The theology of Twelver Shi'ism contains the five principles of Shia Islam known as Uṣūl al-Dīn (Arabic: أصول الدين "Principles of the Faith"). The Shia...
concept in Twelvertheology. The Twelve Imams are the spiritual and political successors to Muhammad, the Prophet of Islam, in the Twelver branch of Shia...
prophet Muhammad in the Twelver branch of Shia Islam, including that of the Alawite and Alevi. According to Twelvertheology, the Twelve Imams are exemplary...
like sub-classes of Twelver. Their conviction includes "Batiniyya-Hurufism" and "Sevener-Qarmatians-Ismailism" sentiments. The Twelver branch of Shia Islam...
Ali. While not one of the Twelve Imams embraced by Twelver Shi'ism, Zayd ibn Ali features in historical accounts within Twelver literature in a positive...
designation Twelver is derived from the doctrine of believing in twelve divinely ordained leaders, known as "the Twelve Imams". Twelver Shia are otherwise...
Isma'ilism differs from that of the Twelvers because the Isma'ilis had living Imams for centuries after the last Twelver Imam, Muhammad al-Mahdi went into...
the extent that the term "Shīʿa" frequently refers to Twelvers by default. All mainstream Twelver and Ismāʿīlī Shīʿa Muslims follow the same school of...
Atharī theology ([æl ʔæθæˈrɪj.jæ]; Arabic: الأثرية, romanized: al-Athariyya), otherwise referred to as Traditionalist theology or Scripturalist theology, is...
Moojan (1985). An Introduction to Shi'i Islam: The History and Doctrines of Twelver Shi'ism. Yale University Press. ISBN 978-0-300-03531-5. Morewedge, Parviz...
معصومین, Čahârdah Ma'sūmīn) in Twelver Shia Islam are the Islamic prophet Muhammad, his daughter Fatima Zahra, and the Twelve Imams. All are considered to...
first theological controversy in Islam. Although not connected with the Sunni-Shiʿi controversy about the succession, the majority of Twelver Shiʿites...
followers as the representative (Bāb) of the tenth Twelver Imam, Ali al‐Hadi and of the eleventh Twelver Imam, Hasan al‐Askari, and founder of the Alawites...
interest in "apocalyptic speculation" was strongest among mainstream Shia (Twelver Shia), Isma'ili Islam, Sunni on the "doctrinal and geographic margins"—such...
century. Ibn Nusayr was a disciple of the tenth Twelver Imam, Ali al-Hadi and of the eleventh Twelver Imam, Hasan al-Askari. For this reason, Alawites...
and subsequently acquired broader political significance, as well as theological and juridical dimensions. According to Sunni traditions, Muhammad left...
defeated. The majority of the Alawis and Ismailis eventually converted to Twelver Shiism and settled in south Lebanon and the Bekaa valley, with a few Shia...
attain salvation if they are truthful to their own religion. (At least one Twelver Shia scholar 'Allama al-Hilli, insists that not only will non-Muslims be...
Moojan (1985). An Introduction to Shi'i Islam: the history and doctrines of Twelver Shiʻism. Yale University Press. ISBN 9780300034998. Rustomji, Nerina (2009)...
teachings of the Twelve Imams whilst incorporating some traditions from Turkish Shamanism. Differing from Sunni Islam and Usuli Twelver Shia Islam, Alevis...
اخباریان) are a minority school of Twelver Shia Islam. The term is usually used in contrast to the majority branch of Twelver Shia – the Usuli. Like the Usulis...
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