and Ismaili Shi'a believe that these imams are chosen...
surveillance, the Abbasids removed the imams of the Imamites from public life, and they are thought to be responsible for the imams' deaths. Mainstream Imamites...
teachings of the TwelveImams whilst incorporating some traditions from Turkish Shamanism. Differing from Sunni Islam and Usuli Twelver Shia Islam, Alevis...
infallible imam, who serves as the divine guide of humankind in his time. These are the TwelveImams in Twelver Shi'ism. The last of these imams, Muhammad...
pp. 218–219. ISBN 978-0700715886. Pierce, Matthew (2016). Twelve Infallible Men: The Imams and the Making of Shi'ism. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard...
al-Qazwini. Twelver Shi'ism has been criticized for exaggerating the holiness and infallibility of its Imams. Al-Kulayni in al-Kafi claims that the Imams know...
prophet Muhammad. The Shī'as consider 'Alī as their first Imām and the first of the twelve caliphs of Muhammad, and the Sunnis regard him as the fourth...
include Muhammad, his daughter Fatimah, and the TwelveImams. Ismaili also attribute ismah to Ismaili imāms and Fatimah, daughter of Muhammad, while Zaidis...
including not only reported sayings of the prophet Muhammad but also the twelveImams. Al-Shaykh Al-Mufid (c. 948–1022 CE) directed collection of Shi'i hadith...
and in their own selves", while it has been also used to refer to The TwelveImams by Shias. Variants used are ʾāyatu llāhi fī l-ʾanʿām (Arabic: آية الله...
however, Adnan was fairly close to Isma'il. Isma'il had twelve sons who are said to have become twelve tribal chiefs throughout the regions from Havilah to...
these twelve successors with some of these rulers. In Twelver Shia, these successors are instead identified with their TwelveImams. Their last imam, Muhammad...
Unlike Twelver and Isma'ili Shi'ism, Zaydis do not believe in the infallibility of Imams and reject the notion of nass imamate. but believe that an Imam can...
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